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The Town of Seneca will receive sealed bids for the sale of a 2009 John Deere Z850A, Zero Turn, 72” mid-mount power lift mower deck, 31 hp Kawasaki engine, 308 hours.

 There is a minimum bid of $7,100.

 Bids will be received by the Town of Seneca on the 16th day of March, 2012 until 12:00 p.m. local time at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids will be submitted in sealed envelopes at the above address and shall bear on the face thereof the name and address of the bidder. Bids submitted by fax will not be accepted. 

Mower may be examined at the following location during regular business hours: 

Town of Seneca Complex                                  

                 3675 Flint Road                                                             

            Stanley, New York 14561                                               

The Town of Seneca reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities therein.

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The Town has appointed boards and committees such as the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Board of Assessment Review, Agricultural Committee, and Historic Preservation Committee.  If you have an interest in serving on a board or committee, please contact the Town Clerk to submit your name for consideration.

Even after the Revolutionary War the area that is now known as the Town of Seneca was the frontier. It was unbroken forest except for Seneca Indian trails. It was part of Massachusetts until 1787 when Oliver Phelps and Nathanial Gorham purchased rights to the land from the Seneca Indians for title to the territory. They came into possession of two million acres just west of the preemption line and Seneca Lake. A survey was conducted in 1788 and townships six miles square were laid out in the Phelps and Gorham Purchase.

This preemption line was the boundary between lands claimed by Massachusetts and those purchased by Phelps and Gorham. It was also the eastern boundary of Ontario County and the Town of Seneca, which were established by the New York State Legislature in 1789. At that time Ontario County comprised the whole of the state from Seneca Lake westward. The line was later found to be in error and a corrected line was surveyed in 1792.

The Town of Seneca which originally included what is now the Town and City of Geneva was established January 27, 1789, it included the 9th township north of Pennsylvania in the first range of towns, plus the southern half of the 10th. These numbers were those assigned from the original survey. This is how No. 9 got its name being in the ninth range of towns.

As soon as Phelps and Gorham got clear title the settlers and speculators began to arrive. People from New England, Pennsylvania, Maryland, England and Scotland along with soldiers that had been with General Sullivan on his Indian campaign began to arrive and buy land.

Some tracts of land were purchased by speculators, Dr. Caleb Benton purchased much of what is now the towns of Seneca and Benton.

Most of these settlers were poor farmers looking for a better life and good farm land. The rich rolling land of Seneca was just what they were looking for. To this day the main industry in the Town of Seneca is agriculture. Holstein dairy herds, corn, cabbage, beans, oats and wheat are favored by the farmers of today.