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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BWZ_birthplace-of-private-ira-s-pettit_Wilson-NY.html
Birthplace ofPrivate Ira S. Pettit1841-1864Diary of a Dead ManBuried at Camp Sumter, Ga.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BTH_billy-sherman_Wilson-NY.html
Billy ShermanConfederate horsecaptured byL.N. Pratt, 1st BuglerCo. M., N.Y. Lt. Arty.at Battle of ChattanoogaRiden by him inSherman's March to the SeaDied 1887 - 32 yrs.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B03_morgan-johnson-house_Wilson-NY.html
Site of First Adult Evening Classes Taught Here in 1817 by Luther Wilson.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19YL_dueling-cannons_Youngstown-NY.html
Strategic ImportanceWhen European explorers reached the Great Lakes, they realized that passage up the Niagara River would unlock routes to the west. Traveling by water from the lakes, they could reach the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and even acc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19Y3_the-siege-of-fort-niagara_Youngstown-NY.html
In July 1759, 2,300 British and New York troops, with about 900 Iroquois allies laid siege to French-held Fort Niagara. 19 days later, with its wall breached and a French relief force defeated only a mile away, Fort Niagara surrendered.
Plan of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19XW_magasin-poudre_Youngstown-NY.html
Built ByCapitaineFran?ois Pouchot1757
Rehabilitated Through TheGenerosity ofWallace I. Keep1932
Dedicated asL' Institut d' Honneur(Institute of Honor)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19X8_la-salle_Youngstown-NY.html
Here at the mouth of the NiagaraRene-Robert Cavelier,Sieur De La Salleraised the first rude palisadesof a fort and from this base beganhis far voyaging in explorationof Mid-Americathe Ohio, the Great Lakes and theMississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19WN_the-castle-of-fort-niagara_Youngstown-NY.html
This House,The "Castle" ofFort Niagarawas built by the French1726, approximately on thesite occupied by La Salle1678, and Denonville 1687.Taken by the British1759, it was held by them asa base of warfare against theAmerican frontiers duringthe War…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19WC_in-commemoration-of-the-rush-bagot-treaty_Youngstown-NY.html
[Text from the Center Tablet]:
This Agreement Between the United States and Great Britain in Eighteen Hundred Seventeen has Assumed the Force of an International Treaty
The Naval Force to be maintained upon the American Lakes by His Majesty …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19VT_father-pierre-millet_Youngstown-NY.html
ToFather Pierre Millet,French Jesuit PriestMissionary to the Iroquois and Chaplain at Fort NiagaraWho, Here, on Good Friday 1688Erected a CrossInvoking God's mercy for the plague-stricken garrison.