Birdseye Hollow settlement near Bradford, NY
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sagefemme
N 42° 20.840 W 077° 08.950
18T E 322978 N 4690578
This particularly fine foundation can be seen from the Finger Lakes Trail,through Steuben County near the eastern end.
Waymark Code: WMMJYR
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2014
Views: 4
This foundation is near a cemetery along Telegraph Rd in Bradford, NY, in what is now Birdseye Hollow State Forest. A description (below) of the nearby Birdseye Hollow Cemetery best sums up the history of the area, but loggers would not have gone to the trouble of building something with such a sturdy foundation. My guess is that some tried to farm this area despite the fact that the soil was not conducive.
"This cemetery is contained in the Birdseye Hollow State Forest. The majority of this state forest was acquired by the New York State between 1930 and 1940 under the terms of the Hewett Amendment to the State Constitution and the authority of the Enlarged Reforestation Act. Significant additions were made in the early 1960's using the authority of the Parks and Recreation land acquisition bond act. The current size is about 3,446 acres. According to the 1873 property map available elsewhere on this website, the descendants of those buried here are indicated. The cemetery was either on the Wolcott property or near it. It is doubtful that this cemetery was originally named Birdseye Hollow. The people buried here settled this land to cut timber and send it down the then navigable Mud Creek. Once the trees were gone it was found the land was not suitable for crop farming."
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