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1. 1890
2. Four: 1) Pioneer (Milepost) Cemetery 
            2) East St Cemetery (Corner of Park Rd)
            3) Pittsford Cemetery (East Ave & Washington Rd)
            4) Joshua Lillie Cemetery (Wilmarth Road)
   
3. The University of Rochester
4. The break occurred Tuesday, October 29, 1974 near Bushnells Basin
5. On the gates to Stonegate Lane (on South Main Street, opposite the St. Louis Church)
6. The Pittsford Post Office
7. Simon and Israel Stone
8. 1989
9. Four
10. Star Market grocery store
11. Shetland ponies
12. Thirsty's Bar was formerly known as Windy's Tavern.
13. The Pittsford Community Library was located in the building that Village Hall now occupies.
14. The Town logo is a Copper Beech tree.
15. The Grange was a farmers' organization also known as "Patrons of Husbandry."
16. The last class to graduate from Lincoln Avenue School was The Class of 1951.
17. The Little House, which was moved to 18 Monroe Avenue from its original location directly across the street, has served many functions over its lifetime.
18. The trolley station was located on the current site of the Pittsford Pub.
19. Horse blocks can be found at 19 State Street and 83 So. Main Street.
20. The Phoenix Hotel fire was in 1959.
21. The Women's Christian Temperance Union donated a water fountain that was placed in the State Street median near the intersection of Main Street.
22. John King once owned the land the park is situated on. The Erie Canal ran west through his property and then turned sharply north. That bend became known as King's Bend.
23. The Lafayette office building is located at 19 State Street, the prior address of St. Louis Church.
24. The train wreck of 1907 occurred on a section of track that ran through the Mitchell Road area.
    (Now the "Canal Park Trailway")
25. Penn Street, a fitting name for a street that led to Penfield, is now called Washington Road.
26. Thornell's Garage sold cars manufactured by Nash.
27. Pittsford has also been known as Northfield, Boyle, and Smallwood.
28. The renovated Town Hall opened in July 1988.
29. East St. was once called Johnny Cake St. because the soil there was so poor only corn would grow.
30. The total Town budget in 1895 was $3200.
31. In 1789, Simon and Israel Stone purchased over 13,000 acres for
    a = 36¢ each.
32. Simon and Israel Stone were cousins.
33. Col. Caleb Hopkins chose the name "Pittsford" for our community.
34. A barn dating back to 1842 can be found on Knickerbocker Hill (173 Knickerbocker Road).
35. Wadhams & Rand established Powder Mill and manufactured mining, sporting and blasting powder.
36. Canal excavation began in Rome, New York.
37. The original Erie Canal was 363 miles long.
38. The original Erie Canal was 4 feet deep.
39. Governor DeWitt Clinton was in office when construction began on the canal.
40. Lock 32 is located at Clover Street.
41. The Erie Canal connected Buffalo and Albany.
42. The canal took 8 years to complete.
43. The Great Embankment presented an engineering/construction problem.
44. Packet boats carried passengers on the Erie Canal.
45. Canal construction cost New York State 3 million dollars.
46. Thirty-one men from Pittsford served in the Civil War; 19 returned.
47. Pittsford's first subdivision was named Long Meadow.
48. The Marquis DeNonville historic marker can be found on Route 96 near Oak Hill Country Club.
49. The Town of Pittsford has approximately 25,000 residents.
50. The First Patent historic marker was removed from the Pioneer Burial Ground when it was discovered that the information contained on the marker was erroneous.

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