Great Lakes Seaway Trail National Scenic Byway
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The serene scene of today is nothing like the frenzied activity that once took place here. Travelers switched from train to steamboat to trolley on trips to attractions along Chautauqua Lake. The present station was built on this site in 1924 after the wood…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1ZUO_mayville-station_Mayville-NY.html
The serene scene of today is nothing like the frenzied activity that once took place here. Travelers switched from train to steamboat to trolley on trips to attractions along Chautauqua Lake. The present station was built on this site in 1924 after the wood…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1ZUV_graycliff_Derby-NY.html
Section Through Living Room. Glass walls make upper story float and lower story transparent. Terrace mimics cliff brink and makes sky part of the house. Stone extends through house. Stone sided esplanade connects house to cliff. 65' cliff dropping to Lake E…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1ZUV_graycliff_Derby-NY.html
Section Through Living Room. Glass walls make upper story float and lower story transparent. Terrace mimics cliff brink and makes sky part of the house. Stone extends through house. Stone sided esplanade connects house to cliff. 65' cliff dropping to Lake E…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1ZUY_the-white-city_Angola-NY.html
'The Greatest in the World' From 1907 to 1921 William Conners, propietor of the Buffalo Courier Express, built a poultry farm that ultimately covered 360 acres. Literature from the operation proclaimed;"...stretching away toward the lake in symetrical form …
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'The Greatest in the World' From 1907 to 1921 William Conners, propietor of the Buffalo Courier Express, built a poultry farm that ultimately covered 360 acres. Literature from the operation proclaimed;"...stretching away toward the lake in symetrical form …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21UY_irondequoit-bay_Rochester-NY.html
Where the Lake Turns Aside. This is the meaning of the Native American word from which the name Irondequoit was derived. Native people used the bay for access to the lake. Explorers hoped that it led to China. For early traders and merchants it became a cro…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM270L_eries-land-lighthouse_Erie-PA.html
Rescued and Rebuilt
Time had taken its toll on the Land Lighthouse since the federal government decommissioned the beacon and ordered the lantern room removed and sent to a lighthouse in Ohio in 1899.
In 2003, the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authorit…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM27M8_barcelona-harbor_Westfield-NY.html
Harbor Activity Timeline
2000
1982 First Harbor Day celebration. 1971 Last commercial fishing boat is sold. 1962 Lighthouse is re-lighted. 1960 Corps of Engineers builds Daniel Reed breakwall and pier. 1913 Trolley service ends. 1900 1870c Philimin Jack…