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County: ALBANY
Town: ALBANY, CITY OF

  • ALBANY CITY HALL
    CITY CHARTERED JULY 22, 1686
    THIS BUILDING ERECTED 1882
    TOWER CONTAINS MUNICIPAL
    CARILLON OF 60 BELLS
    Location: EAGLE ST. BETWEEN MAIDEN LA. AND PINE ST.

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    MODERN ELECTRICITY
    HERE DISCOVERING MAGNETIC
    INDUCTION, JOSEPH HENRY
    PIONEERED THE TELEGRAPH
    AND ELECTRIC MOTOR, 1829-31
    Location: WASHINGTON AVE., NEAR EAGLE ST.

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    AMERICAN UNION
    NEAR THIS SITE, BENJAMIN
    FRANKLIN PRESENTED THE 1ST
    FORMAL PLAN OF NATIONAL
    UNION; CONGRESS OF 1754
    Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.

  • CALLED FORT NASSAU 1614,
    FORT ORANGE 1624,
    BEVERWYCK 1652, ALBANY
    1664; CHARTERED 1686
    Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.

  • CLERMONT
    NEAR THE FOOT OF MADISON
    AVENUE ROBERT FULTON IN
    AUG. 1807, COMPLETED THE
    FIRST SUCCESSFUL
    STEAMBOAT VOYAGE
    Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.

  • COLONIAL HOSPITAL
    NEAR THIS SITE STOOD THE
    MILITARY HOSPITAL WHERE THE
    WOUNDED FROM TICONDEROGA,
    1758 AND SARATOGA, 1777
    WERE ATTENDED.
    Location: LODGE AND PINE STS.

  • COLONIAL WARPATH
    RENDEVOUS OF TROOPS IN
    FIVE WARS. HERE ARMIES
    UNDER ABERCROMBIE, LOUDOUN
    AND AMHERST MOVED TO THE
    CONQUEST OF CANADA 1756-60
    Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.

  • COURT OF APPEALS
    HIGHEST TRIBUNAL IN
    NEW YORK STATE
    THIS BUILDING ERECTED 1842
    Location: EAGLE AND PINE STS.

  • COURT OF APPEALS
    HIGHEST TRIBUNAL IN
    NEW YORK STATE
    THIS BUILDING ERECTED 1842
    Location: EAGLE AND PINE STS.

  • EXECUTIVE MANSION
    RESIDENCE OF THE GOVERNORS
    OF NEW YORK STATE
    Location: EAGLE AND ELM STS.

  • FIRST CHURCH IN ALBANY
    REFORMED
    ORGANIZED 1642
    PRESENT BUILDING
    DESIGNED BY PHILIP HOOKER
    ERECTED 1798
    Location: SW CORNER N. PEARL AND ORANGE STS.

  • FORT ORANGE
    SITE OF WEST INDIA COMPANY
    COLONY 1624. HERE WAS BORN
    SARAH RAPELJE, FIRST WHITE
    CHILD IN N. Y. STATE, 1625
    FORT STOOD S. E. BY THE RIVER
    Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.

  • FORT VAN NASSAU
    BUILT 1614 BY THE DUTCH
    EXPLORERS CHRISTIAENSEN
    AND BLOCK. FIRST TRADING
    CENTER ESTABLISHED IN
    NEW YORK STATE
    Location: PORT RD., NR. ADMINISTRATION BLDG.

  • FROM THE GROUND
    GLENN CURTISS
    BEGAN THE FIRST LONG
    DISTANCE AIRPLANE FLIGHT
    ALBANY TO NEW YORK
    MAY 29, 1910
    Location: PORT RD., NR. ADMINISTRATION BLDG.

  • GENERAL BURGOYNE
    OVER THIS ROAD ENTERED
    ALBANY WITH HIS STAFF AFTER
    THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA
    GOING TO SCHUYLER MANSION
    AS PRISONERS OF WAR - 1777
    Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.

  • GENERAL WASHINGTON
    TRAVELED THIS ROAD ON
    HIS TOURS OF THE MOHAWK
    VALLEY 1782 AND 1783
    Location: WASHINGTON AVE. NR. SWAN ST.

  • HENRY HUDSON
    EXPLORER, HERE ENDED THE
    VOYAGE OF THE HALF MOON
    IN QUEST OF THE INDIES
    SEPTEMBER, 1609
    Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.

  • HERMAN MELVILLE
    AUTHOR OF"MOBY DICK",
    STUDIED AND WORKED DURING
    FORMATIVE YEARS IN ALBANY,
    1830-1838, FAMILY HOME AT
    3 CLINTON SQUARE, 1834-1838
    Location: CLINTON SQ., N. PEARL AND ORANGE STS.

  • IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS STREET
    TO THE EAST STOOD
    FORT FREDERICK
    GOAL OF BURGOYNE'S DRIVE TO
    SPLIT THE COLONIES - 1777
    Location: CAPITOL PARK, EAGLE AND STATE STS.

  • IROQUOIS TREATY
    AUGUST 1684
    BASIC PEACH BY GOV. DONGAN
    GOV. HOWARD OF VA. AND
    FIVE NATIONS AT COURT HOUSE
    WHICH STOOD 100 FEET WEST
    Location: PLAZA, BROADWAY AT FOOT OF STATE ST.

  • JOHN TUNNICLIFF, JR.
    1751-1814
    CLOCKMAKER AND SUPERINTENDENT
    OF TOWN CLOCKS
    Location: MAIDEN LANE BETWEEN EAGLE ST. AND LODGE ST.

  • NEAR HERE
    MOHAWK AND HUDSON
    FIRST RAILRAOD
    CHARTERED IN THIS COUNTRY
    1826, BEGAN ITS RUN ALBANY
    TO SCHENECTADY
    Location: WESTERN AVE., NR. NORTH ALLEN ST.

  • NEW YORK STATE
    OFFICE BUILDING
    CORNERSTONE LAID BY
    GOV. ALFRED E. SMITH, 1928
    Location: S. SWAN ST. AND WASHINGTON AVE.

  • PATROON STREET
    FORMER NAME OF CLINTON AVE.
    THIS WAS THE DIVIDING LINE
    BETWEEN THE CITY OF ALBANY
    AND THE MANOR OF
    RENSSELAERWYCK
    Location: CLINTON AVE. AT N. PEARL ST.

  • PIONEER ROUTE
    AT THIS POINT THE PIONEERS
    GOING WEST IN OX CARTS AND
    HORSE DRAWN CARAVANS ASSEMBLED,
    THIS STREET FORMERLY CALLED
    THE BOWERY
    Location: CENTRAL AVE., NR. NORTHERN BLVD.

  • SCHENECTADY GATE
    NEAR THIS POINT THE PATH
    TO SCHENECTADY USED BY
    INDIANS AND FUR TRADERS
    LED THROUGH THE PALISADES
    WHICH ENCLOSED THE CITY
    Location: MAIDEN LA. BETWEEN EAGLE AND LODGE STS.

  • STATE EDUCATION BUILDING
    DEDICATED 1912. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
    OFFICES; STATE LIBRARY; STATE MUSEUM;
    EXHIBITS; OPEN TO PUBLIC
    Location: WASHINGTON AVE. BETWEEN HAWK AND SWAN STS.

  • THE CAPITOL
    OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
    SECOND CAPITOL BUILDING
    ERECTED BY THE STATE
    CORNERSTONE LAID 1871
    25 YEARS IN CONSTRUCTION
    Location: CAPITOL PARK, EAGLE ST. NR. WASHINGTON AVE.

  • [ARROW]
    1 1/2 MILES
    SCHUYLER MANSION
    HOME OF GENERAL PHILIP
    SCHUYLER. RESIDENCE OF
    ALEXANDER HAMILTON IN 1781
    Location: EAGLE AND PINE STS.

County: ALBANY
Town: BERNE, TOWN OF

  • 5 MILES S - E
    SITE OF
    DIETZ MASSACRE
    WHERE JOHANNES DIETZ AND
    HIS FAMILY WERE KILLED BY
    TORIES AND INDIANS
    SEPTEMBER 1781
    Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE

  • AX FACTORY
    ESTABLISHED BY DANIEL
    SIMMONS IN 1825. SAID TO BE
    THE FIRST FACTORY IN THE
    UNITED STATES TO MAKE
    AXES FROM CAST STEEL.
    Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE

  • BEAVER DAM
    LATER CALLED BERNVILLE
    FORTIFIED DURING THE
    REVOLUTION. JOHN DIETZ'.
    FAMILY MASSACRED BY INDIANS
    Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE

  • CHEESE FACTORY
    FIRST IN TOWN OF BERNE
    BUILT IN 1878 AND MADE
    495 POUNDS IN A SINGLE DAY
    Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE

  • CORPORATION
    INN
    OPENED 1817 BY
    HENRY ENGLE
    Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE

  • DWELLING
    BUILT ABOUT 1800 BY
    WILLIAM SHULTES
    Location: NYS 43, AT W. BERNE

  • EARLY SETTLER
    JACOB WEIDMAN, A SWISS,
    LOCATED ON FOXENKILL ON
    SITE OF BERNE VILLAGE ABOUT
    1750. BUILT FIRST SAWMILL
    AND GRISTMILL
    Location: NW CORNER NYS 43 AND NYS 156 AT BERNE

  • FIRST MILL
    BUILT 1750 BY JACOB
    WEIDMAN STOOD NEAR HERE
    Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE

  • FIRST STORE
    STOOD ON THIS SITE
    OWNED BY JOHN FISHER
    Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE

  • INDIAN
    STOCKADE
    BUILT ON SITE
    OF BERNE VILLAGE
    Location: NYS 43, 1/4 MI. EAST OF BERNE

  • JUSTICE OF
    PEACE
    JACOB HOCHSTRASSER
    WAS FIRST SUPERVISOR
    AND JUSTICE OF PEACE
    OF TOWN OF BERNE
    Location: NYS 43, AT E. BERNE

  • M. E. CHURCH
    ORGANIZED AT REIDSVILLE
    1830 BY REVEREND ROSMAN KELLY
    CHURCH REPLACED IN 1841
    Location: TOWN RD., AT REIDSVILLE

  • MILL SITE
    FOR CARDING AND FULLING
    MILL BUILT AT AN EARLY
    DATE BY MALACHI SHIPPLE
    WILLIAM H. BALL
    AND LYMAN DWIGHT
    Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE

  • PIONEER
    COL. JESSE WOOD OF LONG
    ISLAND SETTLED HERE ABOUT
    1800. SERVED IN WAR OF
    1812. DIED JULY 23, 1853
    AT AGE OF 83 YEARS
    Location: NYS 156, .5 MI. N. OF BERNE

  • REFORMED
    DUTCH CHURCH
    ORGANIZED 1763, FIRST
    PASTOR JOHANNES SCHUYLER
    1767. OLDEST CHURCH IN
    COUNTY OUTSIDE OF ALBANY
    Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE

  • REFORMED
    DUTCH CHURCH
    ORGANIZED 1763 BY REV. JOHANNES
    SCHUYLER OF SCHOHARIE
    LOG CHURCH 1765. FRAME 1786
    WHICH WAS TAKEN DOWN 1830
    Location: NYS 43, AT W. BERNE

  • SCHOOLS
    IN 1812 THERE WERE 21
    SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TOWN
    OF BERNE AND 30 THE NEXT
    YEAR. IN 1816 THERE WERE
    1710 PUPILS IN SCHOOL
    Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE

  • SOUTH BERNE
    PREVIOUS TO 1828 CALLED
    CENTERVILLE BECAUSE IT
    WAS EQUI-DISTANT FROM
    THREE OF THE OTHER VILLAGES.
    Location: CO. RD., AT S. BERNE

  • TOWN OF BERNE
    FORMED MARCH 17, 1795, FROM
    RENSSELAERVILLE. TOWN OF
    KNOX TAKEN OFF IN 1822.
    JACOB WEIDMAN, FIRST
    SETTLER ABOUT 1750
    Location: NYS 43 AND NYS 85, AT MALLORY CORNERS

  • WEIDMAN HOME
    THE LARGEST HOUSE IN BERNE
    WITH TEN FIRPLACES
    BUILT BY PETER WEIDMAN
    IN 1800, STOOD
    ON THIS SITE
    Location: NYS 43, AT BERNE

  • WEST BERNE
    CALLED MECHANICSVILLE
    1830-34 BECAUSE SO MANY
    MECHANICS LIVED THERE.
    Location: NYS 43, AT W. BERNE

  • WILLIS' STORE
    ESTABLISHED IN 1800 BY
    MAJOR STEPHEN WILLIS STOOD
    HERE. HE ALSO HAD A POTASH
    FACTORY, TANNERY, WHISKEY
    STILL, AND SHOE FACTORY.
    Location: NYS 157, .5 MI. NE OF E. BERNE

County: ALBANY
Town: BETHLEHEM, TOWN OF

  • AGRICULTURAL FAIR
    FIRST ANNUAL FAIR OF
    ALBANY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
    SOCIETY HELD AT BETHLEHEM
    CENTER OCT. 4-6, 1853
    Location: NYS 32, 100 YDS. W OF US 9W

  • BAKER FARM
    SETTLED BY JOAB BAKER
    OF CONNECTICUT IN 1791
    Location: NYS 144, .5 MI. N. OF SELKIRK

  • BECKER HOMESTEAD
    AT BECKER'S CORNERS
    SETTLED BY ALBERTUS BECKER
    WHO MARRIED HELEN
    VAN DERZEE
    Location: NYS 396, N. OF RR BRIDGE

  • BETHLEHEM CENTER
    KNOWN AS BABCOCK
    CORNERS ON THE ALBANY
    AND BETHLEHEM TURNPIKE
    Location: W CORNER, US 9W AND NYS 32

  • DELMAR
    EARLIER ADAMSVILLE AND ADAMS STATION
    NATHANIEL ADAMS LOCATED
    HERE IN 1836 AND BUILT
    A HOTEL IN 1838.
    Location: NYS 43, AT DELMAR

  • TANNERY
    BUILT ABOUT 1825 ON
    FARM OF ISAAC AND JOHN
    COFFIN. OPERATED FOR
    MANY YEARS BY ROBERT
    CARHART. BURNED 1883
    Location: WILLOWBROOK AVE., IN S. BETHLEHEM

