This assembly was used in the water mills on the Cazenovia Creek at Northrup Road during the mid to late 1800's. Its purpose was to transmit power from water wheels to grist stones and/or saws. Around the turn of the 20th century, this mill . . . — — Map (db m104147) HM
East Elma ca. 1865. Had woolen mill, sawmill, blacksmith, grocery, Post Office & swimming hole. Later called Frog Pond. Originally home of Senecas. — — Map (db m131847) HM
Elma Centre prospered around R.R. depot est. near here ca. 1870. Coal & lumber dealers, blacksmith, saloon, Post Office & school built nearby. — — Map (db m187871) HM
Elma Town Museum Built by C.W. Hurd, 1846. Home of the first town meeting, 1857. Moved in 1873 next to church. Became the parsonage 1929. Given to the Elma Historical Society 1984. Moved to present site 1895. Dedicated to Town of Elma, NY . . . — — Map (db m104141) HM
Before you is the reconstruction of the Hurd and Briggs double sawmill. Efforts to reconstruct a working mill for educational and historic preservation purposes began in 2008. This is the site of the original mill. The actual foundations and race . . . — — Map (db m104144) HM
Purchased land here in 1845. By 1866 site included home, store, dam for his saw and grist mills, and bridge over Cazenovia Creek. — — Map (db m186374) HM
Built 1831 by Martin Taber to
accommodate travelers to Buffalo.
Located on Indian Trail which later
became Aurora-Buffalo Plank Road.
Property was in Mile Strip, first
part of Elma to be developed
from Buffalo Creek Reservation — — Map (db m58915) HM