Old Market Square

Appomattox Point & the Indian Trade

In the 1600s, just north of the present day market, the Appomattox River took a sharp turn around a horn of land known as Appomattox Point. The Quaker Indian traders Robert Hix and John Evans ...

Michael D Glover

Dedicated to the memory of U.S. Marine Lance Corporal

Michael D Glover "Semper Fi" Born January 19 1978 Died in the service of his country August 16 2006

"Your light will never go out"

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Four County WW II Memorial

In Memory Of

Our Heroes

Of World War II

Erected by the Counties of

Allendale, Bamberg,

Colleton and Hampton

May 1, 1948

Marker can be reached from State Road 5-8.

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General Nicholas Herkimer Monument

[Text on the North side of the memorial]:

Herkimer

[Text on the West side of the memorial]:

Erected

by the

State of New York.

1896

[Text on the South side of the memorial]:

To the memory of

General Nicholas Herkimer,

Roswell Parmelee

Genesee County's only known French & Indian War veteran

Pioneer of Stone Church

Died 1811 age 72 buried

in Fort Hill Cemetery Le Roy

Marker is on Parmelee Road 0.1 miles south of Lake Street Road.

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Ingham University Campus

Site of First Women's University

Founded by Marietta and Emily Ingham in 1837, as the Le Roy Female Seminary; incorporated in 1852 as the Ingham Collegiate Institute; chartered in April 28, 1857 as Ingham University with a literary college, college ...

Ingham University

On this campus Marietta and Emily Ingham of Saybrook, Connecticut, founded Le Roy Female Seminary, which became, by charter on April 28, 1857, the first university for women in the United States, granting degrees in the humanities, fine arts and ...

Wilderness Lady

Martha Reben

1911-1964

Her life here and her books about the Adirondacks inspired many.

Marker is at the intersection of River Street and Church Street on River Street.

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Catalan Forge Furnace - 1881

Catalan Forge Furnace - 1881

Standish (Williamstown) made brick-like blooms from one of Saranac River Mines

1886 - Replaced by blast furnace & ore from Lyon Mt.

Marker is at the intersection of Standish Rd and Depot Rd. on Standish ...

Homeland School

Typical Wooden Pioneer School

Homeland School Building

— 1878 —

Has been placed on the

National Register

Of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on Church Avenue south of 2nd Street, on the right ...