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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/HM12QO_fort-joncaire_Lewiston-NY.html
2nd building in LewistonBuilt 1720 near this spotA palisaded trading postFirst French Fort onNiagara River
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12P2_the-battle-of-queenston-heights_Lewiston-NY.html
From this point on October 13, 1812, U.S. troops launched an invasion of Queenston Heights, Canada in an attempt to seize Fort George and control the river.The Battle was a disaster for the Americans, as they suffered heavy losses and ultimately s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12OY_the-battle-of-queenston-heights_Lewiston-NY.html
On this day, Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer launched a U.S. attack on British Canada with an assault force of regulars and militia. Initially they were pinned down along the shore until Captain John Ellis Wool and his men scaled the heights …