On New York State Route 89 0.2 miles south of Lower Lake Road, on the left when traveling south.
Site of
"a very pretty Indian town
of ten houses"
Burned September 21, 1779
————————
See page 76 "Journals of the
Military Expedition of
Major General John Sullivan,"
published by the . . . — — Map (db m104763) HM
On New York State Route 89 at Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling north on New York State Route 89.
This early burial ground once referred to as "Hause Point Cemetery", has recorded burials as early as 1805. Canoga Cemetery Association established in 1855 with 3 original acres. Received certificate of incorporation in 1905. Land added in 1864, . . . — — Map (db m104754) HM
On New York State Route 89 0.3 miles Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling south.
Red Jacket
was born here about 1758.
The famous Indian orator
and Seneca Chief sought to
preserve peace with U.S.
Died in Buffalo in 1830. — — Map (db m8181) HM
On New York State Route 89 0.3 miles north of Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling south.
SA-GO-YA-WAT-HA
(He keeps them awake)
The orator of the Six Nations of Iroquois
A chief of the Wolf Clan of the Senecas
Born near this spot-died at Buffalo N.Y.
1750 1830 . . . — — Map (db m8179) HM
On New York State Route 96 at West Covert Road, on the right when traveling south on New York State Route 96.
Old Baptist Church founded Covert, N.Y. Feb. 16, 1803. 1st pastor Minor Thomas. "Mother church" of Seneca Baptist Association. Old Covert cemetery nearby. — — Map (db m96342) HM
On Yellow Tavern Road (County Route 121) at Watts Road, on the right when traveling east on Yellow Tavern Road.
By 1811 settlers of the Town of Fayette, organized a “Zion’s Church”. The first church edifice on this site, a log structure, was destroyed by fire in 1835. Replaced by 1836 with a large brick building dedicated as the “Jerusalem Church”, standing . . . — — Map (db m305231) HM
On County Road 153, on the left when traveling south.
Built 1884. Capt. James Quick crossed Cayuga Lake from here to King Ferry with passengers & mail until 1911. Later sunk near landing. — — Map (db m256009) HM
Erected To The Memory
of My Comrades In Arms
of The War
of The Rebellion
By Madison Covert
A Member of Company
126 Regiment
New York Volunteers — — Map (db m304378) WM
Dedicated To The Memory Of All Those Men
And Women Who Have Served With Honor In The
Armed Forces Of The United States Of America — — Map (db m304379) WM
On Parmenter Road, on the right when traveling east.
Named after local legend of early 19th century hog butchering on this hill. One slaughtered hog left frozen in barrel until spring thaw. — — Map (db m266250) HM
On North Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
On December 5, 1913, a fire destroyed Vescelius Hall, town offices, library and two houses here. Accused arsonist acquitted in 1917. — — Map (db m265207) HM
On Old Lake Road, on the left when traveling north.
Steamboat landing & warehouse by ca. 1829. Former hotel and popular reunion site. YMCA Camp Young 1923-1936. Opened as State Marine Park ca. 1968. — — Map (db m266251) HM
On Rhodes Road just west of Route 414, on the right when traveling west.
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 the dominion of the United States. — — Map (db m68621) HM WM
On North Main Street (New York State Route 414), on the left when traveling south.
Purchased military lot no. 37 in 1793. Served as Seneca County Clerk, NYS Legislator & U.S. Congressman. Lived here until 1832. — — Map (db m244966) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 96A) north of E Seneca Street, on the right when traveling north.
Built 1845 To Replace Earlier
Courthouse. Served Two-Jury
District Shared By County
Seats Ovid & Waterloo. Also
Held Political & Local Events. — — Map (db m305225) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 96A) at Seneca Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
The Three Bears
have been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1845 • 1860 • 1845 — — Map (db m104903) HM
In Honor of All American Veterans
This memorial honors all American Veterans who, although separated by generations shared a common, undeniable goal — to valiantly protect our country’s freedom:
The memories of these American Veterans . . . — — Map (db m304432) WM
Ĺ Tribute To Gold Star Families And Relatives Who Sacrificed A Loved One For Our Freedom
(Back Of The Monument)
A Letter From
President Lincoln
To A
Gold Star Mother
Executive Mansion
Washington, November 21, 1864 . . . — — Map (db m304393) WM
On North Main Street (New York State Route 96A), on the right when traveling south.
