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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10OM_rome_Rome-NY.html
RomeMarch 4th 1796Village incorporated 1819City incorporated Feb. 23, 1870
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10OJ_clintons-ditch_Rome-NY.html
Construction began in Rome N.Y. on July 4, 1817. The canal measured 40'x 28'x 4' and was 363 miles long. It went from Albany to Buffalo and was used into the 1830's.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10O0_erie-canal-enlargement_Rome-NY.html
Begun in the 1830's and enlarged to 70'x 56'x 7'. The improvement included double and larger locks and the capacity of handling more traffic. The enlargement was used until 1918 when the barge canal opened and horse-drawn boats became a thing of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10NJ_brigadier-general-peter-gansevoort-jr_Rome-NY.html
Colonel in the Continental Army. Served in Canada with Montgomery in 1775 in campaign against Quebec. Successfully defended Fort Stanwix in 1777 against the allied British and Indian forces under St.Leger, preventing their junction with Burgoyne a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10N3_british-trenches_Rome-NY.html
During the Siege— of —Fort StanwixAug. 2-22, 1777——— · ———The British dug theirzigzag trenches orapproaches, directedagainst the northwestbastion, across the siteof this park.——&md…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10N1_the-main-british-camp_Rome-NY.html
During the siege ofFort Stanwix Aug. 1777The Main British Campwas between this pointand the bluff to the south
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10MR_upper-landing-place_Rome-NY.html
Head of navigation on the Mohawk in former days. Here for untold ages pre-Indian drew forth his canoe and transported it to Wood Creek. Here, also, for many decades, in times of normal water the white man landed his bateau.
During the siege of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10MN_historic-lower-landing-place_Rome-NY.html
For generations, in seasons of low water, the bateaux of traders and of the armies were here removed from the Mohawk (as the river then flowed) and conveyed across the Oneida carrying place to be re-launched in Wood Creek.
Here, Aug. 2, 1777, L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXYY_the-erie-canal-july-4-1817_Rome-NY.html
The ceremonies outside the village of Rome on Independence Day, 1817, climaxed years of discussion about building the Erie Canal. Dignitaries and local citizens assembled at sunrise to attend the start of construction. Judge Joshua Hathaway, a vet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT5Y_fort-bull_Rome-NY.html
On Water RouteDestroyed AndMany Killed ByFrench & IndiansMarch 27 1756