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County: ALBANY
Town: ALBANY, CITY OF
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ALBANY CITY HALL
CITY CHARTERED JULY 22, 1686
THIS BUILDING ERECTED 1882
TOWER CONTAINS MUNICIPAL
CARILLON OF 60 BELLS
Location: EAGLE ST. BETWEEN MAIDEN LA. AND PINE ST.
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BIRTHPLACE OF
MODERN ELECTRICITY
HERE DISCOVERING MAGNETIC
INDUCTION, JOSEPH HENRY
PIONEERED THE TELEGRAPH
AND ELECTRIC MOTOR, 1829-31
Location: WASHINGTON AVE., NEAR EAGLE ST.
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BIRTHPLACE OF
AMERICAN UNION
NEAR THIS SITE, BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN PRESENTED THE 1ST
FORMAL PLAN OF NATIONAL
UNION; CONGRESS OF 1754
Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.
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CALLED FORT NASSAU 1614,
FORT ORANGE 1624,
BEVERWYCK 1652, ALBANY
1664; CHARTERED 1686
Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.
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CLERMONT
NEAR THE FOOT OF MADISON
AVENUE ROBERT FULTON IN
AUG. 1807, COMPLETED THE
FIRST SUCCESSFUL
STEAMBOAT VOYAGE
Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.
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COLONIAL HOSPITAL
NEAR THIS SITE STOOD THE
MILITARY HOSPITAL WHERE THE
WOUNDED FROM TICONDEROGA,
1758 AND SARATOGA, 1777
WERE ATTENDED.
Location: LODGE AND PINE STS.
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COLONIAL WARPATH
RENDEVOUS OF TROOPS IN
FIVE WARS. HERE ARMIES
UNDER ABERCROMBIE, LOUDOUN
AND AMHERST MOVED TO THE
CONQUEST OF CANADA 1756-60
Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.
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COURT OF APPEALS
HIGHEST TRIBUNAL IN
NEW YORK STATE
THIS BUILDING ERECTED 1842
Location: EAGLE AND PINE STS.
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COURT OF APPEALS
HIGHEST TRIBUNAL IN
NEW YORK STATE
THIS BUILDING ERECTED 1842
Location: EAGLE AND PINE STS.
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EXECUTIVE MANSION
RESIDENCE OF THE GOVERNORS
OF NEW YORK STATE
Location: EAGLE AND ELM STS.
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FIRST CHURCH IN ALBANY
REFORMED
ORGANIZED 1642
PRESENT BUILDING
DESIGNED BY PHILIP HOOKER
ERECTED 1798
Location: SW CORNER N. PEARL AND ORANGE STS.
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FORT ORANGE
SITE OF WEST INDIA COMPANY
COLONY 1624. HERE WAS BORN
SARAH RAPELJE, FIRST WHITE
CHILD IN N. Y. STATE, 1625
FORT STOOD S. E. BY THE RIVER
Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.
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FORT VAN NASSAU
BUILT 1614 BY THE DUTCH
EXPLORERS CHRISTIAENSEN
AND BLOCK. FIRST TRADING
CENTER ESTABLISHED IN
NEW YORK STATE
Location: PORT RD., NR. ADMINISTRATION BLDG.
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FROM THE GROUND
GLENN CURTISS
BEGAN THE FIRST LONG
DISTANCE AIRPLANE FLIGHT
ALBANY TO NEW YORK
MAY 29, 1910
Location: PORT RD., NR. ADMINISTRATION BLDG.
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GENERAL BURGOYNE
OVER THIS ROAD ENTERED
ALBANY WITH HIS STAFF AFTER
THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA
GOING TO SCHUYLER MANSION
AS PRISONERS OF WAR - 1777
Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.
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GENERAL WASHINGTON
TRAVELED THIS ROAD ON
HIS TOURS OF THE MOHAWK
VALLEY 1782 AND 1783
Location: WASHINGTON AVE. NR. SWAN ST.
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HENRY HUDSON
EXPLORER, HERE ENDED THE
VOYAGE OF THE HALF MOON
IN QUEST OF THE INDIES
SEPTEMBER, 1609
Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.
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HERMAN MELVILLE
AUTHOR OF"MOBY DICK",
STUDIED AND WORKED DURING
FORMATIVE YEARS IN ALBANY,
1830-1838, FAMILY HOME AT
3 CLINTON SQUARE, 1834-1838
Location: CLINTON SQ., N. PEARL AND ORANGE STS.
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IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS STREET
TO THE EAST STOOD
FORT FREDERICK
GOAL OF BURGOYNE'S DRIVE TO
SPLIT THE COLONIES - 1777
Location: CAPITOL PARK, EAGLE AND STATE STS.
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IROQUOIS TREATY
AUGUST 1684
BASIC PEACH BY GOV. DONGAN
GOV. HOWARD OF VA. AND
FIVE NATIONS AT COURT HOUSE
WHICH STOOD 100 FEET WEST
Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.
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JOHN TUNNICLIFF, JR.
1751-1814
CLOCKMAKER AND SUPERINTENDENT
OF TOWN CLOCKS
Location: MAIDEN LANE BETWEEN EAGLE ST. AND LODGE ST.
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NEAR HERE
MOHAWK AND HUDSON
FIRST RAILRAOD
CHARTERED IN THIS COUNTRY
1826, BEGAN ITS RUN ALBANY
TO SCHENECTADY
Location: WESTERN AVE., NR. NORTH ALLEN ST.
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NEW YORK STATE
OFFICE BUILDING
CORNERSTONE LAID BY
GOV. ALFRED E. SMITH, 1928
Location: S. SWAN ST. AND WASHINGTON AVE.
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PATROON STREET
FORMER NAME OF CLINTON AVE.
THIS WAS THE DIVIDING LINE
BETWEEN THE CITY OF ALBANY
AND THE MANOR OF
RENSSELAERWYCK
Location: CLINTON AVE. AT N. PEARL ST.
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PIONEER ROUTE
AT THIS POINT THE PIONEERS
GOING WEST IN OX CARTS AND
HORSE DRAWN CARAVANS ASSEMBLED,
THIS STREET FORMERLY CALLED
THE BOWERY
Location: CENTRAL AVE., NR. NORTHERN BLVD.
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SCHENECTADY GATE
NEAR THIS POINT THE PATH
TO SCHENECTADY USED BY
INDIANS AND FUR TRADERS
LED THROUGH THE PALISADES
WHICH ENCLOSED THE CITY
Location: MAIDEN LA. BETWEEN EAGLE AND LODGE STS.
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STATE EDUCATION BUILDING
DEDICATED 1912. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
OFFICES; STATE LIBRARY; STATE MUSEUM;
EXHIBITS; OPEN TO PUBLIC
Location: WASHINGTON AVE. BETWEEN HAWK AND SWAN STS.
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THE CAPITOL
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
SECOND CAPITOL BUILDING
ERECTED BY THE STATE
CORNERSTONE LAID 1871
25 YEARS IN CONSTRUCTION
Location: CAPITOL PARK, EAGLE ST. NR. WASHINGTON AVE.
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[ARROW]
1 1/2 MILES
SCHUYLER MANSION
HOME OF GENERAL PHILIP
SCHUYLER. RESIDENCE OF
ALEXANDER HAMILTON IN 1781
Location: EAGLE AND PINE STS.
County: ALBANY
Town: BERNE, TOWN OF
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5 MILES S - E
SITE OF
DIETZ MASSACRE
WHERE JOHANNES DIETZ AND
HIS FAMILY WERE KILLED BY
TORIES AND INDIANS
SEPTEMBER 1781
Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE
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AX FACTORY
ESTABLISHED BY DANIEL
SIMMONS IN 1825. SAID TO BE
THE FIRST FACTORY IN THE
UNITED STATES TO MAKE
AXES FROM CAST STEEL.
Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE
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BEAVER DAM
LATER CALLED BERNVILLE
FORTIFIED DURING THE
REVOLUTION. JOHN DIETZ'.
FAMILY MASSACRED BY INDIANS
Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE
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CHEESE FACTORY
FIRST IN TOWN OF BERNE
BUILT IN 1878 AND MADE
495 POUNDS IN A SINGLE DAY
Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE
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CORPORATION
INN
OPENED 1817 BY
HENRY ENGLE
Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE
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DWELLING
BUILT ABOUT 1800 BY
WILLIAM SHULTES
Location: NYS 43, AT W. BERNE
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EARLY SETTLER
JACOB WEIDMAN, A SWISS,
LOCATED ON FOXENKILL ON
SITE OF BERNE VILLAGE ABOUT
1750. BUILT FIRST SAWMILL
AND GRISTMILL
Location: NW CORNER NYS 43 AND NYS 156 AT BERNE
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FIRST MILL
BUILT 1750 BY JACOB
WEIDMAN STOOD NEAR HERE
Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE
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FIRST STORE
STOOD ON THIS SITE
OWNED BY JOHN FISHER
Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE
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INDIAN
STOCKADE
BUILT ON SITE
OF BERNE VILLAGE
Location: NYS 43, 1/4 MI. EAST OF BERNE
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JUSTICE OF
PEACE
JACOB HOCHSTRASSER
WAS FIRST SUPERVISOR
AND JUSTICE OF PEACE
OF TOWN OF BERNE
Location: NYS 43, AT E. BERNE
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M. E. CHURCH
ORGANIZED AT REIDSVILLE
1830 BY REVEREND ROSMAN KELLY
CHURCH REPLACED IN 1841
Location: TOWN RD., AT REIDSVILLE
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MILL SITE
FOR CARDING AND FULLING
MILL BUILT AT AN EARLY
DATE BY MALACHI SHIPPLE
WILLIAM H. BALL
AND LYMAN DWIGHT
Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE
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PIONEER
COL. JESSE WOOD OF LONG
ISLAND SETTLED HERE ABOUT
1800. SERVED IN WAR OF
1812. DIED JULY 23, 1853
AT AGE OF 83 YEARS
Location: NYS 156, .5 MI. N. OF BERNE
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REFORMED
DUTCH CHURCH
ORGANIZED 1763, FIRST
PASTOR JOHANNES SCHUYLER
1767. OLDEST CHURCH IN
COUNTY OUTSIDE OF ALBANY
Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE
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REFORMED
DUTCH CHURCH
ORGANIZED 1763 BY REV. JOHANNES
SCHUYLER OF SCHOHARIE
LOG CHURCH 1765. FRAME 1786
WHICH WAS TAKEN DOWN 1830
Location: NYS 43, AT W. BERNE
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SCHOOLS
IN 1812 THERE WERE 21
SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TOWN
OF BERNE AND 30 THE NEXT
YEAR. IN 1816 THERE WERE
1710 PUPILS IN SCHOOL
Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE
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SOUTH BERNE
PREVIOUS TO 1828 CALLED
CENTERVILLE BECAUSE IT
WAS EQUI-DISTANT FROM
THREE OF THE OTHER VILLAGES.
Location: CO. RD., AT S. BERNE
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TOWN OF BERNE
FORMED MARCH 17, 1795, FROM
RENSSELAERVILLE. TOWN OF
KNOX TAKEN OFF IN 1822.
JACOB WEIDMAN, FIRST
SETTLER ABOUT 1750
Location: NYS 43 AND NYS 85, AT MALLORY CORNERS
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WEIDMAN HOME
THE LARGEST HOUSE IN BERNE
WITH TEN FIRPLACES
BUILT BY PETER WEIDMAN
IN 1800, STOOD
ON THIS SITE
Location: NYS 43, AT BERNE
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WEST BERNE
CALLED MECHANICSVILLE
1830-34 BECAUSE SO MANY
MECHANICS LIVED THERE.
Location: NYS 43, AT W. BERNE
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WILLIS' STORE
ESTABLISHED IN 1800 BY
MAJOR STEPHEN WILLIS STOOD
HERE. HE ALSO HAD A POTASH
FACTORY, TANNERY, WHISKEY
STILL, AND SHOE FACTORY.
Location: NYS 157, .5 MI. NE OF E. BERNE
County: ALBANY
Town: BETHLEHEM, TOWN OF
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AGRICULTURAL FAIR
FIRST ANNUAL FAIR OF
ALBANY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY HELD AT BETHLEHEM
CENTER OCT. 4-6, 1853
Location: NYS 32, 100 YDS. W OF US 9W
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BAKER FARM
SETTLED BY JOAB BAKER
OF CONNECTICUT IN 1791
Location: NYS 144, .5 MI. N. OF SELKIRK
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BECKER HOMESTEAD
AT BECKER'S CORNERS
SETTLED BY ALBERTUS BECKER
WHO MARRIED HELEN
VAN DERZEE
Location: NYS 396, N. OF RR BRIDGE
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BETHLEHEM CENTER
KNOWN AS BABCOCK
CORNERS ON THE ALBANY
AND BETHLEHEM TURNPIKE
Location: W CORNER, US 9W AND NYS 32
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DELMAR
EARLIER ADAMSVILLE AND ADAMS STATION
NATHANIEL ADAMS LOCATED
HERE IN 1836 AND BUILT
A HOTEL IN 1838.
Location: NYS 43, AT DELMAR
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TANNERY
BUILT ABOUT 1825 ON
FARM OF ISAAC AND JOHN
COFFIN. OPERATED FOR
MANY YEARS BY ROBERT
CARHART. BURNED 1883
Location: WILLOWBROOK AVE., IN S. BETHLEHEM
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TURNPIKE
ALBANY AND DELAWARE
CHARTERED MARCH 2, 1805.
6000 SHARES AT $25.
EXTENSIVELY TRAVELLED ALBANY
TO OTEGO. ABANDONED 1868
Location: NYS 43, W. OF ALBANY CITY LINE
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VAN WIE'S DOCK
SITE OF DOCK OWNED BY
PETER G. AND HENRY VAN WIE
AND LEASED FEB. 23, 1835
TO HUDSON RIVER STEAMBOAT
CO. FOR ALBANY TERMINAL
Location: TOWN RD., AT VAN WIE'S POINT
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VAN WIE'S HOUSE
BUILT BY HENDRICK VAN WIE
IN 1732. THE HOME OF SIX
GENERATIONS OF THIS DUTCH
COLONIAL FAMILY, SETTLERS
AT FORT ORANGE, IN 1664
Location: TOWN RD., NR. WM. GIBSON'S RD. AT VAN WIE'S POINT
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VAN WIE'S POINT
HENDRICK GERRITSE VAN WIE
DUTCH COLONIST IN FORT
ORANGE 1664, BUILT HOUSE
HERE IN 1679
Location: TOWN RD., AT VAN WIE'S POINT
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WINNE
FARM
SETTLED BY
FRANCIS WINNE
Location: CO. RD., W. OF ALBANY FILTRATION PLANT
County: ALBANY
Town: COEYMANS, TOWN OF
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COEYMANS
TOWN FORMED MARCH 18, 1791
FROM WATERVLIET. A PART WENT
TO FORM WESTERLO IN 1815.
