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Rochester hopes to develop unused lot along Genesee River

Posted in Archeology, Erie Canal, Genesee River, History, Rochester, tagged , , , , , on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

by Brian Sharp • Democrat & Chronicle, link to full post & picture
Fenced off, overgrown and largely forgotten, a patch of land bordering the Genesee River and Dinosaur Bar B Que is getting a closer look.
City officials want to hire a consultant to create a site plan and preliminary design mixing private development, parkland and [...]

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Canoe trip results in historical discovery

Posted in Archeology, Canoeing, History, tagged , , , , , on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This gets filed under “things you’ll never find from a car.”

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Dig unearths Erie Canal history

Posted in Archeology, Erie Canal, Finger Lakes, History, tagged , , , , , , on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

By: Sarah Gantz / The Citizen, link to original post
There it was: the rusted iron skeleton of a wheel once sturdy enough to haul cargo, an 18-inch diameter piece of history poking up through the earth. Excavators did not dare give it an unearthing yank — the thin bars of iron could crumble if not [...]

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Archeology in the Finger Lakes National Forest

Posted in Archeology, Backpacking, Finger Lakes, Hiking, History, Waterfalls on August 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »

“The Finger Lakes National Forest consists of 16,176 acres of forest and pasture located atop the “Hector Backbone”, the large ridge between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes. The national forest lies in the present towns of Hector, in Schuyler County, and Lodi, in Seneca County. The forest is managed by the USDA Forest Service [...]

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