Power’s Inn And Pub comes to you with a long and interesting history. This property was originally the hunting ground for the Mahicans Indians called Kayadrosseras, (the locals pronounce it Kay –der-ros). When the Dutch came to the area they purchased the Kayadrosseras from the Mahicans for a pittance sum. The Indians thought this was rent for a generation; the Dutch thought it was a purchase forever.
In 1693 Robert Livingston and David Schuyler filed a petition to the Crown (England) for a Patent License. That meant they would promise to bring 50 families to the area and develop the land. Livingston & Schuyler were denied the Patent License, but about 10 years later, in 1701, Sampson Broughton, Esquire petitioned to the Crown for a Patent License. Sampson became ill, died, and the Patent was granted to the Widow Mary Broughton who then returned home to England taking the Patent papers with her. When it came time for her son to prove he was part Patentee, no paperwork was to be found to show to the Indians. The Mahicans wanted to be paid for another generation!