Making Room For History

Wine Climate Glacier Period

Iroquois

Fish Culture

Post-Glacial History
(8,000-12,000 Years)
-The land rebounds from weight of glaciers -Hanging valleys erode away, leaving gorges & waterfalls -Vast plains, and then deep forests develop -Mastodons and ice age mammals emerge -Archaic peoples migrate across the Bering Strait land bridge and Lamoka people arrive from Canada

Settlement History
(250 Years)
-Iroquois people migrate from the Midwest to the Finger Lakes, and their Confederacy is founded -Indian trails are firmly established, generally along SR 5 & 20 and SR 17 corridors -Canoe transportation begins along river corridors and on lakes -Native American agriculture is born -The Canandaigua Treaty establishes agreement between Iroquois Nation and the new US Nation

Fish Culture
(200 Years)
-Erie Canal is built bringing commerce & trade -Wildlife is obliterated through hunting and nuisance killings -Forests are cleared for agriculture -Return of forest, habitat and wildlife

Wine Climate
(200 Years)
- Rev. William Warner Bostwick plants the first grapevines in the Finger Lakes -Andrew Reisinger, a vinedresser from Germany, plants a vineyard and introduces pruning and training to the Finger Lakes -Charles Fournier introduces French-American hybrid grapes to New York -Marvin Sands founds Canandaigua Industries Co. becoming the largest wine producer outside California -The Cayuga Lake Wine Trail becomes the first to be organized in the United States -The Seneca Lake Wine Trail is formed to attract visitors. Today it is the largest of the states wine trails, comprising 32 wineries, a distillery, two breweries and a v