Herman Le Roy's Mill

Here the natural water power potential of Old Buttermilk Falls determined not only the village site, but in 1803, the erection of Stoddard and Platt's Pioneer Grist Mill. In 1822 Herman Le Roy, for whom the town was named, replaced ...

Territory and State of Nebraska

Nebraska, originally part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, became a territory of the United States Government in 1854 when Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The Nebraska Territory included parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado and Wyoming. Nebraska ...

First Lady Betty Ford

Betty Ford

personally dedicated

this Rose Garden

to the People of Omaha

July 12, 1980

Marker is on Woolworth Avenue near 32nd Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

President Gerald R. Ford

The 38th President

of the United States

revisited this site

July 12, 1980

Marker is on Woolworth Avenue near 32nd Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The City of Omaha, Nebraska

The settlement of Omaha began in 1854 with the opening of the Nebraska Territory. The following year Omaha was selected as the Nebraska Territorial capital. Omaha was incorporated as a city in 1857. The capital was moved from Omaha to ...

Routes of the Armies

Routes of the Armies

of General John Sullivan and General James Clinton 1779

An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of the English and Indians of the frontier of New York and Pennsylvania, extending westward the ...

This wayside shrine marks the place

This wayside shrine marks the place

where on September 14, 1779 two young soldiers of the Revolution Lieutenant Thomas Boys and Sergeant Michael Parker met death undaunted in the line of duty after lingering torture.

They marked with their blood ...

Big Tree Lodge

In early days this was the home of banker Allen Ayrault and his wife Bethia. The Ayraults, promoters of business, civic, cultural and religious interests in the Valley, built this mansion in 1833 and called it "Big Tree Lodge". It ...

Site of First Church

Geneseo's first church building occupied this site, facing the Village Square, from 1818 until 1884. This Presbyterian Church, known as "The White Church", contained in its tower a four-sided town clock, also a good bell, paid for in wool by ...

Geneseo Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

by the United States Department of the Interior

November 9, 1977

Marker is on Main Street (New York Route 39) 0.2 miles north of South Street (U.S. 20A), on the left when ...