  • TURNPIKE
    ALBANY AND DELAWARE
    CHARTERED MARCH 2, 1805.
    6000 SHARES AT $25.
    EXTENSIVELY TRAVELLED ALBANY
    TO OTEGO. ABANDONED 1868
    Location: NYS 43, W. OF ALBANY CITY LINE

  • VAN WIE'S DOCK
    SITE OF DOCK OWNED BY
    PETER G. AND HENRY VAN WIE
    AND LEASED FEB. 23, 1835
    TO HUDSON RIVER STEAMBOAT
    CO. FOR ALBANY TERMINAL
    Location: TOWN RD., AT VAN WIE'S POINT

  • VAN WIE'S HOUSE
    BUILT BY HENDRICK VAN WIE
    IN 1732. THE HOME OF SIX
    GENERATIONS OF THIS DUTCH
    COLONIAL FAMILY, SETTLERS
    AT FORT ORANGE, IN 1664
    Location: TOWN RD., NR. WM. GIBSON'S RD. AT VAN WIE'S POINT

  • VAN WIE'S POINT
    HENDRICK GERRITSE VAN WIE
    DUTCH COLONIST IN FORT
    ORANGE 1664, BUILT HOUSE
    HERE IN 1679
    Location: TOWN RD., AT VAN WIE'S POINT

  • WINNE
    FARM
    SETTLED BY
    FRANCIS WINNE
    Location: CO. RD., W. OF ALBANY FILTRATION PLANT

County: ALBANY
Town: COEYMANS, TOWN OF

  • COEYMANS
    TOWN FORMED MARCH 18, 1791
    FROM WATERVLIET. A PART WENT
    TO FORM WESTERLO IN 1815.
    NAMED FROMTHE PATENTEE
    BARENT PIETERSON COEYMANS
    Location: CHURCH AND WESTERLO STS., COEYMANS

  • COEYMANS GAZETTE
    STARTED 1863 BY
    THOMAS MCKEE AS
    EDITOR. SUCCEEDED
    BY COEYMANS HERALD
    Location: NYS 144, AT COEYMANS

County: ALBANY
Town: COHOES, CITY OF

  • CAMP VAN SCHAIK
    CONTINENTAL ARMY, NORTHERN
    DEPARTMENT UNDER COMMAND
    GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER
    GENERAL HORATIO GATES
    AUG. 15 - SEPT. 8, 1777
    Location: SE CORNER MYRTLE AND PARK

  • CONTINENTAL AVE.
    ALGONQUIN AND MOHAWK
    INDIAN TRAIL
    COLONIAL MILITARY ROUTE
    Location: SW CORNER ONTARIO AND CONTINENTAL

  • EGBERTS AND BAILEY MILL
    FIRST BUILDING ERECTED FOR THE
    MANUFACTURE OF KNIT GOODS BY
    POWER IN AMERICA, 1836. FIRST
    POWER KNITTING MACHINERY
    APPLIED IN COHOES, 1832
    Location: ONTARIO, W. OF REMSEN

  • FIRST BRIDGE
    ACROSS MOHAWK RIVER
    OPENED 1795.
    900 FT. LONG
    24 FT. WIDE, 15 FT. ABOVE
    BED OF RIVER ON 13 STONE
    PIERS. COST $12,000 DOLLARS
    Location: MOHAWK AND REMSEN STS.

  • HOME OF JAMES
    "BUTTERMILK" LANSING
    BUILT BY DOUW FONDA BEFORE
    1767. ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF
    BOGHT SETTLEMENT, CHOES, N.Y.
    Location: W. COLUMBIA ST., BETWEEN SUNSET AND ELAINE CTS.

  • INDIAN SPRING
    ALGONQUIN AND MOHAWK INDIANS
    COLONIAL MILITARY SPRING 1690
    1782, FIRST SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY
    FOR THE SETTLERS
    OF COHOES
    Location: CONTINENTAL AVE., E. OF SCHOOL

  • JUNCTA
    JUNCTION OF THE ORIGINAL
    ERIE AND CHAMPLAIN CANALS
    FIRST SETTLEMENT AND NAME
    COHOES. SITE OF THE
    FIRST POST OFFICE
    Location: NW CORNER SPRING AND SARATOGA STS.

  • MANOR AVENUE
    THE OLD BOGHT ROAD
    NORTHERN BOUNDARY LINE OF
    THE MANOR OF
    RENSSELAERWYCK
    1630
    Location: N. BAKER AND MANOR AVE.

  • MILITARY ROAD FROM 1690
    THROUGH THE REVOLUTION. USED
    BY GENERAL EBENEZER LEARNED ON HIS
    WAY TO RELIEVE FOR STANWIX -
    AUG. 14, 1777
    Location: CONTINENTAL AVE., S. OF SCHOOL

  • SITE OF
    REFORMED CHURCH
    OF THE BOGHT
    ONE OF THE FIRST CHURCHES NORTH
    OF ALBANY, BUILT ABOUT 1783
    Location: SW CORNER BAKER AVE., AND VLIET BLVD.

  • SITE OF
    COHOES
    MASTODON
    FOUND SEPTEMBER 1866
    NOW IN N. Y. STATE MUSEUM
    Location: MOHAWK AND VLIET STS.

  • VAN SCHAIK
    BURIAL PLOT
    FIRST SETTLERS OF COHOES
    AND OWNERS OF HALF MOON
    PATENT BURIED HERE
    Location: DELAWARE AVE. BETWEEN ONTARIO AND VAN SCHAICK

County: ALBANY
Town: COLONIE, TOWN OF

  • 1/4 MILE [ARROW]
    SHAKERS
    SOUTH FAMILY
    ONLY SURVIVING FAMILY
    OF WATERVLIET COMMUNITY
    FIRST BUILDING ERECTED
    1800 AND STILL STANDING
    Location: NYS 155, W. OF AIRPORT

  • BOGHT CHURCH
    SITE OF THE REFORMED DUTCH
    CHURCH OF THE BOGHT
    1ST CHURCH NORTH OF ALBANY
    ORGANIZED BY THE CLASSIS
    OF ALBANY, FEB. 22, 1784
    Location: BOGHT RD., E. OF US 9

  • LOUDEN'S FORD
    BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL
    ARMY FORD PROTECTED
    AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1777
    BY HENERALS ENOCH POOR
    AND BENEDICT ARNOLD
    Location: FONDA RD. AT POWER STATION

  • OLD LOUDON
    ROAD
    NAMED AFTER EARL LOUDON
    IN 1756. ROUTE OF BRITISH
    AND AMERICAN ARMIES TO
    MONTREAL
    Location: FONDA RD. AT POWER STATION

  • SHAKER
    CEMENTERY
    FIRST BURIAL 1797 AND
    EARLIER BURIALS REMOVED
    HERE LATER
    Location: NYS 155, W. OF AIRPORT

  • SHAKERS
    ANN LEE AND COMPANY CAME
    TO AMERICA 1774 AND FOUNDED
    HERE IN THE VALLEY OF THE
    WILDERNESS THE FIRST SHAKER
    COMMUNITY 1776
    Location: NYS 155, NR. ALBANY AIRPORT

  • THE BOGHT
    SETTLED 1718-1750 BY
    FAMILIES FROM HOLLAND,
    AMONG THEM FONDA, LANSING,
    LIEVERSE, ROFF, STAATS,
    VAN DENBERGH, VISSCHER, ETC.
    Location: US 9, AT BOGHT CORNERS

  • [ARROW]
    SHAKERS
    WEST FAMILY
    AT FIRST KNOWN AS
    THE SECOND FAMILY
    OCCUPIED BY SHAKERS
    1810-1915
    Location: NYS 155, W. OF AIRPORT

  • [ARROW] 1/2 MILE
    SHAKERS
    NORTH FAMILY
    OCCUPIED BY SHAKERS
    - 1919
    PRINCIPAL BUILDING YET
    STANDING RECONSTRUCTED
    Location: SHAKER RD., NR. CO. JAIL

County: ALBANY
Town: GUILDERLAND, TOWN OF

  • 100 FT. W.
    SITE OF FIRST REFORMED
    DUTCH CHURCH
    IN GUILDERLAND
    BEFORE 1767. FIRST PASTOR
    REV. HARMANUS VAN HUYSEN
    Location: NYS 146, W. OF NYS 158

  • ABOUT 1750
    FREDERICK CROUNSE
    SON OF POLISH NOBLEMAN
    SETTLED HERE
    FARM OWNED BY CROUNSE
    FAMILY TO PRESENT 1934
    Location: NYS 156, S. OF ALTAMONT

  • ABRAHAM WEMPLE
    COL. SCHENECTADY MILITIA
    DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    OWNED FARM HERE 1765 TO
    DEATH IN 1799. BURIED ON
    HIGH KNOLL ABOVE RESERVOIR
    Location: US 20, W. OF RR BRIDGE

  • ALTAMONT
    INCORPORATED AS A VILLAGE
    1890 OFFICERS: PRESIDENT
    HIRAM GRIGGS. TRUSTEES - SMITH
    PHILLEY, JESSE CROUNSE
    HENRY A. WILBUR
    Location: WESTERN AVE., AT FIRE HOUSE IN ALTAMONT

  • BATTLE OF NORMANSKILL
    FOUGHT NORTH OF THE CREEK
    SCHENECTADY MILITIA WITH
    40 RHODE ISLAND TROOPS
    DISPERSED LARGE GROUP OF
    TORIES ON AUGUST 11, 1777
    Location: NYS 146, 2 MIS. W. OF GUILDERLAND

  • CASE HOMESTEAD
    BUILT AS TAVERN BY
    RUSSELL CASE AT THE
    OPENING OF GREAT
    WESTERN TURNPIKE, 1799
    Location: US 20, E. OF GUILDERLAND

  • DR. F. CROUNSE
    BUILT THIS HOUSE 1833
    FIRST PHYSICIAN AT
    WEST GUILDERLAND (ALTAMONT)
    PRACTISED HERE SIXTY YEARS
    Location: US 20, AT GUN CLUB RD.

  • FARM AND
    BURIAL PLACE
    JOHN GROOT
    OFFICER 3D REGIMENT
    ALBANY COUNTY MILITIA
    WAR OF REVOLUTION
    Location: NYS 397, N. OF ALTAMONT

  • FARM OF
    FREDERICK CROUNSE
    OFFICER 3D ALBANY CO. MILITIA
    IN REVOLUTION. CARRIED FOOD
    TO ARMY BATTLE OF SARATOGA
    BURIED HERE
    Location: NYS 156, 1 MI. S. OF ALTAMONT

  • FARM OF EVERT BANCKER
    THIRD MAYOR OF ALBANY, 1695
    INDIAN COMMISSIONER, 1669
    MASTER CHANCERY, 1705
    DIED HERE, 1734
    Location: NYS 146, .5 MI FROM US 20

  • FARM OF WALTER VORMAN
    CAPT. SCHENECTADY MILITIA
    DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    CAPTURED BY TORY FORCE
    SOUTH OF ONEIDA LAKE; HELD
    PRISONER IN CANADA 1780-82
    Location: NYS 158, S. OF US 20

  • FIRST MEETING
    OF TOWN OF GUILDERLAND
    HELD APRIL 5, 1803 IN THIS
    HOUSE, AT THE TIME A
    TAVERN CONDUCTED
    BY HENDRICK APPLE
    Location: NYS 146, 1 MI. W. OF GUILDERLAND CENTER

  • FREEMAN HOUSE
    SAID TO HAVE BEEN ERECTED
    1734. LATER THE HOME OF BARENT
    MYNDERSE, LIEUT. IN WAR OF REV.
    Location: NYS 146, AT GUILDERLAND CENTER

  • FRENCH'S MILLS
    SITE OF EARLY SAWMILL;
    CLOTHES WORKS OF PETER K.
    BROEK 1795; FACTORY OF
    ABEL FRENCH 1800;
    TAVERN OF JACOB AKER 1800
    Location: NYS 146, AT GUILDERLAND CENTER

  • GLASS WORKS, 1785-1815
    MADE BOTTLE AND WINDOW
    GLASS. STARTED HERE BY
    LEONARD DE NEUFVILLE. LATER
    CALLED ALBANY GLASS HOUSE,
    THEN HAMILTON GLASS WORKS
    Location: US 20, AT GUILDERLAND

  • HOME OF
    GEORGE WAGNER
    LIEUTENANT IN THE
    AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    Location: NYS 397, S OF DUNNSVILLE

  • HOME OF
    HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT
    B. 1793-D. 1864
    GLASS MAKER, EXPLORER, AUTHOR,
    POET, AUTHORITY ON
    AMERICAN INDIANS
    Location: WILLOW ST., IN GUILDERLAND

  • HOUSE BUILT 1802
    BY NICHOLAS V. MYNDERSE
    SOLD TO MICHAEL FREDERICK
    WHO RAN IT AS A TAVERN FOR
    MANY YEARS
    Location: NYS 146, AT GUILDERLAND CENTER

  • INN OF GEORGE SEVERSON
    OLD SCHOHARIE ROAD
    BUILT AT CLOSE OF REVOLUTION
    FIRST POST OFFICE OF
    WEST GUILDERLAND AS
    THIS PLACE WAS THEN CALLED
    Location: ALTAMONT BLVD. AND HELDERBERG AVE., IN ALTAMONT

  • INN OF JACOB CROUNSE
    BUILT 1833. MIDWAY TAVERN
    WHERE HORSES WERE CHANGED ON
    SCHOHARIE-ALBANY
    STAGE COACH ROUTE
    Location: NYS 146, E. OF ALTAMONT

  • JACOB VAN AERNAM (1723-1813)
    CAPT. 3RD ALBANY REGIMENT
    LEADER OF PATRIOT FORCES
    IN THE HELDERBERGH REGION
    DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    LIVED ON FARM HERE
    Location: NYS 156 BETWEEN ALTAMONT AND VORHEESVILLE

  • KNOWER HOUSE
    EST. AS HAT FACTORY ABOUT 1800
    BY BENJAMIN KNOWER
    GOV. WILLIAM L. MARCY
    MARRIED CORNELIA KNOWER
    IN THIS HOUSE
    Location: NYS 146, E. OF ALTAMONT

