New York: Historic New York
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12PQ_syracuse-area_Warners-NY.html
Onondaga Indians, the keepers of the council fires for the Iroquois League, lived here. French soldiers and Jesuit missionaries came from Canada in 1654 to seek their friendship. In that year, Father Simon Le Moyne discovered salt springs in the area. Salt …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12PR_the-finger-lakes_Waterloo-NY.html
The Finger Lakes of central New York occupy deep north-south valleys bordered by beautiful sloping shore lines which are occasionally cut by picturesque glens and gorges. From west to east these sparkling lakes are Canandaigua, Keuka, Seneca, Cayuga, Owasco…
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Sir William Johnson (1715-1774), Indian trader, statesman, diplomat and colonial empire builder. In 1763 he built Johnson Hall, the center of his estate and the scene of many Indian conferences.
Coming from Ireland in 1738, Johnson traded with the India…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM14FN_mohawk-area_Fonda-NY.html
The Mohawk Valley was a principal pass to the interior between the Adirondack Mountains and the Allegheny Plateau. Here dwelt the Mohawks, one of the Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy who barred the white man's advance westward. In the seventeenth century…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM185X_syracuse-area_Syracuse-NY.html
Onondaga Indians, the keepers of the council fires for the Iroquois League, lived here. French soldiers and Jesuit missionaries came from Canada in 1654 to seek their friendship. In that year, Father Simon LeMoyne discovered salt springs in the area. Salt w…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM185Z_herkimer-little-falls-area_Little-Falls-NY.html
Where the Mohawk Valley narrows and pierces the ridge separating the Great Lakes from the Atlantic watershed were "The Little Falls," the first portage in travel up the river. Here lived the Canajoharie Indians, the Mohawk Upper Castle. The intervale above …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1860_johnson-hall-1763_Fultonville-NY.html
Sir William Johnson (1715-1774), Indian trader, statesman, diplomat and Colonial Empire Builder, in 1763 built Johnson Hall, the center of his estate and the scene of many Indian conferences.
Coming from Ireland in 1738, Johnson traded with the Indians a…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1861_mohawk-area_Fultonville-NY.html
The Mohawk Valley was a principal pass to the interior between the Adirondack Mountains and the Allegheny Plateau. Here dwelt the Mohawks, one of the Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy who barred the white man's advance westward. In the seventeenth century…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM186N_the-erie-canal_Chittenango-NY.html
Construction of the Erie Canal was hailed as the greatest engineering accomplishment to that time. Under the leadership of Governor De Witt Clinton, construction began July 4, 1817. With little technical knowledge, thousands of workers surveyed, blasted and…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM188K_central-long-island_Dix-Hills-NY.html
? ? ? The first settlers came from New England and in 1653 established Huntington. Settlements spread along the north shore and early in the 18th century to the south shore. Many of the newcomers obtained rights to their land from Wyandanch, a famous sache…