Ozryn, New York: A History

[Billie]

On the turn of the Decoration of Independence, a young man named Jonathan Ozryn stumbled upon the beginning remnants of what would become Ozryn, New York. Mr. Ozryn was a pioneer on many things: science, literature, politics; but he hated all of that jib-jab that people around him tried to tell him. He wanted a place where he could pioneer on his own terms, at his own pace. So he had set off on a wonderful journey. As his days of adventuring drew into the one hundreds, and the Revolutionary War boiled to a close, Ozryn took along several war-wounded men, a few running British soldiers and a handful of local ladies and founded what is now the town of Ozryn, New York.

When Ozryn first started, it was nothing more than about ten settlements alongside a lake as bright as the sun itself. Ozryn had a friend named Harrison Black, who decided to name the lake Black Crystal Lake -- a rather confusing term for those who decided to stumble to its shores. Ozryn and Black built up the community -- a church, a local school house and eventually a spotty little hospital, all in their community. As their community grew, so did their population.

Ozryn, New York ended up growing, and as Jonathan Ozryn started to age into his early seventies, he realized that he was living longer than most. As he aged, he realized a lot of things weren't like they were -- he felt like he was living in a story published in 1819 -- Rip Van Winkle. Things felt strange, and Ozryn became the home of those who didn't seem to fit in.

Ozryn, New York has a special secret, passed down by generations of Ozryn children and grandchildren, but hidden from the majority of the population. Those who find home in Ozryn are all similar to literary characters: they have traits, personalities and similarities to characters only thought up of in books... and that is something special in the town.