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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IZD_site-of-erie-county-agricultural-fair_Strykersville-NY.html
Fairgrounds covered 4 acres in Potter's Grove, Town of East Hamburg (presently Orchard Park). The Fair was addressed by Horace Greely, Editor, New York Herald Tribune. Erected by the Orchard Park Historical Society and Village of Orchard Park - J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G29_to-the-memory-of-mary-jemison_Castile-NY.html
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To the Memory of Mary Jemison, Whose home during more than seventy years of a life of strange vicissitude was among the Senecas upon the banks of this river, and whose history, inseparately connected with that of this valley has caused her…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G28_mary-jemison_Castile-NY.html
Mary Jemison (1743-1833) was born during a voyage from Ireland to the United States [sic]. Captured during the French and Indian War, she was adopted into the Seneca Nation and chose to remain a Seneca, marrying and raising a family in the Genesee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G1W_whaley-tavern_Castile-NY.html
Near this spot, Robert Whaley built the first log cabin in the Town of Castile in 1808. To this cabin, in 1823, came Mary Jemison, famed "White Woman of the Genesee," to tell her story. Captured by the Indians in 1758, when 15 years old, she lived…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G1T_the-railroad-high-bridge_Castile-NY.html
Towering 234 feet above the Genesee River and stretching 800 feet from end to end, the original wooden railroad trestle provided William Pryor Letchworth with his first view (in 1858) of the gorge and waterfalls that were to become part of his 1,0…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G1S_welcome-to-letchworth-state-park_Castile-NY.html
Here, nature, history, and adventure intertwine to create a fascinating piece place like no other. The park was founded by philanthropist William Pryor Letchworth in 1907, when he donated his 1,000 acre estate to become a park. Today the park, whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G12_turners-corners_Strykersville-NY.html
Pioneer outpost 1804 on Indian trail from Portage to Lake Erie
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FZ8_portage-bridge_Castile-NY.html
Replaces largest wooden bridge in the world. Built in 1852. 300 acres of timber used in construction. Burned in 1875.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FWC_nancy-jemison-log-cabin_Castile-NY.html
This log house which originally stood on the Gardeau Flats by the Genesee River was built about 1800 by Mary Jemison, "The White Woman of the Genesee," for her second daughter, Nancy. In a nearby cabin, also built by her, she lived about 35 years.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FW2_in-grateful-memory-of-william-pryor-letchworth_Hunt-NY.html
Donor of Glen Iris and his estate comprising of the original 1,000 acres of this park, including Upper, Middle and Lower Falls, so that this gorge might remain a place of inspiration and beauty forever, Erected in 1957 by the Genesee State Park Co…