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Genesee
Genesee, derived from the Seneca word for "pleasant valley", may refer to: Geographic features Canada * Genesee, Alberta, an unincorporated community United States * Genesee, California * Genesee, Colorado *Genesee County, Michigan * Genesee County, New York * Genesee Falls, New York, a town * Genesee, Idaho * Genesee Theatre, Waukegan, Illinois * Genesee, Lansing, Michigan, a neighborhood in Lansing, Michigan * Genesee, Wisconsin, a town ** Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Genesee, Seattle, a neighborhood in West Seattle, Washington * Genesee Park (Seattle), a park in the Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle, Washington *Genesee River The Genesee River ( ) is a tributary of Lake Ontario flowing northward through the Twin Tiers of Pennsylvania and New York (state), New York in the United States. The river contains several waterfalls in New York at Letchworth State Park and Roch ..., a river in north central Pennsylvania and western New York * Genes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesee County, Michigan
Genesee County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 406,211, making it the fifth-most populous county in Michigan, and the most populous in Mid Michigan. The county seat and largest city is Flint (birthplace of General Motors). Genesee County consists of 33 cities, townships, and villages. It is considered to be a part of Mid Michigan. The county was named after Genesee County, New York, which in turn comes from the Seneca word Gen-nis'-hee-yo, meaning "Beautiful Valley". Genesee County comprises the Flint, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area. A major attraction for visitors is Crossroads Village, a living history village north of Flint. Genesee County is noted for having had the fossil of an ancient whale known as '' Balaenoptera Lacepede'' unearthed in Thetford Township during quarry work and estimated at 11,000 years old. History Formative period Genesee County was created on March 28, 1835, from territory taken from L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesee Theatre
Genesee Theatre is a concert hall and movie palace in Waukegan, Illinois. Today, the venue has seats for 2,403 people and opened in 1927. It's both used as a vaudeville theater and cinema and hosts musical artists and shows. History In 1926, A.L. Brumund, H.C. Burnett, and D.T. Webb bought land at the corner of Genesee and Clayton Streets for $130,000. Their wish was to create a community center for Waukegan that provided high-quality entertainments as well as commercial and living spaces. After a year and a half and a million dollars later they had created a luxurious movie palace open to the public. Flourishing growth in this city north of Chicago, justified the building of a deluxe and luxurious movie theater that was unparalleled at the time throughout most of the country. The construction of the theatre began in September 1927. Waukegan contractor Alva Weeks and Chicago Architect Edward P. Steinberg were hired to construct the theatre. Steinberg had just built the BelPark an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesee, Colorado
Genesee is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Genesee CDP was 3,610 at the United States Census 2020. The Golden post office ( Zip code 80401) serves the area. Geography Genesse is located in the foothills of the Front Range. The Genesee CDP has an area of , including of water. Demographics The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the Attractions * Genesee Park, in the Denver Mountain Parks system. * Buffalo Overlook - Home of Bison herd that is owned/maintained by the Denver Parks and Recreation in Genesee Park. Education Genesee is served by the Jefferson County Public Schools. See also *Outline of Colorado **Index of Colorado-related articles *State of Colorado **Colorado cities and towns ***Colorado census designated places **Colorado co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesee Cream Ale
Genesee Cream Ale is a cream ale produced by the Genesee Brewing Company in Rochester, New York. Introduced in 1960, Cream Ale receives the extra step of kräusening, a process in which finished beer is primed for carbonation with wort instead of sugar. Genesee Cream Ale won gold medals in 1990 and 1991, silver medals in 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994 and 2005, and bronze medals in 1995, 2002, and 2004 at the Great American Beer Festival The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is an annual beer festival hosted by the Brewers Association, held in Denver, Colorado. Typically held in late September or early October, the event is currently held at Denver's Colorado Convention Cente .... ''greatamericanbeerfestival.com'' Retrieved 2014 November 28. References {{reflistExternal links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesee Country Village And Museum
The Genesee Country Village and Museum is a 19th-century living history museum covering more than located in the town of Wheatland, New York, United States, in the small hamlet of Mumford, New York, Mumford, about from Rochester, New York, Rochester. On the museum property is the 19th-century village (the Historic Village), the John L. Wehle Gallery of Sporting Art, the Genesee Country Nature Center, the Carriage Museum, the Silver Baseball Park and the Heirloom Gardens. The facility offers special events and classes throughout the year. Origin The Genesee Country Village and Museum was conceived and founded by John (Jack) L. Wehle in 1966. He was a collector of art and recognized that another art form, the work of regional carpenters, master builders, and housewrights, was fast disappearing from the landscape. The proposed museum was to be a village of selected examples of 19th-century Genesee Country architecture that demonstrated not only form, but also function. The bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesee Valley Greenway
The Genesee Valley Greenway is a rail trail in western New York's Genesee River valley. The trail stretches for along a former Pennsylvania Railroad right-of-way as well as adjacent land from the Genesee Valley Canal. The low grade path is a multi-use trail which is well suited for hiking, biking, horsebacking riding and cross-country skiing. The Greenway is administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) and the Friends of the Genesee Valley Greenway. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation was a partner in the Greenway's management prior to transferring jurisdiction of their lands to NYS OPRHP in 2010. The project began in 1991 as a way to reuse mostly abandoned land from the old railways. Construction and renovation of land for the trail was underway in 1998. The Genesee Valley Greenway intersects with the Erie Canal Heritage Trail south of the city of Rochester at the Genesee Valley Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesee Valley Park
