Black Rock Harbor

June 1823

Black Rock Harbor

June 1823

Designated as the western most

Port of the Erie Canal for

Transfer of passengers and cargo

Marker is on Amherst Street east of Niagara Street (New York Route 266), on the left when ...

The French Emigres

Historic New York

Following the social upheavals of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era, some French aristocrats sought refuge in the wilderness of Northern New York. The vast Macomb Purchase provided lands for speculators who sold to French promoters. ...

Rochester Area

Historic New York

Seneca Indians often camped along the lower Genesee River where Rochester eventually developed. During the 17th century, French soldiers and missionaries visited the area. In 1803, Nathaniel Rochester, William Fitzhugh and Charles Carroll of Maryland purchased the ...

Syracuse Area

Historic New York

Onondaga Indians, the keepers of the council fires for the Iroquois League, lived here. French soldiers and Jesuit missionaries came from Canada in 1654 to seek their friendship. In that year, Father Simon Le Moyne discovered salt ...

Locke Craig

1860 ~ 1924

Governor, 1913-1917. He

created the state highway

& fisheries commissions,

est. Mt. Mitchell State

Park. Lived 1/2 mi. W.

Marker is at the intersection of Chestnut Street and Broadway Street, on the right when traveling west on Chestnut Street. ...

United Spanish American War Veterans Memorial

In Memory of United Spanish American War Veterans

1898 - 1902

Erected By

John M. Allison Camp No. 16

and

Auxillary Camp No. 13

Phillipine Islands

Cuba

Puerto Rico

U.S.A.

Marker is on Center Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Vitamin D Production Ends Rickets

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

The discovery of how to produce vitamin D stands as a critical event in the history of vitamin research. In 1924, University of Wisconsin biochemist Harry Steenbock discovered that ultraviolet light converts an inactive material ...

Discovery of Vitamins A and B

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

In 1913 University of Wisconsin biochemist Elmer V. McCollum and associates used rats to conduct nutritional studies that led to the discovery of vitamin A in butterfat and cod liver oil. In 1917 his group ...

The Crystal Palace

“... beautiful beyond description” – Mark Twain

By the early 1850s New York had grown to sufficient size and prominence that the city decided to host a major exhibition similar to London’s Great Exhibition of 1851. The Exhibition of the ...

Burning of Blackrock and Buffalo

War of 1812

Early in the morning of December 30, 1813 over 1,000 British troops landed near the foot of present-day Amherst Street and proceeded to burn Black Rock, destroying all homes and buildings. They then marched to Buffalo and ...