NAMED FROMTHE PATENTEE
BARENT PIETERSON COEYMANS
Location: CHURCH AND WESTERLO STS., COEYMANS
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COEYMANS GAZETTE
STARTED 1863 BY
THOMAS MCKEE AS
EDITOR. SUCCEEDED
BY COEYMANS HERALD
Location: NYS 144, AT COEYMANS
County: ALBANY
Town: COHOES, CITY OF
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CAMP VAN SCHAIK
CONTINENTAL ARMY, NORTHERN
DEPARTMENT UNDER COMMAND
GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER
GENERAL HORATIO GATES
AUG. 15 - SEPT. 8, 1777
Location: SE CORNER MYRTLE AND PARK
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CONTINENTAL AVE.
ALGONQUIN AND MOHAWK
INDIAN TRAIL
COLONIAL MILITARY ROUTE
Location: SW CORNER ONTARIO AND CONTINENTAL
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EGBERTS AND BAILEY MILL
FIRST BUILDING ERECTED FOR THE
MANUFACTURE OF KNIT GOODS BY
POWER IN AMERICA, 1836. FIRST
POWER KNITTING MACHINERY
APPLIED IN COHOES, 1832
Location: ONTARIO, W. OF REMSEN
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FIRST BRIDGE
ACROSS MOHAWK RIVER
OPENED 1795.
900 FT. LONG
24 FT. WIDE, 15 FT. ABOVE
BED OF RIVER ON 13 STONE
PIERS. COST $12,000 DOLLARS
Location: MOHAWK AND REMSEN STS.
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HOME OF JAMES
"BUTTERMILK" LANSING
BUILT BY DOUW FONDA BEFORE
1767. ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF
BOGHT SETTLEMENT, CHOES, N.Y.
Location: W. COLUMBIA ST., BETWEEN SUNSET AND ELAINE CTS.
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INDIAN SPRING
ALGONQUIN AND MOHAWK INDIANS
COLONIAL MILITARY SPRING 1690
1782, FIRST SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY
FOR THE SETTLERS
OF COHOES
Location: CONTINENTAL AVE., E. OF SCHOOL
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JUNCTA
JUNCTION OF THE ORIGINAL
ERIE AND CHAMPLAIN CANALS
FIRST SETTLEMENT AND NAME
COHOES. SITE OF THE
FIRST POST OFFICE
Location: NW CORNER SPRING AND SARATOGA STS.
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MANOR AVENUE
THE OLD BOGHT ROAD
NORTHERN BOUNDARY LINE OF
THE MANOR OF
RENSSELAERWYCK
1630
Location: N. BAKER AND MANOR AVE.
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MILITARY ROAD FROM 1690
THROUGH THE REVOLUTION. USED
BY GENERAL EBENEZER LEARNED ON HIS
WAY TO RELIEVE FOR STANWIX -
AUG. 14, 1777
Location: CONTINENTAL AVE., S. OF SCHOOL
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SITE OF
REFORMED CHURCH
OF THE BOGHT
ONE OF THE FIRST CHURCHES NORTH
OF ALBANY, BUILT ABOUT 1783
Location: SW CORNER BAKER AVE., AND VLIET BLVD.
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SITE OF
COHOES
MASTODON
FOUND SEPTEMBER 1866
NOW IN N. Y. STATE MUSEUM
Location: MOHAWK AND VLIET STS.
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VAN SCHAIK
BURIAL PLOT
FIRST SETTLERS OF COHOES
AND OWNERS OF HALF MOON
PATENT BURIED HERE
Location: DELAWARE AVE. BETWEEN ONTARIO AND VAN SCHAICK
County: ALBANY
Town: COLONIE, TOWN OF
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1/4 MILE [ARROW]
SHAKERS
SOUTH FAMILY
ONLY SURVIVING FAMILY
OF WATERVLIET COMMUNITY
FIRST BUILDING ERECTED
1800 AND STILL STANDING
Location: NYS 155, W. OF AIRPORT
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BOGHT CHURCH
SITE OF THE REFORMED DUTCH
CHURCH OF THE BOGHT
1ST CHURCH NORTH OF ALBANY
ORGANIZED BY THE CLASSIS
OF ALBANY, FEB. 22, 1784
Location: BOGHT RD., E. OF US 9
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LOUDEN'S FORD
BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL
ARMY FORD PROTECTED
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1777
BY HENERALS ENOCH POOR
AND BENEDICT ARNOLD
Location: FONDA RD. AT POWER STATION
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OLD LOUDON
ROAD
NAMED AFTER EARL LOUDON
IN 1756. ROUTE OF BRITISH
AND AMERICAN ARMIES TO
MONTREAL
Location: FONDA RD. AT POWER STATION
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SHAKER
CEMENTERY
FIRST BURIAL 1797 AND
EARLIER BURIALS REMOVED
HERE LATER
Location: NYS 155, W. OF AIRPORT
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SHAKERS
ANN LEE AND COMPANY CAME
TO AMERICA 1774 AND FOUNDED
HERE IN THE VALLEY OF THE
WILDERNESS THE FIRST SHAKER
COMMUNITY 1776
Location: NYS 155, NR. ALBANY AIRPORT
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THE BOGHT
SETTLED 1718-1750 BY
FAMILIES FROM HOLLAND,
AMONG THEM FONDA, LANSING,
LIEVERSE, ROFF, STAATS,
VAN DENBERGH, VISSCHER, ETC.
Location: US 9, AT BOGHT CORNERS
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[ARROW]
SHAKERS
WEST FAMILY
AT FIRST KNOWN AS
THE SECOND FAMILY
OCCUPIED BY SHAKERS
1810-1915
Location: NYS 155, W. OF AIRPORT
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[ARROW] 1/2 MILE
SHAKERS
NORTH FAMILY
OCCUPIED BY SHAKERS
- 1919
PRINCIPAL BUILDING YET
STANDING RECONSTRUCTED
Location: SHAKER RD., NR. CO. JAIL
County: ALBANY
Town: GUILDERLAND, TOWN OF
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100 FT. W.
SITE OF FIRST REFORMED
DUTCH CHURCH
IN GUILDERLAND
BEFORE 1767. FIRST PASTOR
REV. HARMANUS VAN HUYSEN
Location: NYS 146, W. OF NYS 158
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ABOUT 1750
FREDERICK CROUNSE
SON OF POLISH NOBLEMAN
SETTLED HERE
FARM OWNED BY CROUNSE
FAMILY TO PRESENT 1934
Location: NYS 156, S. OF ALTAMONT
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ABRAHAM WEMPLE
COL. SCHENECTADY MILITIA
DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTION
OWNED FARM HERE 1765 TO
DEATH IN 1799. BURIED ON
HIGH KNOLL ABOVE RESERVOIR
Location: US 20, W. OF RR BRIDGE
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ALTAMONT
INCORPORATED AS A VILLAGE
1890 OFFICERS: PRESIDENT
HIRAM GRIGGS. TRUSTEES - SMITH
PHILLEY, JESSE CROUNSE
HENRY A. WILBUR
Location: WESTERN AVE., AT FIRE HOUSE IN ALTAMONT
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BATTLE OF NORMANSKILL
FOUGHT NORTH OF THE CREEK
SCHENECTADY MILITIA WITH
40 RHODE ISLAND TROOPS
DISPERSED LARGE GROUP OF
TORIES ON AUGUST 11, 1777
Location: NYS 146, 2 MIS. W. OF GUILDERLAND
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CASE HOMESTEAD
BUILT AS TAVERN BY
RUSSELL CASE AT THE
OPENING OF GREAT
WESTERN TURNPIKE, 1799
Location: US 20, E. OF GUILDERLAND
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DR. F. CROUNSE
BUILT THIS HOUSE 1833
FIRST PHYSICIAN AT
WEST GUILDERLAND (ALTAMONT)
PRACTISED HERE SIXTY YEARS
Location: US 20, AT GUN CLUB RD.
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FARM AND
BURIAL PLACE
JOHN GROOT
OFFICER 3D REGIMENT
ALBANY COUNTY MILITIA
WAR OF REVOLUTION
Location: NYS 397, N. OF ALTAMONT
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FARM OF
FREDERICK CROUNSE
OFFICER 3D ALBANY CO. MILITIA
IN REVOLUTION. CARRIED FOOD
TO ARMY BATTLE OF SARATOGA
BURIED HERE
Location: NYS 156, 1 MI. S. OF ALTAMONT
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FARM OF EVERT BANCKER
THIRD MAYOR OF ALBANY, 1695
INDIAN COMMISSIONER, 1669
MASTER CHANCERY, 1705
DIED HERE, 1734
Location: NYS 146, .5 MI FROM US 20
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FARM OF WALTER VORMAN
CAPT. SCHENECTADY MILITIA
DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTION
CAPTURED BY TORY FORCE
SOUTH OF ONEIDA LAKE; HELD
PRISONER IN CANADA 1780-82
Location: NYS 158, S. OF US 20
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FIRST MEETING
OF TOWN OF GUILDERLAND
HELD APRIL 5, 1803 IN THIS
HOUSE, AT THE TIME A
TAVERN CONDUCTED
BY HENDRICK APPLE
Location: NYS 146, 1 MI. W. OF GUILDERLAND CENTER
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FREEMAN HOUSE
SAID TO HAVE BEEN ERECTED
1734. LATER THE HOME OF BARENT
MYNDERSE, LIEUT. IN WAR OF REV.
Location: NYS 146, AT GUILDERLAND CENTER
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FRENCH'S MILLS
SITE OF EARLY SAWMILL;
CLOTHES WORKS OF PETER K.
BROEK 1795; FACTORY OF
ABEL FRENCH 1800;
TAVERN OF JACOB AKER 1800
Location: NYS 146, AT GUILDERLAND CENTER
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GLASS WORKS, 1785-1815
MADE BOTTLE AND WINDOW
GLASS. STARTED HERE BY
LEONARD DE NEUFVILLE. LATER
CALLED ALBANY GLASS HOUSE,
THEN HAMILTON GLASS WORKS
Location: US 20, AT GUILDERLAND
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HOME OF
GEORGE WAGNER
LIEUTENANT IN THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Location: NYS 397, S OF DUNNSVILLE
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HOME OF
HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT
B. 1793-D. 1864
GLASS MAKER, EXPLORER, AUTHOR,
POET, AUTHORITY ON
AMERICAN INDIANS
Location: WILLOW ST., IN GUILDERLAND
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HOUSE BUILT 1802
BY NICHOLAS V. MYNDERSE
SOLD TO MICHAEL FREDERICK
WHO RAN IT AS A TAVERN FOR
MANY YEARS
Location: NYS 146, AT GUILDERLAND CENTER
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INN OF GEORGE SEVERSON
OLD SCHOHARIE ROAD
BUILT AT CLOSE OF REVOLUTION
FIRST POST OFFICE OF
WEST GUILDERLAND AS
THIS PLACE WAS THEN CALLED
Location: ALTAMONT BLVD. AND HELDERBERG AVE., IN ALTAMONT
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INN OF JACOB CROUNSE
BUILT 1833. MIDWAY TAVERN
WHERE HORSES WERE CHANGED ON
SCHOHARIE-ALBANY
STAGE COACH ROUTE
Location: NYS 146, E. OF ALTAMONT
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JACOB VAN AERNAM (1723-1813)
CAPT. 3RD ALBANY REGIMENT
LEADER OF PATRIOT FORCES
IN THE HELDERBERGH REGION
DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTION
LIVED ON FARM HERE
Location: NYS 156 BETWEEN ALTAMONT AND VORHEESVILLE
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KNOWER HOUSE
EST. AS HAT FACTORY ABOUT 1800
BY BENJAMIN KNOWER
GOV. WILLIAM L. MARCY
MARRIED CORNELIA KNOWER
IN THIS HOUSE
Location: NYS 146, E. OF ALTAMONT
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OLD HELLEBERGH
LAND OF BITTER CONFLICT
BETWEEN PATRIOT AND TORY
KNOWN LATER AS
WEST GUILDERLAND,
KNOWERSVILLE, AND ALTAMONT
Location: MAIN ST. AND MAPLE AVE., ALTAMONT
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OLD PLANK ROAD
SCHOHARIE TO ALBANY
FOLLOWED THIS ROUTE
CHARTERED 1849
ABANDONED 1867
Location: MAIN ST. AND BRANDLE RD., ALTAMONT
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ON THIS SPOT STOOD THE
FIRST
LUTHERAN CHURCH
IN TOWN OF GUILDERLAND
1787 REV. HEINRICH MOELLER
FIRST REGULAR PASTOR
Location: NYS 146, 2 MIS. E. OF ALTAMONT
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RED MEN'S HALL
FORMERLY USED AS BAPTIST
CHURCH, 1850-66; CATHOLIC
CHURCH; TEMPERANCE HALL
Location: US 20, E. OF GUILDERLAND
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SEVERSON HOUSE
BUILT BY EARLY SETTLER
JURRIAN SEVERSON
LOCATED ON MAP OF WEST MANOR
RENSSELAERWYCK, 1767
Location: NYS 146 AT ALTAMONT
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SITE OF
FIRST INN
AND STORE
KEPT IN DUNNSVILLE
BY JOHN E. WINNE
1800-1830
Location: US 20 AT DUNNSVILLE
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SITE OF
TOLL GATE
NUMBER TWO ON WESTERN
TURNPIKE. ROAD PLANKED IN
1849. THIS GATE MAINTAINED
UNTIL 1906
Location: US 20, 2 MIS. E. OF GUILDERLAND
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SITE OF
HAMILTON UNION CHURCH
OCTAGONAL BUILDING USED
ALSO AS A SCHOOL HOUSE
BUILT BY HAMILTON MFG.
