The Finger Lakes

The Finger Lakes are a portion of the most remarkable series of parallel valleys in the world.
They occupy six of the 21 north-south valleys set amid gently rolling hills. From
west to east these
sparkling lakes are Canandaigua, Keuka, Seneca, Cayuga, Owasco and
Skaneateles.

The region was the home of Cayuga and Seneca Indians of the Six
Nations whose lands the Sullivan Clinton Expedition devastated in 1779.
After the American Revolution, the area was opened for settlement. Jemimna
Wilkinson, the "Publick Universal Friend," brought here, in 1788, followers who accepted her ideas of celibacy and communal living. In the 1830's, canals linked Cayuga, Seneca and Keuka Lakes with the Erie Canal. The population
grew, and the region flourished.

Andrew Reisinger began in 1853 the commercial grape industry in the
Keuka region. His production of wine and champagne marked the start of a successful enterprise. Good soil and stable temperatures combine to make the area outstanding for vineyards. It is now called the "Champagne Region of America."
Glen H. Curtiss, by his pioneering feats in flying airplanes, made
Hammondsport the aviation center of the nation in the early 1900's.

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