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

Home of Dr. Elijah J. White

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 13, 2024

1. Home of Dr. Elijah J. White Marker

Inscription. Pioneer Oregon settler and Indian missionary. Author of “Ten Years In Oregon”. Government Indian agent for Oregon territory.

Erected 1940 by State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Government & Politics • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1842.

Location. 42° 35.847′ N, 76° 33.241′ W. Marker is in Lansing, New York, in Tompkins County. It is on Lansingville Road (County Road 155) just south of Ford Hill Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 585 Lansingville Road, Lansing NY 14882, 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 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

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Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Betsy Barber’s Diary (approx. 0.6 miles away); Early Industry (approx. 2.6 miles away); Five Corners (approx. 3 miles away); Ludlow Inn 1795 (approx. 3.1 miles away); Peter Wheeler (approx. 3.1 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 3.1 miles away); Ludlowville Pine Grove Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away); Benjamin Joy (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lansing.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, November 3, 2023

2. Home of Dr. Elijah J. White Marker

Home of Dr. Elijah J. White image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, November 3, 2023

3. Home of Dr. Elijah J. White

Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 317 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 13, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.