SOCIETY ABOUT 1797
Location: US 20, AT GUILDERLAND
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SITE OF
INDIAN VILLAGE
NEIGHBORING STREAM CALLED
WILDEHAUSE KILL
OR INDIAN HOUSE CREEK
Location: N. OF US 20 AT DUNNSVILLE
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SITE OF HOUSE
OF DR. JONATHAN JOHNSON
FIRST PHYSICIAN IN
DUNNSVILLE WHO CAME
HERE ON HORSEBACK IN 1808
SURGEON IN WAR OF 1812
Location: US 20 AT DUNNSVILLE
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THE
VALE
OF
TAWASENTHA
Location: NYS 146, 3/4 MI. W. OF GUILDERLAND
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TOWN OF GUILDERLAND
ESTABLISHED APRIL 4, 1803
FROM PART OF WATERVLIET
FIRST OFFICERS, SUPERVISOR,
NICHOLAS V. MYNDERSE, TOWN
CLERK, PETER G. VEEDER
Location: NYS 146, AND NYS 158 AT OSBORN'S CORNERS
County: ALBANY
Town: KNOX, TOWN OF
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ALBANY COUNTY
DERIVED ITS NAME FROM
THE SCOTCH TITLE OF THE
DUKE OF YORK AND ALBANY
AFTERWARDS KING JAMES II
OF ENGLAND
Location: NYS 43, W. OF W. BERNE AT ALBANY SCHOHARIE CO. LINE
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ANTI-RENT RIOTS
MORE LEASED LAND IN BERNE
THAN ANY OTHER TOWN IN
ALBANY COUNTY LED TO
SERIOUS OUTBREAKS
AFTER 1840
Location: NYS 157 A, 3 MIS. N. OF EAST BERNE
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KNOXVILLE ACADEMY
INCORPORATED 1837 CHARTERED
REGENTS 1842-1869 FACED
MILITARY TRAINING GROUND 1776
Location: NYS 156, AT KNOX
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SAND FARM
SETTLED BY
CHRISTIAN ZANDT
IN 1787
Location: NYS 156, 1 MI. W. OF KNOX
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WHIPPLE FARM
SETTLED BY MALACHI
WHIPPLE OF CONN. ABOUT
1793. IN 1820 FARM WON
PREMIUM AS MODEL
FARM IN ALBANY COUNTY
Location: NYS 156, W. OF ALTAMONT
County: ALBANY
Town: NEW SCOTLAND, TOWN OF
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CLARKSVILLE
A HALFWAY STATION LOCATED
ON ALBANY AND DELAWARE
TURNPIKE NAMED FROM ADAM
A. CLARK WHO SETTLED
HERE IN 1822
Location: NYS 43, AT CLARKSVILLE
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EARLY MISSION
FOUNDED 1787 BY
SUFFOLK PRESBYTERY
INCORPORATED 1789
FIRST CHURCH 1791
ORIGINAL FRAME STANDING
Location: NYS 85, AT NEW SCOTLAND
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HELDERBERGS
THE NAME MEANS CLEAR
MOUNTAINS. THEY HAVE BEEN
CALLED "THE KEY TO THE
GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA"
Location: NYS 157, AT J.B. THATCHER PARK
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METHODISM
HERE BUILT ITS FIRST CHURCH
IN THIS ENTIRE AREA
KNOWN AS BETHLEHEM, NORTH
OF BLACK CREEK CHURCH, 1823
Location: NYS 156, W. OF VORHEESVILLE
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NEW SCOTLAND
TOWNFORMED APRIL 25, 1832
FROM BETHLEHEM. SCOTCH
NAMES APPEAR AMONG EARLY
SETTLERS. FIRST TOWN MEETING
APRIL 9, 1833
Location: NYS 85, AT NEW SCOTLAND
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SLINGERLAND
HOUSE 1762
BUILT BY TUNIS CORNELISE
SLINGERLAND, DUTCH
EMIGRANT 1650, ON LAND
PURCHASED FROM INDIANS
Location: NYS 32, 3 MIS. S. OF FEURA BUSH
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TORY CAVE 1777
JACOB SALSBURY, A SPY
DURING BURGOYNE INVASION,
FOUND REFUGE FROM SETTLERS
IN A CAVE AGAINST
THE CLIFFS NEARBY
Location: N. OF NYS 157, AT TRAIL, IN J.B. THATCHER PARK
County: ALBANY
Town: RENSSELAERVILLE, TOWN OF
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ALBANY COUNTY
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL
COUNTIES OF THE PROVINCE
OF NEW YORK CREATED
BY LAW NOVEMBER 1, 1683.
MOTHER OF MANY COUNTIES
Location: NYS 145, NW OF PRESTON HOLLOW AT ALBANY-SCHOHARIE CO. LINE
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ALBANY COUNTY
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL
COUNTIES OF THE PROVINCE
OF NEW YORK CREATED
BY LAW NOVEMBER 1, 1683.
MOTHER OF MANY COUNTIES
Location: NYS 145 S. OF COOKSBURG AT ALBANY-GREENE CO. LINE
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ALBANY COUNTY
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL
COUNTIES OF THE PROVINCE
OF NEW YORK CREATED
BY LAW NOVEMBER 1, 1683.
MOTHER OF MANY COUNTIES
Location: NYS 145, NW OF PRESTON HOLLOW AT ALBANY
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DISTRICTS
MANOR OF RENSSELAERSWYCK
CREATED A DISTRICT
IN 1772 AND SUBDIVIDED
INTO EAST AND WEST
DISTRICTS IN 1779
Location: NYS 85, 1.5 MIS. NE OF RENSSELAERVILLE
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DR. SAMUEL PRESTON
SETTLED HERE IN 1789 AND
GAVE HIS NAME TO PRESTON
HOLLOW. HE BUILT THE FIRST
SAWMILL AND GRISTMILL.
Location: NYS 145, AT PRESTON HOLLOW
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INDIAN TRAIL
RAN FROM CATSKILL TO
SCHOHARIE VALLEY ALONG
THIS STEAM THROUGH PRESTON
HOLLOW AND LIVINGSTONVILLE
Location: NYS 81 AT COOKSBURG
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PIONEER
JOSEPH BURCHARD SETTLED
HERE IN 1789. PRESIDENT
R.B. HAYES WAS RELATED
TO THIS FAMILY
Location: NYS 145, 1.5 MIS. NW OF PRESTON HOLLOW
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TURNPIKE
SCHOHARIE TO ATHENS
CHARTERED IN 1802 AND
MUCH USED IN EARLY DAYS
Location: NYS 81 AND 145, AT COOKSBURG
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WHIPPING POST
FOR TOWN LOCATED ON FARM
OF LAWRENCE FAULK WHO
SETTLED HERE IN 1790,
AND DIED IN 1838
Location: NYS 145, NW OF PRESTON HOLLOW
County: ALBANY
Town: WESTERLO, TOWN OF
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ACADEMY
THIS HOUSE WAS THE
CHESTERVILLE ACADEMY
BUILT ABOUT 1800
GABRIEL PINNEY
HEAD MASTER
Location: NYS 143, N. OF WESTERLO
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ALBANY COUNTY
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL
COUNTIES OF THE PROVINCE
OF NEW YORK CREATED
BY LAW NOVEMBER 1, 1683.
MOTHER OF MANY COUNTIES
Location: NYS 32 AT ALBANY-GREENE CO. LINE
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ALLEN HOUSE
BUILT 1795, HERE AND ON
THIS ROAD LIVED EBENEAZER
ALLEN AND HIS SONS JUSTICE,
HOWARD AND STEPHEN. ALL
SOLDIERS IN REVOLUTION.
Location: CO. RD.,1 MI. W. OF BASIC CREEK RESERVOIR
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ANTI-RENT WAR
EVENTS IN THE QUARREL OF
TENANTS WITH LORD OF THE
VAN RENSSELAER MANOR
OCCURRED IN THIS REGION
IN 1840 AND LATER
Location: NYS 85, AT SNYDER'S CORNERS
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BAPTIST CHURCH
ORGANIZED AT CHESTERVILLE
1800. ROSWELL BECKWITH
WAS THE FIRST PASTOR
Location: NYS 143, AT WESTERLO
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BEARDSLEY HOUSE
HOME OF WILLIAM BEARDSLEY
HERE WAS HELD FIRST TOWN
MEETING OF WESTERLO
APRIL 4, 1815
Location: CO. RD., W. OF WESTERLO
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DORMANSVILLE
NAMED IN HONOR OF DANIEL
DORMAN, AN INN AND STORE
KEEPER, AND FIRST POST-
MASTER IN 1832
Location: NYS 32 AND NYS 143 AT DORMANSVILLE
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EARLY DOCTOR
DR. JONATHAN PROSSER OF
DUTCHESS COUNTY SETTLED
ON THIS FARM IN 1788
Location: NYS 32, 1.MI.S.,DORMANSVILLE
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GRANT AND EADIE
EARLY STOREKEEPERS
MADE POTASH AT
CHESTERVILLE, 1798
Location: NYS 143, AT WESTERLO
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INDIAN TRAIL
OLD INDIAN TRAIL LED
THROUGH THIS VALLEY TO
THE SWITZKILL, INDIAN
CAMP GROUND NEAR HERE
Location: CO. RD., W. OF WESTERLO
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MANOR OF
VAN RENSSELAER
1630 KILIAEN VAN RENSSELAER
GRANTED PATENT FOR 1152
SQUARE MILES INCLUDING ALL
OF ALBANY AND RENSSELAER
COUNTIES
Location: NYS 143, AT WESTERLO
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MYERS FARM
PHILIP MYERS OF GERMANY
IN 1763 BUILT A LOG HOUSE
AT CHESTERVILLE, MARRIED A
DAUGHTER OF NICHOLAS
STODDARD AND DIED 1813
Location: CO. RD., S. OF NYS 143, AT WESTERLO
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NEAR HERE
ANDREW HANNAY
RAISED A COMPANY OF
VOLUNTEERS OCTOBER 1777
TO OPPOSE INVASION OF
BURGOYNE, WHO SURRENDERED
BEFORE THEIR ARRIVAL
Location: NYS 32 AND NYS 143 AT DORMANSVILLE
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QUAKER CHURCH
SITE OF A QUAKER CHURCH
AND SCHOOL. ERECTED 1803
CEMETERY IN REAR
Location: CO. RD., NR. SMITH'S CORNERS
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REFORMED CHURCH
FIRST CHURCH IN TOWN.
ORGANIZED 1793. ORIGINAL
SITE FIVE MILES SOUTH
OF HERE
Location: NYS 143, E. OF WESTERLO
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SNYDER CEMETERY
CONTAINS THE UNMARKED
GRAVES OF SEVERAL
SOLDIERS OF THE
REVOLUTION
Location: CO. RD., 1.5 MIS. S. OF SNYDER'S CORNERS
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SOUTH WESTERLO
NAME CHANGED IN 1827 FROM
SMITH'S MILLS NAMED AFTER
DAVID SMITH WHO ALSO OWNED
A TANNERY AND ASHERY
Location: CO. RD., AT S. WESTERLO
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TEMPERANCE
SOCIETY
ORGANIZED IN SCHOOL
HOUSE NEAR CHESTERVILLE
IN 1828
DEACON HOLMES PRESIDED
Location: NYS 143, AT WESTERLO
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VAN LEUVAN'S
CORNERS
NAMED AFTER ISAAC VAN LEUVAN.
EARLIER KNOWN AS SACKETT'S
CORNERS AND THEN
PRESTON'S CORNERS
Location: CO. RD.,.5 MIS. S. OF SNYDER'S CORNERS
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WESTERLO
TOWN FORMED MARCH 16, 1815
FROM COEYMANS AND
RENSSELAERVILLE. NAMED FOR
REV. EILARDUS WESTERLO
OF ALBANY
Location: NYS 143, AT WESTERLO
County: ALLEGANY
Town: ALMA, TOWN OF
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TRIANGLE NO. 1
FIRST OIL WELL DRILLED
IN ALLEGANY COUNTY
DRILLED BY
O.P. TAYLOR
1879
Location: ON TOWN ROAD ABOUT 1/4 MI. SOUTHWEST OF PETROLIA
County: ALLEGANY
Town: BURNS, TOWN OF
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FIRST HOUSE
IN CANASERAGA
BUILT ON THIS SITE
BY SAMUEL BOYLAN
IN 1806
Location: ON MILL STREET IN CANASERAGA
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SITE OF
FIRST
SCHOOL HOUSE
IN TOWN OF BURNS
ERECTED 1810
DAVID CROOK, FIRST TEACHER
Location: ON NYS 70 ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF CANASERAGA
County: ALLEGANY
Town: CUBA, TOWN OF
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CUBA LAKE
SUMMIT LEVEL FEEDER FOR
OLD GENESEE VALLEY CANAL,
FORMED, 1856, BY BUILDING
A 60 FOOT DAM ACROSS THE
STREAM CALLED OIL CREEK
Location: ON NYS 305 ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF VILLAGE OF CUBA
County: BRONX
Town: NONE
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BRONX RIVER
DURING THE REVOLUTION, THE
BRITISH FLEET WAS ORDERED
TO "PROCEED UP THE BRONX
AND ATTACK THE YANKEES
IN HIDING ABOVE."
Location: BRONX RIVER, AT BOSTON RD. BRIDGE, IN BRONX PARK
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CITY ISLAND
"PEARL OF THE SOUND", WAS
SO CALLED, BECAUSE IT WAS
PLANNED TO OUTSTRIP NEW
YORK CITY. OYSTER CULTURE
FIRST STARTED HERE.
Location: CITY ISLAND PARK
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DRAKE PARK
CONTAINS GRAVE OF JOSPEH
RODMAN DRAKE, POET, AUTHOR
OF "THE CULPRIT FAY", "ODE
TO THE AMERICAN FLAG", AND
"BRONX".
Location: JOSEPH RODMAN DAKE PARK, HUNT'S POINT AVE.
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FEATHERBED LANE
SO CALLED FROM STORY THAT
FARMERS' WIVES, IN 1776,
AIDED AMERICANS TO ESCAPE
BRITISH BY SPREADING
FEATHERBEDS ON THE LANE
Location: PARK TRIANGLE AT FEATHERBED LANE
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FORDING PLACE
EARLY CROSSING OF BRONX
RIVER, NEARBY WAS BEAR
SWAMP, HAUNT OF BEARS. SITE
OF SEWANOE INDIAN VILLAGE UP TO 1689.
