At the north end of the Reserve, Morris sold an 87,000 acre (350 km²) triangular shaped tract (" The Triangle Tract") to Herman Leroy, William Bayard and John McEvers, and he also sold a 100,000 tract due west of the Triangle Tract to the state of Connecticut. Morris reserved for himself a 500,000 acre (2,000 km²) strip approximately 12 miles (19 km) wide and extending from Lake Ontario to the Pennsylvania border along the eastern edge of the Holland Purchase, known as the Morris Reserve. In 17, Morris sold most of the lands west of the Genesee to the Holland Land Company, but he did not extinguish Native American title to the land until the Treaty of Big Tree in September, 1797.
The state immediately re-sold the pre-emptive rights to Robert Morris in 1791 for $333,333.33 (about $28.6 million today). This land, about 3,750,000 acres (15,000 km²), reverted to Massachusetts. They lost the right to buy the pre-emptive rights to remaining lands of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase west of the Genesee River. They defaulted on their second payment in 1790. When the land didn't sell as well as they had hoped, Phelps and Gorham were unable to come up with the funds to extinguish the Native American titles.
In order to obtain title to such land, Phelps and Gorham would have to extinguish all Native American titles. The right sold applied to all land west of a line running from the mouth of Sodus Bay on Lake Ontario, due south through Seneca Lake, to the 82nd milestone on the Pennsylvania border near Big Flats (the "Pre-emption Line"), and all the way to the Niagara River and Lake Erie (the " Phelps and Gorham Purchase"). The sales price was $1,000,000, payable in three equal annual installments of certain Massachusetts securities then worth about 20 cents on the dollar. On April 1, 1788, after extensive machinations by various speculators, Massachusetts' pre-emptive right over all western New York Lands - comprising some 6,000,000 acres (24,000 km²) - was sold to Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham, both of Massachusetts. These include: Rochester, Indiana Rochester, Texas Rochester, Iowa Rochester, Kentucky Rochester, Michigan Rochester, Minnesota Rochester, Nevada and Rochester, Ohio. Of the 19 places in the United States named Rochester, at least 8 were named directly after Rochester, New York, having been founded or settled by former residents. Rochester, with the presence of Ritter-Pfaulder, Bausch and Lomb, Eastman Kodak, Xerox, Gannett and other major industries, defied the trend for many decades following WWII. In the 1970s it became fashionable to call the industrial cities along the Great Lakes 'rustbelt cities' following the move away from steel, chemical and other hard goods manufacturing. It was famous as the center of the American photography industry, with headquarters of Eastman Kodak. The Yankees made Rochester the center of multiple reform movements, such as abolitionism and women's rights. It became a major manufacturing center, and attracted many Italians, Germans, Irish and other immigrants, as well as a dominant group of Yankees of New England origin. Settlement began in the late 18th century, and the city flourished with the opening of the Erie Canal. Information on services will be made available at a later date.This article documents the history of Rochester, New York, in western New York State. Please, Celebrate his life and find comfort knowing that he touched your life in some way and has brought so many together. It is the wish of Kim and Corey that you NEVER stop talking about Blake, sharing stories of his antics, the silly photos or videos…especially of his laugh. In doing so he continues to help others with their game! While his game of life has ended, we want you to know that at 6:48pm, his last basket was a WINNING Buzzer Beater as he is an organ donor.
UPDATE (6:48 p.m.): Blake Driskell has passed away at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.īlake was flown to Strong Memorial Hospital on Monday night after suffering a brain injury while hiking and was placed on life support Friday morning.Ī statement has been released on the Blake’s Army Facebook page:įirst, we want you to know that your love and support through these five days, has made an incredible difference to Kim, Corey, Kerrigan, Kihara and their families.īlake has played in his final Championship Game.