Posted September 3, 201212 yr Rochester, Skaneatles, and the Oriskany Battlefield Memorial, New York - Road Trip 2000, Part 3 All Photographs Copyright © 2007 by Robert E Pence The Eastman Kodak building in downtown Rochester, New York An Amtrak train crosses a railroad bridge directly above the 96-foot High Falls of the Genessee River in downtown Rochester A waterwheel ran a triphammer forge and provided power for the machinery in a fire engine factory across the street. A hand-dug raceway 30 feet wide and five feet deep carried water to power Rochester's earliest industries in what is now know as High Falls at Brown's Race Historic District. Rochester continues to produce hydroelectric power at the falls. I had first heard of Skaneateles, New York, on a music program on public radio, and the name stuck in my mind. I looked it up on the map, and it turned out to be on one of the routes I could take. Pronounce it something like "Skan-ee-at-uh-less," with the emphasis on the "at." Skaneateles Lake is sixteen miles long and three hundred feet deep and noted for its purity. Syracuse gets its water from the lake; the water is incredibly clear. Oriskany, New York - The 1888 monument commemorates the 1777 Battle of Oriskany, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolution. Sixty British Regulars and 400 Native Americans here ambushed the Tryon County Militia, 800 strong, as they marched to the relief of Fort Stanwix at Rome. General Nicholas Herkimer, though wounded, rallied his forces and directed the fighting until the enemy fled. Of the 800 militia, more than 500 were killed or wounded and almost all households in the area felt the effects of this battle for years afterward. Defeated at Oriskany and unable to force the surrender of Fort Stanwix, the British retreated to Canada. These reverses, with the defeat at Saratoga, thwarted Burgoyne's plan to divide the colonies by conquering New York.
September 3, 201212 yr Wonderful! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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