Location: WEST SIDE OF LAKE IN BRONX RIVER, OPPOSITE ZOOLOGICAL SEC., 1/3 MI. NORTH
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FORT INDEPENDENCE
ONE OF FORTS BUILT IN 1776
BY AMERICANS TO COMMAND THE
VALLEY BELOW. GENERAL
RICHARD MONTGOMERY HAD A
FARM NEARBY, IN 1772.
Location: CLAFLIN TER. ON WALK EAST OF RESERVOIR OPPOSITE FORT INDEPENDENCE AVE.
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FORT NUMBER FOUR
ONE OF THE CHAIN OF FORTS
BUILT BY THE AMERICANS IN
1776, TO COMMAND THE VALLEY
OF THE HARLEM RIVER; LATER
OCCUPIED BY THE BRITISH
Location: CLAFLIN TER. EAST OF DEDGWICK AVE., WEST OF JEROME PARK RESERVOIR
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GLOVER'S ROCK
IN BATTLE OF PELL'S POINT,
COL. GLOVER AND 550 MEN,
HELD BRITISH LONG ENOUGH
FOR WASHINGTON'S ARMY TO
ESCAPE TO WHITE PLAINS
Location: ON ROAD TO CITY ISLAND NEAR TABLET OFF ROAD
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HUNTER'S ISLAND
CONTAINS THE HUNTER-ISELIN
MANSION; OGDEN MANSION ON
TWIN ISLAND; INDIAN NAME
"LAAPAWACHKING", - "PLACE
OF STRINGING BEADS".
Location: HUNTER'S ISLAND AT ENTRANCE FORM HIGHWAY
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JONAS BRONCK
FIRST SETTLER IN THE BRONX,
1639, BUILT HOUSE EAST OF
THIS PARK, WHERE WAS SIGNED
TREATY BETWEEN DUTCH AND
WECKQUAESKEEK INDIANS, 1642.
Location: PULASKI PARK
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LYDIG'S MILL
BUILT IN 18TH CENTURY, STOOD
HERE. NORTH WAS JOHNSON'S
TAVERN, WHERE STAGE COACHES,
NEW YORK TO BOSTON, STOPPED
TO CHANGE HORSES.
Location: BRONX RIVER, ABOUT OPPOSITE ENTRANCE TO NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
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MACOMB'S DAM
BRIDGE IS ON SITE OF OLD
DAM WHICHMADE POND OF
HARLEM RIVER. DAM BECAME
NUISANCE AND WAS TORN
DOWN BY CITIZENS IN 1840.
Location: MACOMB'S DAM PARK
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OLD INDIAN PATH
LATER KNOWN AS THE
SPLIT ROCK ROADTE MANY OF
ERECTED BY THE PARK DEPT.
CITY OF NEW YORK
OCTOBER 18, 1938
Location: BET. PELHAM BAY PARK ON SPLIT ROCK ROAD, AND BET. PELHAM MANOR AND PELHAM R
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PARADE GROUND
HERE WAS THE BOUWERIE OR
FARM OF ADRIAN VAN DER DONCK,
SECRUED BY PURCHASE FROM INDIANS
AND GRANT BY GOVERNOR KIEFT, 1650.
Location: ON BRAODWAY, WEST SIDE OF PARADE GROUND VAN CORTLAND PARK
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PELL ESTATE
THOMAS PELL OF FAIRFIELD,
CONN., UNDER TREE KNOWN AS
TRATY OADK, BOUGHT PELHAM
MANOR FROM THE SACHEMS
ANNHOOCK AND MAMINEPOE
Location: PELHAM BAY PARK
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POE COTTAGE
EDGAR ALLAN POE LIVED HERE
1846-49 AND WROTE MANY OF
HIS POEMS "ANNABEL LEE",
"ULALUME, AND OTHERS. HIS
WIFE, VIRGINIA, DIED HERE.
Location: ON GRAND CONCOURSE BRONX
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SCREVEN'S POINT
SEWANOE INDIANS HAD CASTLE
HERE, SEEN BY ADRIAN BLOCK
ON HIS VOYAGE, 1614. LOYALIST
CLERGYMEN, INCLUDING SAMUEL
SEABURY, HID IN FARMHOUSE.
Location: SMALL PARK AT END OF CASTLE HILL AVE.
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SITE OF WEST CHESTER TOWN
PRESCOTT BRYANT REPULSED
BRITISH AT CAUSEWAY OVER
WEST CHESTER CREEK
WESTCHESTER "LEXINGTON"
Location: TARRYTOWN
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SPLIT ROCK
NEAR HERE WAS HOME OF
ANNE HUTCHINSON, WHO
SETTLED IN 1642. SHE AND
HER FAMILY WERE KILLED IN
THE INDIAN UPRISING, 1662
Location: AT SPLIT ROCK, PELHAM BAY PARK
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ST. ANN'S SHRINE
HERE RESTS LEWIS MORRIS, "SIGNER"
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE;
GOUVERNEUR MORRIS, "PENMAN"
CONSTITUTION OF U.S.A.; JUDGE
R.H. MORRIS, MAYOR OF NEW YORK
Location: NEW YORK CITY
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THROGG'S NECK
NAMED FOR THROCKMORTON, WHO
SETTLED HERE IN 1642. ONE
OF HIS COMPANIONS WAS
ROGER WILLIAMS, FOUNDER
OF RHODE ISLAND.
Location: THROGG'S POINT PARK
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VAN CORTLANDT
MANSION BUILT IN 1748 BY
FREDERICK VAN CORTLANDT.
HESSIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
REVOLUTION. WASHINGTON AND
ROCHAMBEAU WERE HERE.
Location: IN FRONT OF VAN CORTLAND MANSION
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VAN CORTLANDT MILL
SITE OF GRIST AND SAW MILL
OF VAN CORTLANDT FAMILY.
USED OVER 200 YEARS, BURNED
IN 1901. ONE OF THE MILLSTONES
IS WEST OF THE MANSION
Location: ON BROOK, NEAR DAM, EAST OF VAN CORTLANDT MANSION
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VAN DER DONCK
ADRIAN VAN DER DONCK,
FIRST SETTLER HERE, 1650
BUILT HOUSE, LATER BURNED
BY INDIANS. ORIGINAL SITE
OF VAN CORTLANDT HOUSE.
Location: EAST OF VAN CORTLANDT MANSION, BETWEEN IT AND DAM.
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VAULT HILL
BURIAL VAULT OF THE VAN
CORTLANDT FAMILY, WHERE
AUGUSTUS VAN CORTLANDT,
CITY CLERK, HID NEW YORK
RECORDS DURING REVOLUTION
Location: ON EAST HILL OF PARADE GROUND, NORTH OF RAILROAD UNDERPASS, IN VAN CORTLAND
County: BROOME
Town: CHENANGO, TOWN OF
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INDIAN CASTLE
LOCATED NEAR JUNCTION OF
CASTLE CREEK WITH CHENANGO
RIVER. CALLED OTSININGO.
DESTROYED AUG. 18, 1779
DURING SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN.
Location: ON US 11 AND NYS 12 ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF BINGHAMTON
County: BROOME
Town: DICKINSON, TOWN OF
-
FIRST COURT
IN THIS SECTION
WAS HELD HERE IN 1791
UNDER ELM TREE
Location: ON US 11 ANDNYS 12 ABOUT 1/2 MILES NORTH OF BINGHAMTON
County: BROOME
Town: WINDSOR, TOWN OF
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SAGE CREEK
NAMED FOR SETH SAGE,
1748-1822, CAPTAIN
IN THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
Location: ON NYS 79 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF WINDSOR
County: CATTARAUGUS
Town: ELLICOTTVILLE, TOWN OF
-
FIRST
FRAME HOUSE
IN ELLICOTTVILLE, 1817
EARLY COURTS OF COUNTY AND
MEETINGS OF BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS HELD HERE.
Location: IN ELLICOTTVILLE SO. SIDE WASHINGTON ST., BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND MADISON STS
County: CATTARAUGUS
Town: HINSDALE, TOWN OF
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SENECA OIL
SPRING
1627 FIRST PETROLEUM
DISCOVRED IN AMERICA
1 MI. NORTH 1000 YDS EAST
Location: ON NYS 408 AT CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY COUNTY LINE
County: CATTARAUGUS
Town: YORKSHIRE, TOWN OF
-
FIRST
FRAME HOUSE
IN TOWN OF YOURSHIRE
BUILT IN 1820 BY
ISAAC WILLIAMS
OPENED AS TAVERN 1822
Location: ON NYS 39 AT YORKSHIRE IN YARD OF ELKHORN INN
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SAW MILL AND
GRIST MILL
FIRST IN TOWN OF
YORKSHIRE. BUILT 1814 BY
ISAAC WILLIAMS
Location: ON NYS 16 AT YORKSHIRE NEW OLEAN ROAD
County: CAYUGA
Town: AUBURN, CITY OF
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AUBURN PRISON
ERECTION COMMENCED 1816
FIRST PRISONERS 1817
ASSISTED IN CONSTRUCTION
FIRST ELECTROCUTION
IN THE WORLD 1890
Location: IN FRONT OF PRISON WEST SIDE OF STATE ST.
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AUBURN PRISON
CONVICTS MADE SEWING SILK
1841-1846
HERE WAS PRINCIPAL CASH
MARKET IN U.S. FOR
COCOONS AND RAW SILK
Location: IN FRONT OF PRISON WEST SIDE OF STATE ST.
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CALVARY PRES. CHURCH
OLDEST CHURCH EDIFICE
IN AUBURN. ERECTED 1815-17
AT FRANKLIN AND NORTH STS.
AS FIRST PRES. CHURCH
MOVED HERE 1869
Location: COR. CAPITOL AND FRANKLIN STS. IN FRONT OF CHURCH
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CAYUGA COUNTY COURT HOUSE
FRAME BUILDING ERECTED ON
REAR OF THIS LOT 1809
PRESENT BUILDING
ERECTED 1836
RECONSTRUCTED 1922-24
Location: ON COURT HOUSE GREEN, GENESEE ST.
-
CENTER HOUSE
TAVERN 1805. LAW OFFICE OF
GOV. ENOS THROOP
1ST PRES. CHURCH ORG. 1810
1ST WHITE S.S. 1819
REMOVED TO FULTON ST. 1829
Location: AT INTERSECTION GENESEE AND MARKET STS.
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CENTER HOUSE
EARLY TAVERN ERECTED 1805
AT GENESEE AND MARKET STS.
MOVED HERE 1829
Location: NOW ON 2ND STORY FACE SO. SIDE BLOCK GENESEE AND MARKET STS.
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DURING THE
WAR OF 1812
BARRACKS WERE ESTABLISHED
IN THIS LOCALITY
TROOPS PASSING TO AND
FROM NIAGARA CAMPED HERE
Location: NORTH SIDE W. GENESEE ST.
-
FIRST
FREIGHT DEPOT
AUBURN AND SYRACUSE R.R.
BUILT BY C. W. POMEROY, 1836
BUILDING USED LATER
AS GENESEE OPERA HOUSE
Location: ON 2ND STORY FACE SCHRECK BROS. STORE, 16 E. GENESEE ST.
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FIRST SCHOOL
IN VICINITY OF AUBURN
ERECTED BEFORE 1796
ORIGINALLY ON GENESEE ST.
AND DUNNING AVE.
MOVED HERE 1818
Location: WEST SIDE OF DUNNING AVE.
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FIRST TAVERN AND STORE
OPENED IN A LOG CABIN
BUILT BY
SAMUEL BRISTOL
1796
Location: ON FACE AUBURN TRUST CO. GENESEE ST. SIDE
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FORT HILL
OF MOUNDBUILDER ORIGIN
LATER CAYUGA COUNCIL SEAT
AND VILLAGE FORT WASCO
TRADITIONAL BIRTHPLACE
OF CHIEF LOGAN
Location: AT ENTRANCE FT. HILL CEMETERY SO. SIDE FORT ST.
-
FRANCIS HUNTER
ERECTED TAVERN HERE 1808
UNDER NEARBY ELM
COUNCILS WERE HELD
BETWEEN WHITE SETTLERS
AND INDIANS
Location: NO. SIDE E. GENESEE ST.
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HOME OF
HARRIET TUBMAN
"THE MOSES OF HER RACE"
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
STATION IN SLAVERY DAYS
Location: EAST SIDE SOUTH ST. AT CITY LINE
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HOUSE BUILT 1802 BY
JEHIEL CLARK WHO HERE
FOUNDED CLARKSVILLE 1795
HIS GRIST, SAW AND
CARDING MILLS WERE NEARBY
ALONG OWASCO RIVER
Location: W. SIDE COR. AURELIUS AVE. AND CLARK ST.
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JOHN HUGGINS
HERE MADE FIRST SETTLEMENT
ON GENESEE TURNPIKE BETWEEN
ELBRIDGE AND CAYUGA FERRY
IN 1791. HIS SON ZENAS
BUILT THIS TAVERN 1804
Location: N. SIDE W. GENESEE ST. BETWEEN CRANE BROOK AND CITY LIMITS
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MILITARY DEPOT CAMP
DURING CIVIL WAR
Location: AT COR. CAMP ST. AND LAKE AVE.
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NORTH STREET CEMENTERY
MOST OF THE SETTLERS OF
HARBENBERGH'S CORNERS
AND EARLY INHAVITANTS OF
AUBURN AND BURIED HERE
MAIN CEMETERY UNTIL 1852
Location: IN FRONT OF CEMETERY NORTH ST.
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ON THIS SITE THE
BANK OF AUBURN
FIRST BANK IN AUBURN AND
PREDECESSOR OF NAT. BANK
OF AUBURN WAS OPENED 1817
IN DEMAREE'S TAVERN
Location: ON WALL OF NATIONAL HOTEL NEAR ENTRANCE
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OSBORNE WORKS
DAVID M. OSBORNE, CYRUS C.
DENNIS AND CHAS. WOOD
MAKERS OF KIRBY REAPER
AND OTHER FARM MACHINERY
ORIGINAL FACTORY 1858
Location: ON 2ND STORY FACE OLD OSBORNE OFFICES N. SIDE COR. GENESEE AND OSBORNE STS.
