Canisteo, NY
Canisteo is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 3,391 at the 2010 census.[1] The name was taken from a former Indian village located here. The Senecas had a major village here called "Kah-ni-sti-oh." The first settlers arrived around 1788, making Canisteo one of the earliest locations occupied in the county. The town was formed in 1796 at the same time as the creation of the county.
Addison, NY
The town was first settled in 1791 by Samuel Rice. Addison, originally a part of the old town of Painted Post, was organized as Middletown at the time of the organization of Steuben county in March 1796. The name was changed to Addison, in honor of Joseph Addison, the English author, on April 6, 1808. The early settlers called it also "Tuscarora". An Addison Academy opened in 1840. In 1890 the population of Addison was 2,884.
Buffalo to New York City - 1853
Tuesday, 23 August. 7:00 a.m., Sam departed Buffalo and traveled to Albany via Rochester and Syracuse on the New York Central. Erastus Corning had created the New York Central Railroad Company, from 10 railroad companies between Buffalo and Albany, just three months previous to Sam’s trip.
7:00 p.m., en route via the Hudson River to New York City on the steamer Isaac Newton.
Crossing Lake Erie - 1853
Day 4: Monday, 22 August. 8:00 a.m., from Monroe across Lake Erie to Buffalo, New York, by the steamer Southern Michigan.
Chicago to Monroe - 1853
Sunday, August 21, 1853: Sam departed Chicago on what would, in 1855, become the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana railway, the Northern Indiana Road and the Michigan Southern Railroad. He wrote that he had the whole day as a layover. Reports are that he departed at 9 p.m. Also, Powers writes that he went first to Toledo and then to Monroe.
Bloomington to Chicago - 1853
Saturday, August 20, 1853, Sam boarded the Illinois Central to Lasalle, Illinois, then on to Chicago. The Chicago and Rock Island railroad took him to Joliet. And the St Louis, Alton and Chicago the rest of the way. He arrived in Chicago at 7:00 p.m.
Springfield to Bloomington - 1853
Sam took Frink’s stage to Bloomington. Frink’s was first established in 1840 as Frink, Walker and Company. The company came to dominate all stagecoach travel in Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, and Missouri. They used Concord coaches for their routes. The name changed to John Frink and Company in 1849 and the business relationship between the two men was dissolved in 1856.
Alton, Illinois to Springfield - 1853
Sam then took the train from Alton to Springfield. The Alton and Sangamon Railroad, chartered February 27, 1847, in Illinois to connect Alton to Springfield in Sangamon County. The line was finished in 1852. The Chicago & Mississippi Railroad extended to Bloomington in 1854 and Joliet in 1855, not available for Sam’s journey.