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Treaty of Canandaigua

Colonial Canandaigua In War And Peace

January 14, 2021 by Brian Barrett 1 Comment

typical Native American villageNew York’s Finger Lakes Region was well known to many Revolutionary War veterans as a place of both strife and potential. Strife because of conflict with Indigenous people, and great potential for lush productive farmland.

Soldiers witnessed both ends of the spectrum first-hand. [Read more…] about Colonial Canandaigua In War And Peace

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: American Revolution, AmRev, Canandaigua, Finger Lakes, Haudenosaunee, Lake Ontario, Military History, Native American History, Ontario County, Phelps and Gorham Tract, Sullivan_Clinton Expedition, Treaty of Canandaigua

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