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Ganogeh

 
 
Ganogeh  Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 13, 2024
1. Ganogeh Marker
Inscription.
The principal Cayuga Indian Village formerly on the site of Canoga Hewitt, 1886.

Ganogeh-Morgan, 1851, 423. Ga-a-no-ge -(Place of Floating Oil)

Hewitt, 1886.

Canoga-Macauley, N.Y. 11. 177. 1829

Cannogai-Treaty of July 1795.

Bureaus AM. Ethnology, Bul. 30.P 487.

Only town between the lakes on Morgan map of 1720.

“Canoga-Sweet Water”

Seneca County History. P, 97.

“A treat was held with the Cayugas at Cayuga Ferry July 27, 1795 at which time a cession was obtained of their reservations *** excepting *** one mile square at Cannogai, for the use of an Indian Sachem called Fish Carrier!”

Centennial-Waterloo. PP, 319-20.

“This was acquired also by the State afterwards.”

Dietrich Willers, D.D. P, 5.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and CommunitiesSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is July 27, 1795.
 
Location. 42° 51.26′ N, 76° 44.954′ W. Marker is in Seneca Falls, New York, in Seneca County. It is in Fayette. It is at the intersection of New York State Route 89 and Canoga Street, on the left when traveling north on New York State Route 89. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3529 State Route 89, Seneca Falls NY 13148, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Finger Lakes. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured
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as the crow flies: Routes Between Lakes (here, next to this marker); Canoga (here, next to this marker); Indian Village at Canoga Landing (approx. 0.4 miles away); Canoga Creek (approx. 0.6 miles away); Canoga Cemetery (approx. 0.7 miles away); Red Jacket. (approx. Ύ mile away); Red Jacket (approx. Ύ mile away); Gar-Non-De-Yo (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Seneca Falls.
 
Ganogeh Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 13, 2024
2. Ganogeh Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 388 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 2, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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