  • OLD HELLEBERGH
    LAND OF BITTER CONFLICT
    BETWEEN PATRIOT AND TORY
    KNOWN LATER AS
    WEST GUILDERLAND,
    KNOWERSVILLE, AND ALTAMONT
    Location: MAIN ST. AND MAPLE AVE., ALTAMONT

  • OLD PLANK ROAD
    SCHOHARIE TO ALBANY
    FOLLOWED THIS ROUTE
    CHARTERED 1849
    ABANDONED 1867
    Location: MAIN ST. AND BRANDLE RD., ALTAMONT

  • ON THIS SPOT STOOD THE
    FIRST
    LUTHERAN CHURCH
    IN TOWN OF GUILDERLAND
    1787 REV. HEINRICH MOELLER
    FIRST REGULAR PASTOR
    Location: NYS 146, 2 MIS. E. OF ALTAMONT

  • RED MEN'S HALL
    FORMERLY USED AS BAPTIST
    CHURCH, 1850-66; CATHOLIC
    CHURCH; TEMPERANCE HALL
    Location: US 20, E. OF GUILDERLAND

  • SEVERSON HOUSE
    BUILT BY EARLY SETTLER
    JURRIAN SEVERSON
    LOCATED ON MAP OF WEST MANOR
    RENSSELAERWYCK, 1767
    Location: NYS 146 AT ALTAMONT

  • SITE OF
    FIRST INN
    AND STORE
    KEPT IN DUNNSVILLE
    BY JOHN E. WINNE
    1800-1830
    Location: US 20 AT DUNNSVILLE

  • SITE OF
    TOLL GATE
    NUMBER TWO ON WESTERN
    TURNPIKE. ROAD PLANKED IN
    1849. THIS GATE MAINTAINED
    UNTIL 1906
    Location: US 20, 2 MIS. E. OF GUILDERLAND

  • SITE OF
    HAMILTON UNION CHURCH
    OCTAGONAL BUILDING USED
    ALSO AS A SCHOOL HOUSE
    BUILT BY HAMILTON MFG.
    SOCIETY ABOUT 1797
    Location: US 20, AT GUILDERLAND

  • SITE OF
    INDIAN VILLAGE
    NEIGHBORING STREAM CALLED
    WILDEHAUSE KILL
    OR INDIAN HOUSE CREEK
    Location: N. OF US 20 AT DUNNSVILLE

  • SITE OF HOUSE
    OF DR. JONATHAN JOHNSON
    FIRST PHYSICIAN IN
    DUNNSVILLE WHO CAME
    HERE ON HORSEBACK IN 1808
    SURGEON IN WAR OF 1812
    Location: US 20 AT DUNNSVILLE

  • THE
    VALE
    OF
    TAWASENTHA
    Location: NYS 146, 3/4 MI. W. OF GUILDERLAND

  • TOWN OF GUILDERLAND
    ESTABLISHED APRIL 4, 1803
    FROM PART OF WATERVLIET
    FIRST OFFICERS, SUPERVISOR,
    NICHOLAS V. MYNDERSE, TOWN
    CLERK, PETER G. VEEDER
    Location: NYS 146, AND NYS 158 AT OSBORN'S CORNERS

County: ALBANY
Town: KNOX, TOWN OF

  • ALBANY COUNTY
    DERIVED ITS NAME FROM
    THE SCOTCH TITLE OF THE
    DUKE OF YORK AND ALBANY
    AFTERWARDS KING JAMES II
    OF ENGLAND
    Location: NYS 43, W. OF W. BERNE AT ALBANY SCHOHARIE CO. LINE

  • ANTI-RENT RIOTS
    MORE LEASED LAND IN BERNE
    THAN ANY OTHER TOWN IN
    ALBANY COUNTY LED TO
    SERIOUS OUTBREAKS
    AFTER 1840
    Location: NYS 157 A, 3 MIS. N. OF EAST BERNE

  • KNOXVILLE ACADEMY
    INCORPORATED 1837 CHARTERED
    REGENTS 1842-1869 FACED
    MILITARY TRAINING GROUND 1776
    Location: NYS 156, AT KNOX

  • SAND FARM
    SETTLED BY
    CHRISTIAN ZANDT
    IN 1787
    Location: NYS 156, 1 MI. W. OF KNOX

  • WHIPPLE FARM
    SETTLED BY MALACHI
    WHIPPLE OF CONN. ABOUT
    1793. IN 1820 FARM WON
    PREMIUM AS MODEL
    FARM IN ALBANY COUNTY
    Location: NYS 156, W. OF ALTAMONT

County: ALBANY
Town: NEW SCOTLAND, TOWN OF

  • CLARKSVILLE
    A HALFWAY STATION LOCATED
    ON ALBANY AND DELAWARE
    TURNPIKE NAMED FROM ADAM
    A. CLARK WHO SETTLED
    HERE IN 1822
    Location: NYS 43, AT CLARKSVILLE

  • EARLY MISSION
    FOUNDED 1787 BY
    SUFFOLK PRESBYTERY
    INCORPORATED 1789
    FIRST CHURCH 1791
    ORIGINAL FRAME STANDING
    Location: NYS 85, AT NEW SCOTLAND

  • HELDERBERGS
    THE NAME MEANS CLEAR
    MOUNTAINS. THEY HAVE BEEN
    CALLED "THE KEY TO THE
    GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA"
    Location: NYS 157, AT J.B. THATCHER PARK

  • METHODISM
    HERE BUILT ITS FIRST CHURCH
    IN THIS ENTIRE AREA
    KNOWN AS BETHLEHEM, NORTH
    OF BLACK CREEK CHURCH, 1823
    Location: NYS 156, W. OF VORHEESVILLE

  • NEW SCOTLAND
    TOWNFORMED APRIL 25, 1832
    FROM BETHLEHEM. SCOTCH
    NAMES APPEAR AMONG EARLY
    SETTLERS. FIRST TOWN MEETING
    APRIL 9, 1833
    Location: NYS 85, AT NEW SCOTLAND

  • SLINGERLAND
    HOUSE 1762
    BUILT BY TUNIS CORNELISE
    SLINGERLAND, DUTCH
    EMIGRANT 1650, ON LAND
    PURCHASED FROM INDIANS
    Location: NYS 32, 3 MIS. S. OF FEURA BUSH

  • TORY CAVE 1777
    JACOB SALSBURY, A SPY
    DURING BURGOYNE INVASION,
    FOUND REFUGE FROM SETTLERS
    IN A CAVE AGAINST
    THE CLIFFS NEARBY
    Location: N. OF NYS 157, AT TRAIL, IN J.B. THATCHER PARK

County: ALBANY
Town: RENSSELAERVILLE, TOWN OF

  • ALBANY COUNTY
    ONE OF THE ORIGINAL
    COUNTIES OF THE PROVINCE
    OF NEW YORK CREATED
    BY LAW NOVEMBER 1, 1683.
    MOTHER OF MANY COUNTIES
    Location: NYS 145, NW OF PRESTON HOLLOW AT ALBANY-SCHOHARIE CO. LINE

  • ALBANY COUNTY
    ONE OF THE ORIGINAL
    COUNTIES OF THE PROVINCE
    OF NEW YORK CREATED
    BY LAW NOVEMBER 1, 1683.
    MOTHER OF MANY COUNTIES
    Location: NYS 145 S. OF COOKSBURG AT ALBANY-GREENE CO. LINE

  • ALBANY COUNTY
    ONE OF THE ORIGINAL
    COUNTIES OF THE PROVINCE
    OF NEW YORK CREATED
    BY LAW NOVEMBER 1, 1683.
    MOTHER OF MANY COUNTIES
    Location: NYS 145, NW OF PRESTON HOLLOW AT ALBANY

  • DISTRICTS
    MANOR OF RENSSELAERSWYCK
    CREATED A DISTRICT
    IN 1772 AND SUBDIVIDED
    INTO EAST AND WEST
    DISTRICTS IN 1779
    Location: NYS 85, 1.5 MIS. NE OF RENSSELAERVILLE

  • DR. SAMUEL PRESTON
    SETTLED HERE IN 1789 AND
    GAVE HIS NAME TO PRESTON
    HOLLOW. HE BUILT THE FIRST
    SAWMILL AND GRISTMILL.
    Location: NYS 145, AT PRESTON HOLLOW

  • INDIAN TRAIL
    RAN FROM CATSKILL TO
    SCHOHARIE VALLEY ALONG
    THIS STEAM THROUGH PRESTON
    HOLLOW AND LIVINGSTONVILLE
    Location: NYS 81 AT COOKSBURG

  • PIONEER
    JOSEPH BURCHARD SETTLED
    HERE IN 1789. PRESIDENT
    R.B. HAYES WAS RELATED
    TO THIS FAMILY
    Location: NYS 145, 1.5 MIS. NW OF PRESTON HOLLOW

  • TURNPIKE
    SCHOHARIE TO ATHENS
    CHARTERED IN 1802 AND
    MUCH USED IN EARLY DAYS
    Location: NYS 81 AND 145, AT COOKSBURG

  • WHIPPING POST
    FOR TOWN LOCATED ON FARM
    OF LAWRENCE FAULK WHO
    SETTLED HERE IN 1790,
    AND DIED IN 1838
    Location: NYS 145, NW OF PRESTON HOLLOW

County: ALBANY
Town: WESTERLO, TOWN OF

  • ACADEMY
    THIS HOUSE WAS THE
    CHESTERVILLE ACADEMY
    BUILT ABOUT 1800
    GABRIEL PINNEY
    HEAD MASTER
    Location: NYS 143, N. OF WESTERLO

  • ALBANY COUNTY
    ONE OF THE ORIGINAL
    COUNTIES OF THE PROVINCE
    OF NEW YORK CREATED
    BY LAW NOVEMBER 1, 1683.
    MOTHER OF MANY COUNTIES
    Location: NYS 32 AT ALBANY-GREENE CO. LINE

  • ALLEN HOUSE
    BUILT 1795, HERE AND ON
    THIS ROAD LIVED EBENEAZER
    ALLEN AND HIS SONS JUSTICE,
    HOWARD AND STEPHEN. ALL
    SOLDIERS IN REVOLUTION.
    Location: CO. RD.,1 MI. W. OF BASIC CREEK RESERVOIR

  • ANTI-RENT WAR
    EVENTS IN THE QUARREL OF
    TENANTS WITH LORD OF THE
    VAN RENSSELAER MANOR
    OCCURRED IN THIS REGION
    IN 1840 AND LATER
    Location: NYS 85, AT SNYDER'S CORNERS

  • BAPTIST CHURCH
    ORGANIZED AT CHESTERVILLE
    1800. ROSWELL BECKWITH
    WAS THE FIRST PASTOR
    Location: NYS 143, AT WESTERLO

  • BEARDSLEY HOUSE
    HOME OF WILLIAM BEARDSLEY
    HERE WAS HELD FIRST TOWN
    MEETING OF WESTERLO
    APRIL 4, 1815
    Location: CO. RD., W. OF WESTERLO

  • DORMANSVILLE
    NAMED IN HONOR OF DANIEL
    DORMAN, AN INN AND STORE
    KEEPER, AND FIRST POST-
    MASTER IN 1832
    Location: NYS 32 AND NYS 143 AT DORMANSVILLE

  • EARLY DOCTOR
    DR. JONATHAN PROSSER OF
    DUTCHESS COUNTY SETTLED
    ON THIS FARM IN 1788
    Location: NYS 32, 1.MI.S.,DORMANSVILLE

  • GRANT AND EADIE
    EARLY STOREKEEPERS
    MADE POTASH AT
    CHESTERVILLE, 1798
    Location: NYS 143, AT WESTERLO

  • INDIAN TRAIL
    OLD INDIAN TRAIL LED
    THROUGH THIS VALLEY TO
    THE SWITZKILL, INDIAN
    CAMP GROUND NEAR HERE
    Location: CO. RD., W. OF WESTERLO

  • MANOR OF
    VAN RENSSELAER
    1630 KILIAEN VAN RENSSELAER
    GRANTED PATENT FOR 1152
    SQUARE MILES INCLUDING ALL
    OF ALBANY AND RENSSELAER
    COUNTIES
    Location: NYS 143, AT WESTERLO

  • MYERS FARM
    PHILIP MYERS OF GERMANY
    IN 1763 BUILT A LOG HOUSE
    AT CHESTERVILLE, MARRIED A
    DAUGHTER OF NICHOLAS
    STODDARD AND DIED 1813
    Location: CO. RD., S. OF NYS 143, AT WESTERLO

  • NEAR HERE
    ANDREW HANNAY
    RAISED A COMPANY OF
    VOLUNTEERS OCTOBER 1777
    TO OPPOSE INVASION OF
    BURGOYNE, WHO SURRENDERED
    BEFORE THEIR ARRIVAL
    Location: NYS 32 AND NYS 143 AT DORMANSVILLE

  • QUAKER CHURCH
    SITE OF A QUAKER CHURCH
    AND SCHOOL. ERECTED 1803
    CEMETERY IN REAR
    Location: CO. RD., NR. SMITH'S CORNERS

  • REFORMED CHURCH
    FIRST CHURCH IN TOWN.
    ORGANIZED 1793. ORIGINAL
    SITE FIVE MILES SOUTH
    OF HERE
    Location: NYS 143, E. OF WESTERLO

  • SNYDER CEMETERY
    CONTAINS THE UNMARKED
    GRAVES OF SEVERAL
    SOLDIERS OF THE
    REVOLUTION
    Location: CO. RD., 1.5 MIS. S. OF SNYDER'S CORNERS

  • SOUTH WESTERLO
    NAME CHANGED IN 1827 FROM
    SMITH'S MILLS NAMED AFTER
    DAVID SMITH WHO ALSO OWNED
    A TANNERY AND ASHERY
    Location: CO. RD., AT S. WESTERLO

  • TEMPERANCE
    SOCIETY
    ORGANIZED IN SCHOOL
    HOUSE NEAR CHESTERVILLE
    IN 1828
    DEACON HOLMES PRESIDED
    Location: NYS 143, AT WESTERLO

  • VAN LEUVAN'S
    CORNERS
    NAMED AFTER ISAAC VAN LEUVAN.
    EARLIER KNOWN AS SACKETT'S
    CORNERS AND THEN
    PRESTON'S CORNERS
    Location: CO. RD.,.5 MIS. S. OF SNYDER'S CORNERS

