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 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 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
(main center panel) 2d Lt. USMC-Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for action in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam-February 16, 1968.
(left panel) Terrence C. Graves, or “Terry” as his friends and family knew him, entered the world . . . — — Map (db m62746) 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 (New York State 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 (New York State 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 (New York State 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
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 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 (New York State 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 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
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 Cayuga Street at Seneca Street (New York State 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 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 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 m104667) HM
Sent out by First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca in 1834 in response to search of Nez Perce Indians for White Man's Book from Heaven was under leadership of Rev. Samuel Parker. With him went Samuel Allis of Ithaca and Rev. John Dunbar of Auburn . . . — — Map (db m104639) HM
On Seneca Street (New York State Route 79) at Tioga Street, on the right when traveling west on Seneca Street.
In April 1789
on four hundred acres of the
old maize lands of the Iroquois
The Three Pioneers
Jacob Yaple Isaac Dumond Peter Hinepaw
from Kingston NY cast seed and in
September 1789 brought their families
twenty souls built . . . — — Map (db m104706) HM
On Tioga Street north of Buffalo Street, on the left when traveling north.
Created April 17, 1817
Named for
Daniel D. Tompkins
Born 1774, Died 1825. Served New York State as Member of Constitutional Convention and Assemby 1801; Judge of Supreme Court 1804-7; Governor 1807-1817; Chancellor of University of State . . . — — Map (db m104634) HM
On Buffalo Street at Cayuga Street, on the left when traveling east on Buffalo Street.
In Memory of Civil War Veterans
Tompkins County, New York
Units from Tompkins County
Infantry Regiments
19th 23rd 32 Co. D 64 Co. E
109th 137th 143 Co. D 179th
Cavalry
15th 21st DeWitt Guard
Artillery
3rd Battery . . . — — Map (db m104587) WM
On Buffalo Street at Cayuga Street, on the left when traveling east on Buffalo Street.
Tompkins County Remembers
John C. Smith, Jr. USS Liberty 1967
Patrick L. Griffin, Jr. Iraq 2003
Christopher D. Bordoni Afghanistan 2012 — — Map (db m104591) WM
On Buffalo Street at Cayuga Street, on the left when traveling east on Buffalo Street.
Hollis J. Adams Robert B. Andrews
Michael J. Barra Charles J. Fedorka
Richard L. Henderson Merle A. Hess
Clarence F. Hile Harrison C. Jacobs
Bruce W. Mack George J. Maguire
Leo W. Maguire Charles R. Niemi
Luigi J. Rapone . . . — — Map (db m104589) WM
On Buffalo Street at Cayuga Street, on the left when traveling east on Buffalo Street.
Domingo I. Aguilar Charles Adams
Charles Boyer Fred Carpenter
Gary Elia David N. Fox
Terrence C. Graves Paul J. Greenwood Jr.
Charles Hamilton Carl E. Janowsky Jr.
Richard A. Miller Donald Penney
Karl F. Perry Charles K. . . . — — Map (db m104592) WM
On Buffalo Street at Cayuga Street, on the left when traveling east on Buffalo Street.
Hanford M. Armstrong Arthur E. Bouton
Rylan E. Brillhart Robert L. Burchfield
Lorenzo D. Burgess William R. Bush
John B. Carey Delmar D. Carpenter
Frank E. Carrington John R. Chadwick
Ira Van O. Clark Michael F. Conway . . . — — Map (db m104585) WM
On Tioga Street north of Seneca Street, on the right when traveling north.
Formed March 15, 1821 from portions of Town of Ulysses. Nathan Herrick 1st Supervisor; Isaac Beers 1st Clerk. Original size 31 sq. miles. — — Map (db m104630) HM
On Cayuga Street at Farm Street, on the left when traveling north on Cayuga Street.
An ice giant, tipped on its side
Uranus has a rocky core, a mantle of water ice, ammonia ice, and methane ice, and a gaseous outer envelope of hydrogen, helium and a bit of methane gas, giving it a blue tint.
Winds on Uranus can reach . . . — — Map (db m104669) HM
On Bridge Street just north of Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Today the Covered Bridge is Newfield's most prized icon, rich with memories of those whose travels have taken them through this historic site. If it could only talk, what extraordinary stories we would hear...
The Newfield Covered . . . — — Map (db m143201) HM
On Elmira Road (New York State Route 13) close to Bull Hill Road, on the right when traveling north.
Hobart Estabrook came from
Conn. In 1827 as Land Agent
for the 16K acre tract that
includes present Conn. Hill.
Buried Here in 1872. — — Map (db m76138) HM
On Bank Street, 0.1 miles east of Bridge Street, on the right when traveling east.
Burial place of Civil War soldier Captain Joseph Gregg. He enlisted in the 137th New York Volunteers in 1862 and his unit fought at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. He was wounded on July 2nd and died on July 3rd. — — Map (db m143194) HM
On Bridge Street north of Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
For Their Dedication to the Preservation of the Newfield Covered Bridge
Marie and Grant Musser, long time residents of Thompkins County have actively pursued the preservation of the Newfield Covered Bridge since 1969. Their perseverance . . . — — Map (db m159638) HM
On Bridge Street just north of Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Built in 1853 and dedicated to Elijah Moore, son of an early settler, this bridge is the oldest Covered Bridge in daily use in New York state. Constructed at the cost of $800.00, the distinctive diamond pattern of the "Town Lattice Truss" is pinned . . . — — Map (db m19677) HM
On Harford Road (County Route 117) 0.8 miles east of Six Hundred Road, on the left when traveling west.
Post 1279, Company S-125.
Civilian Conservation Corps
reforested Caroline hills &
built fire roads 1936-43.
Located at 337 Harford Road. — — Map (db m168755) HM
On New York State Route 89, 0.2 miles north of Gorge Road, on the right when traveling north.
Camp Site Captain Jonathan Woodworth Revolutionary Soldier. Navigator and surveyor with exploring expedition camped here in June 1788. — — Map (db m96343) HM
