Retsof, New York
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Retsof, New York is a small town in the Rochester, New York metropolitan area.
It was founded by a man named Foster who reversed the letters of his name to name the town and was the site of one of the world's largest salt mines until 1994.
The salt mine collapsed, a new mine is located near Mt. Morris, NY about 10 miles away from the original mine.
The original population of Retsof was mostly of Italian origin, they lived in a company town where the salt mine owned the houses, a store and maintained the small village.
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