FIRST Settler - 'Yankee Bill' Waters - Pultneyville, New York
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N 43° 16.918 W 077° 11.012
18T E 322837 N 4794442
A pole mounted NY State Historical Plaque commemorating the First White Men and the FIRST Settler in the area, 'Yankee Bill' Waters.
Waymark Code: WMBMR3
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/03/2011
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There is some ambiguity as to when settlement first occurred: some sources refer to Dan Russell as being the first white inhabitant of the area in 1794, others cite "Yankee" Bill Waters in 1804. Waters' cabin was located on the peninsula just north of the harbor inlet.
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Plaque text reads;
First White Men
From 1887 French Batteaux
Men stopped here to trade
with Indians. First settler
"Yankee Bill' Waters, a hunter
lived here 1804.
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