First Settler - Town of Hamburg, NY
N 42° 42.813 W 078° 52.185
17T E 674440 N 4731206
Located nearby Eighteen Mile Creek in the town of Hamburg, NY.
Waymark Code: WM39BM
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 02/29/2008
Views: 29
The marker reads:
"First Settler. John Cummings, the original settler in the town of Hamburg, built the first grist mill south of Buffalo, here at the waterfalls of Eighteen Mile Creek in 1806. Erected by the Hamburg Historical Society. 1968".
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