History of Chemung
County, NY
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Chemung Township & The Chemung
Valley
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Lowman, Towanda, & Wilawana
Area Timeline
Year |
Name
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Origination
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Control
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1836
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Chemung
Co. |
From
Tioga Co. |
USA
Territory |
1791
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Tioga
Co. |
From
Montgomery Co. |
USA
Territory |
1784/1788
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Settled after Am. Revolution opens area.
Chemung Town formed. Schuyler
Co made in part from section of Chemung Co. |
1779
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White pioneers came to Chemung area
& called it Chemung Valley after local Native American Village
of same name. |
1776
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Tryon Co.,
NY State
Co. |
Tryon Co.,
NY Eng. Colony |
Original 13
State, USA |
1772
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Tryon
Co. |
From
Albany Co. |
English
Colony |
1683
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Albany
Co. |
Original
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English
Colony |
1664
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New York
(not locally) |
Dutch |
English
Colony |
1651
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First
white man arrived in valley- secret agent for Champlain. |
1624
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New
Netherlands |
Original
White settlement |
Dutch
Colony (by force) |
? |
Chemung
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Seneca/Native American
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Used by Delaware
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Chemung
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Andaste/Native American
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Seneca Game
Territory |
? |
Chemung
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Car-ant-ou-an Coastal Tribes
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Andaste
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Native
American |
Coastal
Tribes (gaming territory) |
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Prehistoric
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Evidence
of persons before Native Americans |
Samuel Clemmons/Mark Twain & wife
Olivia Langdon, lived at Quarry Farm, Elmira for many
years, writing Tom Sawyer & Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn.
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Chemung
County Resources
Chemung
County
P.O.
Box 588, Elmira, NY 14902
607-737-2018
http://chemungcounty.com/
Chemung
Chamber of Commerce
400 E. Church St, Elmira, NY 14901
607-734-5137 ~
Fax 607-734-4490
http://chemungchamber.org/
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