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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19UD_british-landing_Lewiston-NY.html
British troops commanded byCol. Murray landed December 19,1813 on shore of river - marchednorth - captured Fort Niagaraholding it until May 22, 1815.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1966_freedom-crossing-monument_Lewiston-NY.html
It was here, along the Niagara River in the mid-1800s, that enslaved African Americans from the Southern United States first saw Canada, known as "the Promised Land" — the place where they could live free forever. Local volunteers, led by Jo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM194I_freedom-crossing-monument_Lewiston-NY.html
A tribute to the enslaved who sought a new life of freedom in Canada and to the local volunteers who help them on their journey to cross the Niagara River.
Lewiston, New YorkThe underground railroad was a secret network of trails and safe homes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM194D_mound-lewiston_Lewiston-NY.html
This Hopewell-sytle burial mound dates to A.D. 160+80. Thousands of similar mounds are located in the Ohio River Valley where the Hopewell lived in small scattered settlements from about 200 B.C. to A.D. 500.The Hopewell mound builders were great …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM194B_lower-landing-archeological-district_Lewiston-NY.html
Lower LandingArcheological Districthas been designated aNational Historic LandmarkThis site possesses national significancein commemorating the history of theUnited States of AmericaThe archeological remains of Joncaire's TradingPost (1719-1741) a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1947_the-cradles_Lewiston-NY.html
Originally, Seneca porters carried goods and boats up the Escarpment for the French and the british. In 1750, Swedish traveler Peter Kalm reported that 200 Seneca were employed in carrying on their backs packs of bear and deer skin and that he saw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1941_fort-demler_Lewiston-NY.html
The British gained control of the region in 1759 and, in 1762, constructed a small post, Fort Demler, to protect the landing area. Initially garrisoned by a platoon of eight soldiers, the fort consisted of a small, two-room guardhouse and a 54' by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193H_the-lower-landing_Lewiston-NY.html
For early travelers coming up the Niagara River on their way from Lake Ontario to the other Great Lakes, this area - known as the Lower Landing - marked the beginning of the Niagara Portage, the shortest and most accessible route around Niagara Fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM192I_the-magazin-royale_Lewiston-NY.html
Louis Thomas de Joncaire, a French soldier captured and adopted by the Seneca until repatriated in 1694, played an important role for the French as an interpreter and trader. Joncaire and his sons are the French men most commonly associated with t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18NC_lockport-locks_Lockport-NY.html
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the original locks which opened a connecting waterway between the Hudson River and the Great Lakes. This completion of the Erie Canal was the opening of a door to the settling of the w…