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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Branchport
Branchport, New York and Vicinity
▶ Yates County (31) ▶ Ontario County (145) ▶ Schuyler County (29) ▶ Seneca County (91) ▶ Steuben County (79)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
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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 |
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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 |
| | Near this spot stood
cabin home occupied by
parents of noted Seneca
chief Red Jacket, 1752.
His mother's grave is here. — — Map (db m139645) HM |
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has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m154220) HM |
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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 |
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Dedicated to the men and women
from the Town of Jerusalem
who served their country
in time of need.
Dedicated 5-30-2004 — — Map (db m154221) WM |
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