Oral Histories and Photograph of Residents of Sparta, 1977
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Sparta was first laid out as a real estate subdivision in 1795. Located in the Town of Mount Pleasant, now Ossining, it was probably, according to historian Richard Lederer, the first such subdivision in the country. In 1977 volunteers from the Ossining Historical Society interviewed Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Acker, who lived all their lives in Ossining, mostly in the Sparta area. The Ackers were 93 and 94 respectively when they shared on tape their memories of Sparta. There are three audio tapes and an index for each tape.