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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H4A_1800-brick-house-1963_Corfu-NY.html
1800 Brick House 1963 ——???—— John and James Richardson settled at the crossroads of two Indian trails in the early 1800's, building a log structure to be used for a tavern. The people fleeing from the burning of Buffalo, i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H23_town-of-pembroke_Corfu-NY.html
175 Years 1812 Town of Pembroke 1987 ———???———
PEMBROKE, or O-a-geh (On the Road) as the Indians referred to it, is located in township 12, Ranges 3 & 4 of the Holland Purchase, and was named for Pembroke in Wa…
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Son of William and Elizabeth Parker, born in a log cabin overlooking the water-falls, at Indian Falls, N.Y., then part of the Tonawanda Indian Reservation. Volunteered into the army, and became General Grant's Military Secretary. He was instrument…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FU9_first-united-presbyterian-church_Corfu-NY.html
Rev. Hugh Wallis organized the First Presbyterian Church of Pembroke July 1, 1817. In 1829 Andrew Harroum gave a quarter acre of land for this church building which was completed in 1831 by a congregation of 78 members. The church bell was cast in…
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Established early 1800's from Isaac Barden Farm. Early pioneers and Civil War Burials.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FHZ_pioneer-cemetery_Corfu-NY.html
Deeded in 1850 to Town of Pembroke by John Ellicott for a burial ground. Rev. War soldier Samuel Huntington Buried Here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FHW_morrots-boulder-amusement-park_Corfu-NY.html
1949-1970 site of original Hershell Merry-Go-Round designed by Emily Bourgard & home of Sam Herrington's miniature steam train. Genesee County Bicentennial.
historicalmarkerproject/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 Purchas…