Great Genesee Road

United States Migration  Trails and Roads  New York  Great Genesee Road

The Great Genesee Road, a fork of the "Mohawk Trail," or "Iroquois Trail" was commissioned to connect Fort Schuyler (now Utica, New York) on the Mohawk Trail and Mohawk River with Canawaugus (now Caledonia), Livingston County, New York on the Genesee River in 1794. In 1798 the legislature authorized a road extension to Buffalo, New York on Lake Erie. Another fork also went to Fort Niagara on the border with Canada. Each end of the Great Genesee Road connected to other important migration pathways. The length of the road from Utica to Buffalo was 205 miles (330 km).

Historical Background
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Route
The counties along this migration route (east to west) were as follows:


 * Oneida County
 * Madison County
 * Onondaga County
 * Cayuga County
 * Seneca County
 * Ontario County
 * Livingston County
 * Genesee County
 * Erie County

Settlers and Records
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