  • WESTERLO
    TOWN FORMED MARCH 16, 1815
    FROM COEYMANS AND
    RENSSELAERVILLE. NAMED FOR
    REV. EILARDUS WESTERLO
    OF ALBANY
    Location: NYS 143, AT WESTERLO

County: ALLEGANY
Town: ALMA, TOWN OF

  • TRIANGLE NO. 1
    FIRST OIL WELL DRILLED
    IN ALLEGANY COUNTY
    DRILLED BY
    O.P. TAYLOR
    1879
    Location: ON TOWN ROAD ABOUT 1/4 MI. SOUTHWEST OF PETROLIA

County: ALLEGANY
Town: BURNS, TOWN OF

  • FIRST HOUSE
    IN CANASERAGA
    BUILT ON THIS SITE
    BY SAMUEL BOYLAN
    IN 1806
    Location: ON MILL STREET IN CANASERAGA

  • SITE OF
    FIRST
    SCHOOL HOUSE
    IN TOWN OF BURNS
    ERECTED 1810
    DAVID CROOK, FIRST TEACHER
    Location: ON NYS 70 ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF CANASERAGA

County: ALLEGANY
Town: CUBA, TOWN OF

  • CUBA LAKE
    SUMMIT LEVEL FEEDER FOR
    OLD GENESEE VALLEY CANAL,
    FORMED, 1856, BY BUILDING
    A 60 FOOT DAM ACROSS THE
    STREAM CALLED OIL CREEK
    Location: ON NYS 305 ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF VILLAGE OF CUBA

County: BRONX
Town: NONE

  • BRONX RIVER
    DURING THE REVOLUTION, THE
    BRITISH FLEET WAS ORDERED
    TO "PROCEED UP THE BRONX
    AND ATTACK THE YANKEES
    IN HIDING ABOVE."
    Location: BRONX RIVER, AT BOSTON RD. BRIDGE, IN BRONX PARK

  • CITY ISLAND
    "PEARL OF THE SOUND", WAS
    SO CALLED, BECAUSE IT WAS
    PLANNED TO OUTSTRIP NEW
    YORK CITY. OYSTER CULTURE
    FIRST STARTED HERE.
    Location: CITY ISLAND PARK

  • DRAKE PARK
    CONTAINS GRAVE OF JOSPEH
    RODMAN DRAKE, POET, AUTHOR
    OF "THE CULPRIT FAY", "ODE
    TO THE AMERICAN FLAG", AND
    "BRONX".
    Location: JOSEPH RODMAN DAKE PARK, HUNT'S POINT AVE.

  • FEATHERBED LANE
    SO CALLED FROM STORY THAT
    FARMERS' WIVES, IN 1776,
    AIDED AMERICANS TO ESCAPE
    BRITISH BY SPREADING
    FEATHERBEDS ON THE LANE
    Location: PARK TRIANGLE AT FEATHERBED LANE

  • FORDING PLACE
    EARLY CROSSING OF BRONX
    RIVER, NEARBY WAS BEAR
    SWAMP, HAUNT OF BEARS. SITE
    OF SEWANOE INDIAN VILLAGE UP TO 1689.
    Location: WEST SIDE OF LAKE IN BRONX RIVER, OPPOSITE ZOOLOGICAL SEC., 1/3 MI. NORTH

  • FORT INDEPENDENCE
    ONE OF FORTS BUILT IN 1776
    BY AMERICANS TO COMMAND THE
    VALLEY BELOW. GENERAL
    RICHARD MONTGOMERY HAD A
    FARM NEARBY, IN 1772.
    Location: CLAFLIN TER. ON WALK EAST OF RESERVOIR OPPOSITE FORT INDEPENDENCE AVE.

  • FORT NUMBER FOUR
    ONE OF THE CHAIN OF FORTS
    BUILT BY THE AMERICANS IN
    1776, TO COMMAND THE VALLEY
    OF THE HARLEM RIVER; LATER
    OCCUPIED BY THE BRITISH
    Location: CLAFLIN TER. EAST OF DEDGWICK AVE., WEST OF JEROME PARK RESERVOIR

  • GLOVER'S ROCK
    IN BATTLE OF PELL'S POINT,
    COL. GLOVER AND 550 MEN,
    HELD BRITISH LONG ENOUGH
    FOR WASHINGTON'S ARMY TO
    ESCAPE TO WHITE PLAINS
    Location: ON ROAD TO CITY ISLAND NEAR TABLET OFF ROAD

  • HUNTER'S ISLAND
    CONTAINS THE HUNTER-ISELIN
    MANSION; OGDEN MANSION ON
    TWIN ISLAND; INDIAN NAME
    "LAAPAWACHKING", - "PLACE
    OF STRINGING BEADS".
    Location: HUNTER'S ISLAND AT ENTRANCE FORM HIGHWAY

  • JONAS BRONCK
    FIRST SETTLER IN THE BRONX,
    1639, BUILT HOUSE EAST OF
    THIS PARK, WHERE WAS SIGNED
    TREATY BETWEEN DUTCH AND
    WECKQUAESKEEK INDIANS, 1642.
    Location: PULASKI PARK

  • LYDIG'S MILL
    BUILT IN 18TH CENTURY, STOOD
    HERE. NORTH WAS JOHNSON'S
    TAVERN, WHERE STAGE COACHES,
    NEW YORK TO BOSTON, STOPPED
    TO CHANGE HORSES.
    Location: BRONX RIVER, ABOUT OPPOSITE ENTRANCE TO NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

  • MACOMB'S DAM
    BRIDGE IS ON SITE OF OLD
    DAM WHICHMADE POND OF
    HARLEM RIVER. DAM BECAME
    NUISANCE AND WAS TORN
    DOWN BY CITIZENS IN 1840.
    Location: MACOMB'S DAM PARK

  • OLD INDIAN PATH
    LATER KNOWN AS THE
    SPLIT ROCK ROADTE MANY OF
    ERECTED BY THE PARK DEPT.
    CITY OF NEW YORK
    OCTOBER 18, 1938
    Location: BET. PELHAM BAY PARK ON SPLIT ROCK ROAD, AND BET. PELHAM MANOR AND PELHAM R

  • PARADE GROUND
    HERE WAS THE BOUWERIE OR
    FARM OF ADRIAN VAN DER DONCK,
    SECRUED BY PURCHASE FROM INDIANS
    AND GRANT BY GOVERNOR KIEFT, 1650.
    Location: ON BRAODWAY, WEST SIDE OF PARADE GROUND VAN CORTLAND PARK

  • PELL ESTATE
    THOMAS PELL OF FAIRFIELD,
    CONN., UNDER TREE KNOWN AS
    TRATY OADK, BOUGHT PELHAM
    MANOR FROM THE SACHEMS
    ANNHOOCK AND MAMINEPOE
    Location: PELHAM BAY PARK

  • POE COTTAGE
    EDGAR ALLAN POE LIVED HERE
    1846-49 AND WROTE MANY OF
    HIS POEMS "ANNABEL LEE",
    "ULALUME, AND OTHERS. HIS
    WIFE, VIRGINIA, DIED HERE.
    Location: ON GRAND CONCOURSE BRONX

  • SCREVEN'S POINT
    SEWANOE INDIANS HAD CASTLE
    HERE, SEEN BY ADRIAN BLOCK
    ON HIS VOYAGE, 1614. LOYALIST
    CLERGYMEN, INCLUDING SAMUEL
    SEABURY, HID IN FARMHOUSE.
    Location: SMALL PARK AT END OF CASTLE HILL AVE.

  • SITE OF WEST CHESTER TOWN
    PRESCOTT BRYANT REPULSED
    BRITISH AT CAUSEWAY OVER
    WEST CHESTER CREEK
    WESTCHESTER "LEXINGTON"
    Location: TARRYTOWN

  • SPLIT ROCK
    NEAR HERE WAS HOME OF
    ANNE HUTCHINSON, WHO
    SETTLED IN 1642. SHE AND
    HER FAMILY WERE KILLED IN
    THE INDIAN UPRISING, 1662
    Location: AT SPLIT ROCK, PELHAM BAY PARK

  • ST. ANN'S SHRINE
    HERE RESTS LEWIS MORRIS, "SIGNER"
    DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE;
    GOUVERNEUR MORRIS, "PENMAN"
    CONSTITUTION OF U.S.A.; JUDGE
    R.H. MORRIS, MAYOR OF NEW YORK
    Location: NEW YORK CITY

  • THROGG'S NECK
    NAMED FOR THROCKMORTON, WHO
    SETTLED HERE IN 1642. ONE
    OF HIS COMPANIONS WAS
    ROGER WILLIAMS, FOUNDER
    OF RHODE ISLAND.
    Location: THROGG'S POINT PARK

  • VAN CORTLANDT
    MANSION BUILT IN 1748 BY
    FREDERICK VAN CORTLANDT.
    HESSIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
    REVOLUTION. WASHINGTON AND
    ROCHAMBEAU WERE HERE.
    Location: IN FRONT OF VAN CORTLAND MANSION

  • VAN CORTLANDT MILL
    SITE OF GRIST AND SAW MILL
    OF VAN CORTLANDT FAMILY.
    USED OVER 200 YEARS, BURNED
    IN 1901. ONE OF THE MILLSTONES
    IS WEST OF THE MANSION
    Location: ON BROOK, NEAR DAM, EAST OF VAN CORTLANDT MANSION

  • VAN DER DONCK
    ADRIAN VAN DER DONCK,
    FIRST SETTLER HERE, 1650
    BUILT HOUSE, LATER BURNED
    BY INDIANS. ORIGINAL SITE
    OF VAN CORTLANDT HOUSE.
    Location: EAST OF VAN CORTLANDT MANSION, BETWEEN IT AND DAM.

  • VAULT HILL
    BURIAL VAULT OF THE VAN
    CORTLANDT FAMILY, WHERE
    AUGUSTUS VAN CORTLANDT,
    CITY CLERK, HID NEW YORK
    RECORDS DURING REVOLUTION
    Location: ON EAST HILL OF PARADE GROUND, NORTH OF RAILROAD UNDERPASS, IN VAN CORTLAND

County: BROOME
Town: CHENANGO, TOWN OF

  • INDIAN CASTLE
    LOCATED NEAR JUNCTION OF
    CASTLE CREEK WITH CHENANGO
    RIVER. CALLED OTSININGO.
    DESTROYED AUG. 18, 1779
    DURING SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN.
    Location: ON US 11 AND NYS 12 ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF BINGHAMTON

County: BROOME
Town: DICKINSON, TOWN OF

  • FIRST COURT
    IN THIS SECTION
    WAS HELD HERE IN 1791
    UNDER ELM TREE
    Location: ON US 11 ANDNYS 12 ABOUT 1/2 MILES NORTH OF BINGHAMTON

County: BROOME
Town: WINDSOR, TOWN OF

  • SAGE CREEK
    NAMED FOR SETH SAGE,
    1748-1822, CAPTAIN
    IN THE AMERICAN
    REVOLUTION
    Location: ON NYS 79 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF WINDSOR

County: CATTARAUGUS
Town: ELLICOTTVILLE, TOWN OF

  • FIRST
    FRAME HOUSE
    IN ELLICOTTVILLE, 1817
    EARLY COURTS OF COUNTY AND
    MEETINGS OF BOARD OF
    SUPERVISORS HELD HERE.
    Location: IN ELLICOTTVILLE SO. SIDE WASHINGTON ST., BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND MADISON STS

County: CATTARAUGUS
Town: HINSDALE, TOWN OF

  • SENECA OIL
    SPRING
    1627 FIRST PETROLEUM
    DISCOVRED IN AMERICA
    1 MI. NORTH 1000 YDS EAST
    Location: ON NYS 408 AT CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY COUNTY LINE

County: CATTARAUGUS
Town: YORKSHIRE, TOWN OF

  • FIRST
    FRAME HOUSE
    IN TOWN OF YOURSHIRE
    BUILT IN 1820 BY
    ISAAC WILLIAMS
    OPENED AS TAVERN 1822
    Location: ON NYS 39 AT YORKSHIRE IN YARD OF ELKHORN INN

  • SAW MILL AND
    GRIST MILL
    FIRST IN TOWN OF
    YORKSHIRE. BUILT 1814 BY
    ISAAC WILLIAMS
    Location: ON NYS 16 AT YORKSHIRE NEW OLEAN ROAD

County: CAYUGA
Town: AUBURN, CITY OF

  • AUBURN PRISON
    ERECTION COMMENCED 1816
    FIRST PRISONERS 1817
    ASSISTED IN CONSTRUCTION
    FIRST ELECTROCUTION
    IN THE WORLD 1890
    Location: IN FRONT OF PRISON WEST SIDE OF STATE ST.

  • AUBURN PRISON
    CONVICTS MADE SEWING SILK
    1841-1846
    HERE WAS PRINCIPAL CASH
    MARKET IN U.S. FOR
    COCOONS AND RAW SILK
    Location: IN FRONT OF PRISON WEST SIDE OF STATE ST.

  • CALVARY PRES. CHURCH
    OLDEST CHURCH EDIFICE
    IN AUBURN. ERECTED 1815-17
    AT FRANKLIN AND NORTH STS.
    AS FIRST PRES. CHURCH
    MOVED HERE 1869
    Location: COR. CAPITOL AND FRANKLIN STS. IN FRONT OF CHURCH

  • CAYUGA COUNTY COURT HOUSE
    FRAME BUILDING ERECTED ON
    REAR OF THIS LOT 1809
    PRESENT BUILDING
    ERECTED 1836
    RECONSTRUCTED 1922-24
    Location: ON COURT HOUSE GREEN, GENESEE ST.

  • CENTER HOUSE
    TAVERN 1805. LAW OFFICE OF
    GOV. ENOS THROOP
    1ST PRES. CHURCH ORG. 1810
    1ST WHITE S.S. 1819
    REMOVED TO FULTON ST. 1829
    Location: AT INTERSECTION GENESEE AND MARKET STS.

  • CENTER HOUSE
    EARLY TAVERN ERECTED 1805
    AT GENESEE AND MARKET STS.
    MOVED HERE 1829
    Location: NOW ON 2ND STORY FACE SO. SIDE BLOCK GENESEE AND MARKET STS.

