Hang onto your muffs! Or at least hide it on your leg so Cordelia Loomis can't get to it. Strange Country Episode 25 is all about the Loomis Gang, a family of horse thieves who stole horses and a bunch of other stuff in the mid-1800s near Cazenovia NY. Hey isn't that where Cazenovia Bagels is?
Cite Your Sources Man…
Thompson, W. Harold. Body, Boots & Britches. Dover Publications, New York. 1962
Loomis family- horse thieves, used the Erie canal to Albany and sell the horses to the Army. PA to Canada- their network. The Civil War was very profitable for the gang.
http://www.oneidadispatch.com/article/OD/20060515/NEWS/305159997
https://beekman1802.com/the-loomis-gang/
https://www.watervillepl.org/wp-content/uploads//2013/05/LoomisFamilyHistory.pdf
https://www.theoutbound.com/new-york/kayaking/paddle-the-nine-mile-swamp
http://www.cnyhomepage.com/news/hidden-history-wash-loomis-part-1/847890340
https://cnyartifactrecovery.wordpress.com/2013/11/15/loomis-gang/
http://reprints.longform.org/loomis-gang
The Loomis Gang Brian Peter Falk documentary.