Site of
"a very pretty Indian town
of ten houses"
Burned September 21, 1779
————————
See page 76 "Journals of the
Military Expedition of
Major General John Sullivan,"
published by the . . . — — Map (db m104763) HM
This early burial ground once referred to as "Hause Point Cemetery", has recorded burials as early as 1805. Canoga Cemetery Association established in 1855 with 3 original acres. Received certificate of incorporation in 1905. Land added in 1864, . . . — — Map (db m104754) HM
Red Jacket
was born here about 1758.
The famous Indian orator
and Seneca Chief sought to
preserve peace with U.S.
Died in Buffalo in 1830. — — Map (db m8181) HM
SA-GO-YA-WAT-HA
(He keeps them awake)
The orator of the Six Nations of Iroquois
A chief of the Wolf Clan of the Senecas
Born near this spot-died at Buffalo N.Y.
1750 1830 . . . — — Map (db m8179) HM
Old Baptist Church founded Covert, N.Y. Feb. 16, 1803. 1st pastor Minor Thomas. "Mother church" of Seneca Baptist Association. Old Covert cemetery nearby. — — Map (db m96342) HM
By 1811 settlers of the Town of Fayette, organized a “Zion’s Church”. The first church edifice on this site, a log structure, was destroyed by fire in 1835. Replaced by 1836 with a large brick building dedicated as the “Jerusalem Church”, standing . . . — — Map (db m305231) HM
Built 1884. Capt. James Quick crossed Cayuga Lake from here to King Ferry with passengers & mail until 1911. Later sunk near landing. — — Map (db m256009) HM
Erected To The Memory
of My Comrades In Arms
of The War
of The Rebellion
By Madison Covert
A Member of Company
126 Regiment
New York Volunteers — — Map (db m304378) WM
Dedicated To The Memory Of All Those Men
And Women Who Have Served With Honor In The
Armed Forces Of The United States Of America — — Map (db m304379) WM
Named after local legend of early 19th century hog butchering on this hill. One slaughtered hog left frozen in barrel until spring thaw. — — Map (db m266250) HM
On December 5, 1913, a fire destroyed Vescelius Hall, town offices, library and two houses here. Accused arsonist acquitted in 1917. — — Map (db m265207) HM
Steamboat landing & warehouse by ca. 1829. Former hotel and popular reunion site. YMCA Camp Young 1923-1936. Opened as State Marine Park ca. 1968. — — Map (db m266251) HM
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. — — Map (db m68621) HM WM
Purchased military lot no. 37 in 1793. Served as Seneca County Clerk, NYS Legislator & U.S. Congressman. Lived here until 1832. — — Map (db m244966) HM
Built 1845 To Replace Earlier
Courthouse. Served Two-Jury
District Shared By County
Seats Ovid & Waterloo. Also
Held Political & Local Events. — — Map (db m305225) HM
The Three Bears
have been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1845 • 1860 • 1845 — — Map (db m104903) HM
In Honor of All American Veterans
This memorial honors all American Veterans who, although separated by generations shared a common, undeniable goal — to valiantly protect our country’s freedom:
The memories of these American Veterans . . . — — Map (db m304432) WM
Å Tribute To Gold Star Families And Relatives Who Sacrificed A Loved One For Our Freedom
(Back Of The Monument)
A Letter From
President Lincoln
To A
Gold Star Mother
Executive Mansion
Washington, November 21, 1864 . . . — — Map (db m304393) WM
Dedicated To The Memory Of All Those Men
And Women Who Have Served With Honor In The
Armed Forces Of The United States Of America — — Map (db m304385) WM
Sullivan Trail Before settlement by white men, Col. Henry Dearborn of the Sullivan Expedition viewed Cayuga Lake here Sept. 22, 1779. — — Map (db m96336) HM
Built in 1873 for George and Hannah Jones
Purchased in September 1991 by Donald and Blanche Tillinghast
Established June 1992 as Tillinghast Manor Bed & Breakfast — — Map (db m68602) HM
Dedicated by
The American Legion Post #457
Seeley B. Parish
Phelps, NY
to
“All Veterans who have stood the watch,
are currently serving and will continue
to stay the course in the future.” — — Map (db m304450) WM
A place of rest for those that
served in the armed forces of
the United States
The American Legion
7th District
Department of New York — — Map (db m304436) WM
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 704
Carnicelli - Indelicato American Legion Post 1776
“Never again will one generation
of Veterans abandon another” — — Map (db m304437) WM
Dedicated to the men and women of the
United States Armed Services who
served our country in times of war and
peace.
