Ellison Park

VINTAGE VIEWS OF ROCHESTER
ELLISON PARK

TIMELINE
ELLISON PARK POST CARDS

TIMELINE

1669

French explorer La Salle sails up Irondequoit Bay to Ellison Park looking for Indian guides to show him the Ohio Trail to the Mississippi River. Indians refuse
1721
Captain Peter Schuyler opens English trading
1797
Salmon Tryon buys 420 acres from John Lusk for £200.
1799
John Tryon buys land from Salmon Tryon for £400 ( They may be brothers, or not related, it is not clear). Tryon City founded near Indian Landing on ancient Indian trail leading to the Mississippi River, in present Ellison Park. Store, blacksmith's shop, shoe factory, distillery, tavern, tannery, large gristmill, ship yard, school, and warehouses are all built. But trade was all going through the Falls area, and Tryon never grew. Site was abandoned in 1818.
1926
Land given as gift for park
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ELLISON PARK POST CARDS
    Bridal Trail, Ellison Park, Rochester, NY
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