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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1662_the-100-acre-tract_Rochester-NY.html
1788 The Seneca Indians ceded Oliver Phelps & Nathaniel Gorham 2,600,000 acres of landeast of the Genesee River and granted an additional 200,000 acres west of the river for a mill yard on condition that a mill be erected for their use. Phelps and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1647_richardson-tavern_Pittsford-NY.html
Beside old Erie Towpath at Hartwell's, now Bushnell's Basin, near Great Embankment western canal terminal 1821-1823 Shipping port until after 1850.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1624_cartersville_Pittsford-NY.html
An active shipping port on the Erie Canal. Horses were changed here in the Towpath era.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM161W_hamlet-of-egypt_Fairport-NY.html
Historic DistrictSite of 1st town meetingStagecoach and trolley stopFarming & canning center
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM161V_susan-b-anthony-voted-here_Rochester-NY.html
At a shop on this site on November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony and 14 women from this neighborhood voted in the presidential election.
Two weeks later, Miss Anthony was arrested in her home on Madison Street for this illegal action.
Women stru…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM161U_crossroads-of-transportation_Rochester-NY.html
Canals provide an inexpensive way to move people and goods
1825 The Erie CanalThe Erie Canal connects the Hudson River and Lake Erie. The 363 miles of navigable waterway provided a cost-efficient way to transport goods to and from the Great La…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM161P_transformation-of-a-neighborhood_Rochester-NY.html
West Burying GroundIn 1820 a lot in the woods, distant from the village, was purchased for a new cemetery.Col. Nathaniel RochesterCol. Nathaniel Rochester was buried here in the West Burying Ground in 1831. Burials were reinterred at Mt. Hope Ceme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14UP_old-ridge-road_Rochester-NY.html
Molded by the great glacier and long an Indian trail. Traveled by pioneers' oxcarts, covered wagons, stagecoaches. Town of Greece founded 1822.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14UN_gates_Rochester-NY.html
Established March 30, 1802 as part of Northampton.June 10, 1812 named for General Horatio Gates, hero of Saratoga, 1777.Subdivided into Gates and Greece March 22, 1822.Geographical center of Monroe County."County Cornerstone"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14UM_town-of-gates_Rochester-NY.html
Town of GatesNamed in 1813Last remnant of old town of Northampton