On West Lake Road (New York State Route 54A) at Acorn Road, on the right when traveling north on West Lake Road.
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
On New York State Route 54A, on the right when traveling north.
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
On Recreation Drive, 0.1 miles south of Pepper Road, on the left when traveling south.
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
On New York State Route 54 west of Esperanza Road, on the right when traveling east.
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
On New York State Route 54A, 0.1 miles east of Main Street (New York State Route 54A), on the right when traveling east.
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
