Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Teegastoweas

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 11, 2023

1. Teegastoweas Marker

Inscription. Iroquois name for Six Mile Creek. Derived from distance to Cascadilla Creek from place where warriors path to Owego forded Six Mile Creek.

Erected 1996 by Town of Ithaca.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 42° 24.62′ N, 76° 27.284′ W. Marker is in Ithaca, New York, in Tompkins County. It is on Burns Road 0.3 miles south of Burns Way, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 201 Burns Rd, Ithaca NY 14850, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York

and in the Southern Tier.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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

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within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bethel Grove School (approx. ¾ mile away); Catskill Turnpike (approx. 0.9 miles away); Ithaca & Owego (approx. one mile away); Michigan Hill (approx. 1.7 miles away); East Ithaca (approx. 2.4 miles away); Judd Falls (approx. 2.4 miles away); Ithaca College (approx. 2½ miles away); Six Mile Creek (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ithaca.

Photographed by Mira Earls, June 20, 2023

2. Teegastoweas Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 11, 2023, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 525 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 11, 2023, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. 2. submitted on June 20, 2023, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.