Busy Bee Ferry and Silas Halsey NYS Marker Dedications
Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Interlaken & Lodi: 7960 County Road 153, Interlaken, NY 14847
A dedication ceremony for a two NYS historic markers commemorating the Busy Bee Ferry in Interlaken and Silas Halsey in Lodi will be held on June 3 in Seneca County, N.Y. The event will begin in Interlaken at 1 p.m. at 79 County Road 153 followed by the second marker unveiling at 3 p.m. in Lodi at 8389 N. Main Street.
Marker Inscription
BUSY BEE FERRY
BUILT 1884. CAPT. JAMES QUICK
CROSSED CAYUGA LAKE FROM
HERE TO KING FERRY WITH
PASSENGERS & MAIL UNTIL 1911.
LATER SUNK NEAR LANDING.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2022
Marker Inscription
SILAS HALSEY
1742-1832. PURCHASED MILITARY
LOT NO. 37 IN 1793. SERVED AS
SENECA COUNTY CLERK, NYS
LEGISLATOR & U.S. CONGRESSMAN.
LIVED HERE UNTIL 1832.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2022