Brick Tavern Stand
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior.
Built 1828 — — Map (db m243380) HM
A village of the Senecas destroyed by a
Continental Army under General John Sullivan
British and Indians defeated at the
battle of Newtown, August 29, 1779,
retreated to this place where a two days'
war council resulted in abandonment . . . — — Map (db m246794) HM
From 1833 until its closing in 1878, the Chemung Canal linked this area with the Erie Canal. The first of 51 locks was near this marker. — — Map (db m107561) HM
Born · August 29, 1843.
Montour Falls, New York (Havana)
Alderman
Elmira City Attorney 1865
Member of Assembly 1871 - 1872
Mayor of Elmira 1882
Lieutenant Governor 1883 - 1885
Governor 1885 - 1891
U.S. Senator 1891 - 1897 . . . — — Map (db m243387) HM
Mechanical Genius in 1880 aged 16 yrs. began business with his father and brother in a foundry 20x45 feet on this site. From his ingenuity and tireless efforts grew the Shepard Niles Crane and Hoist Corporation of this village — — Map (db m66958) HM
...the valley of tumbling waters, where a waterfall cascades 156 feet into the heart of an historic village...
Just 20,000 years ago, a glacier — nearly a mile high — covered this entire area. As it receded, the glacier left in its wake the . . . — — Map (db m146546) HM
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 m246796) HM