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BIRMINGHAM AUTO
ONE OF SEVERAL LOCAL
ATTEMPTS TO JOIN THE RANKS
OF AUTO MANUFACTURING HAD
OFFICES AT THIS SITE
FROM 1921 TO 1923
Location: Brooklyn
Square, Jamestown NY.
Taken by Paul Kidder, 6/13/01
Placed by the Reale Family and
Jamestown Historical Marker Committee 2000
BROOKLYN SQUARE
CALLED BROOKLYN SQUARE SINCE
THE 1860'S. THIS AREA HAS BEEN AN
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL CENTER
SINCE 1848
Location: Brooklyn
Square, Jamestown NY.
Taken by Paul Kidder, 6/13/01
Jamestown Centennial Committee
State of New York 1985
EBENEZER SKELLIE
CORPORAL CO. D 112TH INFANTRY
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
AWARDED 29 SEPTEMBER 1864 FOR
BATTLE OF NEW MARKET HEIGHTS,
CHAPINS FARM, VIRGINIA
BURIED MINA CEMETERY
Location: Mina Cemetery main drive entrance, Route 40
Mina, NY
Town of Mina
THE FIRST TAVERN
HERE IN 1814
JACOB FENTON
REVOLUTIONARY VETERAN
AND POTTER BY TRADE
BUILT A TWO-STORY TAVERN
THE SOCIAL AND CIVIC CENTER
OF THE EARLY VILLAGE
THE BUILDING, 25 FEET BACK
FROM MAIN STREET
FACED SOUTH TOWARD
THE KEELBOAT LANDING
ON "THE OUTLET."
FENTON'S POTTER, ADJOINING
THE TAVERN ON THE EAST
GAVE POTTER'S ALLEY
ITS NAME.
Location: North Main Street, Jamestown
NY.
Taken by Paul Kidder, 6/12/01
Erected by Jamestown Centenial Commission
and the State of New York
1927
KEELBOAT LANDING
HERE ON THE BANKS OF THE OUTLET IN
PIONEER DAYS WAS THE KEELBOAT LANDING.
LONG, SHALLOW DRAFT BOATS, PROPELLED BY
POLES, BROUGHT CARGOES FROM PITTSBURGH
AND FARTHER SOUTH UP THE ALLEGHENY
RIVER TO THIS FOREST-BOUND VILLAGE.
Location: Brooklyn Square, Jamestown
NY.
Taken by Paul Kidder, 6/12/01
Jamestown Centennial Committee
State of New York 1985
POLICEMAN GEORGE KENDALL
OF THE
JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT
GAVE HIS LIFE ON JUNE 18, 1915. HE WAS SHOT
WHILE RESPONDING TO A DOUBLE SHOOTING
IN THE SHAVER BUILDING WHICH OCCUPIED THIS SITE.
THE KENDALL CLUB, POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOR
Location: Brooklyn Square, Jamestown NY.
Taken by Paul Kidder, 6/13/01
Jamestown Centennial Committee
State of New York 1985
PUBLIC MARKET
FORSHADOWING SUPERMARKETS
AND MALLS, NUMEROUS VENDORS,
OFTEN RECENT IMMIGRANTS, SOLD
PRODUCE, MEATS, AND OTHER FOODS
INCLUDING ETHNIC SPECIALTIES
FROM 1913 TO 1965
Location: Brooklyn Square, Jamestown
NY.
Taken by Paul Kidder, 6/12/01
Placed by Jamestown Historical Marker Committee 2000
Town of Chautauqua
HISTORIC NEW YORK
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE REGION
Location: Mayville, NY
Taken by Bonnie Kidder, 6/11/01
ELLEN Y. MILLER
FIRST WOMAN IN NYS TO BE
ELECTED COUNTY CLERK,
1919-1940. SHE HELD
PUBLIC OFFICE LONGER THAN
ANY OTHER WOMAN OF HER TIME.
Location: Mayville, NY
Taken by Bonnie Kidder, 6/11/01
HISTORIC NEW YORK
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE REGION
Location:
Mayville, NY
Taken by Randall Burt, 4/03
Town of Poland
FIRST WOMAN JUSTICE
OF NEW YORK STATE
GERTRUDE A. WILLIAMS
YEARS OF SERVICE 1920-1924
SITE OF FORMER RESIDENCE
WHERE SHE HELD COURT
Location: 1/2 mile outside Kennedy; Rte 62
Taken by Randall Burt, 4/06
FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS A
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY LEGISLATOR
EVELYNN M. CRANDALL
ELECTED FROM DISTRICT 7
YEARS OF SERVICE
1978-1981 & 1984-1989
REMEMBERED FOR HER
DEDICTION TO LOCAL HISTORY
Location: Rte 62/394 Kennedy, just east of light
Taken by Randall Burt, 4/06
