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

Tutelo Indians

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba

1. Tutelo Indians Marker

Inscription.
In the 1700’s the Tutelo settled Inlet Valley under protection of the Cayuga Nation. The 1779 Sullivan raid drove them into Canada.

Erected 1996 by Town of Ithaca.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1779.

Location. 42° 25.341′ N, 76° 31.925′ W. Marker is in Ithaca, New York, in Tompkins County. It is on Bostwick Road (New York State Route 137) west of 5 Mile Drive ( Route 13A), on the left. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 197 Bostwick 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.

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least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Coreorgonel (approx. half a mile away); C.C.C. CO. #1265 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Buttermilk's Rugged Rocks are Recycled Mountains (approx. 0.7 miles away); Buttermilk Falls (approx. 0.7 miles away); Glaciers Cut the Valley; the Creek Cut the Gorge (approx. 0.7 miles away); Fisher’s Tavern (approx. ¾ mile away); Military Lots (approx. 1.4 miles away); Ithaca College (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ithaca.

Photographed by Mira Earls, April 1, 2024

2. Tutelo Indians Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 8, 2023, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 775 times since then and 78 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 8, 2023, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. 2. submitted on April 2, 2024, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.

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