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Village Square

This Village Park is the site of the original settlement of Geneseo. When the pioneer settlers, James and William Wadsworth, came from Connecticut in 1790, the village which they founded was laid out with this plot as a typical New ...

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5 Arch Bridge

Built 1856-57 by the Genesee Valley RR to span the Conesus Outlet. The 200 ft. long x 12 ft. wide limestone bridge was part of the Rochester-Avon-Geneseo-Mt. Morris Line. Avon became a RR hub connecting Buffalo-Rochester-Corning-Hornell. The line was electrified ...

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Early Stage Stop

Here in 1867, the old tavern, stage stop and post office on historic Buffalo Road became the location of Chili Seminary, a school founded in 1866 by Benjamin Titus Roberts as the first educational institution for the Free Methodist Church ...

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B.T. Roberts

Founded Chili Seminary in 1866. His life and service is honored in the name of Roberts Wesleyan College chartered in 1949

Marker is at the intersection of Buffalo Road (New York Route 33) and Chesbrough Drive, on the right when ...

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Ward Park

Est. 2010

Named for Deacon Levi Ward whose family settled here in June 1807.

His son, Dr. Levi Ward, was the first supervisor and assemblyman of Murray, a portion of which was named Bergen in 1813. Dr. Ward was responsible ...

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Francis E. Willard

Great Temperance Leader was born in house standing on this site Sept. 28, 1839. The Willards left this home for Ohio two years later.

Marker is on South Main Street (New York Route 36) 0.2 miles south of North Buffalo ...

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Kingston Operation Desert Storm Memorial

Dedicated to

Kingston’s own

Defenders of Freedom

To the men and women of Kingston

who served us so proudly in

the armed forces during

“Operation Desert Storm”

We are forever grateful and proud.

Presented by:       Citizens of ...

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Omaha Firefighters Memorial

Honor • Tradition

As pioneers settled in small towns and villages across Nebraska, the shout of “Fire” summoned fear and panic in every person who heard it. If they were lucky, bucket brigades could save part of a burning building and ...

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Riga Academy

A flourishing school for boarding and day pupils was organized here in 1846. The building was earlier known as Thomson's Tavern.

Marker is at the intersection of Chili-Riga Center Road (New York Route 33A) and Riga-Mumford Road (New York Route ...

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Ulster County Civil War Monument

To the

Soldiers and Sailors

of the County of

Ulster

in the War for the Union

1861 – 1865

Their grateful fellow citizens

Marker is on Broadway, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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