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Springport in Cayuga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

East “Cayuga”

 
 
East “Cayuga” Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, February 13, 2025
1. East “Cayuga” Marker
Inscription.
Old Town Indian
Village of 13 Houses
Destroyed
Sept. 22, 1779
By Col. Butler
Detachment Of
Sullivan Campaign

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and CommunitiesWar, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is September 22, 1779.
 
Location. 42° 49.081′ N, 76° 38.777′ W. Memorial is in Springport, New York, in Cayuga County. It is on Great Gully Road east of Wheeler Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Union Springs NY 13160, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial 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 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 within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of “Cayuga” (within shouting distance of this marker); #1 - The Square (approx. 1.3 miles away); George Fleming (approx. 2.2 miles away); Quaker Cemetery (approx. 2.6 miles away); Patriot Burials (approx. 2.6 miles away); Oakwood Seminary (approx. 2.6 miles away); Old Quarries (approx. 2.6 miles away); Cayuga Castle (approx. 2.7 miles away).
 
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East “Cayuga” Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, February 13, 2025
2. East “Cayuga” Marker
East “Cayuga” Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, February 13, 2025
3. East “Cayuga” Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 13, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 153 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on February 13, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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