On Slateville Road (New York State Route 79), on the right when traveling east.
Cabin built by Maria
Earsley, 1794, for home.
First Settler in Caroline.
First Trip from Roxbury N.J.
On horseback with son, John — — Map (db m76139) HM
On New York State Route 79, on the right when traveling east.
Built 1806 of squared logs
by John James Speed.
Post Office here 1806
called Speedville.
Catskill Turnpike from Catskill to Bath, 1804 — — Map (db m76146) HM
On Valley Road (County Route 115) at Lounsbery Road (County Route 113), on the right when traveling east on Valley Road.
(Upper Mill) (Excelsior Mill)
1. 1800, Cantine, North Bank
2. 1834, WM Mott, South Bank
3. 1865, CEO White, S. Bank
Burned for highway, 1964 — — Map (db m220886) HM
On Slaterville Road (New York State Route 79) at Pacific Road, on the right when traveling west on Slaterville Road.
Erected in 1923 by the former and present residents of the Town of Caroline as a memorial in honor of the Widow Earsley as the first pioneer settler. She came on horseback into this New York wilderness, purchased one hundred acres of land, and . . . — — Map (db m104539) HM
On Bald Hill Road at Jennings Pond Road, on the right when traveling north on Bald Hill Road.
Possible birthplace of Chief Logan (Tah-Gah-Jute)
"I appeal to white men to say if hungry I gave no meat; if cold and naked, I clothed not" — — Map (db m152065) HM
On Danby Road (New York State Route 96B) 0.1 miles north of Bald Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Died For Their Country
OF Co. K 167th Infantry.
Ephraim Dunham. Died Nov. 18. 1862 AE 21
Charles F. Stoddard. " Dec. 23. " " 23
Benj. Clark. " Jul. 2. 1863 " 19
Alex B. Hance. " Oct. 29. " " 26
J. Willis Hance of Co. D. " " " " " . . . — — Map (db m271143) WM
On Danby Road (Route 96B), on the left when traveling north.
Part of Iroquoia, later included in 1794 Watkins & Flint Purchase in Tioga County; added to Tompkins County in 1823.
1817 • Tompkins County • 2017 — — Map (db m271144) HM
On New York State Route 96B at Curtis Road, on the right when traveling south on New York State Route 96B.
Grave site 175 yards west
W. Grant Egbert
concert violinist, master
teacher. Founder, Ithaca
Conservatory of Music, 1892
Since 1931 - Ithaca College — — Map (db m258188) HM
On Danby Road (Route 96B), on the left when traveling north.
Dedicated to the pioneers
Abner Beers · Uri Clark · Jabez Beers · Isaac Dumond · Dr. Lewis Beers · Benjamin Jennings · Lewis Beardsley · Hudson Jennings · David Clark · Joseph Judson · Hezekiah Clark · John Miller · Jacob Yaple — — Map (db m271145) HM
On North Street (New York State Route 13) just north of E Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
To honor those of the Town of Dryden who served their country in the 2nd World War with the Allied Nations for world freedom.
C.E. Mead · E.A. Chaffee · E.S. Youmans · R.J. McKeon · C.A. Root · R.H. Hoose · R.W. Martin · C.L. Royce · G. . . . — — Map (db m243214) WM
On North Street (New York State Route 13), on the right when traveling north.
Pioneer settler from Killingworth, Connecticut, in 1802
Donor of land for the village green, Presbyterian Church, and first cemetery in 1818
Served in the Revolution — — Map (db m243215) HM
On South Street (New York State Route 38) at Union Street, on the right when traveling north on South Street.
Nominated by Dryden Historical Society Listed National Register, 1986 44 buildings in this quadrant and 7 additional structures — — Map (db m224332) HM
On East Main Street (New York State Route 392) just east of Maple Ridge Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Iroquois hunting grounds, then Town #23 in military tract prior to being first settled in 1797. In 1817 became one of the first nine towns in Tompkins County. — — Map (db m201169) HM
On Enfield Main Road (New York State Route 327) north of Enfield Center Road W, on the left when traveling north.
Iroquois hunting grounds, then part of town of Ulysses, until 1821 when 36 lots became town of Enfield in Tompkins County.