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PIONEER ROADS
OLD GENESEE ROAD 1791
NEW GENESEE ROAD 1797
OLD CHENANGO ROAD 1791
LATER KNOWN AS CAYUGA AND
SENECA TURNPIKE 1802
Location: MARKER FASTENED TO E.FACE OF STORE N.W. CORNER GENESEE AND NORTH STS., 2ND
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SITE OF
BOSTWICK'S
TAVERN 1803-1868
REBUILT 1824, RENAMED
WESTERN EXCHANGE HOTEL
LAFAYETTE A GUEST 1825
Location: ON E. FACE PEARSON BLOCK COR. GENESEE AND EXCHANGE STS.
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SITE OF
WILLARD TAVERN 1810
REBUILT 1828-1830 AS
AMERICAN HOTEL
BURIED 1879
Location: ON 2ND STORY FACE METCALF BLDG., 141 GENESEE ST.
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SITE OF FIRST
SCHOOL HOUSE
ESTABLISHED IN AUBURN 1796
BENJAMIN PHELPS
SCHOOLMASTER
Location: ON W. SIDE NORTH ST. IN FRONT OF HOLY TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL
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SITE OF FIRST LOG
DAM AND MILL
ON OWASCO RIVER BUILT BY
JOHN L HARDENBERGH 1793
ENLARGED 1802
PRESENT STONE MILL 1824
Location: ON FACE OF GAS STATION S. SIDE GENESEE AT JUNC. MARKET. SITE, STONE MILL RE
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SITE OF LOG CABIN 1793
OF JOHN L. HARDENBERGH
FIRST SETTLER OF AUBURN
FIRST AURELIUS TOWN
MEETING HELD HERE 1794
Location: ON MARKET ST. IN FRONT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
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WASCO
"THE CROSSING PLACE"
SITE OF A CAYUGA VILLAGE
OCCUPIED BY INDIANS BEFORE
AND AFTER SETTLEMENT OF
HARDENBERGH CORNERS
1793
Location: STATE ST.-GRASS PLOT BETWEEN PRISON WALL AND RIVER
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WM. G. FARGO
MAY 20, 1818-AUG. 3, 1881
ORGANIZER OF WELLS-FARGO
EXPRESS COMPANY
SERVED HERE AS
FIRST FREIGHT AGENT
Location: ON 2ND STORY FACE SCHRECK BROS. STORE, 16 E. GENESEE ST.
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[ARROW] 500 FEET
FORT HILL
PREHISTORIC INDIAN FORT
TRADITIONAL BIRTHPLACE
OF CHIEF LOGAN
NOW A CEMETERY
Location: S.W. CORNER FORT AND GENESEE STS.
County: CAYUGA
Town: AURELIUS, TOWN OF
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COL. JOHN HARRIS
FIRST WHITE SETTLER IN
CAYUGA COUNTY BUILT LOG
CABIN HERE 1788
ESTABLISHED HARRIS FERRY
ACROSS CAYUGA LAKE
Location: ON CO. RD. 1/2 MIL S. VILG. CAYUGA NEAR ENTRANCE COWAN'S PT. COTTAGE SETTLE
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FIRST CAYUGA COUNTY
COURT HELD HERE 1799
REMOVED TO AURORA 1804
AND TO AUBURN 1809
Location: IN CAYUGA VLGE. ON RTE 90 EAST SIDE, SOUTH OF GENESEE ST.
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OLD GENESEE ROAD
FROM HARDENBERGH CORNERS
TO HARRIS FERRY CROSSED
HERE
Location: ON STATE RD. 326, 1 MILE NORTH OF OAKWOOD
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PIONEER ROADS
INDIAN TRAIL AND
EARLIEST ROAD
S.W. TO HARRIS FERRY
GENESEE TURNPIKE TO
CAYUGA BRIDGE BUILT 1800
Location: ON W. GENESEE ST. STATE RD. AT INTERSECTION CO. RD. AND LVRR
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SITE OF
TREATY FOR PURCHASE
CAYUGA RESERVATION
FROM THE INDIANS
RED JACKET AND FISH CARRIER
SPOKESMAN FOR CAYUGAS
Location: ON CO. RD. 1/2 MIL S. VILG. CAYUGA NEAR ENTRANCE COWAN'S PT. COTTAGE SETTLE
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SITE OF
CAYUGA LONG BRIDGE
ONE MILE LONG, 1800-1857
CARRIED GREAT STEAM OF
WESTERN MIGRATION
EARLY COUNTY JAIL WAS
UNDER THIS END OF BRIDGE
Location: N CAYUGA VILLAGE ON GREEN AT END OF GENESEE ST.
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SULLIVAN'S CAMPAIGN
ONE MILE WEST
CO.. BUTLER CROSSED
CAYUGA LAKE AND DESTROYED
CAYUGA VILLAGE OF TICHERO
Location: ON NYS 5 AND 20, 1 1/2 MILE E. OF BRIDGE
County: CAYUGA
Town: BRUTUS, TOWN OF
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CAYUGA COUNTY
EARLY IROQUOIS COUNTRY 1768.
PART OF MONTGOMERY CO. 1784.
PART OF HERKIMER CO. 1791.
PART OF ONONDAGA CO. 1794.
CAYUGA CO. SET OFF 1799.
Location: RTE. 5 AT ONONDAGA CO. LINE
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CENTERPORT
SETTLED BY BENJ. HAIKES
1805-6. WAS IMPORTANT
VILLAGE ON OLD ERIE
CANAL IN 1825
Location: CENTERPORT
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TOWN OF BRUTUS
FORMED FROM AURELIUS 1802
FIRST SETTLEMENT IN TOWN
MADE BY ARRON FROST 1795;
HE BUILT THE FIRST
GRIST MILL
Location: WEEDSPORT
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WEEDS' BASIN
NAMED AFTER ELIHU AND EDWARD
WEED WHO CONSTRUCTED A
BASIN ON OLD ERIE CANAL
1821. P.O. ESTABLISHED 1822
WEEDSPORT INC. VILLAGE 1831
Location: JUST NO. OF HOTEL, RTE. 34
County: CAYUGA
Town: CATO, TOWN OF
-
1800
FIRST SETTLEMENT
IN THE TOWN OF CATO
MADE BY SAMSON
LAWRENCE
Location: AT INTERSECTION L MI. N. OF SENECA RIVER
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ABRAMS FERRY
FROM 1805 FOR MANY YEARS
ABRAMS WHO SETTLED IN
THAT YEAR MAINTAINED A
FERRY UNTIL THE TOLL
BRIDGE WAS BUILT
Location: NEAR BRIDGE OVER SENECA RIVER
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CATO FOUR CORNERS
GEO. LOVELESS AND ABEL PASKO
FIRST SETTLERS IN 1804
JESSE ELWELL AND ABNER
HOLLISTER SETTLED IN 1805.
CALLED MERIDIAN SINCE 1849
Location: MERIDIAN
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CERMONIAL FIRE
SITE OF PERMANENT VILLAGE
AND PERPETUAL COUNCIL FIRE
OF CAYUGA BRANCH OF THE
IROQUOIS. LAMOKAS, SENECAS
TRAIL TO ONONDAGA FOR SALT
Location: 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF MERIDIAN, ON WEEDSPORT COUNTY HIGHWAY
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JAKWAY'S CORNERS
VILLAGE FORMERLY SO CALLED
FROM DR. JOHN JAKWAY
SETTLING 1809, ASSOCIATE
OF ETHAN ALLEN. PLATT
TITUS FIRST SETTLER 1805.
Location: CENTER OF CATO VILLAGE
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METHODIST
EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
ORGANIZED 1820.
BRICK EDIFICE BUILT 1828
REMODELED ABOUT 1870
Location: ON BRICK CHURCH ROAD
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OLD MILL
FIRST GRIST MILL IN IRA.
BUILT IN 1818 BY JOHN
HOOKER, ASSOCIATE OF
ETHAN ALLEN. MILL WAS OLD
PART OF PRESENT BUILDING
Location: WEST OF CENTER OF CATO VILLAGE EAST SIDE OF R.R.
County: CAYUGA
Town: CONQUEST TOWN OF
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"THE PEPPER MILL"
SO CALLED FROM THE FIRST
GRIST MILL IN TOWN BUILT
1810 BY THEOPHILUS EMERSON
WHO WITH HIS BROTHER
CLEMENT SETTLED HERE 1802
Location: IN EMERSON
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CONQUEST CENTER
SETTLED 1802 BY JAMES
PERKINS AND SONS, IRA
GILBERT, JEREMIAH, AND
JOHN. JOHN WAS A CAPTIAN
IN THE WAR OF 1812
Location: CONQUEST VLGE. ON RTE. 3F
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PINEVILLE
FORMERLY SO CALLED FROM
THE PINE FORESTS WHICH
COVERED THIS LOCALITY,
NAME CHANGED IN 1874
TO SPRING LAKE
Location: AT SPRING LAKE
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TOWN OF CONQUEST
SET OFF FROM CATO 1821.
FIRST SETTLERS 1800 FIRE
GEO. SNYDER, A SOLIDER
OF THE REVOLUTION AND
ISRAEL WOLVERTON
Location: CONQUEST VLGE. ON RTE. 38
County: CAYUGA
Town: FLEMING, TOWN OF
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
IN AURELIUS WAS ERECTED
HERE 1796
PASTOR DAVID IRISH
FIRST CHURCH IN FLEMING
SECOND IN CAYUGA COUNTY
Location: ON BLUEFIELD RD. N.W. OF FLEMING
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GEORGE FLEMING
CAPTAIN IN REVOLUTION
BREV. BRIG. GEN. 1816
BUILT THIS HOME ON HIS
MILITARY BOUNTY LAND
TOWN NAMED AFTER HIM 1823
Location: ON RTE. 34B 1/2 MILE S. MAPLETON
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GREAT
IROQUOIS TRAIL
FROM CAYUGA TO OWASCO LAKES.
PART OF THE GREAT TRAIL FROM
NIAGARA TO ALBANY DURING
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Location: ON 34, 1/4 MILE SO. LVRR AT BRICK SCHOOL
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HOME OF
HENRY WYCKOFF
BUILT 1835. JACOB BYERS
SETTLED HERE 1790. PLANK
ROAD FROM HERE TO MORAVIA
BUILT IN 1852
Location: ON AUBURN MORAVIS STATE RD. AT WYCKOFF'S. W. SIDE OF RTE 38.
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JOSIAH CHATFIELD
FIRST SETTLED
OF FLEMING VILLAGE 1798
ERECTED HIS HOME ON
THIS SITE
Location: N.W. CORNER, CENTER VILLAGE OF FLEMING
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SAND BEACH CH.
REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH
CHURCH AT THE OWASCO OUTLET
ORGANIZED 1807
FIRST BUILDING 1810
PRESENT CHURCH 1855
Location: IN FRONT OF BRICK CHURCH ON W. OWASCO L. ROAD. SO. TRAFFIC CIRCLE
County: CAYUGA
Town: GENOA, TOWN OF
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FIRST STORE
IN THE TOWN OF GENOA
WAS OPENED HERE BY
ELIHU TALLADAY
PRIOR TO 1800
Location: EAST GENOA ON RTE. 34
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FORKS
OF THE CREEK
PINE LUMBER WAS SAWED
HERE FROM CONSTRUCTION
ON EARLY FARM HOIUSES
IN THIS VICINITY
Location: EAST OF FIVE CORNERS AT THE FORKS
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PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, FIRST IN GENOA
ORGANIZED AUG. 13, 1798
BY EARLIEST SETTLERS IN
REGION, THEN KNOWN
AS THE MILITARY TRACT
Location: IN FRONT OF CHURCH IN KINGS FERRY
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SITE OF
LOG METTING HOUSE
BUILT 1802, BY CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH OF MILTON. ORGANIZED
IN 1798. SECOND OLDEST
CHURCH IN CAYUGA COUNTY
Location: CORRECTION OF ABOVE MARKER, SAME LOCATION
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SITE OF
OLD CHURCH
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL IN TOWN
ON MILTON. ORGANIZED 1798.
FIRST LOG MEETING HOUSE
BUILT HERE IN 1802
Location: 1 MILE EAST AND 1 MILE SOUTH OF KINGS FERRY
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TOWN OF GENOA
ORGANIZED AS MILTON 1789.
NAME CHANGED TO GENOA 1808.
JOHN CLARK WAS THE FIRST
SETTLER 1791
Location: IN GENOA VILLAGE SOUTH SIDE RTE. 90 IN FRONT OF CHURCH
County: CAYUGA
Town: IRA, TOWN OF
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BURIAL PLACE
OF THE PIONEERS OF THIS
SECTION, INCLUDING SEVERAL
REVOLUTIONARY VETERANS
1809-1860
Location: JUST WEST OF CATO-MERIDIAN CENTRAL SCHOOL
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FOX'S KLIN
ANCIENT LIMESTONE QUARRIES
OPENED UP PRIOR TO 1835
Location: 3/4 MILE WEST OF IRA
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IRA CORNERS
SETTLED IN 1805 BY THOMAS
BARNES, LUTHER SAMUEL AND
ISRAEL PHELPS. TWO LATTER
OPENED 1ST STORE 1813. PHELPS
BUILT HOTEL 1820, WHERE FIRST
TOWN MEETING WAS HELD, 1821.
Location: STANDS ON TOWN LINE NEAR LVRR
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TOWN OF IRA
SET OFF FROM CATO 1821.
FIRST SETTLEMENTS IN TOWN,
1800, BY DAVID AND ELEAZER
STOCKWELL, WILLIAM
PATTERSON AND HENRY CONRAD
Location: IN CENTER OF VILLAGE
County: CAYUGA
Town: LEDYARD, TOWN OF
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ALGONKIAN
INDIAN VILLAGE SITE PRIOR
TO IROQUOIS DURING STONE
AGE OCCUPATION ABOUT 1000
A.D. EXCAVATIONS 1932-34
SHOW HEARTHS AND BURIALS
Location: 1 MI. EAST OF LEVANNA
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BIRTHPLACE OF
THEODORE LEDYARD CUYLER
BORN JAN. 10, 1822
DIED FEB. 26, 1909
PRESBYTERIAN CLERGYMAN
AND WRITER
Location: VLG. AURORA, OPP. RR. STA.