Genesee Valley Park, originally named "South Park", is located in the south side of Rochester, New York along the shores of the Genesee River. The New York State Barge Canal (the currently in-use portion of the Erie Canal) crosses the Genesee River within the park. The University of Rochester is located near the park's north entrance. History The park was formed from land first acquired by the Park Commission in 1888. Genesee Valley Park is among the many parks in New York state designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Within Rochester, other Frederick Law Olmsted parks include Highland Park, Maplewood Park, and Seneca Park, which is now a zoo. Olmsted had originally designed the east and west sides of the park to have different purposes. The east side was intended to provide the feeling of a large pasture while the west side was for more recreational activities. At Olmsted's suggestion, a flock of 80 sheep was introduced into the park in 1893, which added to the pastoral sense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesee Brewing Company
Genesee Brewing Company ( ) is an American brewery located along the Genesee River in Rochester, New York. From 2000 to 2009, the company was known as the High Falls Brewing Company. In 2009, High Falls was acquired by the capital investment firm KPS Capital. Together with newly acquired Labatt USA, KPS merged the two companies as North American Breweries. Along with this change, High Falls Brewery changed its name back to the original "Genesee Brewing Company" operating under the North American Breweries name. In October 2012, North American Breweries was purchased by FIFCO. In 2012, North American Breweries was the sixth-largest brewing company in America by sales volume. History The pre-Prohibition Genesee Brewery was one of many in the noteworthy history of brewing in Rochester, New York. In 1878, local businessman Mathias Kondolf purchased an already existing brewery, Reisky & Spies, organized a stock company, and incorporated it under the name Genesee Brewing Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Genesee Farmer
''The Genesee Farmer'' or ''Genesee Farmer'' was a very early periodical founded by Luther Tucker in 1831 in Rochester, New York. It was devoted to agriculture and horticulture as well as the domestic and rural economy. It was one of the earliest farm journals, a genre that began in the early 19th century. There were only 600 subscribers at the end of the first year, by 1839 it had grown to 19,000 subscribers. It was available as a weekly paper or a monthly journal. Articles in ''The Genesee Farmer'' were collected to form an agricultural journal ''The Monthly Farmer and Horticulturalist'', "made up of selections from the ''Genesee Farmer'' (a weekly publication)" beginning in January 1836. Then in 1839 Tucker moved to Albany to edit '' The Cultivator'', into which he folded his ''Genesee Farmer''. To serve the Genesee River community, a ''New Genesee Farmer and Gardener's Journal'' was launched in 1840 by John J. Thomas and M.B. Bateman, later edited by Henry Colman and Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seneca People
The Seneca ( ; ) are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who historically lived south of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes in North America. Their nation was the farthest to the west within the Six Nations or Iroquois League ( Haudenosaunee) in New York before the American Revolution. For this reason, they are called “The Keepers of the Western Door.” In the 21st century, more than 10,000 Seneca live in the United States, which has three federally recognized Seneca tribes. Two of them are centered in New York: the Seneca Nation of Indians, with five territories in western New York near Buffalo; and the Tonawanda Seneca Nation. The Seneca-Cayuga Nation is in Oklahoma, where their ancestors were relocated from Ohio during the Indian Removal. Approximately 1,000 Seneca live in Canada, near Brantford, Ontario, at the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation. They are descendants of Seneca who resettled there after the American Revolution, as they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesee And Wyoming Railroad
The Genesee and Wyoming Railroad was a flagship short-line railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. The G&W Railroad was the small Western NY salt-hauling railroad that ran between Retsof, New York, and Caledonia, New York, only long, and began in 1899. It was the first railroad in today's global G&W corporation "family" of shortlines all over the world. "G&W Orange", that began on the G&W railroad, can today be seen on railroads all over the world. The Genesee and Wyoming Railroad was absorbed into the Rochester and Southern Railroad system in 2003, but still exists as a non-operating subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming. Genesee Street and Wyoming Street in the West Bottoms The West Bottoms is a historic industrial neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, immediately west of downtown and straddling the border of Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas. At the confluence of the Missouri River and the Kansas R ..., the former site of the Kansas City Stockyards are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesee, New York
Genesee is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Allegany County, New York, Allegany County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 1,653 at the 2020 census. Genesee is in the southwestern corner of the county, southeast of Olean, New York, Olean. History The first settler arrived ''circa'' 1823. The town of Genesee was established in 1830 from a division of the town of Cuba, New York, Cuba. Much of the early economy was based on harvesting the forests, but Petroleum, oil production began in approximately 1890. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.13%, is water. The south town line is the Pennsylvania (McKean County, Pennsylvania, McKean County) border, and the west town line is shared with the town of Portville, New York, Portville in Cattaraugus County, New York, Cattaraugus County. New York State Route 417 is an important east-west highway through the town. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
