A History of Greenwood by Those Who Lived It

Before Greenwood officially became its own township in 1827, the area was part of the larger Tioga, later called Canisteo, Valley region of Steuben County, New York. The first European settlers arrived in the early 1820s, but long before their arrival, Native American communities traveled, hunted, farmed, and lived throughout this land. Much of the written history of Steuben County was recorded from the perspective of early white settlers. As a result, Native American life in