HISTORICAL NEW YORK - BINGHAMTON AND UPPER SUSQUEHANNA
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Waymark Code: WMK0C
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/02/2006
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Marker Text:
Historic New York
Binghamton and Upper Susquehanna
The valleys of the upper Susquehanna River were natural routes for Indians, traders, and settlers. Oquaga, near Windsor, was an Indian fur-trading post, and became an objective of the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign of 1779. From a dam at the outlet of Otsego Lake, flood waters were released to float General James Clinton's troops down the river to join General Sullivan's forces from Pennsylvania at Tioga. They defeated the Tories and Indians at Newton, near Elmira, and devastated the Indian settlements of western New York, thus securing this area for the United States. In 1785 an Indian treaty opened this region for settlement.
Many settlers of the Southern Tier counties of New York came from Pennsylvania. A Philadelphia merchant and landholder, William Bingham, gave his name to the city of Binghamton. In 1837 the Chenango Canal connected the Erie Canal with the Pennsylvania coal regions, and in 1848 the Erie Railroad opened communication with metropolitan New York, and later through to the Great Lakes. Important manufacturers have included cigars, shoes, leather goods, photographic materials and business machines.
Marker Name: New York State (Binghamton and Upper Susquehanna)
Marker Type: Roadside
Agency: State of New York 1981
Dedication Date: -9223372036854775808
City/Town/Village Name: Conklin
County: Broome
Region: Finger Lakes (Region 3)
Website: [Web Link]
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