First permanent building - Owego, NY
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ripraff
N 42° 05.945 W 076° 16.028
18T E 395221 N 4661554
Place where log house was built by James McMaster, a former soldier
Waymark Code: WMPP1E
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2015
Views: 1
text: "A Log House first permanent building in this part of the valley built 1785 near here by James Mc Master & party State Education Department 1932"
"James McMaster, a former soldier with General Clinton, came in 1785 with a group of friends and built a cabin at what is now Owego. With the assistance of Amos Draper, a trader with the Native tribes, McMaster purchased some 18 square miles of land comprising a substantial portion of what is now the town of Owego."
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1785
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