Historical Markers and War Memorials in Ithaca, New York

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Ithaca, New York

1 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — A Stream of Opportunities —

Fall Creek has long attracted entrepreneurs, whether for industrial, recreational or educational purposes. Over the years, a succession of dams, mills and powerhouses have been constructed to harness the water power of its various falls. . . . — — Map (db m104699) HM

2 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Besemers Station —

Willis & Josiah Besemer, 1875, as water stop for UI & E Railroad. Served farmers & summer visitors. Willis Besemer agent 59 yrs 9 mo. Discontinued July 1935. — — Map (db m231075) HM

3 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Bethel Grove School —

Served its community as a school 1851-1959 as a community center 1853-1939 as a church 1863-1939 — — Map (db m225948) HM

4 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Buttermilk Falls — A Small Part of a Grand Watershed —

For 12,000 years, Buttermilk Creek has splashed down the hill, gradually shaping its lovely glen and waterfalls in the rocks older than dinosaurs. The water of Buttermilk Falls begins its journey six miles south of here at Jennings . . . — — Map (db m146541) HM

5 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Buttermilk's Rugged Rocks are Recycled Mountains —

The layers of rock in the cliffs and the waterfall were once mud, silt and sand on the bottom of a sea that covered much of what is now New York State. Rivers eroded these sediments from the rocks of an ancient Mountain range in eastern New York and . . . — — Map (db m146543) HM

6 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — C.C.C. CO. #1265 —

Between 1933 & 1941 men from Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1265 built many of the facilities at Buttermilk Falls & R.H. Treman St. Parks. Town of Ithaca 1996 — — Map (db m118660) HM

7 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Camping Ground —

Camping ground of Chief Wheelock an Oneida Indian and American scout who was killed in action in the War of 1812. — — Map (db m231074) HM WM

8 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Catskill Turnpike —

Stage coach route from Catskill to Bath 1815. Old post road & mail route between Watkins & Ithaca — — Map (db m224438) HM

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9 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Catskill Turnpike —

Bath to Catskill, 1804 Site of first tollgate east of Ithaca log tollgates (10 miles) red sandstone milestones — — Map (db m224456) HM

10 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Cayuga Heights —

Incorporated 1915. Begun in 1901 by Ithaca businessmen Jared Newman and Charles Blood as a quality residential community. — — Map (db m236165) HM

11 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Coreorgonel —

(Where we keep pipe of peace) Cayuga Indians village Iroquois Six Nations Destroyed by Sullivan’s army September 24-25, 1779 — — Map (db m225736) HM

12 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Cornell University —

New York's land-grant university, founded 1865 by Ezra Cornell "Where any person can find instruction in any study." — — Map (db m104700) HM

13 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — DeWitt Park Historic District —

This historic district contains many of the City's earliest surviving residential, religious and public buildings. The park - originally known as the "public square" - and its surroundings were depicted in the original Village plan prepared by . . . — — Map (db m104578) HM

14 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Ezra Cornell — 1807 - 1874 —

On this site lived and died Ezra Cornell Member of the Assembly-Senator-Philanthropist Benefactor of the City of Ithaca-whose citizens rear this token in grateful appreciation . . . — — Map (db m104701) HM

15 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — First White Settlers —

in Ithaca were Revolutionary Soldiers Jonathan Woodworth - and - Robert McDowell in 1788 Cabin sites near this marker — — Map (db m104637) HM

16 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Fisher’s Tavern —

Jackson’s Tavern and tollgate sites 3/10 mile south Irish Hill Road Corduroy until 1853 renamed Newfield Road 1903 — — Map (db m225733) HM

17 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Glaciers Cut the Valley; the Creek Cut the Gorge —

Several times over the past two million years, vast Ice Age glaciers plowed south from Canada. The glaciers dug out steep-sided valleys that now hold Cayuga Lake and the other Finger Lakes. Since the most recent glacier melted away12,000 years ago, . . . — — Map (db m146542) HM

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18 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Haley Birthplace —

In this house, Alex Haley, noted author of Roots, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, was born on August 11, 1921 — — Map (db m156856) HM

19 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Hayts Chapel —

Built in 1847 as first Congregational Church of West Hill. Was known as Abolition Church for the anti-slavery advocates among its leaders. — — Map (db m225946) HM

20 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Inclined Plane —

Nearby was inclined plane that Ithaca & Owego Railroad used between 1828 and 1849 to haul passenger & freight trains up and down So. Hill. — — Map (db m219202) HM

21 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Ithaca & Owego —

Chartered 1828. Completed 1834. Among earliest of New York railroads. Originally horses pulled trains the 29 miles to and from Owego. — — Map (db m220884) HM

22 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Ithaca College — 1892 • 1992 —

founded as the Ithaca Conservatory of Music September 19, 1892 Ithaca was our earliest campus, we were at once scholars and citizens of this town that embraced us. Each of us they called by name and allowed us glimmers of their . . . — — Map (db m104546) HM

