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Indian Fort Site

 
 
Indian Fort Site Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, February 16, 2024
1. Indian Fort Site Marker
Inscription.
This vicinity is site of an Indian village probably fortified and Indian burial ground
 
Erected 1932 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesIndigenous Peoples and Communities.
 
Location. 42° 39.795′ N, 76° 26.408′ W. Marker is in Locke, New York, in Cayuga County. It is on West Hill Road west of Main Street (New York State Route 38), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Locke NY 13092, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Central New York, and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles
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of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Former Home of State Senator Charles J. Hewitt (approx. half a mile away); Oldest Known House (approx. half a mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Town of Locke (approx. 0.6 miles away); Millard Fillmore (approx. 2.7 miles away); Boyhood Site (approx. 2.7 miles away); Oldest House in Moravia (approx. 3.1 miles away); Cady Tavern (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Locke.
 
Indian Fort Site Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, February 16, 2024
2. Indian Fort Site Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 16, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 449 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 16, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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