Sampson in Seneca County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Ken-Dai-A
Photographed by Yugoboy, October 13, 2012
1. Ken-Dai-A Marker
Erected 1932 by State Education Department.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1857.
Location. 42° 42.817′ N, 76° 53.596′ W. Marker is in Sampson, New York, in Seneca County. It is on New York State Route 96A one mile north of Baptist Church Road, on the right when traveling south. Marker is in a small rest area on the west side of the road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Romulus NY 14541, 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 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: Routes of the armies of General John Sullivan and General James Clinton (here, next to this marker); William Watts Folwell (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Sampson State Park Experience (approx. 1.1 miles away); U. S. Naval Training Station & Center 1942-1946 (approx. 1.1 miles away); Honoring the Over 100 Dispossessed Families (approx. 1.1 miles away); U.S. Air Force Training Base (approx. 1.1 miles
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More about this marker. Marker shares this rest area with one of the larger granite and brass markers from 1929 "celebrating" the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign of 1779.
Photographed by Yugoboy, October 13, 2012
2. Ken-Dai-A and Sullivan-Clinton Markers
Photographed by Yugoboy, October 13, 2012
3. Northern Approach to Ken-Dai-A Marker
Photographed by Yugoboy, October 13, 2012
4. Southern Approach to Ken-Dai-A Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 1,189 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 12, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
