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First Road Historic Marker
| Historic Site #: | 14-006 (Exists) Type: B2,L | Town: | Williamson | ||
| Site Name: | First Road Historic Marker | GPS Coordinates: | 43.230734, -77.144962 | ||
| Address: | 4978 Ridge Rd. Williamson NY | ||||
| Description: | |||||
| SW corner Ridge & Marion-East Williamson Roads in Hamlet of East Williamson | |||||
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Inscription: Note: This historic marker notes the first road coming from the southwestern corner of Wayne County at Palmyra to Sodus Bay on the north, constructed in 1794. Captain Charles Williamson, agent for the Pultney Estates, set out for Great Sodus Bay and the shores of Lake Ontario with a group of laborers, surveyors and builders to create a settlement. Several houses, a tavern, a gristmill, a sawmill, and a pleasure craft were built. His route from Palmyra to the lakeshore took him through the hamlet of East Williamson. | |||||
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