  • DURING THE
    WAR OF 1812
    BARRACKS WERE ESTABLISHED
    IN THIS LOCALITY
    TROOPS PASSING TO AND
    FROM NIAGARA CAMPED HERE
    Location: NORTH SIDE W. GENESEE ST.

  • FIRST
    FREIGHT DEPOT
    AUBURN AND SYRACUSE R.R.
    BUILT BY C. W. POMEROY, 1836
    BUILDING USED LATER
    AS GENESEE OPERA HOUSE
    Location: ON 2ND STORY FACE SCHRECK BROS. STORE, 16 E. GENESEE ST.

  • FIRST SCHOOL
    IN VICINITY OF AUBURN
    ERECTED BEFORE 1796
    ORIGINALLY ON GENESEE ST.
    AND DUNNING AVE.
    MOVED HERE 1818
    Location: WEST SIDE OF DUNNING AVE.

  • FIRST TAVERN AND STORE
    OPENED IN A LOG CABIN
    BUILT BY
    SAMUEL BRISTOL
    1796
    Location: ON FACE AUBURN TRUST CO. GENESEE ST. SIDE

  • FORT HILL
    OF MOUNDBUILDER ORIGIN
    LATER CAYUGA COUNCIL SEAT
    AND VILLAGE FORT WASCO
    TRADITIONAL BIRTHPLACE
    OF CHIEF LOGAN
    Location: AT ENTRANCE FT. HILL CEMETERY SO. SIDE FORT ST.

  • FRANCIS HUNTER
    ERECTED TAVERN HERE 1808
    UNDER NEARBY ELM
    COUNCILS WERE HELD
    BETWEEN WHITE SETTLERS
    AND INDIANS
    Location: NO. SIDE E. GENESEE ST.

  • HOME OF
    HARRIET TUBMAN
    "THE MOSES OF HER RACE"
    UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
    STATION IN SLAVERY DAYS
    Location: EAST SIDE SOUTH ST. AT CITY LINE

  • HOUSE BUILT 1802 BY
    JEHIEL CLARK WHO HERE
    FOUNDED CLARKSVILLE 1795
    HIS GRIST, SAW AND
    CARDING MILLS WERE NEARBY
    ALONG OWASCO RIVER
    Location: W. SIDE COR. AURELIUS AVE. AND CLARK ST.

  • JOHN HUGGINS
    HERE MADE FIRST SETTLEMENT
    ON GENESEE TURNPIKE BETWEEN
    ELBRIDGE AND CAYUGA FERRY
    IN 1791. HIS SON ZENAS
    BUILT THIS TAVERN 1804
    Location: N. SIDE W. GENESEE ST. BETWEEN CRANE BROOK AND CITY LIMITS

  • MILITARY DEPOT CAMP
    DURING CIVIL WAR
    Location: AT COR. CAMP ST. AND LAKE AVE.

  • NORTH STREET CEMENTERY
    MOST OF THE SETTLERS OF
    HARBENBERGH'S CORNERS
    AND EARLY INHAVITANTS OF
    AUBURN AND BURIED HERE
    MAIN CEMETERY UNTIL 1852
    Location: IN FRONT OF CEMETERY NORTH ST.

  • ON THIS SITE THE
    BANK OF AUBURN
    FIRST BANK IN AUBURN AND
    PREDECESSOR OF NAT. BANK
    OF AUBURN WAS OPENED 1817
    IN DEMAREE'S TAVERN
    Location: ON WALL OF NATIONAL HOTEL NEAR ENTRANCE

  • OSBORNE WORKS
    DAVID M. OSBORNE, CYRUS C.
    DENNIS AND CHAS. WOOD
    MAKERS OF KIRBY REAPER
    AND OTHER FARM MACHINERY
    ORIGINAL FACTORY 1858
    Location: ON 2ND STORY FACE OLD OSBORNE OFFICES N. SIDE COR. GENESEE AND OSBORNE STS.

  • PIONEER ROADS
    OLD GENESEE ROAD 1791
    NEW GENESEE ROAD 1797
    OLD CHENANGO ROAD 1791
    LATER KNOWN AS CAYUGA AND
    SENECA TURNPIKE 1802
    Location: MARKER FASTENED TO E.FACE OF STORE N.W. CORNER GENESEE AND NORTH STS., 2ND

  • SITE OF
    BOSTWICK'S
    TAVERN 1803-1868
    REBUILT 1824, RENAMED
    WESTERN EXCHANGE HOTEL
    LAFAYETTE A GUEST 1825
    Location: ON E. FACE PEARSON BLOCK COR. GENESEE AND EXCHANGE STS.

  • SITE OF
    WILLARD TAVERN 1810
    REBUILT 1828-1830 AS
    AMERICAN HOTEL
    BURIED 1879
    Location: ON 2ND STORY FACE METCALF BLDG., 141 GENESEE ST.

  • SITE OF FIRST
    SCHOOL HOUSE
    ESTABLISHED IN AUBURN 1796
    BENJAMIN PHELPS
    SCHOOLMASTER
    Location: ON W. SIDE NORTH ST. IN FRONT OF HOLY TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL

  • SITE OF FIRST LOG
    DAM AND MILL
    ON OWASCO RIVER BUILT BY
    JOHN L HARDENBERGH 1793
    ENLARGED 1802
    PRESENT STONE MILL 1824
    Location: ON FACE OF GAS STATION S. SIDE GENESEE AT JUNC. MARKET. SITE, STONE MILL RE

  • SITE OF LOG CABIN 1793
    OF JOHN L. HARDENBERGH
    FIRST SETTLER OF AUBURN
    FIRST AURELIUS TOWN
    MEETING HELD HERE 1794
    Location: ON MARKET ST. IN FRONT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT

  • WASCO
    "THE CROSSING PLACE"
    SITE OF A CAYUGA VILLAGE
    OCCUPIED BY INDIANS BEFORE
    AND AFTER SETTLEMENT OF
    HARDENBERGH CORNERS
    1793
    Location: STATE ST.-GRASS PLOT BETWEEN PRISON WALL AND RIVER

  • WM. G. FARGO
    MAY 20, 1818-AUG. 3, 1881
    ORGANIZER OF WELLS-FARGO
    EXPRESS COMPANY
    SERVED HERE AS
    FIRST FREIGHT AGENT
    Location: ON 2ND STORY FACE SCHRECK BROS. STORE, 16 E. GENESEE ST.

  • [ARROW] 500 FEET
    FORT HILL
    PREHISTORIC INDIAN FORT
    TRADITIONAL BIRTHPLACE
    OF CHIEF LOGAN
    NOW A CEMETERY
    Location: S.W. CORNER FORT AND GENESEE STS.

County: CAYUGA
Town: AURELIUS, TOWN OF

  • COL. JOHN HARRIS
    FIRST WHITE SETTLER IN
    CAYUGA COUNTY BUILT LOG
    CABIN HERE 1788
    ESTABLISHED HARRIS FERRY
    ACROSS CAYUGA LAKE
    Location: ON CO. RD. 1/2 MIL S. VILG. CAYUGA NEAR ENTRANCE COWAN'S PT. COTTAGE SETTLE

  • FIRST CAYUGA COUNTY
    COURT HELD HERE 1799
    REMOVED TO AURORA 1804
    AND TO AUBURN 1809
    Location: IN CAYUGA VLGE. ON RTE 90 EAST SIDE, SOUTH OF GENESEE ST.

  • OLD GENESEE ROAD
    FROM HARDENBERGH CORNERS
    TO HARRIS FERRY CROSSED
    HERE
    Location: ON STATE RD. 326, 1 MILE NORTH OF OAKWOOD

  • PIONEER ROADS
    INDIAN TRAIL AND
    EARLIEST ROAD
    S.W. TO HARRIS FERRY
    GENESEE TURNPIKE TO
    CAYUGA BRIDGE BUILT 1800
    Location: ON W. GENESEE ST. STATE RD. AT INTERSECTION CO. RD. AND LVRR

  • SITE OF
    TREATY FOR PURCHASE
    CAYUGA RESERVATION
    FROM THE INDIANS
    RED JACKET AND FISH CARRIER
    SPOKESMAN FOR CAYUGAS
    Location: ON CO. RD. 1/2 MIL S. VILG. CAYUGA NEAR ENTRANCE COWAN'S PT. COTTAGE SETTLE

  • SITE OF
    CAYUGA LONG BRIDGE
    ONE MILE LONG, 1800-1857
    CARRIED GREAT STEAM OF
    WESTERN MIGRATION
    EARLY COUNTY JAIL WAS
    UNDER THIS END OF BRIDGE
    Location: N CAYUGA VILLAGE ON GREEN AT END OF GENESEE ST.

  • SULLIVAN'S CAMPAIGN
    ONE MILE WEST
    CO.. BUTLER CROSSED
    CAYUGA LAKE AND DESTROYED
    CAYUGA VILLAGE OF TICHERO
    Location: ON NYS 5 AND 20, 1 1/2 MILE E. OF BRIDGE

County: CAYUGA
Town: BRUTUS, TOWN OF

  • CAYUGA COUNTY
    EARLY IROQUOIS COUNTRY 1768.
    PART OF MONTGOMERY CO. 1784.
    PART OF HERKIMER CO. 1791.
    PART OF ONONDAGA CO. 1794.
    CAYUGA CO. SET OFF 1799.
    Location: RTE. 5 AT ONONDAGA CO. LINE

  • CENTERPORT
    SETTLED BY BENJ. HAIKES
    1805-6. WAS IMPORTANT
    VILLAGE ON OLD ERIE
    CANAL IN 1825
    Location: CENTERPORT

  • TOWN OF BRUTUS
    FORMED FROM AURELIUS 1802
    FIRST SETTLEMENT IN TOWN
    MADE BY ARRON FROST 1795;
    HE BUILT THE FIRST
    GRIST MILL
    Location: WEEDSPORT

  • WEEDS' BASIN
    NAMED AFTER ELIHU AND EDWARD
    WEED WHO CONSTRUCTED A
    BASIN ON OLD ERIE CANAL
    1821. P.O. ESTABLISHED 1822
    WEEDSPORT INC. VILLAGE 1831
    Location: JUST NO. OF HOTEL, RTE. 34

County: CAYUGA
Town: CATO, TOWN OF

  • 1800
    FIRST SETTLEMENT
    IN THE TOWN OF CATO
    MADE BY SAMSON
    LAWRENCE
    Location: AT INTERSECTION L MI. N. OF SENECA RIVER

  • ABRAMS FERRY
    FROM 1805 FOR MANY YEARS
    ABRAMS WHO SETTLED IN
    THAT YEAR MAINTAINED A
    FERRY UNTIL THE TOLL
    BRIDGE WAS BUILT
    Location: NEAR BRIDGE OVER SENECA RIVER

  • CATO FOUR CORNERS
    GEO. LOVELESS AND ABEL PASKO
    FIRST SETTLERS IN 1804
    JESSE ELWELL AND ABNER
    HOLLISTER SETTLED IN 1805.
    CALLED MERIDIAN SINCE 1849
    Location: MERIDIAN

  • CERMONIAL FIRE
    SITE OF PERMANENT VILLAGE
    AND PERPETUAL COUNCIL FIRE
    OF CAYUGA BRANCH OF THE
    IROQUOIS. LAMOKAS, SENECAS
    TRAIL TO ONONDAGA FOR SALT
    Location: 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF MERIDIAN, ON WEEDSPORT COUNTY HIGHWAY

  • JAKWAY'S CORNERS
    VILLAGE FORMERLY SO CALLED
    FROM DR. JOHN JAKWAY
    SETTLING 1809, ASSOCIATE
    OF ETHAN ALLEN. PLATT
    TITUS FIRST SETTLER 1805.
    Location: CENTER OF CATO VILLAGE

  • METHODIST
    EPISCOPAL
    CHURCH
    ORGANIZED 1820.
    BRICK EDIFICE BUILT 1828
    REMODELED ABOUT 1870
    Location: ON BRICK CHURCH ROAD

  • OLD MILL
    FIRST GRIST MILL IN IRA.
    BUILT IN 1818 BY JOHN
    HOOKER, ASSOCIATE OF
    ETHAN ALLEN. MILL WAS OLD
    PART OF PRESENT BUILDING
    Location: WEST OF CENTER OF CATO VILLAGE EAST SIDE OF R.R.

County: CAYUGA
Town: CONQUEST TOWN OF

  • "THE PEPPER MILL"
    SO CALLED FROM THE FIRST
    GRIST MILL IN TOWN BUILT
    1810 BY THEOPHILUS EMERSON
    WHO WITH HIS BROTHER
    CLEMENT SETTLED HERE 1802
    Location: IN EMERSON

  • CONQUEST CENTER
    SETTLED 1802 BY JAMES
    PERKINS AND SONS, IRA
    GILBERT, JEREMIAH, AND
    JOHN. JOHN WAS A CAPTIAN
    IN THE WAR OF 1812
    Location: CONQUEST VLGE. ON RTE. 3F

  • PINEVILLE
    FORMERLY SO CALLED FROM
    THE PINE FORESTS WHICH
    COVERED THIS LOCALITY,
    NAME CHANGED IN 1874
    TO SPRING LAKE
    Location: AT SPRING LAKE

  • TOWN OF CONQUEST
    SET OFF FROM CATO 1821.
    FIRST SETTLERS 1800 FIRE
    GEO. SNYDER, A SOLIDER
    OF THE REVOLUTION AND
    ISRAEL WOLVERTON
    Location: CONQUEST VLGE. ON RTE. 38

County: CAYUGA
Town: FLEMING, TOWN OF

  • FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
    IN AURELIUS WAS ERECTED
    HERE 1796
    PASTOR DAVID IRISH
    FIRST CHURCH IN FLEMING
    SECOND IN CAYUGA COUNTY
    Location: ON BLUEFIELD RD. N.W. OF FLEMING

  • GEORGE FLEMING
    CAPTAIN IN REVOLUTION
    BREV. BRIG. GEN. 1816
    BUILT THIS HOME ON HIS
    MILITARY BOUNTY LAND
    TOWN NAMED AFTER HIM 1823
    Location: ON RTE. 34B 1/2 MILE S. MAPLETON

  • GREAT
    IROQUOIS TRAIL
    FROM CAYUGA TO OWASCO LAKES.
    PART OF THE GREAT TRAIL FROM
    NIAGARA TO ALBANY DURING
    THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    Location: ON 34, 1/4 MILE SO. LVRR AT BRICK SCHOOL

  • HOME OF
    HENRY WYCKOFF
    BUILT 1835. JACOB BYERS
    SETTLED HERE 1790. PLANK
    ROAD FROM HERE TO MORAVIA
    BUILT IN 1852
    Location: ON AUBURN MORAVIS STATE RD. AT WYCKOFF'S. W. SIDE OF RTE 38.