We thank you for your service, dedication
and sacrifice.
Presented on behalf of the Sampson Air Force
Veterans . . . — — Map (db m304438) WM
Born February 9, 1840
Palmyra, New York
Died May 6, 1902 (aged 62)
Washington, D.C.
Place of burial Arlington National Cemetery
Service/branch United States Navy
U.S. Naval Academy 1857
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands Held
Alert . . . — — Map (db m304427) HM WM
At the onset of World War II, new naval stations were needed to train the numerous recruits expected to enlist. The area that is presently Sampson State Park was a desirable inland location for the station. It had sufficient level land situated . . . — — Map (db m104864) HM WM
Degory Prowtt Drummer Boy, 1776 - 1783, at siege of Fort Stanwix on the Sullivan Expedition, at surrender of Cornwallis, lived a mile west of here. — — Map (db m96347) HM
Born here, 1811, artist, inventor, banker, benefactor of Cleveland, Ohio. Third president Western Union Tel. Co. His father surveyed this road — — Map (db m266247) HM
Bolstered by the success of the air assaults during World War II, United States Air Force leaders aggressively pursued upgrading the air fleet to the latest jet-propulsion technology.
The Leap to the Jet Age
Two years after entering . . . — — Map (db m104841) HM WM
Burials as early as ca. 1832, Cemetery Assn. Incorp. 1866. Early residents, Veterans of Rev. War, War of 1812 and later wars interred here. — — Map (db m267907) HM WM
On June 25, 1950, four years after the Navy left the Sampson Training Center and while it was home to Sampson College, Communist North Korea invaded its neighbor to the south, the Republic of Korea. At the time Lackland Air Force Base in San . . . — — Map (db m104865) HM WM
Ackley, Arthur · Adair, Stuart · Allen, Charles Jr.★ · Allen, Willis · Austin, Jean · Benjamin, Lee · Bornt, Marshall · Boyle, James Jr. · Boyle, Leo · Boyle, Richard · Brewer, Maynard · Brodnick, Henry · Bromka, Alex · Bromka, Bernie · . . . — — Map (db m305237) WM
This memorial is dedicated to those brave Sampson Navy Men who gave their lives fighting our enemies in action during World War Two.
Our national organization of 6000 Sampson WW-2 Navy Veterans, we the survivors, dedicate this monument to their . . . — — Map (db m104866) WM
Seneca Army Depot 1941 - 2000 Munitions depot started 1941 for defense of northeast U.S. coast. Later major army supply facility. — — Map (db m96333) HM
The T-2 Buckeye first entered service in 1959 as a jet trainer for the U.S. Navy. This particular plane is the T-2C version, of which 231 planes were produced beginning in 1968.
This aircraft is on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum at . . . — — Map (db m104843) HM
Sampson State Park offers adventure for those who seek it. Within its 2,000 acres, the park provides visitors with opportunities to swim, boat, camp, hike, bicycle, picnic, sun bathe, hunt, cross-country ski, and snowmobile.
Before this area was . . . — — Map (db m104839) HM
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 — — Map (db m68623) HM WM
1776
Abigail Adams entreats her husband
to "remember the ladies".
1777
Women lose the right to vote in New York.
1780
Women lose the right to vote in Massachusetts.
1784
Women lose the right to vote in New . . . — — Map (db m104714) HM
At first we traveled quite alone…but before we had gone many miles we came on the other wagon –load of women…and long before we reached Seneca Falls we were a procession.
Charlotte Woodward, about 1920
1818-1894 Wearing her namesake Bloomers, this teacher and feminist edited as well as published the first U.S. women's newspaper, The Lily — — Map (db m65244) HM
Enlisted in the war service April 25, 1861, was wounded May 14, 1864, taken prisoner June 15, 1864, suffered at Andersonville and other prisons, discharged from service March 2, 1866. — — Map (db m104792) WM
In 1965 President Dwight David Eisenhower broke ground here for a new liberal arts college, dedicated as a living memorial to his "life and deeds" and designed to instill in its students a global perspective. From 1968 to 1983, a vibrant community . . . — — Map (db m231864) HM
First Presbyterian Church of Seneca Falls founded in 1807.
