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BIG FLATS

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Site
Location
3011 Bowen Road, Elma, NY
Lat/Long
42.851115, -78.640296
Grant Recipient
Elma Historical Society
Historic Marker

BIG FLATS

Inscription

BIG FLATS
SITE OF SENECA INDIAN
VILLAGE CA 1780-1842
LATER KNOWN AS MILFORD OR
HURD OR BRIGGS MILLS
AND THEN ELMA VILLAGE
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2012

This was the former site of a Seneca Indian village from 1780-1842. It was later known as Milford, Hurd, Brigs Mills, and finally the Elma Village.