Lockport in Niagara County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Gertrude Warren

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 29, 2021

1. Gertrude Warren Marker

Inscription. 1884 - 1979. "Mother of 4H" pioneered the 4H movement, for rural youth programs to educate boys and girls in agriculture & home economics.

Erected 2021 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 855.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Education • Women. In addition, it is included in the 4-H Youth Program, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1884.

Location. 43° 11.5′ N, 78° 40.446′ W. Marker is in Lockport, New York, in Niagara County. It can be reached from Lake Avenue (New York State Route 78) half a mile north of Old Niagara Road. Marker is by the 4-H Training Center building, within a fenced complex of buildings and grounds. Enter from Lake Avenue (NY 78) at gate 4. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4487 Lake Avenue, Lockport NY 14094, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Buffalo Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

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and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Niagara Grape (within shouting distance of this marker); Toll Gate Hill (approx. 0.2 miles away); Wyndham Lawn (approx. ¼ mile away); City of Lockport Medal of Honor Recipients (approx. ¼ mile away); Original Niagara Grape Vine (approx. half a mile away); Lockport (approx. half a mile away); Cold Springs Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Lowertown Historic District (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lockport.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 29, 2021

2. Gertrude Warren Marker

By the 4-H Training Center.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 1, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2021, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 418 times since then and 16 times this year. Last updated on November 30, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 29, 2021, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.