23 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Ithaca Conservatory of Music —

From this site the Ithaca Conservatory of Music founded in 1892 and its successor Ithaca College chartered in 1931 operated from 1911 to 1966 — — Map (db m64513) HM

24 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Ithaca Conservatory of Music 31st Anniversary — 1892 • 1923 — An Unfolding Vision —

This tablet is erected on the thirty first anniversary of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in appreciation of the vision[,] courage and determination of the co-laborers W. Grant Egbert President George C. Williams . . . — — Map (db m104576) HM

25 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Ithaca's First Fire Bell — 1858 - 1876 —

[Title is text] [Foundry mark across top reads] Naylor Vickers & Co. 1858 E. Riepe's Patent Cast Steel Sheffield [England] No. 715 — — Map (db m104670) HM

26 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Jupiter — Sagan Planet Walk —

A failed star with a turbulent, rapidly-rotating atmosphere Hurricanes much larger than Earth • The Great Red Spot is a hurricane-like storm system that has been continuously active since its discovery by Galileo Galilei over 400 years . . . — — Map (db m104665) HM

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27 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Liberty Pole — Tompkins County —

Dedicated by Tompkins County Chapter Sons of the American Revolution April 19, 1951 Presented by Clarence F. Morse — — Map (db m104633) WM

28 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Military Lots —

N.Y. gave its Revolutionary War Veterans land as compensation for their service. 31 such lots comprised the original town of Ithaca. — — Map (db m243757) HM

29 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Old Stone Heap —

Davenport’s Tavern-Lot 87. Here Abner Treman spent the night on his return, 1793-1794, to his claim, now the Village of Trumansburg — — Map (db m224430) HM

30 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Original Lane —

Used by first settlers: Yaple and Dumond, near State St: Hennepaw on Casadilla Creek — — Map (db m19849) HM

31 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Redbud Woods —

The land before you was once home to the extended family of Robert H. Treman, creator of parks and protector of green spaces throughout Tompkins County. The woodland that grew up here was inhabited for decades by diverse wildlife and more than 50 . . . — — Map (db m104695) HM

32 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Remington Point —

From 1900 to 1921 Remington Salt Company operated brine wells & processing plant at this location. Salt was shipped by canal & railroad. — — Map (db m244902) HM

33 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Samuel Weyburn —

Settled here in 1790 The hospitality of his log cabin home saved life of Abner Treman, Rev. Soldier caught in blizzard 1793-4 — — Map (db m177673) HM

34 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Saturn — Sagan Planet Walk —

A magnificent ring system • Saturn is a gas giant composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. It has the lowest density of any planet in our Solar System, with about two-thirds being water. • Saturn's rings are made of countless individually . . . — — Map (db m242340)

35 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Simeon De Witt —

Home site and burial place 1756-1834 Surveyor Gen. of N.Y. State. Remains removed to Albany Rural Cemetery 1854. — — Map (db m64515) HM

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36 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Site of First Court House —

A primitive hall of justice built of wood in 1818 Erection prevented Tompkins Co. being reannexed to Seneca and Cayuga Counties — — Map (db m64514) HM

37 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — 871 — Summer Camp —

Cayuga Preventorium est. 1914 at Esty Point for children exposed to tuberculosis. Moved here 1939, closed 1944. Became Nature Center 1975. — — Map (db m224472) HM

38 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Teegastoweas —

Iroquois name for Six Mile Creek. Derived from distance to Cascadilla Creek from place where warriors path to Owego forded Six Mile Creek. — — Map (db m220252) HM

39 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Teeter Farm —

In 1847 Isaac Teeter bought 112 acres of military lot 78. His descendants continue to farm this & other portions of lot 78 & adjacent lot 77. — — Map (db m224460) HM

40 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — The Oregon Mission —

Sent out by First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca in 1834 in response to search of Nez Perce Indians for White Man's Book from Heaven was under leadership of Rev. Samuel Parker. With him went Samuel Allis of Ithaca and Rev. John Dunbar of Auburn . . . — — Map (db m104639) HM

41 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — The Three Pioneers —

In April 1789 on four hundred acres of the old maize lands of the Iroquois The Three Pioneers Jacob Yaple • Isaac Dumond • Peter Hinepaw from Kingston NY cast seed and in September 1789 brought their families twenty souls built . . . — — Map (db m104706) HM

42 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Tompkins County — 1784 • 1815 —

Created April 17, 1817 Named for Daniel D. Tompkins Born 1774, Died 1825. Served New York State as Member of Constitutional Convention and Assemby 1801; Judge of Supreme Court 1804-7; Governor 1807-1817; Chancellor of University of State . . . — — Map (db m104634) HM

43 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Tompkins County Civil War Memorial — When Needed They Served — Grand Army of the Republic 1861 • 1865 —

