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
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
