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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Livingston County, New York
Adjacent to Livingston County, New York
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| | Built 1856-57 by the Genesee Valley RR to span the Conesus Outlet. The 200 ft. long x 12 ft. wide limestone bridge was part of the Rochester-Avon-Geneseo-Mt. Morris Line. Avon became a RR hub connecting Buffalo-Rochester-Corning-Hornell. The line . . . — — Map (db m58050) HM |
| | Albert Burke served as Avon town
supervisor, downtown merchant,
World War II veteran, and was a
dedicated husband and father to
nine children. for over 40 years.
He lived and worked "on the
circle at Park Place, as an active
member of the . . . — — Map (db m146489) HM |
| | In the winter of 1865, the Soldiers' Monument Association of Avon was formed with Calvin Knowles, president, John Marsh, secretary, Stephen Hosmer, treasurer. Their purpose was to raise sufficient funds to erect a memorial
that recognized the . . . — — Map (db m145705) HM |
| | 100 feet north is site of
Berry's Tavern
& Ferry 1789, first bridge over Genesee River 1804
200 feet south is site of old ford — — Map (db m52233) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m125485) HM |
| | 100 feet east is site of
Ganson's Mill
1789
First flour mill in Genesee Valley — — Map (db m52244) HM |
| | John Hubbard Forsyth
born August 10, 1797,
John farmed this land with his father.
After his wife, Deborah, died in 1828,
he left his family in New York
traveling to Kentucky where he joined a
cavalry unit. Later he became a Captain in . . . — — Map (db m125491) HM |
| | Gilbert's Mill built by Thomas Hanna 1808. Rebuilt 1826, sold to CS Gilbert 1855 converted to a dwelling 1954. Also a school, blacksmith, store and distillery. — — Map (db m158913) HM |
| | Seneca Indian village.
Birthplace of Cornplanter
and Handsome Lake
the Peace Prophet. — — Map (db m127355) HM |
| | Farming & industrial community dating from 1800 with a school, blacksmith, grange hall, factories & mills. Chadwick Tavern built 1830. — — Map (db m58049) HM |
| | Big Springs Ancient Indian camp site on Niagara Trail. Earliest white tourist 1615. Scottish settlers 1799. Terminus Pioneer R.R. 1838. — — Map (db m117016) HM |
| | Organized 1803 as town of Southampton; name changed to Caledonia 1806; Scottish emigrants settled 1799 Village incorporated 1891 — — Map (db m58020) HM |
| | Organized 1803 as town of Southampton; name changed to Caledonia 1806; Scottish emigrants settled 1799 Village incorporated 1891 — — Map (db m58246) HM |
| | Site of Ca-Na-Wau-Gus
Seneca Indian Village
Birthplace of Cornplanter and Handsome Lake the Peace Prophet — — Map (db m64945) HM |
| | By Major Gad Blakslee
Early Post Office
First Bank
Apothecary Shop
Now Caledonia Library — — Map (db m58018) HM |
| | By James R. Clark
Early tavern, post office, early bank, library
Certified by Historic American Buildings Survey — — Map (db m58019) HM |
| | In memory of the men who served in defence of our country — — Map (db m117017) WM |
| | In memory of a soldier
of the War of 1812
buried here 1814
My brave lad he sleeps
In his faded coat of blue
In his lonely grave unknown
Lies the heart that beat so true — — Map (db m58244) WM |
| | 1826-1891
Lived here 20 years
Famous Poet & Song Writer — — Map (db m58242) HM |
| | 1817 Seth Green 1888 Father of fish culture in America. World-famed pioneer in conservation, in 1837 devised and here in 1864 developed the artificial propagation of fish. — — Map (db m117022) HM |
| | 1885 1935 State Hatchery First state fish hatchery 1870 Seth Green "Father of Fish Culture" Superintendent — — Map (db m117020) HM |
| | Conesus Amusement Hall 1888 This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. Built by Conesus Stockholders. — — Map (db m116982) HM |
| | Gravesite ← of Captain Daniel Shays 1747 - 1825 Captain Shays served with the Continental Army, and was the leader of Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts. Shays' Rebellion had a lasting effect on the framing of our Country's Constitution, . . . — — Map (db m116983) HM |
| | Kelleman Log Cabin 1816 This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. Moved from lot #90 - Route 255. — — Map (db m116979) HM |
| | Military Route of the Sullivan - Clinton army on its campaign against the British and Indians of western New York in 1779. — — Map (db m116975) HM |
| | Union Cemetery Here is buried Captain Daniel Shays 1747-1825 Served in the Revolution. Leader of Shays' Rebellion. — — Map (db m116984) HM |
| | Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m158758) HM |
| | or Little Beard's Town
De-O-Nun-Da-Ga-A
(Where the Hill is Near)
This principal village of the Senecas was destroyed in 1779 and was the farthest point reached by General John Sullivan and an army of four thousand men acting under direct . . . — — Map (db m58056) HM |
| | Built circa 1840 along the Genesee Valley Canal. Listed Dec. 6, 2004 in the National Register of Historic Places. — — Map (db m58064) HM |
| | 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 of the frontier of New York and Pennsylvania, extending westward . . . — — Map (db m58058) HM |
| | Jointly recognize this significant tree in the bicentennial year as having lived here during the American Revolutionary Period.