  • JOSIAH CHATFIELD
    FIRST SETTLED
    OF FLEMING VILLAGE 1798
    ERECTED HIS HOME ON
    THIS SITE
    Location: N.W. CORNER, CENTER VILLAGE OF FLEMING

  • SAND BEACH CH.
    REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH
    CHURCH AT THE OWASCO OUTLET
    ORGANIZED 1807
    FIRST BUILDING 1810
    PRESENT CHURCH 1855
    Location: IN FRONT OF BRICK CHURCH ON W. OWASCO L. ROAD. SO. TRAFFIC CIRCLE

County: CAYUGA
Town: GENOA, TOWN OF

  • FIRST STORE
    IN THE TOWN OF GENOA
    WAS OPENED HERE BY
    ELIHU TALLADAY
    PRIOR TO 1800
    Location: EAST GENOA ON RTE. 34

  • FORKS
    OF THE CREEK
    PINE LUMBER WAS SAWED
    HERE FROM CONSTRUCTION
    ON EARLY FARM HOIUSES
    IN THIS VICINITY
    Location: EAST OF FIVE CORNERS AT THE FORKS

  • PRESBYTERIAN
    CHURCH, FIRST IN GENOA
    ORGANIZED AUG. 13, 1798
    BY EARLIEST SETTLERS IN
    REGION, THEN KNOWN
    AS THE MILITARY TRACT
    Location: IN FRONT OF CHURCH IN KINGS FERRY

  • SITE OF
    LOG METTING HOUSE
    BUILT 1802, BY CONGREGATIONAL
    CHURCH OF MILTON. ORGANIZED
    IN 1798. SECOND OLDEST
    CHURCH IN CAYUGA COUNTY
    Location: CORRECTION OF ABOVE MARKER, SAME LOCATION

  • SITE OF
    OLD CHURCH
    FIRST CONGREGATIONAL IN TOWN
    ON MILTON. ORGANIZED 1798.
    FIRST LOG MEETING HOUSE
    BUILT HERE IN 1802
    Location: 1 MILE EAST AND 1 MILE SOUTH OF KINGS FERRY

  • TOWN OF GENOA
    ORGANIZED AS MILTON 1789.
    NAME CHANGED TO GENOA 1808.
    JOHN CLARK WAS THE FIRST
    SETTLER 1791
    Location: IN GENOA VILLAGE SOUTH SIDE RTE. 90 IN FRONT OF CHURCH

County: CAYUGA
Town: IRA, TOWN OF

  • BURIAL PLACE
    OF THE PIONEERS OF THIS
    SECTION, INCLUDING SEVERAL
    REVOLUTIONARY VETERANS
    1809-1860
    Location: JUST WEST OF CATO-MERIDIAN CENTRAL SCHOOL

  • FOX'S KLIN
    ANCIENT LIMESTONE QUARRIES
    OPENED UP PRIOR TO 1835
    Location: 3/4 MILE WEST OF IRA

  • IRA CORNERS
    SETTLED IN 1805 BY THOMAS
    BARNES, LUTHER SAMUEL AND
    ISRAEL PHELPS. TWO LATTER
    OPENED 1ST STORE 1813. PHELPS
    BUILT HOTEL 1820, WHERE FIRST
    TOWN MEETING WAS HELD, 1821.
    Location: STANDS ON TOWN LINE NEAR LVRR

  • TOWN OF IRA
    SET OFF FROM CATO 1821.
    FIRST SETTLEMENTS IN TOWN,
    1800, BY DAVID AND ELEAZER
    STOCKWELL, WILLIAM
    PATTERSON AND HENRY CONRAD
    Location: IN CENTER OF VILLAGE

County: CAYUGA
Town: LEDYARD, TOWN OF

  • ALGONKIAN
    INDIAN VILLAGE SITE PRIOR
    TO IROQUOIS DURING STONE
    AGE OCCUPATION ABOUT 1000
    A.D. EXCAVATIONS 1932-34
    SHOW HEARTHS AND BURIALS
    Location: 1 MI. EAST OF LEVANNA

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    THEODORE LEDYARD CUYLER
    BORN JAN. 10, 1822
    DIED FEB. 26, 1909
    PRESBYTERIAN CLERGYMAN
    AND WRITER
    Location: VLG. AURORA, OPP. RR. STA.

  • BOUNDARY OF
    RESERVATON
    SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST
    CAYUGA RESERVATION. CAYUGAS
    RESERVED IT 1789. CEDED TO
    N.Y. STATE BY TREATY 1794
    Location: AURORA-SHERWOOD RD. W. OF SHERWOOD

  • BUILT 1804
    HERE IN 1846 WAS BORN
    ELIZA MOSHER
    EMINENT WOMAN PHYSICIAN
    1875-1928
    Location: 1 MI. WEST RIDGEWAY CEMETERY

  • CAYUGA LAKE
    ACADEMY
    CHARTERED BY REGENTS 1801
    FIRST BUILDING 1803
    PRESENT STRUCTURE 1835
    WELL KNOWN SCHOOL
    Location: IN FRONT OLD BRICK SCHOOL OPPOSITE PRES. CH., AURORA

  • FIRST HOME
    BUILT BY A WHITE MAN
    CAPT. ROSEWLL FRANKLIN
    IN CAYUGA COUNTY 1789
    HE WAS AN OFFICER IN
    SULLIVAN-CLINTON CAMPAIGN
    Location: IN AURORA IN FRONT OF MISS EDITH MORGAN'S BARN, W. SIDE STATE ROAD

  • FIRST NEWSPAPER
    IN CAYUGA COUNTY PUBLISHED
    IN 1798 BY R. DELANO.
    CALLED LEVANNA GAZETTE
    OR ONONDAGA ADVERTISER
    Location: AT LEVANNA

  • GLEN PARK 1852
    HOME OF HENRY WELLS
    FOUNDER OF
    AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., 1850
    WELLS FARGO EXPRESS CO., 1852
    WELLS COLLEGE, 1868
    Location: FRONT WELLS COLLEGE, W. SIDE STREET

  • GRAVE OF
    CAPT. ROSWELL FRANKLIN
    FIRST SETTLER 1789
    DIED 1792
    Location: SO. SIDE PAINES CREEK GULLY, 1000 FT. E. BRIDGE, SO. END AURORA

  • HOME OF
    JETHRO WOOD
    INVENTOR OF CAST IRON
    PLOUGH
    Location: 1/2 MI. W. POPLAR RIDGE

  • ISAAC MEKEEL
    HERE DEVELOPED
    MANUFACTURE OF
    AMBER CANE SYRUP
    1860-1904
    Location: 1 MI. WEST RIDGEWAY CEMETERY

  • LEDYARD
    NAMED FROM BENJ. LEDYARD.
    CALLED CHAPINS CRS. FROM
    P. CHAPIN, SETTLED 1800
    AND TALCOTTS CRS. FROM R.
    TALCOTT, SETTLED 1812
    Location: RTE. 34B VLGE. LEDYARD

  • OLD ELM TREE
    REMAINING FROM
    THE PRIMEVAL FOREST
    Location: AURORA-OPLAR RIDGE RD. 1/2 MILE. WEST RR

  • PAINES SCREEK GULLY
    "MOONSHINE FALLS"
    ONE MILE UPSTREAM
    SITE OF EARLY SAW, GRIST
    AND WOOLEN MILLS
    Location: SO. END BRIDGE, RET. 90 SO. OF AURORA

  • PATRICK
    TAVERN
    ERECTED 1793
    EARLY COURT HELD HERE
    CAYUGA COUNTY MEDICAL
    SOCIETY ORGANIZED HERE 1806
    Location: SO. E. OR. DUBLIN HILL & MAIN ST. AURORA

  • PIONEER HOUSE
    BUILT ABOUT 1799 BY
    BENJAMIN HOWLAND
    HERE SAME YEAR WAS HELD
    FIRST MEETING IN COUNTY
    OF SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
    Location: CHAPEL COR., PAINES CREEK RD. TO POPLAR RIDGE

  • RESIDENCE OF
    MAJOR BENJAMIN LEDYARD
    FIRST CLERK OF ONONDAGA
    AND CAYUGA COUNTY
    TOWN NAMED IN HIS HONOR
    Location: NEAR HOUSE BACK FROM MAIN ST., SO OLD ACADEMY IN AURORA

  • SCIPIO LODGE
    MASONIC CHARTER 1797
    BUILDING ERECTED 1806
    USED BY THE CRAFT
    UNTIL 1819
    Location: MAIN ST. 2ND HOUSE N. SCHOOL

  • SEQUOIA
    CALIFORNIA REDWOOD
    PLANTED IN 1826
    Location: RTE. 90, NORTH END AURORA

  • SITE OF
    FIRST STEAM
    FLOURING MILL
    WEST OF HUDSON RIVER
    BUILT BY ROSWELL TOWSLEY
    1817
    Location: S.E. COR. OLD STONE WAREHOUSE LYON PROPERTY, AURORA

  • SITE OF
    CHONODOTE
    "PEACH TOWN"
    CAYUGA VILLAGE DESTROYED
    WITH ORCHARD OF 1500
    TREES DURING SULLIVAN
    CAMPAIGN SEPT. 1779
    Location: NORTH END VILLAGE ON RTE. 90

  • SITE OF
    UPPER CAYUGA
    VILLAGE
    DESTROYED BY COL. BUTLER'S
    DETACHMENT OF SULLIVAN'S
    ARMY, SEPT. 22-23, 1779
    Location: SIDE RD. YOUNG FARM & MONUMENT NOW OWNED BY CAYUGA MUSEUM

  • TO
    MOONSHINE FALLS
    [ARROW]
    Location: RTE. 90 OPP. PAINES CREEK RD. TO POPLAR RIDGE

  • TO
    MOONSHINE FALLS
    [ARROW]
    Location: PROSPECT CRS. 1 MIL. E. RTE. 60

  • UPPER CAYUGA
    MARKING THE PROBABLE
    FORTIFICATION FOR NEARBY
    INDIAN VILLAGES DESTROYED
    BY CO. BUTLER'S SOLDIERS
    SEPT 22-23, 1779
    Location: ON GREAT GULLY FORT SITE. ACCESSIBLE ONLY TO HIKERS

  • WELLS COLLEGE
    FOUNDED BY HENRY WELLS
    1868
    ORGANIZER OF AMERICAN AND
    WELLS FARGO EXPRESS COMPANIES
    Location: FRONT WELLS COLLEGE, E. SIDE STREET

County: CAYUGA
Town: LOCKE, TOWN OF

  • INDIAN
    FORT SITE
    THIS VICINITY IS SITE OF
    AN INDIAN VILLAGE
    PROBABLY FORTIFIED
    AND INDIAN BURIAL GROUND
    Location: WEST OF LOCKE

  • TOWN OF LOCKE
    SET OFF FROM MILTON NOW
    GENOA IN 1802. LOCKE
    VILLAGE FORMERLY CALLED
    MILAN FIRST SETTLED 1790
    Location: IN LOCKE ON RTES. 90 & 38

County: CAYUGA
Town: MENTZ, TOWN OF

  • BRIGHAM YOUNG
    THE MORMON PROPHET LIVED
    IN THE HOUSE 100 YARDS
    EAST HERE IN 1831. HE
    WAS BAPTIED IN MORMON IN
    1832 AT MENDON, N.Y.
    Location: PORT BYRON FRONT OF HOTEL

  • HENRY WELLS
    FOUNDER OF WELLS FARGO
    EXPRESS COMPANY WAS A
    SHOEMAKER BY TRADE AND
    LIVED IN THIS HOUSE
    FROM 1827 TO ABOUT 1830
    Location: RTE. 31, 38,IN PORT BYRON

  • PORT BYRON
    NAMED 1832. INC. 1837.
    FORMERLY CALLED BUCKSVILLE
    FROM AHOLIAB BUCK, SETTLER
    IN 1798, ALSO KING'S
    SETTLEMENT FROM P. KING 1797
    Location: IN FRONT PORT BYRON HOTEL

County: CAYUGA
Town: MONTEZUMA, TOWN OF

  • COL. COMFORT TYLER
    1764-1827
    REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER, COL.
    IN WAR OF 1812, SURVEYOR,
    ENGINEER SALT MAKER.
    SETTLED HERE IN 1811
    Location: ON COR. NORTH RTE. 31

  • MONTEZUMA
    NAMED FROM THE AZTEC
    EMPERORS. TOWN FORMED FROM
    MENTZ IN 1859. VILLAGE
    INCORPORATED IN 1866
    Location: IN MONTEZUMA BY HOTEL

  • OLD ERIE CANAL
    COMPLETED FROM UTICA TO
    HERE 1819. THE "MONTEZUMA"
    BUILT HERE WAS THE FIRST
    BOAT ON THE CANAL. TOOK
    PASSENGERS TO SYRACUSE 1820
    Location: ON OLD CANAL BY RTE. 90

  • SALT SPRINGS
    CHIEF SUPPLY FOR INDIANS.
    LATER EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED
    BY EARLY SETTLERS PRIVATELY
    AND WITH STATE AID
    Location: ON OLD CANAL BY RTE. 90

  • SQUAGONNA
    ABORIGINAL NAME FOR
    "PARADISE OF MUSQUITOES"
    THE RIVER WAS TIOHERO
    "RIVER OF RUSHES"
    Location: NEAR BRIDGE OVER SENECA RIVER

County: CAYUGA
Town: MORAVIA, TOWN OF

  • CADY TAVERN
    IN 1801 ZADOC CADY BUILT
    A LOG TAVERN HERE. A FEW
    YEARS LATER HE BUILT THE
    PRESENT BUILDING
    Location: SO. MAIN ST. IN VILLAGE

  • JOHN STOYELL
    FIRST SETTLER IN MORAVIA
    1790. BUILT FIRST HOUSE AT
    REAR OF THIS LOT. WAS 1ST
    JUSTICE AND SUPERVISOR OF
    SEMPRONIUS IN 1798
    Location: CORNER MAIN & CAYUGA STS.

