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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NTP_william-mccreedy_Weedsport-NY.html
William McCreedy and family, burial site. Soldier in Revolution. Born 1755 - Died 1824. Early Methodist meeting held in nearby family home.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NEQ_gods-acre_Weedsport-NY.html
God's Acre First community cemetery in the town of Brutus 1801 - 1863. Most stones removed, 1916. Declared town park, 1974.
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Town of Brutus Formed from Aurelius 1802. First settlement in town made by Aaron Frost in 1795; he built the first grist mill.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KRB_firehouse_Weedsport-NY.html
Firehouse constructed 1884 of local brick to hold newly purchased 1878 Silsby steam powered pumper. Belfy bell is original.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KR0_weeds-basin_Weedsport-NY.html
Cayuga County Weed's Basin named after Elihu and Edward Weed who constructed a basin on Old Erie Canal 1821. P.O. established 1822 Weedsport Inc. village 1831 Village of Weedsport
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KQO_the-erie-canal_Weedsport-NY.html
In 1807 Jesse Hawley, a prisoner in the Canandaigua jail, wrote a series of essays proposing a waterway from Lake Erie to the Atlantic Ocean. Following the War of 1812 the settling of western New York and Ohio resulted in an increased demand for i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KQH_the-boom-years_Weedsport-NY.html
The opening of the Erie Canal had a huge economic impact on the citizens of New York State. Producers could afford to ship products to previously inaccessible markets at a cost that dropped from $100.00 per ton (by wagon) to just a few dollars. Al…
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The Erie Canal tied together western New York and became a conduit for ideas as well as for commerce. Seneca Falls was the site of the first Women's Sufferage convention, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott in 1848 to advocate fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KP5_the-erie-canal_Weedsport-NY.html
Construction of the Erie Canal was hailed as the greatest engineering accomplishment to that time. Under the leadership of Governor De Witt Clinton, construction began July 4, 1817. With little technical knowledge, thousands of workers surveyed, b…
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