New York: Historic New York
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12IG_cohocton-valley_Cohocton-NY.html
Seneca Indians inhabited this area until 1779 when their towns and cornfields were destroyed by the Sullivan-Clinton expedition, forcing a migration to Niagara.After the Revolution these lands were included in the Pulteney Purchase of one million acres acqu…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12IL_the-battles-of-saratoga-1777_Queensbury-NY.html
? ? ? ? ? One of the most decisive battles in world history ended with the surrender near here of the British army invading from Canada under General "Gentleman Johnny" Burgoyne in 1777. The defeat ended a summer-long campaign by over 7,000 British, Hessia…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12IN_glens-falls-area_Queensbury-NY.html
? ? ? ? ? Where the Hudson River runs eastward before turning south is a series of falls, an obstacle to navigation but also a source of power. These lay athwart the north-south trail between Albany and Montreal. The Queensbury Patent of 23,000 acres was l…
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? ? ? ? ? Since pre-historic times, this route has served Indian hunting and war parties as they traveled between the north country and the southern region of New York State. This area was once considered the key to domination of Colonial North America. Fr…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12IP_this-is-the-capital-district_Glenmont-NY.html
? ? ? ? ? The Capital District has long been important as a trading post, military objective and governmental center. Located near the juncture of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers, Albany has been the "crossroads" of the northeast since colonial times. The Alb…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12JF_seneca-indians_Pittsford-NY.html
The Seneca Indians, "Keepers of the Western Door," occupied this area since the formation of the Iroquois confederacy about 1550. Most numerous and most warlike of the Six Nations, they for a time dominated the tribes northward into Canada and southward int…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12OO_niagara-frontier_Clarence-NY.html
The Niagara River between Lakes Ontario and Erie was the natural route to the interior of the continent. Following the arrival of French explorers in 1678, missionaries, traders, troops and settlers traveled by its waters. At the outlet of the Niagara River…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12OV_the-pan-american-exposition_Buffalo-NY.html
Extending one mile north from Delaware Park Lake, between Elmwood and Delaware Avenues, the Pan-American Exposition was a spectacular sight to over eight million visitors from May 1 to November 2, 1901. Ornate buildings, embellished with decorated arches an…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12OX_the-holland-purchase_Corfu-NY.html
The Holland Land Company was organized by six banking firms in the Netherlands to purchase the unsettled land of western New York State. Their agent, Theophile Cazenove, in 1792-93 bought more than three million acres, known as the Holland Purchase. It incl…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12P0_genesee-valley_West-Henrietta-NY.html
The Genesee River rises in Pennsylvania and flows northward 150 miles before emptying into Lake Ontario. Starting as a placid stream, the Genesee, in Letchworth State Park, plunges over three impressive cataracts, dropping 300 feet in three miles. The spect…