Beneath this monument lie
the mortal remains of
the Mother of
Sagoyewatha - Red Jacket
Orator and Leader of the
Seneca Indians
whose domain once included
the region about Keuka Lake
With his father and mother
Red Jacket spent . . . — — Map (db m154219) HM
7000 acres bought in 1797
by John Beddoe, who added
600 acres for his home on
the lake in 1798. He was
"John Beddoe of Esperanza" — — Map (db m139646) HM
Beddoe-Rose Cemetery
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 2014
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m168962) HM
The Seabed Became A Plateau
The Keuka Lake region belongs to a topographic province called the Allegheny Plateau. The shale and sandstone formations found here represent mud and sand deposits that settled on a shallow sea floor . . . — — Map (db m154222) HM
Names Tell a Story
Keuka Lake’s distinctive “Y” shape led early European settlers to call it “Crooked Lake,” perhaps believing one of the Native American names for the lake, Keuka, meant “Crooked.” . . . — — Map (db m139746) HM
Site of Penn Yan, Keuka Park
& Branchport Railway Depot.
An electric passenger trolley
ran here from 1897 to 1927.
Freight service until 1928. — — Map (db m127577) HM
