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Sampson in Seneca County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Routes of the armies of General John Sullivan and General James Clinton

1779

 
 
Sullivan and Clinton Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, October 13, 2012
1. Sullivan and Clinton Marker
Inscription. An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, extending westward the dominion of the United States. Erected by the State of New York 1929
 
Erected 1929 by New York State.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and CommunitiesWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the The Sullivan-Clinton Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1929.
 
Location. 42° 42.814′ N, 76° 53.598′ W. Memorial is in Sampson, New York, in Seneca County. It is on New York State Route 96A Ό mile north of Baptist Church Road. This marker is a few feet from Ken-Dai-A marker. Both are in the same rest area along 96A. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Romulus NY 14541, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial 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: Ken-Dai-A (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
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miles away); Honoring the Over 100 Dispossessed Families (approx. 1.1 miles away); U.S. Air Force Training Base (approx. 1.1 miles away); Sampson Naval Training Base World War II Honored Dead (approx. 1.2 miles away); T-2C Buckeye (approx. 1.2 miles away).
 
Ken-Dai-A and Sulluvan-Clinton Markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, October 13, 2012
2. Ken-Dai-A and Sulluvan-Clinton Markers
Ken-Dai-A and Sulluvan-Clinton Markers Facing North image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, October 13, 2012
3. Ken-Dai-A and Sulluvan-Clinton Markers Facing North
Ken-Dai-A and Sulluvan-Clinton Markers Facing South image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, October 13, 2012
4. Ken-Dai-A and Sulluvan-Clinton Markers Facing South
 
 
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 919 times since then and 18 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.
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