1817 • Tompkins County • 2017 — — Map (db m261613) HM
On Freeville Road at Necarsulmner Drive, on the left when traveling north on Freeville Road.
1866 “Daddy” 1936
William R. George
Founder of George Junior Republic
He loved, guided and counseled youth; enriched America’s citizenship; and made permanent impress upon the education of young people in all parts of the world through . . . — — Map (db m244779) HM
On Railroad Street (New York State Route 38) at Factory Street, on the left when traveling north on Railroad Street.
Railroad crossing near here 1870 to ca. 1976 made Freeville a regional rail hub for passengers and freight. Village incorporated 1887. — — Map (db m247071) HM
On West Malloryville Road, on the right when traveling west.
As early as 1829, gristmill
est. nearby on Fall Creek.
By 1860, homes, school and
water-powered cooperage and
sawmill stood in this hamlet. — — Map (db m304944) HM
On West Dryden Road (County Route 108) at Hanshaw Road, on the left when traveling east on West Dryden Road.
William R. George conceived of the Junior Republic here. The youthful village whose motto is “nothing without labor” was founded July 10, 1895. — — Map (db m231113) HM
Near Clark Street 0.5 miles north of East Cortland Street, on the left when traveling north.
Sacred To The Memory Of Those Who Fought For Our Country
The Gun Loaned By U.S.- 1 Dwight Allen Post 260
— G. A. R. —
To Ornament Cemetery Flag At Groton, NY
Post Organized March 29th, 1882
Engraved Plate Presented By
Dr. F. D. Page . . . — — Map (db m297806) WM
On Salt Road (County Route 120) south of Stauber Road, on the left when traveling south.
Gurdon Cummings and wife Abigail Pettis from Mansfield, Conn., settled here in 1810. Owned and occupied by VI generations of Cummings. — — Map (db m245052) HM
On Cortland Road (Route 222) east of Salt Road (County Road 102), on the right when traveling west.
Founded by the
Congregational Church
Church once located on the NW corner
Salt Road and NYS Route 222
1st Burial 1806 Last Burial 1881 — — Map (db m297578) HM
On Groton City Road (County Route 103) 0.3 miles west of Hinman Road, on the left when traveling west.
Sanctuary pre-dates 1866
Incorporated October 16, 1896
As a Congregational Church
First Worship on November 19, 1896
“All Are Welcome Here”
The Membership, 2022 — — Map (db m299046) HM
Near Clark Street 0.5 miles north of East Cortland Street ( Route 222), on the left when traveling north.
Rededication
★ July 4, 2006 ★
“A rededication ceremony was held
on this date to commemorate the
memory of all men and women who
served our country in times of war,
and especially to those who were
wounded or died as a . . . — — Map (db m296980) WM
On Main Street (New York State Route 38), on the right when traveling north.
In Memory of These Groton Men Who
Made the Supreme Sacrifice in
World War II, Korea, and Vietnam
Terrence G. Graves Congressional Medal of Honor
Charles W. Adams • Hollis J. Adams • Morris A. Arnold • Ricardo M. Bernard • Hugh T. Brooks . . . — — Map (db m297268) WM
On Main Street at East Cortland Street ( Route 222), on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
2d Lt. USMC-Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for action in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam-February 16, 1968.
Terrence C. Graves, or “Terry” as his friends and family knew him, entered the . . . — — Map (db m307486) HM WM
On Main Street (New York State Route 38) close to Lincoln Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
The Memorial Carillonic Tower Bells
Are Dedicated
In Grateful Recognition of the
Sacrifice and Service of the Men and
Women From the Community of Groton
Who Served in the Armed Forces
of Our Country in World War II
by
The People . . . — — Map (db m297271) WM
On Conger Boulevard south of W Cortland Street, on the right when traveling south.
Part of Iroquoia. In 1790, designated military tract town of Locke. In 1817, 50 lots named Division, transferred to Tompkins County, renamed Groton in 1818.
1817 • Tompkins • 2017 — — Map (db m245112) HM WM
On Cleveland Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated to the 26 soldiers of the 26th Regiment United States Colored Infantry who enlisted between Dec. 3, 1863 and Feb. 18, 1864 at St. James A.M.E. Zion Church, Ithaca. NY.