  • OLDEST HOUSE
    IN MORAVIA
    THE KITCHEN OF THIS HOUSE
    IS THE ORIGINAL CABIN BUILT
    BY GERSHOM MORSE IN 1794
    Location: SO. MAIN ST. IN VILLAGE

  • OWASCO FLATS
    SITE OF INDIAN VILLAGE
    LAND CULTIVATED PRIOR TO
    WHITE SETTLEMENTS.
    NEIGHBORING SETTLERS CAME
    TO HARVEST HAY 1789-90
    Location: RTE. 38 WEST OF VILLAGE

  • SITE OF
    OLD ARSENAL
    NEW YORK STATE ARSENAL
    NUMBER 68. BUILT IN
    1800. STOOD FOR OVER
    100 YEARS
    Location: VLG. MORAVIA ON SIDE STREET

  • THE FIRST
    CAST IRON PLOW
    IN THE WORLD WAS MADE BY
    JETHRO WOODS
    AT FOOT OF FALLS
    1819
    Location: RTE. 38A BY BRIDGE, MONTVILLE

  • TOWN OF MORAVIA
    FROMED FROM SEMPRONIUS IN
    1833. VILLAGE OR MORAVIA
    INCORPORATED IN 1837
    REINCORPORATED IN 1859.
    Location: BACK OF SERVICE STA. E. CAYUGA ST.

County: CAYUGA
Town: NILES, TOWN OF

  • KELLOGGSVILLE
    NAMED AFTER JUDGE CHARLES
    KELLOGG, WHO OPENED THE
    FIRST STORE HERE IN 1804
    Location: IN FRONT OF STORE

  • OLD MILL
    PARTLY BUILT BY CHARLES
    KELLOGG IN 1823. SOLD TO
    HORACE ROUNDS IN 1851, TO
    HIS SON EUGENE ROUNDS 1865,
    TO W. E. ROUNDS & A. RYAN, 1919
    Location: IN NEW HOPE

  • OLD SALT ROAD
    OVER THIS ROAD
    SALT
    WAS FORMERLY TRANSPORTED
    OVERLAND FROM SYRACUSE TO
    PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK
    Location: KELLOGGSVILLE

  • TOWN OF NILES
    SET OFF FROM SEMPRONIUS
    IN 1833. FIRST SETTLED 1792.
    NAMED FROM ELDER ROBT. NILES,
    A PASTOR OF THE 1ST BAPTIST
    CHURCH OF SEMPRONIUS
    Location: AT DUTCH HOLLOW

County: CAYUGA
Town: OWASCO, TOWN OF

  • ALGONKIAN
    VILLAGE SITE
    OF THIRD PERIOD CULTURE
    ONE OF LARGEST INDIAN
    POTTERY JARS IN STATE
    FOUND HERE
    Location: IN ENNA JETTICK PARK OPP. SESQUI. MONUMENT

  • FORD
    ACROSS WASCO OUTLET ON
    GREAT IROQUOIS TRAIL USED
    BY COL. PETER GANSEVOORT
    WHO ENCAMPED HERE
    SEPT. 21, 1779
    Location: SO. SIDE PAVILION, EMERSON PARK

  • HERE
    WAS BUILT IN 1798
    FIRST CHURCH
    IN CAYUGA COUNTY
    REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH
    OF OWASCO
    Location: ON E. LAKE RD., BEYOND DUTCH HOLLOW-BURTIS POINT

  • TOWN OF OWASCO
    FORMED FROM AURELIUS 1802.
    FIRST SETTLEMENTS 1792
    REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH OF
    OWASCO ORGANIZED 1798.
    CHURCH BUILT 1815
    Location: IN OWASCO

  • WILLOW BROOK
    HOME OF ENOS. T. THROOP
    1784-1874
    CONGRESSMAN 1815
    CIRCUIT JUDGE 1823
    GOVERNOR OF N.Y. 1829-32
    Location: ON E. LAKE RD. SO.OF FOOT OF LAKE

County: CAYUGA
Town: SCIPIO, TOWN OF

  • #1 - THE SQUARE
    SO NAMED BECAUSE OF BEING
    ON LOT ONE OF THE TOWN
    OF SCIPIO. THIS
    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WAS
    BUILT IN 1825
    Location: AT #1 INTRSCTN. RTE. 34B & OLD RIDGE RD. AT PRES. CH.

  • CAYUGA CASTLE
    STOOD TWO MILES WEST
    RAZED COL. BUTLER
    IN SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN
    SEPTEMBER 22-23, 1779
    Location: ON RTE. 34B 1/2 MI. SO. RTE. 1

  • EARLY NEWSPAPER
    THE WESTERN LUMINARY,
    SECOND IN THE COUNTY
    WAS PUBLISHED IN THIS
    HOUSE MARCH 24, 1801
    Location: SCIPIOVILLE, RTE. 34B

  • EMILY HOWLAND
    1827-1929
    NOTED EDUCATOR AND
    PHILANTHROPIST, FOUNDED
    THE SHERWOOD SELECT SCHOOL
    1872, LIVED HERE
    Location: SHERWOOD, RTE. 34B

  • INDIAN SITE
    REMAINS OF LARGE VILLAGES
    FOUND ON FARMS ON
    EITHER SIDE OF THIS ROAD
    CAYUGAS DRIVEN OUT BY
    COL. BUTLER IN 1779
    Location: ON RTE. 34B SO. OF SCRIPIONVILLE

  • PIONEER SITE
    SETTLED 1794-95 BY
    JUDGE SETH SHERWOOD
    ERECTED HOUSE WHEREIN
    COURT WAS HELD 1804 WHEN
    VILLAGE WAS COUNTY SEAT
    Location: IN SHERWOOD E. SIDE FRONT OF STORE

  • TOWN OF SCIPIO
    ONE OF ORIGINAL
    TOWNS OF THE MILITARY TRACT
    FORMED IN 1794. NAMED
    AFTER THE ROMAN GENERAL
    Location: AT SCIPIO CENTER

  • WARING PLACE
    BUILT AS A TAVERN 1806
    MASONIC LODGE QUARTERS
    1811-14, 1922-42
    LOWER STORY USED AS
    SCHOOL
    Location: WARINGS CRS. RTE. 34 SO. SCRIPIO CNTR.

County: CAYUGA
Town: SEMPRONIUS, TOWN OF

  • OLD SALT ROAD
    OVER THIS ROAD
    SALT
    WAS FORMERLY TRANSPORTED
    OVERLAND FROM SYRACUSE TO
    PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK
    Location: AT DRESSERVILLE ON CO. RD. 1/2 MI. E. OF RTE. 41A

  • SAYLES CORNERS
    FIRST SETTLEMENT IN
    SEMPRONIUS 1793 BY EZEKIEL
    SALES, SURVEYOR AND FIRST
    TOWN CLERK. HIS LOG HOUSE
    STOOD ABOUT HERE
    Location: AT SALES CRS. ON CO RD. BETWEEN RTES. 38A & 41A

  • SITE OF
    GLEN HAVEN HOUSE WHICH IN
    1845 WAS CONVERTED INTO
    GLEN HAVEN SANITARIUM
    DESTROYED TO PROTECT
    SYRACUSE WATER SUPPLY
    Location: ON W. LAKE RD. NEAR HEAD SKANEATELES LAKE

County: CAYUGA
Town: SENNETT, TOWN OF

  • BAPTIST
    CHURCH
    ORGANIZED 1779
    FIRST STONE CHURCH BUILT
    ON THIS SITE 1808
    PRESENT CHURCH BUILT 1825
    Location: NO. SIDE ST. E. OF CENTER SENNETT

  • BLACKSMITH
    SHOP
    BUILT PRIOR TO 1825
    LOCAL METHODIST SOCIETY
    HERE ORGANIZED AND PLANNED
    ERECTION OF THEIR CHURCH
    Location: SO. SIDE ROAD E. OF SENNETT

  • BLACKSMITH
    SHOP
    BUILT ABOUT 1837. FIRST
    TRIP HAMMER IN CAYUGA
    COUNTY AND FIRST ONE USED
    IN AUBURN PRISON MADE HERE
    Location: FRANKLIN ST. RD. E. SOULE CEMTRY

  • EARLY HOME
    BUILT ABOUT 1795 BY
    DANIEL SENNETT
    SIDE JUDGE OF
    CIRCUIT COURT
    TOWN NAMED IN HIS HONOR
    Location: ON RTE. 5 N. SIDE-E. OF SENNETT

  • FIRST STORE
    IN VILLAGE OF SENNETT
    OPENED 1795 BY
    RUFUS SHELDON AND
    CHAUNCEY LATHROP
    FIRST POST OFFICE 1806
    Location: NORTH EAST CORNER IN SENNETT

  • FIRST TAVERN
    IN VILLAGE OF SENNETT
    BUILT 1795
    Location: NORTHWEST CORNER OF SENNETT

  • GREAT GENESEE ROAD
    FROM OLD FORT SCHUYLER TO
    THE GENESEE RIVER VIA
    HARDENBERGH CORNERS AND
    CAYUGA BRIDGE. BUILT 1794
    Location: AT OWLS NEST ON FRANKLIN ST. RD. 1 MI. EAST OF SOULE CEMETERY

  • OLDEST CHURCH
    IN SENNETT. BUILT 1820
    ORGANIZED 1809 AS
    FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
    REMODELED 1847
    BECAME PRESBYTERIAN 1870
    Location: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SENNETT

  • SENECA TURNPIKE
    1800
    FROM UTICA TO CANANDAIGUA
    VIA SKANEATELES CREEK AT END
    OF CHERRY VALLEY TURNPIKE.
    MIRGRATION ROUTE TO THE WEST
    Location: ON RTE. 20 1 MI. E. OF AUBURN

  • THIS HOUSE
    ERECTED 1823
    DR. SYLVESTER WILLARD
    Location: CENTER OF SENNETT, SO. SIDE FORMER RTE. 5

County: CAYUGA
Town: SPRINGPORT, TOWN OF

  • CAYUGA CASTLE
    SITE TWO MILES EAST
    CAYUGA VILLAGE DESTROYED
    IN SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN
    SEPTEMBER 1779
    Location: JUNCTION RTE. 90 & GREAT GULLY ROAD

  • CAYUGA CASTLE
    "GOI-O-GOUEN"
    SITE OF PRINCIPAL
    CAYUGA VILLAGE
    DESTROYED SEPT. 23, 1779
    SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN
    Location: ON SESQUI MONUMENT LOT NR. GREAT GULLY RTE. 90

  • CAYUGA MINE
    RESERVATION
    NORTHWEST COR.OF SQ. MILE
    RESERVED TO CAYUGAS BY
    TREATIES 1789
    SOLD TO THE STATE 1799
    Location: ON AUBURN RD. 326, 2 MIS. E. RTE. 90

  • EAST CAYUGA-OLD TOWN
    INDIAN VILLAGE OF 13 HOUSES
    DESTROYED SEPT. 22, 1779
    BY COL. WILLIAM BUTLER'S
    DETACHMENT OF
    SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN
    Location: ON GULLY RD. 1/2 MI. WEST OF RTE. 34B IN TN. SPRINGPORT

  • FIRST
    SCHOOL HOUSE
    IN TOWN OF SPRINGPORT
    ERECTED ON THIS SITE
    ABOUT 1800
    Location: AT JUNCTION RTE. 90 & AUBURN RD.

  • FIRST CHURCH
    ERECTED IN SPRINGPORT
    1816 STOOD ON THIS SITE
    USED UNTIL 1840
    Location: AT CROSS ROADS

  • FRONTENAC
    ISLAND
    ANCIENT ALGONKIAN VILLAGE
    SITE. INDIAN BURIAL PLACE
    GIVEN TO UNION SPRINGS
    BY THE STATE 1856
    Location: UNION SPRINGS-ON ISLAND OFF UNION SPRINGS

  • GE-WAUGA
    A SMALL CAYUGA VILLAGE
    WHER COL. BUTLER
    CAMPED SEPT. 21, 1779
    Location: IN FRONT OF OLD HIGH SCH. MAIN ST., UNION SPRINGS

  • HOME OF
    JOHN J. THOMAS 1810-95
    PROMINENT AGRICULTURIST
    AN EDITOR OF "THE COUNTRY
    GENTLEMAN" AND PROMOTER
    OF CAYUGA LAKE R.R.
    Location: UNION SPRINGS S. SIDE HOMER ST.

