~ ROCHESTER'S HISTORY ~
AN ILLUSTRATED TIMELINE
- MAPS
ICE
AGE
EARLY
SETTLERS
THE
FLOUR CITY
THE
FLOWER CITY
PANORAMIC
MAP, 1880
EARLY
20th CENTURY
TRANSPORTATION
U
S CENSUS BUREAU
UNITED
STATES GEOLOGICAL SUYRVEY- ICE
AGE
Glacial
Lakes - Early
Glacial
Lakes - Late
Path
of early Genesee River
Glacial
Lakes in Rochester
Topographic
maps showing erosion and glacial actions
Glacial
Rebound
Pinnacle
Range
Pinnacle
Moraine
Drumlin
Fields of Central New York
Areas
affected by glacial action
Profiles
of Rochester's Waterfalls
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EARLY
Major
indian trails overlaid on a map of Rochester
1687
Denonville's Army at Ganondagan(Victor)
The
'Groveland Ambuscade'
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SETTLERS
Phelps
& Gorham
20,000
acre Tract (Greece)
100-acre
Tract
1814
Rochesterville
1817
Map Overlay on today's Rochester Map
1817
Carthage Field Sketch
1817
Carthage Map
Tryon
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THE FLOUR CITY
1820
Rochester
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THE FLOWER CITY
Land
cleared for Genesee Lighthouse
1872
Charlotte - North
1872
Charlotte - South
1834
Map Overlay on today's Rochester Map
1834
City of Rochester - NW quadrant
1834
City of Rochester - NE quadrant
1834
City of Rochester - SW quadrant
1834
City of Rochester - SE quadrant
1838
City of Rochester - North
1838
City of Rochester - South
1846
Mount Hope Cemetery
1874
Map Overlay on today's Rochester Map
1874
Monroe Avenue & Culver Road
1874
Park Avenue
Gettysburg,
July 2,1863, The arrival of the 140th NY
Little
Round Top, July 2,1863, Line of battle, and casualties
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EARLY 20th CENTURY
1900
Penitentiary, Insane Asylum, and Alms House
1902
Charlotte
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TRANSPORTATION
'Clinton's
Ditch'in Rochester - 1823
Creation
of the Eastern Widewaters - 1835
Enlarged
Erie Canal in Rochester, NY - 1862
Canal
Basins 1
Canal
Basins 2
Change
Bridge
Rochester
Subway System 1929
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Panoramic
Map of Rochester, 1880
- This large map is a special format where you can zoom and navigate
across the image. The required viewer is built into the site, or can be
downloaded to your hard drive. The link will take you to the Search Engine
for the Panoramic Map Collection at the Library of
Congress site. To view the map of Rochester enter "Rochester, New York".
U S CENSUS BUREAU
TIGER
Map Server - Rochester
A Digital Map that you customize. At the bottom of this page is the option to map anywhere in the U S.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SUYRVEY
Place Names List for Monroe County
705 features in Monroe County from the USGS
This a very powerful tool, so here is the Search
Page for the United States
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