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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Livingston County, New York
Adjacent to Livingston County, New York
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| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | . . . — — Map (db m87768) WM |
| | 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 |
| | ¼ Mile
Burial places of Fitzhugh and Carroll — — Map (db m52205) HM |
| | Site of Williamsburgh first settlement in county established 1792 by Charles Williamson. — — Map (db m44145) 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 |
| | Here began the 17 locks that lifted the Genesee Valley Canal over the hill to Portage — — Map (db m147923) 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 |
| | Built by Jacob Neis
Restored by the
Town of Ossian Historical Society
in 2011 — — Map (db m151808) 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 |
| | Settled in 1804 by Judge Richard and James Porter.
They, with their brother, Nathaniel, were the first settlers in the town — — Map (db m151106) HM |
| | Supported War effort through
Liberty Loans, Red Cross
work 1917-1918.
Local men served in
military and as Farm Cadets. — — Map (db m151805) HM WM |
| |
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 |
| | Site of
A-cn-do-wa-nuh
(Big Tree)
Seneca Indian Village — — Map (db m52218) HM |
| | Site of
O-ha-gi
(Crowding the bank)
Tuscarora indian village
only one in county — — Map (db m52227) HM |
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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 |
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130th N.Y. Regt., later 1st N.Y. Dragoons and 136th N.Y. Regt. of Infantry, 1862 — — Map (db m75803) HM |
| | Site of Genesee Valley Canal 1852 to 1877 — — Map (db m76055) HM |
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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 |
| | First settlers in 1816; only village in 15 miles; home of many famous people; path of "Old Indian Trail" — — Map (db m75757) 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 |
| | Dansville branch (11 miles)
connecting with Sonyea,
completed Southward from
this point in October, 1841. — — Map (db m150333) 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 |
| | Sonyea Shaker Community Founded 1836 Closed 1892 Became Craig Colony for epileptics 1894 — — Map (db m87746) HM |
| | Born 1869 on farm near here. Author, educator, reporter and critic. Co-founded
Poetry Society of America. — — Map (db m150429) HM |
| | 1 Mile West, site of fulling mill where President Millard Fillmore worked when a boy in 1814. — — Map (db m76196) HM |
| | District No. 8; built 1825. President Chester A. Arthur attended this school 1837-1842 — — Map (db m58022) 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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