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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18EP_site-of-a-settlement-of-tuscaroras_Avon-NY.html
Site of a Settlement ofTuscaroras6th nation of Iroquois League. Driven from Carolinas by British 1714-1722.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18EO_the-historic-business-district_Seneca-Falls-NY.html
Early morning July 30, 1890Alarms howl, waking the whole village. Flames roar down Fall Street, fanned by a stiff breeze. A choking black smoke billows across the canal. Jets of water hiss from hoses bristling from a dozen horse—drawn, steam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18EN_wesleyan-methodist-chapel_Seneca-Falls-NY.html
Since its construction in 1843, the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel has accommodated a remarkable variety of uses. Built to house the religious services of the abolitionist Wesleyan Methodists, the Chapel was routinely opened for meetings of anti-slaver…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18EM_the-flats_Seneca-Falls-NY.html
It's 1890. This is "the flats," the industrial center of Seneca Falls. The noise is deafening, as hundreds of highly-skilled workers build pumps and fire engines in factories jammed onto every inch of the islands below you. Hammer blows ring out, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18EL_the-stanton-house-shaping-a-reformer_Seneca-Falls-NY.html
The Stanton House: Shaping a ReformerWhen Elizabeth Cady Stanton moved into this house in 1847, she was a socially conscious wife, mother, and housekeeper. When she and her family left in 1862, she was a leader of the nation's emerging women's rig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18EJ_the-village-of-seneca-falls_Seneca-Falls-NY.html
may have inspired the hometown look of Frank Capra's 1946 holiday film classic "It's a Wonderful Life." Mr. Capra is known to have visited here in the mid-1940s at the same time the screenplay for the film was being developed. Many similarities ex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18EI_the-village-of-seneca-falls_Seneca-Falls-NY.html
may have inspired the hometown look of Frank Capra's 1946 holiday film classic "It's a Wonderful Life." Mr. Capra is known to have visited here in the mid-1940s at the same time the screenplay for the film was being developed. Many similarities ex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18EH_the-chamberlain-house_Seneca-Falls-NY.html
Womens' Rights National Historical Park acquired the Jacob R Chamberlain home in 1996 to develop services for Stanton House visitors. Later archeological and historic structure investigations revealed that the Chamberlain home, built in 1815, i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18EG_stantons-grassmere_Seneca-Falls-NY.html
When the Stanton family moved to Seneca Falls in 1847, the house was nearly twice as large as it now is but dilapidated and overgrown. Acting as her own general contractor, Elizabeth Cady Stanton hired workers and oversaw its refurbishment. The St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18EF_elizabeth-cady-stanton_Seneca-Falls-NY.html
Promoter of the first Women's Rights Convention lived here. Convention was held across the river
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