From Hunting Ground to City

From Hunting Ground to City (HM17U2)

Location: Rochester, NY 14614 Monroe County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 9.365', W 77° 36.623'

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The site on which this city is built was once the land of the Seneca Tribe, part of the Iroquois Nation. The Seneca named this region Gen-nis-he-yo, which means "pleasant valley". Hunters and fishermen once roamed the lakeshore, riverside and nearby streams, for the Genesee Valley was rich with wildlife and fertile soil.

Enos Stone was the first permanent settler on the east side of the Genesee River. There he built the area's second saw mill, after the failure of Ebenezer "Indian" Allen's west-side mills. Construction of Rochester's first bridge over the Genesee in 1812 permitted rapid development on both sides of the river.
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HM NumberHM17U2
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Date Added Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 at 7:20pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 287766 N 4781455
Decimal Degrees43.15608333, -77.61038333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 9.365', W 77° 36.623'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 9' 21.90" N, 77° 36' 37.38" W
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Area Code(s)585, 315
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 47-79 E Main St, Rochester NY 14614, US
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