1776-1976 — — Map (db m58055) HM |
| | This wayside shrine marks the place
where on September 14, 1779 two young soldiers of the Revolution Lieutenant Thomas Boys and Sergeant Michael Parker met death undaunted in the line of duty after lingering torture.
They marked with their blood . . . — — Map (db m58057) HM |
| | Dalton RR Depot
Established here ca. 1852 as Nunda Station.
Changed to Dalton in 1880. Closed in 1959 and razed in 1966.
Part of the Erie Railroad. — — Map (db m151153) HM |
| | Settled 1819 by Luther Bisbee
Born 1762 - Died 1856
Soldier in the American
Revolution from Massachusetts
Site 1st house 1 mile south — — Map (db m152683) HM |
| |
(front)
From
Fort Sumpter
to
Appomattox
G.A.R.
(right)
1861
Let us have Peace
Grant
1865
Fraternity
(rear)
With malice
towards none,
with charity
for all.
Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m75797) WM |
| | [center]
Dansville Honors Its Veterans of All Wars. In the glory of their youth, we shall remember them.
[left]
Dansville Area Honors Its Heroes. In loving tribute and grateful appreciation to all Dansville area military men and . . . — — Map (db m76052) WM |
| | Revolutionary War veteran
Nathaniel Porter buried 1797.
Some early residents
still interred here after
headstones removed in 19th c. — — Map (db m133064) HM |
| | Elias H. Geiger
1819-1895. Built this home
in 1871. Orphaned at age 7.
Became a carpenter, farmer,
owner of steam sawmills
and large tracts of land. — — Map (db m151739) HM |
| | In this church was organized the first local Red Cross Society in the United States by Clara Barton, August 22, 1881. — — Map (db m75848) HM |
| | of Luther Bisbee II and his
wife, Eliza West. Descendants
of Thomas Besbidge and
Francis West, freemen of
Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
1637-1670 — — Map (db m158649) HM |
| | Indian cabin
nearby is the site of the
last cabin in this town,
occupied by the Senecas,
before their removal to the
Buffalo reservation, 1826 — — Map (db m100019) HM |
| | Ossian District 2 est. here
ca. 1824. Closed ca. 1933.
Gordon Wilson, trustee,
ca. 1928-1932. Later chaired
County Board of Supervisors. — — Map (db m132678) HM |
| | Built in 1795 by Cornelius McCoy who came from America from Ireland in 1788. — — Map (db m76009) HM |
| |
First church in Sparta, 1808
Among first in western N.Y.
Burial place of pioneers and revolutionary soldiers — — Map (db m64941) HM |
| | Site of the First Church
in Dansville
German Evangelical Lutheran Church 1826-1918 — — Map (db m64938) HM |
| | Route of New York and Erie
telegraph line constructed
in 1848, under the
supervision of Ezra Cornell
founder of Cornell University — — Map (db m152690) HM |
| | In 2011 Genesee Valley Conservancy
and the Coyne family permanently
protected 1,410 acres of farmland. — — Map (db m146431) HM |
| | Genesee Valley Canal port. Named for Wells Fowler, the first settler and postmaster 1816. Canal Warehouses and tavern called Spencerville. — — Map (db m58637) HM |
| | A quarter mi. east of this
site, Senecas & their British
allies ambushed a scouting
party killing 14 Continental
Soldiers on Sept. 13, 1779 — — Map (db m158559) HM WM |
| | In early days this was the home of banker Allen Ayrault and his wife Bethia. The Ayraults, promoters of business, civic, cultural and religious interests in the Valley, built this mansion in 1833 and called it "Big Tree Lodge". It was enlarged for . . . — — Map (db m58054) HM |
| | Brevet Major General James S. Wadsworth, October 1807 - May 1864. Mortally wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness. He believed in the Union, Emancipation, and the Genesee Valley, and for those he gave his life. — — Map (db m117013) WM |
| | Cobblestone School ——··—— Built in 1838, this was the school house for Geneseo District No. 5 for nearly a century. In 1932 the building became the Livingston County Museum. The land was given by the Pioneer . . . — — Map (db m117009) HM |
| | Built in 1830, the Livingston County Bank was the first bank in Livingston County.