Current building dedicated in 1873, first Equal Rights Amendment proposed here in 1923 by Alice Paul. — — Map (db m65242) HM
On this spot stood the Wesleyan Chapel
Where the First Woman’s Rights Convention
in the World’s history was held
July 19 and 20 1848
———————
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Moved this resolution
Which . . . — — Map (db m8128) HM
Fourth Ward School c. 1869
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m65249) HM
Routes of the armies of
General John Sullivan
and
General James Clinton
1779
An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggression of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, . . . — — Map (db m8069) HM
This church was erected in 1823. The stone tower and belfry were added in 1882. Reverend Dedrick Willers served as pastor during this entire period. The first church on this site was a log structure built in 1813. — — Map (db m267913) HM
Who served as president of Gould's Pumps from 1907-1964. The original site of Goulds Pumps, founded by his grandfather Seabury S. Gould in 1848, was in Van Cleef Lake below. He was a U.S. Congressman from 1915-1923 and led a life dedicated to . . . — — Map (db m65247) HM
Reserved in deed to Thomas Lawrence, here until 1856 were mills, distilleries, taverns, school, justice ct. Masonic Lodge, race track. — — Map (db m224453) HM
Men actively supported the First Women's Rights Convention and the ensuing women's rights movement.
Richard Hunt encouraged the convention organizers to action. At the convention, James Mott and Thomas M'Clintock chaired sessions, while . . . — — Map (db m226564) HM
When women first demanded "the elective franchise" or the right to vote at the 1848 convention, they secured their own and the Wesleyan Chapel's place in history. In 1908 this community and descendants of the convention's participants proudly . . . — — Map (db m113559) HM
Nathaniel J. Potter, innkeeper blacksmith on Genesee Road, 1801-1808. His son, Henry S. Potter, lived here. 1st Pres. Western Union Telegraph, 1851 — — Map (db m104774) HM
Sullivan Expedition 1779
This campaign severed the English-Indian Alliance and checked English aggression on our western frontier. — — Map (db m267915) WM
Routes of the Armies of
General John Sullivan
and
General James Clinton
1779
An expedition against the hostile Indian Nations which checked the aggressions of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, . . . — — Map (db m256012) HM WM
The landscape in front of you looked vastly different in Elizabeth Cady Stanton's day. Instead of a serene lake, mills and factories lined the much narrower Seneca-Cayuga Canal and Seneca River. Canal boats plied the waterways; trains on the . . . — — Map (db m104835) HM
When the Stanton family moved to Seneca Falls in 1847, the house was nearly twice as large as it now is but dilapidated and overgrown. Acting as her own general contractor, Elizabeth Cady Stanton hired workers and oversaw its refurbishment. The . . . — — Map (db m65313) HM
In grateful recognition of filmmakers Ken Burns and Paul Barnes, the community of Seneca Falls dedicates Suffrage Park in tribute to the film "Not For Ourselves Alone" for bringing national focus to the birthplace of Women's Rights, and for their . . . — — Map (db m104836) HM
To the Martyrs who fell
and the heroes who fought
in defense of Liberty and
the Union.
1861-1865
( Right Side )
“Liberty and Union
now and forever
one and inseparable.”
( Back Side ) . . . — — Map (db m8088) HM
Womens' Rights National Historical Park acquired the Jacob R Chamberlain home in 1996 to develop services for Stanton House visitors.
Later archeological and historic structure investigations revealed that the Chamberlain home, built in 1815, is . . . — — Map (db m65314) HM
Known during the Civil War as a station on the so called Underground Railroad. The trail of the slaves to Canada was broken by bringing them across the lake from Union Springs which was an ardent abolition Quaker village. This too was the landing . . . — — Map (db m256005) HM
It's 1890. This is "the flats,” the industrial center of Seneca Falls. The noise is deafening, as hundreds of highly-skilled workers build pumps and fire engines in factories jammed onto every inch of the islands below you. Hammer blows ring . . . — — Map (db m65319) HM
Home to progressive thinkers and welcoming to reformist speakers, the Wesleyan Chapel was known as the “Great Light House.”
In 1843, amidst emerging local and national controversy over freedom of speech, the role of women, temperance, and the . . . — — Map (db m8203) HM
Early morning July 30, 1890
Alarms howl, waking the whole village. Flames roar down Fall Street, fanned by a stiff breeze. A choking black smoke billows across the canal. Jets of water hiss from hoses bristling from a dozen horse—drawn, . . . — — Map (db m65322) HM
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