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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17YK_first-burial-ground_Jamestown-NY.html
5 adults and 12 to 14 children were buried here. Their remains were later moved to the new cemetery on West 5th Street.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17YG_site-of-pail-factory_Jamestown-NY.html
First factory for making wooden pails and tubs built in 1829, large industry for years. First flat boat stocks built here 1835.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17YF_first-sash-factory_Jamestown-NY.html
Built here 1826, in 1845 doors and blinds were also manufactured. From 1829 these wares were shipped south on flat boats many years.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17Y7_brooklyn-square_Jamestown-NY.html
Called Brooklyn Square since the 1860's, this area has been an industrial and commercial center since 1848.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17Y3_first-grist-mill_Jamestown-NY.html
James Prendergast built the first grist mill for the new village here in 1814.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17Y2_blackstone-corporation_Jamestown-NY.html
Blackstone Manufacturing Company, formerly known as Vandergrift Manufacturing Company, makers of washing machines and Jamestown car parts manufacturing company merged as Blackstone Corporation in 1934. The company continues as an international man…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17Y1_birmingham-auto_Jamestown-NY.html
One of several local attempts to join the ranks of auto manufacturing had offices at this site from 1921 to 1923.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17Y0_before-white-men-came_Jamestown-NY.html
Before white men came to this area the Indians blazed a trail between Lake Erie and Lake Chautauqua over which they, early explorers and settlers, portaged their canoes. At the Chadakoin River rapids the canoe was portaged again. Here is where the…
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