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BOUNDARY OF
RESERVATON
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST
CAYUGA RESERVATION. CAYUGAS
RESERVED IT 1789. CEDED TO
N.Y. STATE BY TREATY 1794
Location: AURORA-SHERWOOD RD. W. OF SHERWOOD
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BUILT 1804
HERE IN 1846 WAS BORN
ELIZA MOSHER
EMINENT WOMAN PHYSICIAN
1875-1928
Location: 1 MI. WEST RIDGEWAY CEMETERY
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CAYUGA LAKE
ACADEMY
CHARTERED BY REGENTS 1801
FIRST BUILDING 1803
PRESENT STRUCTURE 1835
WELL KNOWN SCHOOL
Location: IN FRONT OLD BRICK SCHOOL OPPOSITE PRES. CH., AURORA
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FIRST HOME
BUILT BY A WHITE MAN
CAPT. ROSEWLL FRANKLIN
IN CAYUGA COUNTY 1789
HE WAS AN OFFICER IN
SULLIVAN-CLINTON CAMPAIGN
Location: IN AURORA IN FRONT OF MISS EDITH MORGAN'S BARN, W. SIDE STATE ROAD
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FIRST NEWSPAPER
IN CAYUGA COUNTY PUBLISHED
IN 1798 BY R. DELANO.
CALLED LEVANNA GAZETTE
OR ONONDAGA ADVERTISER
Location: AT LEVANNA
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GLEN PARK 1852
HOME OF HENRY WELLS
FOUNDER OF
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., 1850
WELLS FARGO EXPRESS CO., 1852
WELLS COLLEGE, 1868
Location: FRONT WELLS COLLEGE, W. SIDE STREET
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GRAVE OF
CAPT. ROSWELL FRANKLIN
FIRST SETTLER 1789
DIED 1792
Location: SO. SIDE PAINES CREEK GULLY, 1000 FT. E. BRIDGE, SO. END AURORA
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HOME OF
JETHRO WOOD
INVENTOR OF CAST IRON
PLOUGH
Location: 1/2 MI. W. POPLAR RIDGE
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ISAAC MEKEEL
HERE DEVELOPED
MANUFACTURE OF
AMBER CANE SYRUP
1860-1904
Location: 1 MI. WEST RIDGEWAY CEMETERY
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LEDYARD
NAMED FROM BENJ. LEDYARD.
CALLED CHAPINS CRS. FROM
P. CHAPIN, SETTLED 1800
AND TALCOTTS CRS. FROM R.
TALCOTT, SETTLED 1812
Location: RTE. 34B VLGE. LEDYARD
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OLD ELM TREE
REMAINING FROM
THE PRIMEVAL FOREST
Location: AURORA-OPLAR RIDGE RD. 1/2 MILE. WEST RR
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PAINES SCREEK GULLY
"MOONSHINE FALLS"
ONE MILE UPSTREAM
SITE OF EARLY SAW, GRIST
AND WOOLEN MILLS
Location: SO. END BRIDGE, RET. 90 SO. OF AURORA
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PATRICK
TAVERN
ERECTED 1793
EARLY COURT HELD HERE
CAYUGA COUNTY MEDICAL
SOCIETY ORGANIZED HERE 1806
Location: SO. E. OR. DUBLIN HILL & MAIN ST. AURORA
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PIONEER HOUSE
BUILT ABOUT 1799 BY
BENJAMIN HOWLAND
HERE SAME YEAR WAS HELD
FIRST MEETING IN COUNTY
OF SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
Location: CHAPEL COR., PAINES CREEK RD. TO POPLAR RIDGE
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RESIDENCE OF
MAJOR BENJAMIN LEDYARD
FIRST CLERK OF ONONDAGA
AND CAYUGA COUNTY
TOWN NAMED IN HIS HONOR
Location: NEAR HOUSE BACK FROM MAIN ST., SO OLD ACADEMY IN AURORA
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SCIPIO LODGE
MASONIC CHARTER 1797
BUILDING ERECTED 1806
USED BY THE CRAFT
UNTIL 1819
Location: MAIN ST. 2ND HOUSE N. SCHOOL
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SEQUOIA
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD
PLANTED IN 1826
Location: RTE. 90, NORTH END AURORA
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SITE OF
FIRST STEAM
FLOURING MILL
WEST OF HUDSON RIVER
BUILT BY ROSWELL TOWSLEY
1817
Location: S.E. COR. OLD STONE WAREHOUSE LYON PROPERTY, AURORA
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SITE OF
CHONODOTE
"PEACH TOWN"
CAYUGA VILLAGE DESTROYED
WITH ORCHARD OF 1500
TREES DURING SULLIVAN
CAMPAIGN SEPT. 1779
Location: NORTH END VILLAGE ON RTE. 90
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SITE OF
UPPER CAYUGA
VILLAGE
DESTROYED BY COL. BUTLER'S
DETACHMENT OF SULLIVAN'S
ARMY, SEPT. 22-23, 1779
Location: SIDE RD. YOUNG FARM & MONUMENT NOW OWNED BY CAYUGA MUSEUM
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TO
MOONSHINE FALLS
[ARROW]
Location: RTE. 90 OPP. PAINES CREEK RD. TO POPLAR RIDGE
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TO
MOONSHINE FALLS
[ARROW]
Location: PROSPECT CRS. 1 MIL. E. RTE. 60
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UPPER CAYUGA
MARKING THE PROBABLE
FORTIFICATION FOR NEARBY
INDIAN VILLAGES DESTROYED
BY CO. BUTLER'S SOLDIERS
SEPT 22-23, 1779
Location: ON GREAT GULLY FORT SITE. ACCESSIBLE ONLY TO HIKERS
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WELLS COLLEGE
FOUNDED BY HENRY WELLS
1868
ORGANIZER OF AMERICAN AND
WELLS FARGO EXPRESS COMPANIES
Location: FRONT WELLS COLLEGE, E. SIDE STREET
County: CAYUGA
Town: LOCKE, TOWN OF
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INDIAN
FORT SITE
THIS VICINITY IS SITE OF
AN INDIAN VILLAGE
PROBABLY FORTIFIED
AND INDIAN BURIAL GROUND
Location: WEST OF LOCKE
-
TOWN OF LOCKE
SET OFF FROM MILTON NOW
GENOA IN 1802. LOCKE
VILLAGE FORMERLY CALLED
MILAN FIRST SETTLED 1790
Location: IN LOCKE ON RTES. 90 & 38
County: CAYUGA
Town: MENTZ, TOWN OF
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BRIGHAM YOUNG
THE MORMON PROPHET LIVED
IN THE HOUSE 100 YARDS
EAST HERE IN 1831. HE
WAS BAPTIED IN MORMON IN
1832 AT MENDON, N.Y.
Location: PORT BYRON FRONT OF HOTEL
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HENRY WELLS
FOUNDER OF WELLS FARGO
EXPRESS COMPANY WAS A
SHOEMAKER BY TRADE AND
LIVED IN THIS HOUSE
FROM 1827 TO ABOUT 1830
Location: RTE. 31, 38,IN PORT BYRON
-
PORT BYRON
NAMED 1832. INC. 1837.
FORMERLY CALLED BUCKSVILLE
FROM AHOLIAB BUCK, SETTLER
IN 1798, ALSO KING'S
SETTLEMENT FROM P. KING 1797
Location: IN FRONT PORT BYRON HOTEL
County: CAYUGA
Town: MONTEZUMA, TOWN OF
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COL. COMFORT TYLER
1764-1827
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER, COL.
IN WAR OF 1812, SURVEYOR,
ENGINEER SALT MAKER.
SETTLED HERE IN 1811
Location: ON COR. NORTH RTE. 31
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MONTEZUMA
NAMED FROM THE AZTEC
EMPERORS. TOWN FORMED FROM
MENTZ IN 1859. VILLAGE
INCORPORATED IN 1866
Location: IN MONTEZUMA BY HOTEL
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OLD ERIE CANAL
COMPLETED FROM UTICA TO
HERE 1819. THE "MONTEZUMA"
BUILT HERE WAS THE FIRST
BOAT ON THE CANAL. TOOK
PASSENGERS TO SYRACUSE 1820
Location: ON OLD CANAL BY RTE. 90
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SALT SPRINGS
CHIEF SUPPLY FOR INDIANS.
LATER EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED
BY EARLY SETTLERS PRIVATELY
AND WITH STATE AID
Location: ON OLD CANAL BY RTE. 90
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SQUAGONNA
ABORIGINAL NAME FOR
"PARADISE OF MUSQUITOES"
THE RIVER WAS TIOHERO
"RIVER OF RUSHES"
Location: NEAR BRIDGE OVER SENECA RIVER
County: CAYUGA
Town: MORAVIA, TOWN OF
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CADY TAVERN
IN 1801 ZADOC CADY BUILT
A LOG TAVERN HERE. A FEW
YEARS LATER HE BUILT THE
PRESENT BUILDING
Location: SO. MAIN ST. IN VILLAGE
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JOHN STOYELL
FIRST SETTLER IN MORAVIA
1790. BUILT FIRST HOUSE AT
REAR OF THIS LOT. WAS 1ST
JUSTICE AND SUPERVISOR OF
SEMPRONIUS IN 1798
Location: CORNER MAIN & CAYUGA STS.
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OLDEST HOUSE
IN MORAVIA
THE KITCHEN OF THIS HOUSE
IS THE ORIGINAL CABIN BUILT
BY GERSHOM MORSE IN 1794
Location: SO. MAIN ST. IN VILLAGE
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OWASCO FLATS
SITE OF INDIAN VILLAGE
LAND CULTIVATED PRIOR TO
WHITE SETTLEMENTS.
NEIGHBORING SETTLERS CAME
TO HARVEST HAY 1789-90
Location: RTE. 38 WEST OF VILLAGE
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SITE OF
OLD ARSENAL
NEW YORK STATE ARSENAL
NUMBER 68. BUILT IN
1800. STOOD FOR OVER
100 YEARS
Location: VLG. MORAVIA ON SIDE STREET
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THE FIRST
CAST IRON PLOW
IN THE WORLD WAS MADE BY
JETHRO WOODS
AT FOOT OF FALLS
1819
Location: RTE. 38A BY BRIDGE, MONTVILLE
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TOWN OF MORAVIA
FROMED FROM SEMPRONIUS IN
1833. VILLAGE OR MORAVIA
INCORPORATED IN 1837
REINCORPORATED IN 1859.
Location: BACK OF SERVICE STA. E. CAYUGA ST.
County: CAYUGA
Town: NILES, TOWN OF
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KELLOGGSVILLE
NAMED AFTER JUDGE CHARLES
KELLOGG, WHO OPENED THE
FIRST STORE HERE IN 1804
Location: IN FRONT OF STORE
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OLD MILL
PARTLY BUILT BY CHARLES
KELLOGG IN 1823. SOLD TO
HORACE ROUNDS IN 1851, TO
HIS SON EUGENE ROUNDS 1865,
TO W. E. ROUNDS & A. RYAN, 1919
Location: IN NEW HOPE
-
OLD SALT ROAD
OVER THIS ROAD
SALT
WAS FORMERLY TRANSPORTED
OVERLAND FROM SYRACUSE TO
PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK
Location: KELLOGGSVILLE
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TOWN OF NILES
SET OFF FROM SEMPRONIUS
IN 1833. FIRST SETTLED 1792.
NAMED FROM ELDER ROBT. NILES,
A PASTOR OF THE 1ST BAPTIST
CHURCH OF SEMPRONIUS
Location: AT DUTCH HOLLOW
County: CAYUGA
Town: OWASCO, TOWN OF
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ALGONKIAN
VILLAGE SITE
OF THIRD PERIOD CULTURE
ONE OF LARGEST INDIAN
POTTERY JARS IN STATE
FOUND HERE
Location: IN ENNA JETTICK PARK OPP. SESQUI. MONUMENT
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FORD
ACROSS WASCO OUTLET ON
GREAT IROQUOIS TRAIL USED
BY COL. PETER GANSEVOORT
WHO ENCAMPED HERE
SEPT. 21, 1779
Location: SO. SIDE PAVILION, EMERSON PARK
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HERE
WAS BUILT IN 1798
FIRST CHURCH
IN CAYUGA COUNTY
REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH
OF OWASCO
Location: ON E. LAKE RD., BEYOND DUTCH HOLLOW-BURTIS POINT
-
TOWN OF OWASCO
FORMED FROM AURELIUS 1802.
FIRST SETTLEMENTS 1792
REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH OF
OWASCO ORGANIZED 1798.
CHURCH BUILT 1815
Location: IN OWASCO
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WILLOW BROOK
HOME OF ENOS. T. THROOP
1784-1874
CONGRESSMAN 1815
CIRCUIT JUDGE 1823
GOVERNOR OF N.Y. 1829-32
Location: ON E. LAKE RD. SO.OF FOOT OF LAKE
County: CAYUGA
Town: SCIPIO, TOWN OF
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#1 - THE SQUARE
SO NAMED BECAUSE OF BEING
ON LOT ONE OF THE TOWN
OF SCIPIO. THIS
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WAS
BUILT IN 1825
Location: AT #1 INTRSCTN. RTE. 34B & OLD RIDGE RD. AT PRES. CH.
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CAYUGA CASTLE
STOOD TWO MILES WEST
RAZED COL. BUTLER
IN SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN
SEPTEMBER 22-23, 1779
Location: ON RTE. 34B 1/2 MI. SO. RTE. 1
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EARLY NEWSPAPER
THE WESTERN LUMINARY,
SECOND IN THE COUNTY
WAS PUBLISHED IN THIS
HOUSE MARCH 24, 1801
Location: SCIPIOVILLE, RTE. 34B
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EMILY HOWLAND
1827-1929
NOTED EDUCATOR AND
PHILANTHROPIST, FOUNDED
THE SHERWOOD SELECT SCHOOL
1872, LIVED HERE
Location: SHERWOOD, RTE. 34B
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INDIAN SITE
REMAINS OF LARGE VILLAGES
FOUND ON FARMS ON
EITHER SIDE OF THIS ROAD
CAYUGAS DRIVEN OUT BY
COL. BUTLER IN 1779
Location: ON RTE. 34B SO. OF SCRIPIONVILLE
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PIONEER SITE
SETTLED 1794-95 BY
JUDGE SETH SHERWOOD
ERECTED HOUSE WHEREIN
COURT WAS HELD 1804 WHEN
VILLAGE WAS COUNTY SEAT
Location: IN SHERWOOD E. SIDE FRONT OF STORE
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TOWN OF SCIPIO
ONE OF ORIGINAL
TOWNS OF THE MILITARY TRACT
FORMED IN 1794. NAMED
AFTER THE ROMAN GENERAL
Location: AT SCIPIO CENTER
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WARING PLACE
BUILT AS A TAVERN 1806
MASONIC LODGE QUARTERS
1811-14, 1922-42
LOWER STORY USED AS
SCHOOL
Location: WARINGS CRS. RTE. 34 SO. SCRIPIO CNTR.
