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Seneca Trail

 
 
Seneca Trail Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, July 9, 2012
1. Seneca Trail Marker
Inscription. Crossing the Irondequoit's thickly wooded perilous valley. Here Gen. Denonville expected an Indian ambush enroute to Gannagaro, 1687.
 
Erected by Monroe County.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and CommunitiesWar, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1687.
 
Location. 43° 4.18′ N, 77° 29.455′ W. Marker is in Pittsford, New York, in Monroe County. It is on East Jefferson Road (New York State Route 96) half a mile east of East Street, on the right when traveling west. The coordinates are close but not exact. The marker is definitely on the north side of 96 along that stretch. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pittsford NY 14534, 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, on the Great Lakes, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Erie Canal (approx. 0.3 miles away); Building the Great Embankment (approx. 0.3 miles away); Cartersville (approx. 0.6 miles away); Bushnell's Basin (approx. 0.9 miles away); Richardson Tavern (approx. 0.9 miles away); Historic Landmark (approx. 1½ miles away); District #1 (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Story of the Powder Mills (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pittsford.
 
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Seneca Trail Marker as seen facing east on 96 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, July 9, 2012
2. Seneca Trail Marker as seen facing east on 96
Seneca Trail Marker as seen facing west on 96 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, July 9, 2012
3. Seneca Trail Marker as seen facing west on 96
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2012, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 1,213 times since then and 54 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 12, 2012, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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