Tonawanda Indian Reservation in Genesee County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Treaty of 1857

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 21, 2014

1. Treaty of 1857 Marker

Inscription. On Nov. 5 a treaty between the U.S. and the Tonawanda Seneca at the Meeting House restored about 8000 acres to the Tonawanda Senecas.

Erected by Genesee County Bicentennial.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. A significant historical date for this entry is November 5, 1857.

Location. 43° 3.622′ N, 78° 26.557′ W. Marker is in Tonawanda Indian Reservation, New York, in Genesee County. It is on Meadville Road 0.2 miles north of Bloomingdale Road, on the left when traveling north. Marker is located on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation of the Tonawanda band of Seneca. Marker is east of the Bloomingdale Road crossing of Tonawanda Creek. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Basom NY 14013, 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Basom Plot (approx. 2.7 miles away); Schafer Farms (approx. 3 miles away); Morrot's Boulder Amusement Park (approx. 3.2 miles away); General Ely Samuel Parker 1828-1895 (approx. 3.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.6 miles away); Dennis E. Nolan (approx. 3.6 miles away); Rich-Twinn Octagon House (approx. 3.9 miles away); Ely Samuel Parker (approx. 3.9 miles away).

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Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 21, 2014

2. Treaty of 1857 Marker

Northward; marker is left of the road in the shaded area of the lawn.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 21, 2014

3. Treaty of 1857 Marker

Southward

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 21, 2014

4. Treaty of 1857 Marker

Westward

Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 7, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 785 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 7, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.