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Tuttles Crossing

 
 
Tuttles Crossing Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, September 12, 2025
1. Tuttles Crossing Marker
Inscription.
On February 25, 1900, Smith
family carriage struck here
by Lehigh Valley Railroad
passenger train. Two of seven
family members survived.

 
Erected 2022 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 981.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical date for this entry is February 25, 1900.
 
Location. 42° 59.023′ N, 77° 19.554′ W. Marker is in Farmington, New York, in Ontario County. It is on County Road 8, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1098 County Road 8, Farmington NY 14425, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester 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: Town Hall Site (approx. 0.2 miles away); In Honor of All Veterans (approx. 0.3 miles away); Herendeen Homestead (approx. Ύ mile away); Hathaway Home (approx. 1.8 miles away); a different marker also named Hathaway Home (approx. 1.8 miles away); Patriot Burials (approx. 1.9 miles away); Lapham Home (approx. 2½ miles away); Herendeen Home (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Farmington.
 
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Tuttles Crossing Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, September 12, 2025
2. Tuttles Crossing Marker
Tuttles Crossing Marker Looking North image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, September 12, 2025
3. Tuttles Crossing Marker Looking North
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 78 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 12, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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