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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FVA_the-council-grounds-ca-1907-and-under-restoration_Castile-NY.html
Letchworth's purchase and relocation of the Seneca Council House to the Council Grounds in 1871 inaugurated several decades of his collecting Native American Material. Over the years, the Council Grounds became a showcase for these collections. In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FUC_genesee-valley-canal_Castile-NY.html
Across the gorge from this spot ran the famous Genesee Valley Canal. Starting in 1836, it took 26 years and $6,000,000 to build this man-made waterway. The canal rested on the ledge of the cliffs, hundreds of feet above the river, and it was the w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FSU_welcome-to-the-seneca-council-grounds_Castile-NY.html
William Pryor Letchworth first became interested in Native American culture after hearing his father's stories about Cornplanter, the Seneca Chief, meeting with Letchworth's great-uncle, John Letchworth, a Quaker preacher in Philadelphia. Sensitiv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FR4_this-ancient-seneca-council-house_Castile-NY.html
stood at Ga-O-Ya-De-O (Canadea) on the Genesee River in days antedating the American Revolution. In it gathered the war parties that devastated the frontiers and before it their helpless prisoners ran the gauntlet. Around its council fires sat fam…