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
This sign is part of the Letchworth State Park CCC Legacy Pathway honoring the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933–1942), a federal works project designed to relieve unemployment and conserve natural resources during the Great Depression.
Five . . . — — Map (db m179385) 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
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
John Wesley Powell was born in Mount Morris, New York, 1834, the son of Joseph and Mary Powell. His father, a poor itinerant preacher, had emigrated to the U.S. from Shrewsbury, England, in 1830. His family moved westward to Jackson, Ohio, then . . . — — Map (db m205966) 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
Dedicated to the men and women employed by the Mount Morris Dam Builders and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District 1948-1952
Under the Flood Control Act of 1944, the United States Congress authorized the construction of a dam . . . — — Map (db m143298) HM
In reaction to the severe flooding that occurred almost every seven years in the Genesee Valley since the 1800s, Congress authorized the Mount Morris Dam project under the Flood Control Act of 1944. Completed in 1952 by the United States Army Corps . . . — — Map (db m143296) HM
Ancestral land of the Seneca, J. R. Murray built mansion on hill ca. 1839. NYS TB Hospital built 1936. County acquired site for gov't offices 1971. — — Map (db m181999) HM
The 150 mile-long Genesee River rises in Pennsylvania and flows northward into Lake Ontario. Though relatively a small stream, except in flood stages, it has cut, in its middle portion, a deep gorge with walls rising 600 feet above foaming waters. . . . — — Map (db m56842) HM
(left panel) Looking Left – Upstream A Dry Dam… A Protected River Why is there no reservoir upstream of the dam? The Genesee River Basin provides beautiful scenic, natural, recreational, cultural, geological and ecological . . . — — Map (db m143299) HM
Mount Morris Dam was built to provide flood protection to the farm lands, residential areas, and commercial and industrial development in the Genesee River Valley from the dam site north through Metropolitan Rochester to Lake Ontario. Prior to its . . . — — Map (db m143297) HM
A Canal 1840-1878 The Genesee Valley Canal provided transportation through the Genesee River Valley between the Erie Canal in Rochester and the Allegheny River at Millgrove, southeast of Olean. The Genesee Valley Canal was one of several . . . — — Map (db m207301) HM
"Nunda Valley" Early name of settlement. Square laid out by 1830. Original row buildings built before 1840. Village incorporated 1839 — — Map (db m87665) HM
Livingston County townships of Nunda & Portage. Settled 1817. B & NYC Railroad began service 1852. Post Office established 1856. Name Nunda Station changed to Dalton 1880. Great Dalton Fire 1943. — — Map (db m207312) HM
East border of reservation set aside for Mary Jemison during the Big Tree Treaty
of 1797 at Geneseo N.Y.
White woman of the Genesee — — Map (db m152721) HM
Lock 42 in use from 1851-1878 on the Genesee Valley Canal. Canal linked Erie Canal in Rochester with Allegheny River near Olean NY. — — Map (db m87689) HM
"This monument stands and will stand in our cemetery...not only as a memorial to the soldier dead but as a monitor to the living; admonishing us as a people and nation, to deal justly with all mankind and with all nations...it commemorates that the . . . — — Map (db m87655) WM
Designed 1865 by H.B. Allen in rural garden style. Old burial grounds annexed 1900. Resting place of many veterans, 2 U.S. Congressmen. — — Map (db m87659) HM
The Genesee Valley Canal was built to provide transportation through the Genesee Valley from the Erie Canal in the north to the Allegheny River in the south. This was consistent with Governor DeWitt Clinton's vision to connect New York City with the . . . — — Map (db m175180) HM
Built in the late 1920's gambrel roofed barn post and beam multi purpose barn, restoration partially funded by the Town of Ossian Historical Society 2014. — — Map (db m224002) HM
(1821-1896) farmer and sawmill owner. 1856 member of N.Y. Assembly.
1864 appointed Postmaster by Pres. Lincoln.
Town Supervisor many terms. — — Map (db m151177) HM
The first
Presbyterian Church of Ossian
formed September 29, 1818 by
Rev Robert Hubbard. Elders
James Haynes & Jacob Clendenin
Building built prior to 1845. — — Map (db m129017) HM
During the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt devised a plan by which the government would create jobs for unemployed young men restoring our natural resources. On March 31, 1933, a bill establishing the Civilian Conservation . . . — — Map (db m174427) HM
This picnic area once served as the camp and parade grounds for two Civil War volunteer units. The 14-acre camp, hastily constructed in mid-August 1862, consisted of officer's headquarters, two mess halls, and ten quarters for soldiers. Colonel . . . — — Map (db m75832) HM
First New York Dragoons
130th New York Volunteer Infantry
Organized on this field Aug. 11, 1862
Left this field September 2, 1862
Colonel Alfred Gibbs
Lieutenant Colonel TJ. Thorpe
Major Rufus Scott
Captured
Prisoners . . . — — Map (db m75806) HM WM
This sign is part of the Letchworth State Park CCC Legacy Pathway honoring the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942), a federal works project designed to relieve unemployment and conserve natural resources during the Great Depression.
The . . . — — Map (db m179539) HM
Frame building, about 1819; abandoned for one of two rooms as number of pupils grew. Samuel Hunt, brother of Governor Hunt, taught here. — — Map (db m76096) HM
This sign is part of the Letchworth State Park CCC Legacy Pathway honoring the Clvillan Conservation Corps (1933-1942), a federal works project designed to relieve unemployment and conserve natural resources during the Great Depression.
Once . . . — — Map (db m180187) HM
This sign is part of the Letchworth State Park CCC Legacy Pathway honoring the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942), a federal works project designed to relieve unemployment and conserve natural resources during the Great Depression. . . . — — Map (db m179933) HM
On this site the eighteenth and last Shaker community in America was founded in 1836 by members of the Sodus Bay Shaker community. The Shakers, formerly known as the United States Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, were a religious . . . — — Map (db m87748) HM
Genesee Valley Canal Rochester to Olean 1836-1878 ————————— This section of the Genesee Valley Canal opened as far as Mt. Morris on September 1, 1840. The canal provided a practical means of . . . — — Map (db m116989) HM
The History of the Yard of Ale Bell The Yard of Ale bell is from the original St. Lucy's Church located in Retsof, New York, which formally opened on Christmas Day 1911 with Father Poli celebrating the mass. The building was purchased from the . . . — — Map (db m117015) HM
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