Gertrude A. Williams

First woman justice of New York State Gertrude A. Williams

Years of service 1920 to 1924

Site of her former residence where she held court.

Marker is on Frewsburg Road (U.S. 62) just north of Grubb Hill Road, on ...

Old Ridge Road

Molded by the great glacier and long an Indian trail. Traveled by pioneers' oxcarts, covered wagons, stagecoaches. Town of Greece founded 1822.

Marker is at the intersection of West Ridge Road (New York Route 104) and Long Pond Road on ...

You are now my enemy and I am yours...

Benjamin Franklin

The British Army was one of the most powerful military forces of the day. Their leaders were career officers. The troops were regularly trained and well equipped. Yet, the enlisted ranks were often filled with soldiers recruited against their ...

Gates

Established March 30, 1802 as part of Northampton.

June 10, 1812 named for General Horatio Gates, hero of Saratoga, 1777.

Subdivided into Gates and Greece March 22, 1822.

Geographical center of Monroe County.

"County Cornerstone"

Marker is on Buffalo Road ...

Town of Gates

Town of Gates

Named in 1813

Last remnant of old town of Northampton

Marker is on Buffalo Road (New York Route 33) just west of Relim Blvd., on the right when traveling east.

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The Decisive Day has come on which the fate of America depends..

Abigail Adams

This high ground of Breed's Hill bound the American colonies to the cause of independence. An open field once located here commanded this entire area. On the night of June 16, 1775, two month after the fighting at Lexington ...

This Column Stands on Union!

Daniel Webster

In the years following the battle, this hill became sacred ground. A new patriotic spirit swept the nation in the 1820s. Americans looked to honor the sacrifice and service of their ancestors. For two decades, many men and women, ...

Hojack Railroad

Opened as Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg RR, 1876. Fruit shipments by rail made Hilton prosper & grow. Last train ran March 31, 1978.

Marker is at the intersection of East Avenue and Railroad Avenue on East Avenue.

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Working in the Yard

When the Charleston Navy Yard opened in 1800, Boston 's skilled maritime workers provided a ready source of labor. As sail gave way to steam, and wooden hulls gave way to iron and steel, the work of building, repairing, and ...

Women's Rights National Historic Park - Hunt House

Welcome to one of the few national parks dedicated to a social movement - women's rights.

Here in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, in living rooms and on front porches, in private and in public, a group of five women started ...