Scope and ContentDiscusses the early years of the Wyoming area, the farms, early real estate development. Describes the Three Spite Houses in the triangle formed by Sagamore Road & Glen Avenue, named for a real estate dispute between Mr. Whittingham & Mr. Willever. Houses were still standing in 1977. Describes cows grazing in South Mountain Estates and a cattle drive through Wyoming area twice a year. Early residents included the Stonewalls, Reeves (chicken farmer, whose nickname was "Chicken Reeves"). Mr. Jenkins, an African American, who owned two houses, owned a team of horses and a dump wagon, which he allowed kids to ride and steer sometimes. Stores in Millburn were: D.J. Mundy & Co., Mc Cullum Brothers and Lonergans Meat Market & Hardware Store. Mr. Fink had a fruit & vegetable wagon.M.E. & W.E. Flink delivered butter & eggs. Discusses transportation and the trolleys to Newark & Summit. Wyoming School, Hobart Avenue School & Millburn High Schools. First school transportation was a bus drawn by horses. Mr. Messner was first High School Principal coached the debate team and all the athletic teams. Describes Mr. Faddis as a chemistry teacher. South Mountain area had the Carter-Bell Manufacturing Company, which made the rubberized coating that went on slickers. Factory later burned down. Werden Laboratory was near Cypress Street. Describes a house over the Millburn Maplewood town line. Family had to sleep in the back of the house in order to go to school in Maplewood without having to pay tuition. Other topics: Model Park, Blizzard of 1888, One of the Marshall barns was designed by architect Henry Hardenburg. He was a relative (Marshall's grandmother was a Hardenburg) so he designed the barn. Fire Department horses, and early fire department anecdotes. Also relates an anecdote about how Wyoming got its name, anecdote about a woman who was sued as a "common scold"