Published Histories

History of Ontario County - The origins of Phelps
The story of “a classic pioneer town on the western frontier”
By Edward Varno / Executive Director / Ontario County Historical Society

History of Phelps, New York​
PUBLISHED BY D. MASON & CO., PUBLISHERS
SARACUSE, N. Y., 1893
FROM: HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY NEW YORK
EDITD BY: GEORGE S. CONOVER
COMPILED BY LEWIS CASS ALDRIDGE

Phelps Town History 
History of Ontario Co, NY   
Published 1878   
Pgs.   164 - 165

Phelps Village History 
History of Ontario Co, NY   
Published 1878   
Pgs.   165 - 168

Wikipedia has an informative piece on the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. ​