Vanderwerker log cabin site -Oneonta, NY - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

text: "A.D. 1775-1912 site of the Vanderwerker log house the first dwelling erected by a white man within the present city limits 136 yards S.W. by S. herefrom stood the Vanderwerker grist mill the second one erected in the Township of Oneonta"

History (visit link)
"Previous to the close of the war John VanDERWERKER, from Schoharie, had built a grist mill which has already been alluded to. It appears on good authority that his daughter Polly was the first white child known to have been born in the town as it now is, which birth occurred in the year 1782."

Group that erected the marker: unknown URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link] Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Neahwa Place Neahwa Park Oneonta, NY USA 13820

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