Allen Ayrault of Big Tree Lodge was President until 1855.
From 1887 to 1983 the building served as the Geneseo Post Office.
Erected 1995 — — Map (db m158751) HM |
| | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior
November 9, 1977 — — Map (db m58052) HM |
| | Tory-Indian ambush
Sullivan Expedition 1779
Fifteen scouts killed
Boyd and Parker capture
6 miles — — Map (db m52231) HM |
| | History of Mining In The Genesee Valley
Rock Salt mining began in 1884, in Retsof NY, with the building of Empire Salt Company, which changed to Retsof Mining Company in 1885. The Sterling Mining Co, in Cuylerville, NY was built in 1890. The Gray . . . — — Map (db m158413) HM |
| | In memory of the men of Geneseo who offered their lives in defense of their country — — Map (db m117014) WM |
| |
Promoted by Colonel S. Tooey
Appearing by moonlight in
canoe calling for help
Tales still shared today — — Map (db m129046) HM |
| | Home of Nicholas Shaw Fraser and Eleanor Shaw Smith ca. 1910-1948. Held offices in state and national women's suffrage organizations. — — Map (db m142147) HM |
| | Site of Camp Union ——··—— In a regimental camp near this spot, more than 700 men from this Valley were trained for Civil War service under the direction of Col. John Rorbach of Geneseo. They became Companies A-G of . . . — — Map (db m117008) HM |
| | Geneseo's first church building occupied this site, facing the Village Square, from 1818 until 1884. This Presbyterian Church, known as "The White Church", contained in its tower a four-sided town clock, also a good bell, paid for in wool by Pioneer . . . — — Map (db m58053) HM |
| | Site of Original Wadsworth Cabin ——··—— The Pioneer Wadsworth Brothers, James and William, arrived from Connecticut, June 10, 1790, and became Geneseo's first permanent settlers. The original dwelling of the . . . — — Map (db m117012) HM |
| | Temple Hill ——··—— This area so called because Geneseo's earliest house of worship was here (1810). On this ridge was the first Livington County High School (1826), which later became Temple Hill Academy. Temple . . . — — Map (db m117007) HM |
| | This Village Park is the site of the original settlement of Geneseo. When the pioneer settlers, James and William Wadsworth, came from Connecticut in 1790, the village which they founded was laid out with this plot as a typical New England "Village . . . — — Map (db m58051) HM |
| | Sacred to the memory of Lieut. Thomas Boyd and Sergt. Michael Parker who were captured and afterward tortured and killed. ——————— Afar their bones may lie, but here their patriot blood baptized the . . . — — Map (db m117006) HM WM |
| | Groveland Ambuscade Park During the Clinton-Sullivan Campaign in September 1779, Lt. Thomas Boyd's scouting party was ambushed by Tories and Indians on this site. Sixteen Revolutionary War soldiers died here. Revolutionary War Heritage Trail . . . — — Map (db m117005) HM |
| |
Tory-Indian ambush
Sullivan Expedition 1779
Fifteen scouts killed
Boyd and Parker captured
← 2 miles — — Map (db m150332) HM |
| | Sparta First Presbyterian Church
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 by the
United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m150372) HM |
| | In Honor Of
Those From Hemlock
Who Served In World War II
And
In Memory Of
Those Who Gave Their Lives
Claude Abbey
Carl A. Drain
Elbert L. Knapp — — Map (db m142150) WM |
| | Built by Issac Barber.
Coverdale farm - 1853-2003.
listed Sept. 7, 2005 in the
National Register of
Historic Places. — — Map (db m150476) HM |
| | Torture tree and burial mound. Western limit Sullivan's expedition 1779. Seneca village town Little Beards Town. — — Map (db m52210) HM |
| | Torture tree and burial mound. Western Limit Sullivan's Expedition 1779. Seneca Village Little Beard's Town — — Map (db m58639) HM |
| | Built 1915 as a rail link: Great Lakes to the Atlantic
Listed Dec. 7, 2005 in the National Register of Historic Places. — — Map (db m58640) HM |
| | In memory of those men and women from the towm of Leicaster New York who served and those who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of our country — — Map (db m87769) WM |
| | Erected 1910 by the citizens of Leicester in honor of their soldiers who fought for the Union 1861 - 1865 — — Map (db m87759) WM |
| | Site of De-Yu-It-Ga-Oh (Valley Begins to Widen) Seneca Indian village. The spring used by Mary Jemison is nearby. — — Map (db m96205) HM |
| | Near this site Catholic missionaries erected houses of worship in the westernmost Seneca villages of the Iroquois Confederacy.