Dedicated To The Memory Of All Those Men
And Women Who Have Served With Honor In The
Armed Forces Of The United States Of America — — Map (db m304385) WM
On New York State Route 96 1 mile south of Potter Road, on the left when traveling south.
Sullivan Trail Before settlement by white men, Col. Henry Dearborn of the Sullivan Expedition viewed Cayuga Lake here Sept. 22, 1779. — — Map (db m96336) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 96A) just south of Chapman Street.
Built in 1873 for George and Hannah Jones
Purchased in September 1991 by Donald and Blanche Tillinghast
Established June 1992 as Tillinghast Manor Bed & Breakfast — — Map (db m68602) HM
Near New York State Route 96A south of WWII Blvd., on the left when traveling north.
Dedicated by
The American Legion Post #457
Seeley B. Parish
Phelps, NY
to
“All Veterans who have stood the watch,
are currently serving and will continue
to stay the course in the future.” — — Map (db m304450) WM
Near New York State Route 96A south of WW II Blvd., on the left when traveling north.
A place of rest for those that
served in the armed forces of
the United States
The American Legion
7th District
Department of New York — — Map (db m304436) WM
Near New York State Route 96A south of WW II Blvd., on the left when traveling north.
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 704
Carnicelli - Indelicato American Legion Post 1776
“Never again will one generation
of Veterans abandon another” — — Map (db m304437) WM
Near Route 96A near WW II Blvd., on the left when traveling north.
Dedicated to the men and women of the
United States Armed Services who
served our country in times of war and
peace.
We thank you for your service, dedication
and sacrifice.
Presented on behalf of the Sampson Air Force
Veterans . . . — — Map (db m304438) WM
Near New York State Route 96A south of WW II Blvd., on the left when traveling north.
Born February 9, 1840
Palmyra, New York
Died May 6, 1902 (aged 62)
Washington, D.C.
Place of burial Arlington National Cemetery
Service/branch United States Navy
U.S. Naval Academy 1857
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands Held
Alert . . . — — Map (db m304427) HM WM
On the Sampson State Park Entrance Drive, on the left when traveling west.
At the onset of World War II, new naval stations were needed to train the numerous recruits expected to enlist. The area that is presently Sampson State Park was a desirable inland location for the station. It had sufficient level land situated . . . — — Map (db m104864) HM WM
On New York State Route 89 at Swick Road, on the left when traveling north on New York State Route 89.
Degory Prowtt Drummer Boy, 1776 - 1783, at siege of Fort Stanwix on the Sullivan Expedition, at surrender of Cornwallis, lived a mile west of here. — — Map (db m96347) HM
On Ovid Street (Route 414) at White Road, on the left when traveling north on Ovid Street.
Born here, 1811, artist, inventor, banker, benefactor of Cleveland, Ohio. Third president Western Union Tel. Co. His father surveyed this road — — Map (db m266247) HM
On the Sampson State Park Entrance Drive, on the left when traveling west.
Bolstered by the success of the air assaults during World War II, United States Air Force leaders aggressively pursued upgrading the air fleet to the latest jet-propulsion technology.
The Leap to the Jet Age
Two years after entering . . . — — Map (db m104841) HM WM
On Kings Corners Road, on the right when traveling north.
Burials as early as ca. 1832, Cemetery Assn. Incorp. 1866. Early residents, Veterans of Rev. War, War of 1812 and later wars interred here. — — Map (db m267907) HM WM
On the Sampson State Park Entrance Drive, on the left when traveling west.
On June 25, 1950, four years after the Navy left the Sampson Training Center and while it was home to Sampson College, Communist North Korea invaded its neighbor to the south, the Republic of Korea. At the time Lackland Air Force Base in San . . . — — Map (db m104865) HM WM
On New York State Route 96 just south of Schoolhouse Road, on the right when traveling north.
Ackley, Arthur · Adair, Stuart · Allen, Charles Jr.★ · Allen, Willis · Austin, Jean · Benjamin, Lee · Bornt, Marshall · Boyle, James Jr. · Boyle, Leo · Boyle, Richard · Brewer, Maynard · Brodnick, Henry · Bromka, Alex · Bromka, Bernie · . . . — — Map (db m305237) WM
On East Lake Road, on the left when traveling south.
This memorial is dedicated to those brave Sampson Navy Men who gave their lives fighting our enemies in action during World War Two.
