JULY 1791
COL. TIMOTHY PICKERING, COMMISSIONER
APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,
NEGOTIATED THE TREATY OF PAINTED POST
WITH THE IROQUOIS INDIANS, WHICH ENDED
WARFARE BETWEEN THE SIX NATIONS AND
THE WHITE SETTLERS IN NEW YORK STATE.
ERECTED BY CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, INGERSOLL-RAND AND CITIZENS OF
PAINTED POST, N.Y.
DEDICATED: JUNE 11, 1966 -- COLONIAL DAY
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