County: CAYUGA
Town: SEMPRONIUS, TOWN OF
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OLD SALT ROAD
OVER THIS ROAD
SALT
WAS FORMERLY TRANSPORTED
OVERLAND FROM SYRACUSE TO
PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK
Location: AT DRESSERVILLE ON CO. RD. 1/2 MI. E. OF RTE. 41A
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SAYLES CORNERS
FIRST SETTLEMENT IN
SEMPRONIUS 1793 BY EZEKIEL
SALES, SURVEYOR AND FIRST
TOWN CLERK. HIS LOG HOUSE
STOOD ABOUT HERE
Location: AT SALES CRS. ON CO RD. BETWEEN RTES. 38A & 41A
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SITE OF
GLEN HAVEN HOUSE WHICH IN
1845 WAS CONVERTED INTO
GLEN HAVEN SANITARIUM
DESTROYED TO PROTECT
SYRACUSE WATER SUPPLY
Location: ON W. LAKE RD. NEAR HEAD SKANEATELES LAKE
County: CAYUGA
Town: SENNETT, TOWN OF
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BAPTIST
CHURCH
ORGANIZED 1779
FIRST STONE CHURCH BUILT
ON THIS SITE 1808
PRESENT CHURCH BUILT 1825
Location: NO. SIDE ST. E. OF CENTER SENNETT
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BLACKSMITH
SHOP
BUILT PRIOR TO 1825
LOCAL METHODIST SOCIETY
HERE ORGANIZED AND PLANNED
ERECTION OF THEIR CHURCH
Location: SO. SIDE ROAD E. OF SENNETT
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BLACKSMITH
SHOP
BUILT ABOUT 1837. FIRST
TRIP HAMMER IN CAYUGA
COUNTY AND FIRST ONE USED
IN AUBURN PRISON MADE HERE
Location: FRANKLIN ST. RD. E. SOULE CEMTRY
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EARLY HOME
BUILT ABOUT 1795 BY
DANIEL SENNETT
SIDE JUDGE OF
CIRCUIT COURT
TOWN NAMED IN HIS HONOR
Location: ON RTE. 5 N. SIDE-E. OF SENNETT
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FIRST STORE
IN VILLAGE OF SENNETT
OPENED 1795 BY
RUFUS SHELDON AND
CHAUNCEY LATHROP
FIRST POST OFFICE 1806
Location: NORTH EAST CORNER IN SENNETT
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FIRST TAVERN
IN VILLAGE OF SENNETT
BUILT 1795
Location: NORTHWEST CORNER OF SENNETT
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GREAT GENESEE ROAD
FROM OLD FORT SCHUYLER TO
THE GENESEE RIVER VIA
HARDENBERGH CORNERS AND
CAYUGA BRIDGE. BUILT 1794
Location: AT OWLS NEST ON FRANKLIN ST. RD. 1 MI. EAST OF SOULE CEMETERY
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OLDEST CHURCH
IN SENNETT. BUILT 1820
ORGANIZED 1809 AS
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
REMODELED 1847
BECAME PRESBYTERIAN 1870
Location: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SENNETT
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SENECA TURNPIKE
1800
FROM UTICA TO CANANDAIGUA
VIA SKANEATELES CREEK AT END
OF CHERRY VALLEY TURNPIKE.
MIRGRATION ROUTE TO THE WEST
Location: ON RTE. 20 1 MI. E. OF AUBURN
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THIS HOUSE
ERECTED 1823
DR. SYLVESTER WILLARD
Location: CENTER OF SENNETT, SO. SIDE FORMER RTE. 5
County: CAYUGA
Town: SPRINGPORT, TOWN OF
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CAYUGA CASTLE
SITE TWO MILES EAST
CAYUGA VILLAGE DESTROYED
IN SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN
SEPTEMBER 1779
Location: JUNCTION RTE. 90 & GREAT GULLY ROAD
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CAYUGA CASTLE
"GOI-O-GOUEN"
SITE OF PRINCIPAL
CAYUGA VILLAGE
DESTROYED SEPT. 23, 1779
SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN
Location: ON SESQUI MONUMENT LOT NR. GREAT GULLY RTE. 90
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CAYUGA MINE
RESERVATION
NORTHWEST COR.OF SQ. MILE
RESERVED TO CAYUGAS BY
TREATIES 1789
SOLD TO THE STATE 1799
Location: ON AUBURN RD. 326, 2 MIS. E. RTE. 90
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EAST CAYUGA-OLD TOWN
INDIAN VILLAGE OF 13 HOUSES
DESTROYED SEPT. 22, 1779
BY COL. WILLIAM BUTLER'S
DETACHMENT OF
SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN
Location: ON GULLY RD. 1/2 MI. WEST OF RTE. 34B IN TN. SPRINGPORT
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FIRST
SCHOOL HOUSE
IN TOWN OF SPRINGPORT
ERECTED ON THIS SITE
ABOUT 1800
Location: AT JUNCTION RTE. 90 & AUBURN RD.
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FIRST CHURCH
ERECTED IN SPRINGPORT
1816 STOOD ON THIS SITE
USED UNTIL 1840
Location: AT CROSS ROADS
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FRONTENAC
ISLAND
ANCIENT ALGONKIAN VILLAGE
SITE. INDIAN BURIAL PLACE
GIVEN TO UNION SPRINGS
BY THE STATE 1856
Location: UNION SPRINGS-ON ISLAND OFF UNION SPRINGS
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GE-WAUGA
A SMALL CAYUGA VILLAGE
WHER COL. BUTLER
CAMPED SEPT. 21, 1779
Location: IN FRONT OF OLD HIGH SCH. MAIN ST., UNION SPRINGS
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HOME OF
JOHN J. THOMAS 1810-95
PROMINENT AGRICULTURIST
AN EDITOR OF "THE COUNTRY
GENTLEMAN" AND PROMOTER
OF CAYUGA LAKE R.R.
Location: UNION SPRINGS S. SIDE HOMER ST.
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INDIAN MOUND
JUST EAST OF HERE
KNOWN TO BE THE SITE OF
AN EARLY JESUIT MISSION
Location: ON SESQUI MON. PLOT, RTE. 90 1 1/2 MI. SOUTH OF UNION SPRINGS
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IROQUOIS TRAIL
FROM CAYUGA TO OWASCO
LAKES, PART OF THE GREAT
TRAIL FROM NIAGARA TO
ALBANY DURING THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Location: ON 326 NORTH OF OAKWOOD
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RESERVATION OF
CAYUGAS
SOLD TO THE STATE 1799
A BODY OF TUSCARORAS WERE
THE LAST OF THE IROQUOIS
TO OCCUPY THIS POINT
Location: ON FARLEYS POINT
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SPRING MILLS
ERECTED 1839-40 BY
GEORGE HOWLAND
STONE MILL THIRD BUILT
ON SAME SITE
SECOND WAS WOOLEN MILL
Location: IN FRONT OF POND W. SIDE RTE. 90, UNION SPRINGS
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UPPER CAYUGA
SITE OF VILLAGE AND FORT
ON OPPOSITE BANK OF
GREAT GULLY
DESTROYED BY COL. BUTLER
IN SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN
Location: ON SO. SIDE GREAT GULLY RD. 2 MILES EAST OF RTE. 90
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YAWGER TAVERN
BUILT BY PETER YAWGER, 1810
ON THE JUNCTION OF THE
INDIAN TRAILS WASCO TO
GEWAUGA AND CHUHARO
TO GOIOGOVEN
Location: INTRSCTN. RTE. 326 & CO. RD. 1 MI. E. OF RTE. 90
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[ARROW] WEST
FRONTENAC
ISLAND
SITE OF ALGONKIAN VILLAGE
DEEDED TO UNION SPRINGS
BY THE STATE FOR USE
AS A PARK 1856
Location: COR. RTE. 90 & SEMINARY ST. UNION SPRINGS
County: CAYUGA
Town: STERLING, TOWN OF
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FAIR HAVEN
LITTLE SODUS
SETTLED PRIOR TO 1811
FIRST HOTEL, ABIJAH HUNT, 1825.
FIRST STORE, G. TAYLOR, 1825
Location: AT FAIR HAVEN ON RTE. 104A
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MARTVILLE
CHAUNCEY HICKOCK AND
TIMOTHY AUSTIN SETTLED 1823,
BUILT FIRST MILLS, ROBT.
LAY BUILT FIRST STORE 1825
Location: MARTVILLE ON RTE. 104A
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TOWN OF STERLING
STERLING VALLEY
FIRST SETTLEMENT MADE HERE
1805 BY PETER DUMUS, A
SOLDIER WITH LAYFAYETTE.
EARLIER CALLED COOPERS
MILLS AFTER JOHN COOPER 1819
Location: AT STERLING VALLEY. ON RTE. 104A
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TOWN OF STERLING
NAMED AFTER A REVOLUTIONARY
OFFICER, LORD WM. ALEXANDER
STERING. SET OFF FROM CATO
1812. FIRST GRIST AND SAW
MILL BUILT HERE IN 1813
Location: AT STERLING CTR. ON RTE. 104A
County: CAYUGA
Town: SUMMERHILL, TOWN OF
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MILLARD FILLMORE
13TH PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, WAS BORN
IN A LOG CABIN IN
THE ADJACENT FIELD
JAN 7, 1800
Location: COUNTRY RD. 1/2 MI. N.W. RTE. 135
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OLD SALT ROAD
OVER THIS ROAD
SALT
WAS FORMERLY TRANSPORTED
OVERLAND FROM SYRACUSE TO
PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK
Location: IN SUMMERHILL, RTE. 90
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OLD SALT ROAD
OVER THIS ROAD
SALT
WAS FORMERLY TRANSPORTED
OVERLAND FROM SYRACUSE TO
PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK
Location: W. SIDE RD. AT HEAD SHERMAN GULF
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SUMMERHILL
FORMED FROM LOCKE AS PLATO
1831. NAME CHANGED 1832
FIRST SETTLEMENT MADE BY
HEZEKIAH MIX IN 1797
ONE MILE WEST OF HERE
Location: IN SUMMERHILL ON RTE. 90
County: CAYUGA
Town: THROOP, TOWN OF
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HOME OF
GEN. JOHN S. CLARK
BORN 1823. DIED 1912.
CIVIL ENGINEER, HISTORIAN,
CIVIL WAR OFFICER AND
FIRST SUPERVISOR OF THROOP
Location: ON CO. RD. #1148 1 1/2 MIS. N.W. OF THROOPVILLE
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THROOPSVILLE
FIRST SETTLED BY CHRISTOPHER
JEFFERIES, HOTEL KEEPER, IN
1799. REV. JOHN JEFFRIES
FIRST BAPTIST PASTOR.
MENTZ ORGANIZED 1803.
Location: THROOPSVILLE
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TOWN OF THROOP
FORMED 1859 FROM PORTIONS
OF AURELIUS, MENTZ, AND
SENNETT. NAMED AFTER FORMER
GOVERNOR ENOS T. THROOPN
OF AUBURN
Location: THROOPSVILLE
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WARDS SETTLEMENT
NAMED FROM JONAS WARD AND
SON, CALEB, WHO SETTLED HERE
IN 1796. FIRST SETTLEMENT IN
THROOP MADE NEAR HERE IN 1790
BY EZEKIAL CRANE
Location: NEAR TN.LINE ON RAOD FROM THROOPSVILLE TO MONTEZUMA
County: CAYUGA
Town: VENICE, TOWN OF
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BAPTIST
CHURCH
FOUNDED JUNE 9, 1795 BY
ELDER DAVID IRISH
PRESENT CHURCH ERECTED
1812-14
Location: STEWARTS CORNERS
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HOME OF
DANIEL HOLLEY
SETTLED HERE 1797. THE
FRAME HOUSE BUILT SOON
AFTER IS PART OF BARN
Location: 1 MI.S. & 1/2 MI. E. OF STEWARTS CNRS.
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INDIAN FIELDS
FARMS OF THE CAYUGAS
BEFORE REVOLUTION
HERE WHITE SETTLERS FOUND
CLEARED AND CULTIVATED
FIELDS, VILLAGES AND FORTS
Location: ON RTE. 34 NO. OF TOWN LINE
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INDIAN FIELDS
FARMS OF THE CAYUGAS
BEFORE REVOLUTION
HERE WHITE SETTLERS FOUND
CLEARED AND CULTIVATED
FIELDS, VILLAGES AND FORTS
Location: INDIAN FIELDS ON RTE. 34 SO. OF VENICE CENTER
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SITE OF
FIRST STORE
BUILT ABOUT 1800 BY
JETHRO WOOD, INVENTOR
PRESENT STORE BUILT FROM
SOME OF ORIGINAL TIMBERS
Location: POPLAR RIDGE
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TOWN OF VENICE
SET OFF FROM SCIPIO 1823.
SETTLED AS EARLY AS 1790.
JOSHUA MURDOCK CAME HERE
IN 1800 AND BUILT A
HOMESTEAD IN 1816
Location: VENICE CENTER
County: CAYUGA
Town: VICTORY, TOWN OF
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NORTH VICTORY
FIRST SETTLEMENT BY CONRAD
PHROZINE IN 1812. HERE IS
THE SITE OF THE MILL HE
BUILT
Location: AT INTERSECTION RTES. 104 & 38
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TOWN OF VICTORY
SET OFF FROM CATO 1821.
