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Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham, developers who purchased most of Western New York in 1789, made Canandaigua the seat of Ontario County, which was later divided into thirteen counties.
They donated this "Village Green" with the stipulation …
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1789-1820's When Canandaigua was founded in 1789, Downtown served as the location at the land office for the Phelps-Gorham Purchase. The Downtown also served as a commercial center for new settlers and as a stopover for travelers in stageco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17GZ_the-last-general-council-of-the-united-states_Canandaigua-NY.html
The Last General Council of the United Stateswith the Iroquois Confederacy was held in Canandaigua, and the resultant treaty was signed November 11, 1794, by U.S. Agent Timothy PickeringSachems and WarriorsFarmer's Brother Cornplanter, Red Jacket,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17GY_200-years-of-peace-and-friendship_Canandaigua-NY.html
November 11Canandaigua Pickering Treaty1794 - 1994Solemn agreements were renewed between the United States of America and the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations of Indians). U.S.A. Representative Congresswoman Louise Slaughter conveyed a message, by lette…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17GQ_boathouse-history_Canandaigua-NY.html
The City Pier was built in 1848, and the first boathouses were built during the 1850s. Simple wooden boathouses contained mostly small skiffs while larger ones housed sculling shells, sailing and steam yachts. By 1888, over eighty boathouses were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17GN_granger-homestead_Canandaigua-NY.html
Home of Gideon GrangerPostmaster Gen. in cabinets of Jefferson & Madisonresident here 1814-1822
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM161Z_squaw-island_Canandaigua-NY.html
The Island beyond this pier is known as Squaw Island, the smallest State Park in New York State. This area is the birth place of the Seneca Indian Nation, Keepers of the Western Gate of the Iroquois League. According to legend, the wives and child…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM161M_routes-of-the-armies-of-general-john-sullivan-and-general-james-clinton-1779_Canandaigua-NY.html
An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, extending westward the dominion of the United States