In Montour Glen 



section of New York State. European vintners 

 after experimenting in other parts of the United 

 States for a few years transferred tlieir activi- 

 ties to Hammondsport at the head of Lake Keu- 

 ka. There are 12,000 acres of grapes under cul- 

 tivation and milhons of bottles of champagne in 

 the dozen or more wine cellars in the neighbor- 

 hood. Visitors are cordially received at nearly 

 all the cellars, where the various processes of 

 wine making are gladly explained. 



Hammondsport is not only the center of the 

 American cham.pagne industry but is the cradle 

 of American aviation — the birthplace of the fly- 

 ing boat. Glenn H. Curtiss, the pioneer aviator 

 and inventor, was born in Hammondsport and 

 conducted all his earliest experiments in the vil- 

 lage and on Lake Keuka. Here was developed 

 the flrst Trans-Atlantic Flying Boat, and hen- 

 most of the old-time aviators learned to fly. 



Four of the American naval aviators who started 

 across the ocean in the famous NC's learned to 

 fly over Lake Keuka. 



Penn Yan, 

 Queerest of Names 



Penn Yan, located at the outlet of Lake Keuka 

 has one of the queerest names to be found on the 

 map of New York State. The early settlers were 

 Pennsylvanians and Yankees. The name Penn- 

 Yan is the result. 



Montour Falls three miles from the head of 

 Seneca Lake is a village rich in historical asso- 

 ciations. Three picturesque and romantic glen^ 

 as well as several smaller ravines, are worthy of 

 visitation and exploration- The Council Cham- 

 ber in Montour Glen is a truly wonderful natural 

 phenomenon. It is about one hundred feet in 

 length, and twenty-five feet in breadth for more 

 than two-thirds of the distance. The high walls at 

 three sides of the chamber are as square as if 

 hewn by man. The Council Chamber has no 

 counterpart in the Finger Lakes Region. 



Catherine Montour 



Catherinestown was the original name of the 

 village. It was named for Catherine Montour, 

 the renowned chieftess of the Seneca tribe of 

 Iroquois whose nod w^as law and who was an 

 oracle of her people. This remarkable woman, 



Sheldrake Point—Cayuga Lake 



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