Branchport, New York Historical Markers - The Historical Marker Database

By Steve Stoessel

Beddoe Tract Marker

► New York (Yates County), Branchport — Beddoe Tract —

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

► New York (Yates County), Branchport — Bluff Point & Keuka Lake History —

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

► New York (Yates County), Branchport — Red Jacket —

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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