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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM189B_transportation-and-commerce_Rochester-NY.html
From Seneca fording place to aqueduct and bridge — a perpetual crossing place
Erie Canal Rerouted South of the City and out of Downtown The last canal boat passed through the Erie Canal in downtown Rochester in 1919. The city had grown be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17UB_genesee-river-gorge-centuries-of-conflict-in-pleasant-valley_Rochester-NY.html
The Genesee River valley, called by the Native Americans Gen-nis-he-yo (Geneseo) meaning "Pleasant Valley", was prized territory.
In addition to providing transportation and an abundant resource for salmon fishing and hunting, the land had ric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17UA_genesee-river-gorge-20-000-years-in-the-making_Rochester-NY.html
The Earth is Constantly Changing Soils and sands get washed from mountainsides and settle into lakes and oceans where they are naturally compressed into layers of sedimentary rocks. The layers of rock are like pages of a book and tell the story of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17U9_welcome-to-the-high-falls_Rochester-NY.html
The City of Rochester grew around the unique feature of four water falls and their potential to generate hydro-power.
The High Falls of the Genesee River, with a drop of 96 feet, was recognized as early as 1807 as having the potential to gener…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17U3_early-mills-and-races_Rochester-NY.html
In 1789 Ebenezer "Indian" Allen built the first saw and grist mills in the 100-acre tract. The tract was awarded to him in 1788 by Oliver Phelps during negotiations with the Seneca Tribe for the vast Phelps and Gorham Purchase. His mills, located …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17U2_from-hunting-ground-to-city_Rochester-NY.html
The site on which this city is built was once the land of the Seneca Tribe, part of the Iroquois Nation. The Seneca named this region Gen-nis-he-yo, which means "pleasant valley". Hunters and fishermen once roamed the lakeshore, riverside and near…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17GX_broad-street_Rochester-NY.html
Broad Street is built over the way ofThe Erie CanalWhich was completed in1825This section was last used in the season 1919The canal was an artery carrying life to many communitiesThe steady flow of commerce from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17GW_national-historic-civil-engineering-landmark_Rochester-NY.html
National Historic Civil Engineering LandmarkThe Erie CanalBegun at Rome, N.Y., July 4, 1817 - Completed 1825Benjamin Wright (1770-1842) Chief EngineerASCE 1967
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17GV_second-erie-canal-aqueduct_Rochester-NY.html
Second Erie Canal AqueductOver Genesee River - Lower Levelcompleted in 1842Outstanding example of Erie Canal Construction and engineering Built in conjunction with the first major improvement and enlargement of the canalNathan S. Roberts (1776-185…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17GP_rochester-center-of-freedom_Rochester-NY.html
This site later became the home of the Hochstein School of MusicAmy and Isaac Post personified the dedication to temperance, abolition of slavery and women's rights that distinguished Rochester as a center of freedom in America.Hicksite Quakers Am…