TO FIGHT FOR GOD AND LIBERTY
Henry W. Adams • Henry Allen • . . . — — Map (db m277871) HM WM
On Thurston Avenue north of University Avenue/Forest Home Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Fall Creek has long attracted entrepreneurs, whether for industrial, recreational or educational purposes. Over the years, a succession of dams, mills and powerhouses have been constructed to harness the water power of its various falls. . . . — — Map (db m104699) HM
Near East Buttermilk Falls Road 0.1 miles east of Elmira Road ( Route 96) when traveling east.
For 12,000 years, Buttermilk Creek has splashed down the hill, gradually shaping its lovely glen and waterfalls in the rocks older than dinosaurs.
The water of Buttermilk Falls begins its journey six miles south of here at Jennings . . . — — Map (db m146541) HM
Near East Buttermilk Falls Road 0.1 miles east of Elmira Road ( Route 96) when traveling east.
The layers of rock in the cliffs and the waterfall were once mud, silt and sand on the bottom of a sea that covered much of what is now New York State. Rivers eroded these sediments from the rocks of an ancient Mountain range in eastern New York and . . . — — Map (db m146543) HM
On East Buttermilk Falls Road east of Elmira Road ( Route 96), on the right when traveling east.
Between 1933 & 1941 men from
Civilian Conservation Corps
Company 1265 built many of
the facilities at Buttermilk
Falls & R.H. Treman St. Parks.
Town of Ithaca
1996 — — Map (db m118660) HM
Near James L Gibbs Drive south of East Shore Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Did you know you can take a boat west from Stewart Park all the way to Duluth, Minnesota? Or southeast to New York City and the Atlantic Ocean? On ancient canoes to steam ships to modern paddlecraft, people have traveled these water routes for . . . — — Map (db m296849) HM
On Buffalo Street west of Tioga Street, on the right when traveling west.
This historic district contains many of the City's earliest surviving residential, religious and public buildings. The park - originally known as the "public square" - and its surroundings were depicted in the original Village plan prepared by . . . — — Map (db m104578) HM
On Stewart Park Road near Stewart Park Lane, on the right when traveling west.
Edwin Crowell Stewart
1864 - 1921
An Exemplar of Civic Duty
Mayor of Ithaca and Member of the Assembly and Senate of the State of New York. His generous gifts to the City’s Benevolent institutions and his endowment of this recreation park bear . . . — — Map (db m296385) HM
On Seneca Street (New York State Route 79) at Tioga Street, on the left when traveling west on Seneca Street.
On this site lived and died
Ezra Cornell
Member of the Assembly-Senator-Philanthropist
Benefactor
of the City of Ithaca-whose citizens
rear this token in grateful appreciation . . . — — Map (db m104701) HM
Near East Buttermilk Falls Road 0.1 miles east of Elmira Road ( Route 96) when traveling east.
Several times over the past two million years, vast Ice Age glaciers plowed south from Canada. The glaciers dug out steep-sided valleys that now hold Cayuga Lake and the other Finger Lakes. Since the most recent glacier melted away12,000 years ago, . . . — — Map (db m146542) HM
On Trumansburg Road (New York State Route 96) north of West Hill Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Built in 1847 as first Congregational Church of West Hill. Was known as Abolition Church for the anti-slavery advocates among its leaders. — — Map (db m225946) HM
On Danby Road (New York State Route 96b), on the right when traveling south.
Nearby was inclined plane that Ithaca & Owego Railroad used between 1828 and 1849 to haul passenger & freight trains up and down So. Hill. — — Map (db m219202) HM
On Coddington Road (County Route 119) south of Troy Road (County Route 123), on the left when traveling south.
Chartered 1828. Completed 1834. Among earliest of New York railroads. Originally horses pulled trains the 29 miles to and from Owego. — — Map (db m220884) HM
On Buffalo Street west of Tioga Street, on the right when traveling west.
founded as the
Ithaca Conservatory of Music
September 19, 1892
Ithaca was our earliest campus,
we were at once scholars and citizens
of this town that embraced us.
Each of us they called by name and
allowed us glimmers of their . . . — — Map (db m104546) HM
On Danby Road (New York State Route 96B) just north of Alumni Circle, on the right when traveling north.