In Memory of Civil War Veterans Tompkins County, New York Units from Tompkins County Infantry Regiments 19th • 23rd • 32 Co. D • 64 Co. E 109th • 137th • 143 Co. D • 179th Cavalry 15th • 21st • DeWitt Guard Artillery 3rd Battery . . . — — Map (db m104587) WM

44 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Tompkins County Cold-Iraq-Afghanistan Wars Honor Roll —

Tompkins County Remembers John C. Smith, Jr. • USS Liberty 1967 Patrick L. Griffin, Jr. • Iraq 2003 Christopher D. Bordoni • Afghanistan 2012 — — Map (db m104591) WM

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45 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Tompkins County Korean War Honor Roll — 1950 • 1955 —

Hollis J. Adams • Robert B. Andrews Michael J. Barra • Charles J. Fedorka Richard L. Henderson • Merle A. Hess Clarence F. Hile • Harrison C. Jacobs Bruce W. Mack • George J. Maguire Leo W. Maguire • Charles R. Niemi Luigi J. Rapone . . . — — Map (db m104589) WM

46 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Tompkins County Vietnam Honor Roll — 1964 • 1975 —

Domingo I. Aguilar • Charles Adams Charles Boyer • Fred Carpenter Gary Elia • David N. Fox Terrence C. Graves • Paul J. Greenwood Jr. Charles Hamilton • Carl E. Janowsky Jr. Richard A. Miller • Donald Penney Karl F. Perry • Charles K. . . . — — Map (db m104592) WM

47 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Tompkins County World War I Roll of Honor — MCMXIV • MCMXVIII —

Hanford M. Armstrong • Arthur E. Bouton Rylan E. Brillhart • Robert L. Burchfield Lorenzo D. Burgess • William R. Bush John B. Carey • Delmar D. Carpenter Frank E. Carrington • John R. Chadwick Ira Van O. Clark • Michael F. Conway . . . — — Map (db m104585) WM

48 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Tompkins County World War II Honor Roll — 1941 • 1945 —

[See photos for Honor Roll names] — — Map (db m104584) WM

49 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Town of Ithaca —

Formed March 15, 1821 from portions of Town of Ulysses. Nathan Herrick 1st Supervisor; Isaac Beers 1st Clerk. Original size 31 sq. miles. — — Map (db m104630) HM

50 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Town of Ithaca — Tompkins County Bicentennial —

In 1821 the southern third of the town of Ulysses became the town of Ithaca in Tompkins County. 1817 Tompkins County 2017 — — Map (db m208653) HM

51 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — 879 — Tuskegee Airman —

Verdelle Louis Payne born here October 1, 1919 Pilot and flight officer with the Tuskegee Airmen US Army Air Forces, WWII — — Map (db m221744) HM

52 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Tutelo Indians —

In the 1700’s the Tutelo settled Inlet Valley under protection of the Cayuga Nation. The 1779 Sullivan raid drove them into Canada. — — Map (db m225541) HM

53 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Uranus — Sagan Planet Walk —

An ice giant, tipped on its side • Uranus has a rocky core, a mantle of water ice, ammonia ice, and methane ice, and a gaseous outer envelope of hydrogen, helium and a bit of methane gas, giving it a blue tint. • Winds on Uranus can reach . . . — — Map (db m104669) HM

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54 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — Veterinary College —

In 1868, Cornell was the first U.S. University to teach veterinary medicine. New York established the College in 1894. — — Map (db m220255) HM

55 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca, Danby — Danby Pioneers —

Danby Founded 1757 Dedicated to the pioneers Abner Beers · Uri Clark · Jabez Beers · Isaac Dumond · Dr. Lewis Beers · Benjamin Jennings · Lewis Beardsley · Hudson Jennings · David Clark · Joseph Judson · Hezekiah Clark · John Miller · . . . — — Map (db m242332) HM

56 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca, Danby — Soldiers Monument —

Died For Their Country OF Co. K 167th Infantry. Ephraim Dunham. Died Nov. 18. 1862 AE 21 Charles F. Stoddard. " Dec. 23. " " 23 Benj. Clark. " Jul. 2. 1863 " 19 Alex B. Hance. " Oct. 29. " " 26 J. Willis Hance of Co. D. " " " " " . . . — — Map (db m242331) WM

57 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca, Danby — This was the first church —

This was the first church in the town of Danby Organized 1807 Erected 1813 — — Map (db m242322) HM

58 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca, Danby — Town of Danby —

Part of Iroquoia, later included in 1794 Watkins & Flint Purchase in Tioga County; added to Tompkins County in 1823. 1817 • Tompkins County • 2017 — — Map (db m242330) HM

59 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca, Enfield — Van Dorn Tavern Site —

Built by Peter Van Dorn A Catskill Turnpike milestone stood at Van Dorn’s corners — — Map (db m225743) HM

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