The Chapel of La Conception was built in 1668 at Totiakton (near Rochester Junction) St. Jean Chapel was erected in 1669 . . . — — Map (db m58092) HM |
| | Historic Lima - Settled 1788 A 17th-Century Iroquois Village Nearly 400 years ago, a thriving Seneca Iroquois village sat on the ridge just west of here. Set in the midst of a clearing in the endless forest, this densely packed village, and . . . — — Map (db m116970) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m116959) WM |
| | "At the forks of the trail"
Name recorded 1634. Destroyed by Denonville's French Army 1687. Site also of Father Garnier's Chapel of St. Jean. — — Map (db m58069) HM |
| | Genesee Wesleyan Seminary Founded 1832. Genesee College established 1849 and on April 14, 1869 was allowed to remove to form Syracuse University. — — Map (db m116969) HM |
| | Historic Lima, Settled 1788 History and Architecture The earliest settlers began coming in 1788 to carve out homesteads, after having seen and admired the beautiful “Genesee Country” during the Sullivan campaign against the . . . — — Map (db m116968) HM |
| | Born May 18, 1900 in Lima. One of America's greatest patriots. Veteran of World War I & II, Congressman, Senator and U.S. Ambassador. — — Map (db m58091) HM |
| | Lima Bank Robbed This vault was in the "Bank of Lima" at the time of the first bank robbery in Livingston County. February 6, 1915. — — Map (db m116961) HM |
| | The first fire company in Livingston County, formed in 1830. Reorganized; 1876 as Centennial Fire Dept., in 1927 as Lima Fire Dept. — — Map (db m58070) HM |
| | Site of Ska-Hase-Ga-O (was-a-long-creek) A populous modern Seneca Indian village — — Map (db m58067) HM |
| | Mark Lodge formed at Lima 1809. Union Lodge chartered June 11, 1816. New Masonic Hall at four corners 1866.
"Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set." — — Map (db m58068) HM |
| | Built by Asahel Warner 1810,
who was pioneer in 1795
Used by Trinity Mark Masonic
Lodge No. 59, 1810.
Union Lodge No. 45, 1816 — — Map (db m146417) HM |
| | Famous for
dance floor.
Built on 24 wagon
springs.
To the west is Fort Hill,
site of an
Indian
fortress.
Bi- chairman D.Carey- C. Frew — — Map (db m146388) HM |
| | Jacksonville Founded 1830 by Andrew Holden comprised 130 houses, 10 mills, brickyard, 2 distilleries. — — Map (db m116971) HM |
| | Military Route of the Sullivan - Clinton army on its campaign against the British and Indians of western New York in 1779. — — Map (db m116974) HM |
| | 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, extending westward . . . — — Map (db m116973) HM |
| | 1/3 mile east home and inn of Solomon Woodruff Early settler of area. Purchased Nov. 27, 1790. Phelps and Gorham Tract. — — Map (db m116972) HM |
| |
To the east was once the Seneca Indian village
Da-Yo-It-Ga-O
"Valley begins to widen"
[Locations highlighted on the map:]
Area of spring used by Mary Jemison White Woman of the Genesee
Former location of Buffalo . . . — — Map (db m159609) HM |
| | Birthplace of Francis Bellamy 1855-1931 author of "The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag" — — Map (db m87722) HM |
| | Working Before Its Time On November 25, 1950 storm clouds covered the sky and heavy rains fell causing the water to rise in the upper Genesee River. Severe flooding inundated upstream towns and villages. Many families were rescued from their . . . — — Map (db m143300) HM |
| | Francis Bellamy Memorial Park Named in honor of Francis Bellamy, 1855 - 1931, author of "The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag" — — Map (db m87758) HM |
| | In honor of the veterans of all wars and those who made the supreme sacrifice for God and our country — — Map (db m87765) WM |
| | John W. Powell rank of Maj. - fought in Civil War, led first Grand Canyon Exped. in 1869 - helped start U.S. Geological Society & Nat. Geographic Society. — — Map (db m87707) HM |
| | Mary S. Howell Mary Seymour Howell 1844-1913. Spoke nationally for equal sufferage. Wrote the full sufferage bill that NYS assembly passed in 1892. — — Map (db m87719) HM |
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