GENESEO – A cast iron sign is once again standing off of Mary Jemison Drive after a mysterious and long disappearance, commemorating the site in Geneseo at which much of Western New York was sold by the Seneca Nation. The sign points out the site of the signing of the Treaty of the Big Tree, which transferred some 3,600,000 acres of Western New York from the Seneca Nation to Thomas Morris, representing Robert Morris, the American merchant who … [Read more...]
Stolen ‘Treaty of the Big Tree’ Sign Returned and Restored in Geneseo
GENESEO – The solid cast iorn sign that commemorates one of the most historic land purchases in New York State history will be restored to its former glory early next week after a long disappearance. Charles 'Dutch' Van Ry, who is taking on the project, says that the original sign was set up in 1948 on Mary Jemison Drive to commemorate the signing of the 'Treaty of the Big Tree,' which transferred some 36,000 to 37,000 acres of land west of … [Read more...]