FIRST SETTLEMENTS 1800 BY
JOHN MCNEAL AND JOHN
MARTIN. VILLAGE SETTLED
BY JAMES GREGORY IN 1806
Location: IN VICTORY
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WESTBURY
FIRST SETTLED IN 1806 BY
WILLIAM AND JACOB
BURGHDUFF. M.E. CHURCH
ORGANIZED 1816, BUILT 1838
Location: 1 1/2 MILES N.W. OF VICTORY
County: CHAUTAUQUA
Town: ARKWRIGHT, TOWN OF
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FIRST
OIL WELL
IN ARKWRIGHT WAS
ERECTED ON THIS SITE
ABOUT 1840
Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. S. OF FORESTVILLE
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FIRST CHEESE
FACTORY
IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
ERECTED HERE IN 1861 BY
ASAHEL BURNHAM
Location: ON CO. RD. AT GRISWOLD
County: CHAUTAUQUA
Town: CARROLL, TOWN OF
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FREW HOUSE
FIRST HOUSE ERECTED IN
FEWSBURG. BUILT 1807 BY
HUGH AND MARY R. FREW.
Location: ON NYS 60 AT KIANTONE-CARROLL TOWN LINE
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HOME OF
JAMES AND MARY W. FREW
BUILT 1821
Location: ON NYS 60 IN FREWSBURG
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HOME OF
JAMES AND MARY W. FREW
BUILT 1821
Location: ON NYS 60 IN FREWSBURG
County: CHAUTAUQUA
Town: CHAUTAUQUA, TOWN OF
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DONALD MACKENZIE
BORN IN SCOTLAND 1783
DIED IN MAYVILLE 1851
AT ONE TIME PARTNER OF
JOHN JACOB ASTOR IN
PACIFIC FUR CO.
Location: ON NYS 430 IN VLGE. OF MAYVILLE
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FIRST SETTLER
ON CHAUTAUQUA LAKE WAS
DR. ALEXANDER MCINTYRE
WHO ERECTED HERE HIS LOG
CABIN AND STOCKADE
Location: ON NYS 17J IN VLGE. OF MAYVILLE
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LAND OFFICE
HERE IN 1810 WILLAIM PEACOCK,
LOCAL AGENT OF HOLLAND LAND
CO. BUILT HIS CABIN AND OFFICE
OF LOGS. HE SERVED 26 YEARS
Location: ON NYS 17 IN VLGE. OF MAYVILLE
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MACKENZIE HOME
HERE IN 1833 DONALD
MACKENZIE, FAMOUS IN
"NORTH WEST" FUR TRADE
BUILT HIS DWELLING
Location: ON NYS 17, VLGE. OF MAYVILLE
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PIONEER HOME
JUNE, 1806 WILLIAM AND
JUNE, 1806 WILLIAM AND
AND FAMILY SETTLED IN A LOG
HOUSE. SONS NOTABLE IN
COUNTY HISTORY
Location: ON CO. RD. 2 MIS. S. CHAUTAUQUA
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SITE OF
SCOTT TAVERN
FIRST BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
MET HERE. SEVERAL OF THE
EARLY COURTS WERE HELD HERE
Location: ON NYS 17J, VLGE. OF MAYVILLE
County: CHAUTAUQUA
Town: ELLICOTT, TOWN OF
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NATHAN BROWN
IN 1850'S BUILT FLAT BOATS
LOADED WITH JAMESTOWN
"YANKEE NOTIONS:, SET OUT
FOR SOUTH. FOR YEARS BOATS
TOOK LADING HERE.
Location: ON NYS 17 AT LEVANT
County: CHAUTAUQUA
Town: HANOVER, TOWN OF
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1796
AMOS SOTTLE
1000 FT. N.W. OF THIS POINT
AMOS SOTTLE, FIRST SETTLER
IN EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
ERECTED HIS LOG CABIN
Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF IRVING
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LA GRANGE 1796
IRVING WAS FIRST CALLED
LA GRANGE AND ITS FIRST
SETTLER WAS AMOS SOTTLE
WHO BUILT HIS CABIN 3/4
MILES SOUTH OF THIS POINT
Location: ON US 20 AT IRVING
County: CHAUTAUQUA
Town: JAMESTOWN, TOWN OF
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1ST TEXTILE MILL
HERE IN 1816 FIRST WOOLEN
MILL WAS BUILT BY DANIEL
HAZELTINE. HERE WAS DYED AND
FINISHED CLOTH WOVEN ON HAND-
LOOMS BY WOMEN IN EARLY HOMES.
Location: ON EAST 1 ST STREET
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FIRST SASH FACTORY
BUILT HERE 1826, IN 1845 DOORS
AND BLINDS WERE ALSO MANU-
FACTURED. FROM 1829 THESER
WARES WERE SHIPPED SOUTH ON
FLAT BOATS MANY YEARS.
Location: ON WINDSOR STREET
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FIRST TRAIN
ARRIVED IN JAMESTOWN
AUGUST 25, 1861 OVER
THE NEWLY LAID RAILS
OF THE ATLANTIC AND
GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD.
Location: ON MAIN STREET
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HERE IN 1811
JAMES PRENDERGAST
BUILT A LOG HOUSE, SAW-
MILL AND DAM, BEGINNING
OF JAMESTOWN INDUSTRY
BUILDING BURNED 1812
Location: ON WEST 2ND STREET
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HERE STOOD A STATION OF
UNDERGROUND R.R
IN WHICH CATHERINE HARRIS
DID HEROIC SERVICE FOR
FUGITIVE SLAVES
Location: ON 7TH STREET
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HOME OF
REUBEN E. FENTON
"THE SOLDIERS' FRIEND"
GOVERNOR 1865-1869
U.S. SENATOR 1869-1875
Location: ON SOUTH MAIN STREET
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LOG CABIN 1810
HERE JOHN BLOWERS BUILT
FIRST HOME IN JAMESTOWN
AND MARY BLOWERS, FIRST
WHITE CHILD WAS BORN THAT WINTER
Location: ON FAIRMONT AVENUE
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SITE OF
THE FOOTE HOME
BUILT IN 1823 BY ELIAL
TODD FOOTE, PHYSICIAN,
LEGISLATOR, JURIST,
HISTORIAN, WHO SETTLED
IN JAMESTOWN IN 1815.
Location: ON EAST 2ND STREET
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SITE OF
METHHODIST CHURCH
FIRST EDIFICE OF THE
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
IN JAMESTOWN WAS ERECTED IN
1830. A PLAIN HOUSE 40 BY
50 FEET
Location: ON 2ND STREET
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SITE OF
PAIL FACTORY
FIRST FACTORY FOR MAKING
WOODEN PAILS AND TUBS BUILT
IN 1829, LARGE INDUSTRY FOR
YEARS. FIRST FLAT BOAT STOCKS
BUILT HERE 1835.
Location: ON WINDSOR ST.
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SITE OF
JAMESTOWN FEMALE
SEMINARY
1849-1859, CLAIRISSA D.
WHEELER FOUNDER AND HEAD
Location: ON NORTH MAIN STREET
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SITE OF
QUAKER SCHOOL
SO NAMED BECAUSE MARY E.
OSBORNE, A QUAKERESS
CONDUCTED IT. 1833-1843
Location: ON FOOTE AVENUE
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WHITE FRANCH AND INDIANS
PASSED DOWN THE CHADAKOIN
TO THE ALLEGANY IN 1749
CLAIMING THE TERRITORY,
FOR FRANCE
Location: ON FAIRMONT AVENUE
County: CHAUTAUQUA
Town: RIPLEY, TOWN OF
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SITE OF
SITE OF
1804, FIRST SETTLER
IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
Location: ON US 20 ABOUT 2 MIS. NE PENNA.-N.Y. STATE LINE
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SITE OF
FARM OF WILLIAM CROSSGROVE, 1807
ONE OF ORIGINAL INHABITANTS
OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
Location: ON US 20 ABOUT 12 MI. NE OF PENNA.-N.Y. STATE LINE
County: CHEMUNG
Town: ASHLAND, TOWN OF
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LINE OCCUPIED
RIFLE CORPS
UNDER GENERAL HAND
AT OPENING OF BATTLE
AUGUST 29, 1779
Location: ON NYS 17 AT LOWMAN
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LINE OF RUDE
BREASTWORKS
WHERE BRITISH AND INDIANS
DISPUTED ADVANCE OF
SULLIVAN'S ARMY
AUGUST 29, 1779
Location: AT INTRSECTN. NYS 17 & 367
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NEWTOWN
SO NAMED BY GENERAL SULLIVAN
OCCUPIED BY BRITISH
AND INDIANS
DESTROYED BY GENERAL
SULLIVAN, AUGUST 30, 1779
Location: ON NYS 17 1 MI. W. OF LOWMAN
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THE RIDGE
FORTIFIED BY THE BRITISH
FORMED THE SOUTH LINE
OF DEFENCE
AUGUST 29, 1779
Location: ON NYS 367 SOUTH OF LOWMAN
County: CHEMUNG
Town: BIG FLATS, TOWN OF
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FIRST SETTLER
CHRISTIAN MYNEER BUILT
FIRST LOG CABIN 1787 AND
FIRST FRAME HOUSE AND
PLANTED FIRST ORCHARD IN
TOWN OF BIG FLATS
Location: ON 17 E 1 1/2 MI. W. ELMIRA
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RUNONVEA
INDIAN VILLAGE
DESTROYED BY GEN. SULLIVAN
AUGUST 13, 1779
Location: ON NYS 17 AT BIG FLATS
County: CHEMUNG
Town: CHEMUNG, TOWN OF
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CAMP OF
GEN. CLINTON'S
BRIGADE
SULLIVAN-CLINTON CAMPAIGN
AUGUST 28, 1779
Location: ON NYS 17 2 MIS. W. OF CHEMUNG
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CAMP OF
GEN. MAXWELL'S
BRIGADE
SULLIVAN-CLINTON CAMPAIGN
AUGUST 28, 1779
Location: ON NYS 17 2 MIS. W. OF CHEMUNG
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CHEMUNG RIVER
DERIVED ITS NAME FROM
"BIG HORN" ON TUSK OF
MAMMOTH FOUND IN
RIVER BEFORE 1757
Location: ON NYS 17 3 MIS. W. OF CHEMUNG
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MILITARY ROUTE
OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
ARMY ON ITS CAMPAIGN
AGAINST THE BRITISH
AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
NEW YORK IN 1779
Location: ON NYS 17 AT CHEMUNG
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MILITARY ROUTE
OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
ARMY ON ITS CAMPAIGN
AGAINST THE BRITISH
AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
NEW YORK IN 1779
Location: ON NYS 17 NR. CHEMUNG-TIOGA CO. LINE
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OLD CHEMUNG
INDIAN VILLAGE
DESTROYED BY GEN. SULLIVAN
AUGUST 13, 1779
Location: ON NYS 17 AT CHEMUNG
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SULLIVAN-CLINTON CAMPAIGN
ARMY CAMP
ON RIVER FLATS TO SOUTH
AUGUST 27, 1779
Location: ON NYS 17 1/2 MI. W. OF CHEMUNG
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[ARROW]
SULLIVAN ROAD
OVER NARROWS MOUNTAIN
BUILT FOR USE OF
SULLIVAN'S ARMY
EXPEDITION AGAINST INDIANS
1779
Location: ON NYS 17 1/2 MI. W. OF CHEMUNG
County: CHEMUNG
Town: ELMIRA, CITY OF
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DEWITTSBURGH
NEWTOWN POINT
BOUNDARY ABOUT 1790
VILLAGE NAMED AFTER
MOSES DEWITT
Location: ON E. WATER ST. IN ELMIRA
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ENCAMPMENT
SULLIVAN'S ARMY
ON RETURN FROM EXPEDITION
AGAINST THE INDIANS
SEPT. 24-29, 1779
Location: ON E. WATER ST. IN ELMIRA
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MARK TWAIN STUDY
BUILT ON EAST HILL 1874
GIVEN TO ELMIRA COLLEGE IN
1952. HE WROTE "TOM SAWYER",
OTHER NOVELS IN THE STUDY
WHEN SUMMERING IN ELMIRA.
Location: AT EDGE OF PARK PL. IN ELMIRA
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OLD FERRY
OPERATED FROM ABOUT
1800 TO 1824
PRECEDED FIRST BRIDGE
Location: IN BRAND PARK IN ELMIRA
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OLD SECOND
STREET CEMETERY
1838-1919, HERE ARE BURIED
PIONEERS, AND SOLDIERS OF THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WAR OF 1812
AND THE UNION ARMY
Location: N.W. CNR., COLLEGE AVE. & W 2ND ST. IN ELMIRA
County: CHEMUNG
Town: ELMIRA, TOWN OF
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MILITARY ROUTE
OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
ARMY ON IS CAMPAIGN
AGAINST THE BRITISH
AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
NEW YORK IN 1779
Location: ON NYS 17 AT ENTRANCE TO NEWTOWN BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK
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MILITARY ROUTE
OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
ARMY ON IS CAMPAIGN
AGAINST THE BRITISH
AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
NEW YORK IN 1779
Location: ON NYS 13 & NYS 17 IN ELMIRA HEIGHTS
County: CHEMUNG
Town: HORSEHEADS, TOWN OF
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MILITARY ROUTE
OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
ARMY ON IS CAMPAIGN
AGAINST THE BRITISH
AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
NEW YORK IN 1779
Location: ON NYS 14 1 MI. N. OF HORSEHEADS
County: CHEMUNG
Town: SOUTHPORT, TOWN OF
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FITZSIMMONS
CEMETERY
CONTAINS REMAINS OF MANY
PIONEERS AND MEMBERS OF
SULLIVAN-CLINTON CAMPAIGN
Location: ON NYS 427 SO. OF ELMIRA
County: CHEMUNG
Town: VETERAN, TOWN OF
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GREEN BENTLY
1741-1821
SERVED IN SULLIVAN-CLINTON
CAMPAIGN AND WAS A PIONEER
IN MILLPORT. DEDICATED BY
BOY SCOUTS OF MILLPORT
Location: ON NYS 14 AT MILLPORT
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MILITARY ROUTE
OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
ARMY ON ITS CAMPAIGN
AGAINST THE BRITISH
AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
NEW YORK IN 1779
Location: ON NYS 14 AT MILLPORT
County: CLINTON
Town: AUSABLE, TOWN OF
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TURNPIKE
PORT