Ellicottville in Cattaraugus County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
First Settler
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 11, 2021
1. First Settler Marker
Erected 2020 by Ellicottville Historical Society.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is October 6, 1815.
Location. 42° 17.032′ N, 78° 39.691′ W. Marker is in Ellicottville, New York, in Cattaraugus County. It is on New York State Route 242 0.1 miles west of Pittsburgh Buffalo Highway (U.S. 219), on the right when traveling west. The marker is located on part of the original Hurlburt property, now owned by St. Pauls Lutheran Church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6360 NY-242, Ellicottville NY 14731, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Memory of Those From Ellicottville (approx. 0.8 miles away); Ellicottville Town Hall (approx. 0.8 miles away); Cheryl Strayed (approx. 0.9 miles away); First Frame House (approx. 0.9 miles away); Jefferson Street Cemetery (approx. one mile away); Hinman Valley Wetland Complex (approx. 2.7 miles away); Plank Road House (approx. 5 miles away); In Honor and Memory (approx. 5 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ellicottville.
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1. History of the Town of Ellicottville. Excerpt:
Grove Hurlburt, the first settler in the town of Ellicottville, was born in Tolland, Conn., in 1765, and was an early settler in Whitestown, Oneida county. He next built and conducted a tavern at Oriskany and in 1809 settled on a farm of "lease lands" in the town of Rome. In 1815, after a journey of six weeks, he came upon Rickertson Burlingame, who was surveying this town into lots, and, being pleased with the location, went a few weeks later to the land office in Batavia and was offered inducements to settle as soon as the town was surveyed. In the ensuing fall he came with his son John and made choice of lots 56 and 57, containing 316 acres. They remained till fall and cut up the timber preparatory to clearing seven acres, and built a log house, the first habitation of white people in Ellicottville, Feb. 11, 1816.(Submitted on June 12, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. Ellicottville Bicentennial Committee Unveils Commemorative Plaque, October 3. "It was an unprecedented time here back in 1815, five years before the towns official formation in 1820. The date was recorded as October 6 when Grove Hurlburt purchased 150 acres, Lot 57, making him the first purchaser of land from
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 11, 2021
2. First Settler Marker
3. Ellicottville to celebrate bicentennial at Old Home Weekend. Excerpt:
(from Olean Times Herald, 6/12/2021) Last October, the historical society unveiled a historical marker honoring the towns first permanent settler, Grove Hurlburt, who built the first house in 1815.(Submitted on June 12, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
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