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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KSJ_burial-place_Cato-NY.html
Burial Place of the pioneers of this section, including several revolutionary veterans 1809-1860
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KSG_cato-four-corners_Cato-NY.html
Cato Four Corners Geo. Loveless and Abel Pasko first settlers in 1804. Jesse Elwell and Abner Hollister settled in 1805. Called Meridian since 1849
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KS6_old-mill_Cato-NY.html
Old Mill First grist mill in Ira. Built in 1818 by John Hooker, associate of Ethan Allen. Mill was old part of present building.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KS5_site-where-four-towns-meet_Cato-NY.html
Site Where Four Towns Meet Cato-Ira-Victory-Conquest Created by legislative act on March 16, 1821
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/HM1KRA_jakways-corners_Cato-NY.html
Jakway's Corners Village formerly so called from Dr. John Jakway settling 1809, associate of Ethan Allen. Platt Titus first settler 1805.
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KPP_conduit-for-ideas_Weedsport-NY.html
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…