Our national organization of 6000 Sampson WW-2 Navy Veterans, we the survivors, dedicate this monument to their . . . — — Map (db m104866) WM
On New York State Route 96 0.1 miles south of Somerville Road, on the right when traveling south.
Seneca Army Depot 1941 - 2000 Munitions depot started 1941 for defense of northeast U.S. coast. Later major army supply facility. — — Map (db m96333) HM
On East Lake Road, on the right when traveling south.
The T-2 Buckeye first entered service in 1959 as a jet trainer for the U.S. Navy. This particular plane is the T-2C version, of which 231 planes were produced beginning in 1968.
This aircraft is on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum at . . . — — Map (db m104843) HM
On the Sampson State Park Entrance Drive west of Route 96A, on the right when traveling west.
Sampson State Park offers adventure for those who seek it. Within its 2,000 acres, the park provides visitors with opportunities to swim, boat, camp, hike, bicycle, picnic, sun bathe, hunt, cross-country ski, and snowmobile.
Before this area was . . . — — Map (db m104839) HM
On New York State Route 96A 0.2 miles north of Baptist Church Road.
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 the dominion of the United States.
Erected by the State of New York 1929 — — Map (db m68623) HM WM
On Bayard Street at Spring Street, on the right when traveling east on Bayard Street.
1776
Abigail Adams entreats her husband
to "remember the ladies".
1777
Women lose the right to vote in New York.
1780
Women lose the right to vote in Massachusetts.
1784
Women lose the right to vote in New . . . — — Map (db m104714) HM
On Fall Street (U.S. 20) 0.1 miles west of Mynderse Street, on the right when traveling west.
At first we traveled quite alone…but before we had gone many miles we came on the other wagon –load of women…and long before we reached Seneca Falls we were a procession.
Charlotte Woodward, about 1920
On Cayuga Street (U.S. 20) at Trinity Lane, on the right when traveling north on Cayuga Street.
1818-1894 Wearing her namesake Bloomers, this teacher and feminist edited as well as published the first U.S. women's newspaper, The Lily — — Map (db m65244) HM
Enlisted in the war service April 25, 1861, was wounded May 14, 1864, taken prisoner June 15, 1864, suffered at Andersonville and other prisons, discharged from service March 2, 1866. — — Map (db m104792) WM
On New York State Route 89 at Rambler Road, on the left when traveling north on New York State Route 89.
In 1965 President Dwight David Eisenhower broke ground here for a new liberal arts college, dedicated as a living memorial to his "life and deeds" and designed to instill in its students a global perspective. From 1968 to 1983, a vibrant community . . . — — Map (db m231864) HM
On Cayuga Street (U.S. 20) just north of Trinity Lane, on the left when traveling north.
First Presbyterian Church of Seneca Falls founded in 1807.
Current building dedicated in 1873, first Equal Rights Amendment proposed here in 1923 by Alice Paul. — — Map (db m65242) HM
On Mynderse Street at Fall Street (U.S. 20), on the left when traveling north on Mynderse Street.
On this spot stood the Wesleyan Chapel
Where the First Woman’s Rights Convention
in the World’s history was held
July 19 and 20 1848
———————
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Moved this resolution
Which . . . — — Map (db m8128) HM
On Washington Street at Latham Street on Washington Street.
Fourth Ward School c. 1869
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m65249) HM
On U.S. 20 at Gravel Road (County Route 101), on the left when traveling north on U.S. 20.
Routes of the armies of
General John Sullivan
and
General James Clinton
1779
An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggression of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, . . . — — Map (db m8069) HM
On Ovid Street (New York State Route 414) at Fayette Varick Townline Road (County Route 124), on the right when traveling north on Ovid Street.
This church was erected in 1823. The stone tower and belfry were added in 1882. Reverend Dedrick Willers served as pastor during this entire period. The first church on this site was a log structure built in 1813. — — Map (db m267913) HM
On East Bayard Street 0.1 miles east of Ovid Street ( Route 414).
Who served as president of Gould's Pumps from 1907-1964. The original site of Goulds Pumps, founded by his grandfather Seabury S. Gould in 1848, was in Van Cleef Lake below. He was a U.S. Congressman from 1915-1923 and led a life dedicated to . . . — — Map (db m65247) HM
On U.S. 20 west of Stanton Meadows Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Reserved in deed to Thomas Lawrence, here until 1856 were mills, distilleries, taverns, school, justice ct. Masonic Lodge, race track. — — Map (db m224453) HM
Near Fall Street (U.S. 20) west of Mynderse Street.
