Kennedy in Chautauqua County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Kennedy Mills

Photographed by Yugoboy, August 14, 2012

1. Kennedy Mills Marker

Inscription. First commercial enterprise in southeastern Chautauqua County Doctor Thomas Ruston Kennedy built first mill October 1805 after purchase of 3000 acres in the area which became the Town of Poland

Erected 2005 by (Chautauqua County?) Bicentennial.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical month for this entry is October 1805.

Location. 42° 9.352′ N, 79° 6.107′ W. Marker is in Kennedy, New York, in Chautauqua County. It is on Frewsburg Road (U.S. 62) 0.2 miles south of Jamestown Road (New York State Route 394). Marker is at the north end of a bridge over Conewango Creek (see photos). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kennedy NY 14747, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Southern Tier.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Evelynn M. Crandall (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); 1917 ☆ 1918 (about 800 feet away); Duty Honor Country (approx. 0.2 miles away); Gertrude A. Williams (approx. 0.3 miles away); Memorial (approx. 4.2 miles away); Pioneer Settlers (approx. 5.7 miles away); Gustavus Adolphus Children's Home

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(approx. 6.2 miles away); Dow Library (approx. 6.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kennedy.

Kennedy Mills Marker as seen facing North image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Yugoboy, August 14, 2012

2. Kennedy Mills Marker as seen facing North

Kennedy Mills Marker as seen facing South image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Yugoboy, August 14, 2012

3. Kennedy Mills Marker as seen facing South

Conewango Creek west of marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Yugoboy, August 14, 2012

4. Conewango Creek west of marker

Notice the current. It's perfect for an early mill site. (Compare with the photo facing east.)

Conewango Creek east of marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Yugoboy, August 14, 2012

5. Conewango Creek east of marker

Notice how calm the creek becomes downstream of the mill location. Quite different from only 10 yards west.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 7, 2012, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 926 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 7, 2012, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.