Orchard Park in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of Erastus D. Webster Homestead

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 28, 2015

1. Site of Erastus D. Webster Homestead Marker

Inscription. The Webster Family were early settlers in this community. Erastus Webster served under Secretary of State Seward in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln. He represented the U.S. Gov't during the transfer of the Confederate emissaries Mason and Sidell to Great Britain in the famous "Trent Incident" during the Civil War.

Erected 1976 by Town of Orchard Park & Orchard Park Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #16 Abraham Lincoln, and the The Spirit of ’76, America’s Bicentennial Celebration series lists.

Location. 42° 46.91′ N, 78° 44.776′ W. Marker is in Orchard Park, New York, in Erie County. It is at the intersection of North Buffalo Road (New York State Route 240) and Webster Road, on the left when traveling north on North Buffalo Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3740 North Buffalo Road, Orchard Park NY 14127, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Buffalo 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 Viceroyalty of New France,

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: David Eddy (approx. one mile away); Jolls Homestead (approx. one mile away); Orchard Park (approx.

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one mile away); a different marker also named Orchard Park (approx. 1.1 miles away); Obadiah Baker Homestead (approx. 1.1 miles away); Site of Erie County Agricultural Fair (approx. 1.2 miles away); Michael Cemetery (approx. 1.4 miles away); Orchard Park Depot (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Orchard Park.

More about this marker. Marker is at the home of American Legion Post 567 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6247.

Also see . . . Trent Affair - Wikipedia. (Submitted on January 30, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)

Southward on NY 240/ NY 277 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 28, 2015

2. Southward on NY 240/ NY 277

Site of Erastus D. Webster Homestead and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 28, 2015

3. Site of Erastus D. Webster Homestead and Marker

Front and South sides of American Legion/VFW Home.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 30, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 1,136 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 30, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.