Men actively supported the First Women's Rights Convention and the ensuing women's rights movement.
Richard Hunt encouraged the convention organizers to action. At the convention, James Mott and Thomas M'Clintock chaired sessions, while . . . — — Map (db m226564) HM
On Mynderse Street at Fall Street (U.S. 20), on the left when traveling north on Mynderse Street.
When women first demanded "the elective franchise" or the right to vote at the 1848 convention, they secured their own and the Wesleyan Chapel's place in history. In 1908 this community and descendants of the convention's participants proudly . . . — — Map (db m113559) HM
On Bayard Street 0.2 miles east of Courtney Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Nathaniel J. Potter, innkeeper blacksmith on Genesee Road, 1801-1808. His son, Henry S. Potter, lived here. 1st Pres. Western Union Telegraph, 1851 — — Map (db m104774) HM
On New York 414 at Tom Allen Road, on the left when traveling north on New York 414.
Sullivan Expedition 1779
This campaign severed the English-Indian Alliance and checked English aggression on our western frontier. — — Map (db m267915) WM
On New York State Route 89 at Leaderview Lane, on the left when traveling south on New York State Route 89.
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, . . . — — Map (db m256012) HM WM
On Seneca Street east of Washington Street, on the left when traveling east.
The landscape in front of you looked vastly different in Elizabeth Cady Stanton's day. Instead of a serene lake, mills and factories lined the much narrower Seneca-Cayuga Canal and Seneca River. Canal boats plied the waterways; trains on the . . . — — Map (db m104835) HM
On Washington Street just north of Seneca Street, on the right when traveling north.
When the Stanton family moved to Seneca Falls in 1847, the house was nearly twice as large as it now is but dilapidated and overgrown. Acting as her own general contractor, Elizabeth Cady Stanton hired workers and oversaw its refurbishment. The . . . — — Map (db m65313) HM
On Fall Street at Trinity Lane, on the right when traveling east on Fall Street.
In grateful recognition of filmmakers Ken Burns and Paul Barnes, the community of Seneca Falls dedicates Suffrage Park in tribute to the film "Not For Ourselves Alone" for bringing national focus to the birthplace of Women's Rights, and for their . . . — — Map (db m104836) HM
On Cayuga Street (U.S. 20) at South Park Street, on the right when traveling south on Cayuga Street.
To the Martyrs who fell
and the heroes who fought
in defense of Liberty and
the Union.
1861-1865
( Right Side )
“Liberty and Union
now and forever
one and inseparable.”
( Back Side ) . . . — — Map (db m8088) HM
On Seneca Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling west on Seneca Street.
Womens' Rights National Historical Park acquired the Jacob R Chamberlain home in 1996 to develop services for Stanton House visitors.
Later archeological and historic structure investigations revealed that the Chamberlain home, built in 1815, is . . . — — Map (db m65314) HM
On Lower Lake Road (County Road 116) 0.1 miles north of Garden Street Extension, on the right when traveling south.
Known during the Civil War as a station on the so called Underground Railroad. The trail of the slaves to Canada was broken by bringing them across the lake from Union Springs which was an ardent abolition Quaker village. This too was the landing . . . — — Map (db m256005) HM
It's 1890. This is "the flats,” the industrial center of Seneca Falls. The noise is deafening, as hundreds of highly-skilled workers build pumps and fire engines in factories jammed onto every inch of the islands below you. Hammer blows ring . . . — — Map (db m65319) HM
On Fall Street (U.S. 20) 0.1 miles west of Mynderse Street, on the right when traveling west.
Home to progressive thinkers and welcoming to reformist speakers, the Wesleyan Chapel was known as the “Great Light House.”
In 1843, amidst emerging local and national controversy over freedom of speech, the role of women, temperance, and the . . . — — Map (db m8203) HM
On Fall Street just west of Water Street, on the right when traveling east.
Early morning July 30, 1890
Alarms howl, waking the whole village. Flames roar down Fall Street, fanned by a stiff breeze. A choking black smoke billows across the canal. Jets of water hiss from hoses bristling from a dozen horse—drawn, . . . — — Map (db m65322) HM
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