Founded in 1892 as Ithaca
Conservatory of Music. Chartered
as Ithaca College in
1931. Moved from downtown
Ithaca to South Hill Campus
in early 1960's — — Map (db m258077) HM
From this site the Ithaca Conservatory of Music founded in 1892 and its successor Ithaca College chartered in 1931 operated from 1911 to 1966 — — Map (db m64513) HM
On Buffalo Street west of Tioga Street, on the right when traveling west.
This tablet is erected on the
thirty first anniversary
of the Ithaca Conservatory
of Music in appreciation
of the vision[,] courage and
determination of the
co-laborers
W. Grant Egbert
President
George C. Williams . . . — — Map (db m104576) HM
On Pine Tree Road south of Dryden Road, on the right when traveling north.
Reuben Judd owned a water powered woolen mill here from 1832 to 1858. Other nearby industry included a lead pipe & a chair factory. — — Map (db m299207) HM
On Cayuga Street at Seneca Street ( Route 79), on the right when traveling north on Cayuga Street.
A failed star with a turbulent, rapidly-rotating atmosphere
Hurricanes much larger than Earth
• The Great Red Spot is a hurricane-like storm system that has been continuously active since its discovery by Galileo Galilei over 400 years . . . — — Map (db m104665) HM
On Stewart Park west of Stewart Park Lane, on the right when traveling west.
Louis Agassiz Fuertes was a locally born, world renowned ornithologist and prolific artist, specializing in naturalistic bird portraiture on a par with John James Audubon.
Fuertes participated at n numerous scientific expeditions, drawing and . . . — — Map (db m296132) HM
On East King Road, on the left when traveling east.
One time name for this area. It parodied the constant boasting by a local farmer about his plans to move on to then Frontier Michigan. — — Map (db m271135) HM
On Westhaven Road at Helens Way, on the left when traveling south on Westhaven Road.
N.Y. gave its Revolutionary War Veterans land as compensation for their service. 31 such lots comprised the original town of Ithaca. — — Map (db m243757) HM
On Trumansburg Road (New York State Route 96) at Hillcrest Drive, on the right when traveling north on Trumansburg Road. Reported damaged.
Davenport’s Tavern-Lot 87. Here Abner Treman spent the night on his return, 1793-1794, to his claim, now the Village of Trumansburg — — Map (db m224430) HM
On Forest Home Drive at Warren Road, on the left when traveling south on Forest Home Drive.
Humanitarian and novelist author of "The Good Earth" Awarded Nobel Prize, 1938 lived in Forest Home and Chapel parsonage, 1924-1925 — — Map (db m263166) HM
On University Avenue at Willard Way, on the right when traveling east on University Avenue.
The land before you was once home to the extended family of Robert H. Treman, creator of parks and protector of green spaces throughout Tompkins County. The woodland that grew up here was inhabited for decades by diverse wildlife and more than 50 . . . — — Map (db m104695) HM
On Renwick Place at East Shore Drive, on the right when traveling north on Renwick Place.
From 1900 to 1921 Remington Salt Company operated brine wells & processing plant at this location. Salt was shipped by canal & railroad. — — Map (db m244902) HM
On Cayuga Street north of Buffalo Street, on the left when traveling north.
A magnificent ring system
• Saturn is a gas giant composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. It has the lowest density of any planet in our Solar System, with about two-thirds being water.
• Saturn's rings are made of countless individually . . . — — Map (db m242340)
On Cleveland Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Began in 1833, the St. James African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is the earliest surviving church building in Ithaca. Noted to have been an important station on New York’s Underground Railroad, the Church continues to serve as a center for . . . — — Map (db m277868) HM
On Cleveland Avenue west of South Plain Street, on the right when traveling west.
Church built ca. 1836. Tower &
belfry added by 1904. Visited
by F. Douglass & Harriet Tubman.
Congregation actively aided
the Underground Railroad. — — Map (db m277848) HM
On Cleveland Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The St. James African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, organized by Ithaca’s African Americans at the home of the Rev. Henry Johnson, was officially chartered in 1833. This church building was erected in 1836 on Wheat Street, now Cleveland Avenue. . . . — — Map (db m277853) HM
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