  • INDIAN MOUND
    JUST EAST OF HERE
    KNOWN TO BE THE SITE OF
    AN EARLY JESUIT MISSION
    Location: ON SESQUI MON. PLOT, RTE. 90 1 1/2 MI. SOUTH OF UNION SPRINGS

  • IROQUOIS TRAIL
    FROM CAYUGA TO OWASCO
    LAKES, PART OF THE GREAT
    TRAIL FROM NIAGARA TO
    ALBANY DURING THE
    AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    Location: ON 326 NORTH OF OAKWOOD

  • RESERVATION OF
    CAYUGAS
    SOLD TO THE STATE 1799
    A BODY OF TUSCARORAS WERE
    THE LAST OF THE IROQUOIS
    TO OCCUPY THIS POINT
    Location: ON FARLEYS POINT

  • SPRING MILLS
    ERECTED 1839-40 BY
    GEORGE HOWLAND
    STONE MILL THIRD BUILT
    ON SAME SITE
    SECOND WAS WOOLEN MILL
    Location: IN FRONT OF POND W. SIDE RTE. 90, UNION SPRINGS

  • UPPER CAYUGA
    SITE OF VILLAGE AND FORT
    ON OPPOSITE BANK OF
    GREAT GULLY
    DESTROYED BY COL. BUTLER
    IN SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN
    Location: ON SO. SIDE GREAT GULLY RD. 2 MILES EAST OF RTE. 90

  • YAWGER TAVERN
    BUILT BY PETER YAWGER, 1810
    ON THE JUNCTION OF THE
    INDIAN TRAILS WASCO TO
    GEWAUGA AND CHUHARO
    TO GOIOGOVEN
    Location: INTRSCTN. RTE. 326 & CO. RD. 1 MI. E. OF RTE. 90

  • [ARROW] WEST
    FRONTENAC
    ISLAND
    SITE OF ALGONKIAN VILLAGE
    DEEDED TO UNION SPRINGS
    BY THE STATE FOR USE
    AS A PARK 1856
    Location: COR. RTE. 90 & SEMINARY ST. UNION SPRINGS

County: CAYUGA
Town: STERLING, TOWN OF

  • FAIR HAVEN
    LITTLE SODUS
    SETTLED PRIOR TO 1811
    FIRST HOTEL, ABIJAH HUNT, 1825.
    FIRST STORE, G. TAYLOR, 1825
    Location: AT FAIR HAVEN ON RTE. 104A

  • MARTVILLE
    CHAUNCEY HICKOCK AND
    TIMOTHY AUSTIN SETTLED 1823,
    BUILT FIRST MILLS, ROBT.
    LAY BUILT FIRST STORE 1825
    Location: MARTVILLE ON RTE. 104A

  • TOWN OF STERLING
    STERLING VALLEY
    FIRST SETTLEMENT MADE HERE
    1805 BY PETER DUMUS, A
    SOLDIER WITH LAYFAYETTE.
    EARLIER CALLED COOPERS
    MILLS AFTER JOHN COOPER 1819
    Location: AT STERLING VALLEY. ON RTE. 104A

  • TOWN OF STERLING
    NAMED AFTER A REVOLUTIONARY
    OFFICER, LORD WM. ALEXANDER
    STERING. SET OFF FROM CATO
    1812. FIRST GRIST AND SAW
    MILL BUILT HERE IN 1813
    Location: AT STERLING CTR. ON RTE. 104A

County: CAYUGA
Town: SUMMERHILL, TOWN OF

  • MILLARD FILLMORE
    13TH PRESIDENT OF
    THE UNITED STATES, WAS BORN
    IN A LOG CABIN IN
    THE ADJACENT FIELD
    JAN 7, 1800
    Location: COUNTRY RD. 1/2 MI. N.W. RTE. 135

  • OLD SALT ROAD
    OVER THIS ROAD
    SALT
    WAS FORMERLY TRANSPORTED
    OVERLAND FROM SYRACUSE TO
    PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK
    Location: IN SUMMERHILL, RTE. 90

  • OLD SALT ROAD
    OVER THIS ROAD
    SALT
    WAS FORMERLY TRANSPORTED
    OVERLAND FROM SYRACUSE TO
    PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK
    Location: W. SIDE RD. AT HEAD SHERMAN GULF

  • SUMMERHILL
    FORMED FROM LOCKE AS PLATO
    1831. NAME CHANGED 1832
    FIRST SETTLEMENT MADE BY
    HEZEKIAH MIX IN 1797
    ONE MILE WEST OF HERE
    Location: IN SUMMERHILL ON RTE. 90

County: CAYUGA
Town: THROOP, TOWN OF

  • HOME OF
    GEN. JOHN S. CLARK
    BORN 1823. DIED 1912.
    CIVIL ENGINEER, HISTORIAN,
    CIVIL WAR OFFICER AND
    FIRST SUPERVISOR OF THROOP
    Location: ON CO. RD. #1148 1 1/2 MIS. N.W. OF THROOPVILLE

  • THROOPSVILLE
    FIRST SETTLED BY CHRISTOPHER
    JEFFERIES, HOTEL KEEPER, IN
    1799. REV. JOHN JEFFRIES
    FIRST BAPTIST PASTOR.
    MENTZ ORGANIZED 1803.
    Location: THROOPSVILLE

  • TOWN OF THROOP
    FORMED 1859 FROM PORTIONS
    OF AURELIUS, MENTZ, AND
    SENNETT. NAMED AFTER FORMER
    GOVERNOR ENOS T. THROOPN
    OF AUBURN
    Location: THROOPSVILLE

  • WARDS SETTLEMENT
    NAMED FROM JONAS WARD AND
    SON, CALEB, WHO SETTLED HERE
    IN 1796. FIRST SETTLEMENT IN
    THROOP MADE NEAR HERE IN 1790
    BY EZEKIAL CRANE
    Location: NEAR TN.LINE ON RAOD FROM THROOPSVILLE TO MONTEZUMA

County: CAYUGA
Town: VENICE, TOWN OF

  • BAPTIST
    CHURCH
    FOUNDED JUNE 9, 1795 BY
    ELDER DAVID IRISH
    PRESENT CHURCH ERECTED
    1812-14
    Location: STEWARTS CORNERS

  • HOME OF
    DANIEL HOLLEY
    SETTLED HERE 1797. THE
    FRAME HOUSE BUILT SOON
    AFTER IS PART OF BARN
    Location: 1 MI.S. & 1/2 MI. E. OF STEWARTS CNRS.

  • INDIAN FIELDS
    FARMS OF THE CAYUGAS
    BEFORE REVOLUTION
    HERE WHITE SETTLERS FOUND
    CLEARED AND CULTIVATED
    FIELDS, VILLAGES AND FORTS
    Location: ON RTE. 34 NO. OF TOWN LINE

  • INDIAN FIELDS
    FARMS OF THE CAYUGAS
    BEFORE REVOLUTION
    HERE WHITE SETTLERS FOUND
    CLEARED AND CULTIVATED
    FIELDS, VILLAGES AND FORTS
    Location: INDIAN FIELDS ON RTE. 34 SO. OF VENICE CENTER

  • SITE OF
    FIRST STORE
    BUILT ABOUT 1800 BY
    JETHRO WOOD, INVENTOR
    PRESENT STORE BUILT FROM
    SOME OF ORIGINAL TIMBERS
    Location: POPLAR RIDGE

  • TOWN OF VENICE
    SET OFF FROM SCIPIO 1823.
    SETTLED AS EARLY AS 1790.
    JOSHUA MURDOCK CAME HERE
    IN 1800 AND BUILT A
    HOMESTEAD IN 1816
    Location: VENICE CENTER

County: CAYUGA
Town: VICTORY, TOWN OF

  • NORTH VICTORY
    FIRST SETTLEMENT BY CONRAD
    PHROZINE IN 1812. HERE IS
    THE SITE OF THE MILL HE
    BUILT
    Location: AT INTERSECTION RTES. 104 & 38

  • TOWN OF VICTORY
    SET OFF FROM CATO 1821.
    FIRST SETTLEMENTS 1800 BY
    JOHN MCNEAL AND JOHN
    MARTIN. VILLAGE SETTLED
    BY JAMES GREGORY IN 1806
    Location: IN VICTORY

  • WESTBURY
    FIRST SETTLED IN 1806 BY
    WILLIAM AND JACOB
    BURGHDUFF. M.E. CHURCH
    ORGANIZED 1816, BUILT 1838
    Location: 1 1/2 MILES N.W. OF VICTORY

County: CHAUTAUQUA
Town: ARKWRIGHT, TOWN OF

  • FIRST
    OIL WELL
    IN ARKWRIGHT WAS
    ERECTED ON THIS SITE
    ABOUT 1840
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. S. OF FORESTVILLE

  • FIRST CHEESE
    FACTORY
    IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
    ERECTED HERE IN 1861 BY
    ASAHEL BURNHAM
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT GRISWOLD

County: CHAUTAUQUA
Town: CARROLL, TOWN OF

  • FREW HOUSE
    FIRST HOUSE ERECTED IN
    FEWSBURG. BUILT 1807 BY
    HUGH AND MARY R. FREW.
    Location: ON NYS 60 AT KIANTONE-CARROLL TOWN LINE

  • HOME OF
    JAMES AND MARY W. FREW
    BUILT 1821
    Location: ON NYS 60 IN FREWSBURG

  • HOME OF
    JAMES AND MARY W. FREW
    BUILT 1821
    Location: ON NYS 60 IN FREWSBURG

County: CHAUTAUQUA
Town: CHAUTAUQUA, TOWN OF

  • DONALD MACKENZIE
    BORN IN SCOTLAND 1783
    DIED IN MAYVILLE 1851
    AT ONE TIME PARTNER OF
    JOHN JACOB ASTOR IN
    PACIFIC FUR CO.
    Location: ON NYS 430 IN VLGE. OF MAYVILLE

  • FIRST SETTLER
    ON CHAUTAUQUA LAKE WAS
    DR. ALEXANDER MCINTYRE
    WHO ERECTED HERE HIS LOG
    CABIN AND STOCKADE
    Location: ON NYS 17J IN VLGE. OF MAYVILLE

  • LAND OFFICE
    HERE IN 1810 WILLAIM PEACOCK,
    LOCAL AGENT OF HOLLAND LAND
    CO. BUILT HIS CABIN AND OFFICE
    OF LOGS. HE SERVED 26 YEARS
    Location: ON NYS 17 IN VLGE. OF MAYVILLE

  • MACKENZIE HOME
    HERE IN 1833 DONALD
    MACKENZIE, FAMOUS IN
    "NORTH WEST" FUR TRADE
    BUILT HIS DWELLING
    Location: ON NYS 17, VLGE. OF MAYVILLE

  • PIONEER HOME
    JUNE, 1806 WILLIAM AND
    JUNE, 1806 WILLIAM AND
    AND FAMILY SETTLED IN A LOG
    HOUSE. SONS NOTABLE IN
    COUNTY HISTORY
    Location: ON CO. RD. 2 MIS. S. CHAUTAUQUA

  • SITE OF
    SCOTT TAVERN
    FIRST BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
    MET HERE. SEVERAL OF THE
    EARLY COURTS WERE HELD HERE
    Location: ON NYS 17J, VLGE. OF MAYVILLE

County: CHAUTAUQUA
Town: ELLICOTT, TOWN OF

  • NATHAN BROWN
    IN 1850'S BUILT FLAT BOATS
    LOADED WITH JAMESTOWN
    "YANKEE NOTIONS:, SET OUT
    FOR SOUTH. FOR YEARS BOATS
    TOOK LADING HERE.
    Location: ON NYS 17 AT LEVANT

County: CHAUTAUQUA
Town: HANOVER, TOWN OF

  • 1796
    AMOS SOTTLE
    1000 FT. N.W. OF THIS POINT
    AMOS SOTTLE, FIRST SETTLER
    IN EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
    ERECTED HIS LOG CABIN
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF IRVING

  • LA GRANGE 1796
    IRVING WAS FIRST CALLED
    LA GRANGE AND ITS FIRST
    SETTLER WAS AMOS SOTTLE
    WHO BUILT HIS CABIN 3/4
    MILES SOUTH OF THIS POINT
    Location: ON US 20 AT IRVING

County: CHAUTAUQUA
Town: JAMESTOWN, TOWN OF

  • 1ST TEXTILE MILL
    HERE IN 1816 FIRST WOOLEN
    MILL WAS BUILT BY DANIEL
    HAZELTINE. HERE WAS DYED AND
    FINISHED CLOTH WOVEN ON HAND-
    LOOMS BY WOMEN IN EARLY HOMES.
    Location: ON EAST 1 ST STREET

  • FIRST SASH FACTORY
    BUILT HERE 1826, IN 1845 DOORS
    AND BLINDS WERE ALSO MANU-
    FACTURED. FROM 1829 THESER
    WARES WERE SHIPPED SOUTH ON
    FLAT BOATS MANY YEARS.
    Location: ON WINDSOR STREET

  • FIRST TRAIN
    ARRIVED IN JAMESTOWN
    AUGUST 25, 1861 OVER
    THE NEWLY LAID RAILS
    OF THE ATLANTIC AND
    GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD.
    Location: ON MAIN STREET

  • HERE IN 1811
    JAMES PRENDERGAST
    BUILT A LOG HOUSE, SAW-
    MILL AND DAM, BEGINNING
    OF JAMESTOWN INDUSTRY
    BUILDING BURNED 1812
    Location: ON WEST 2ND STREET

  • HERE STOOD A STATION OF
    UNDERGROUND R.R
    IN WHICH CATHERINE HARRIS
    DID HEROIC SERVICE FOR
    FUGITIVE SLAVES
    Location: ON 7TH STREET

  • HOME OF
    REUBEN E. FENTON
    "THE SOLDIERS' FRIEND"
    GOVERNOR 1865-1869
    U.S. SENATOR 1869-1875
    Location: ON SOUTH MAIN STREET

  • LOG CABIN 1810
    HERE JOHN BLOWERS BUILT
    FIRST HOME IN JAMESTOWN
    AND MARY BLOWERS, FIRST
    WHITE CHILD WAS BORN THAT WINTER
    Location: ON FAIRMONT AVENUE

  • SITE OF
    THE FOOTE HOME
    BUILT IN 1823 BY ELIAL
    TODD FOOTE, PHYSICIAN,
    LEGISLATOR, JURIST,
    HISTORIAN, WHO SETTLED
    IN JAMESTOWN IN 1815.
    Location: ON EAST 2ND STREET

  • SITE OF
    METHHODIST CHURCH
    FIRST EDIFICE OF THE
    METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    IN JAMESTOWN WAS ERECTED IN
    1830. A PLAIN HOUSE 40 BY
    50 FEET
    Location: ON 2ND STREET

  • SITE OF
    PAIL FACTORY
    FIRST FACTORY FOR MAKING
    WOODEN PAILS AND TUBS BUILT
    IN 1829, LARGE INDUSTRY FOR
    YEARS. FIRST FLAT BOAT STOCKS
    BUILT HERE 1835.
    Location: ON WINDSOR ST.

  • SITE OF
    JAMESTOWN FEMALE
    SEMINARY
    1849-1859, CLAIRISSA D.
    WHEELER FOUNDER AND HEAD
    Location: ON NORTH MAIN STREET

  • SITE OF
    QUAKER SCHOOL
    SO NAMED BECAUSE MARY E.
    OSBORNE, A QUAKERESS
    CONDUCTED IT. 1833-1843
    Location: ON FOOTE AVENUE

  • WHITE FRANCH AND INDIANS
    PASSED DOWN THE CHADAKOIN
    TO THE ALLEGANY IN 1749
    CLAIMING THE TERRITORY,
    FOR FRANCE
    Location: ON FAIRMONT AVENUE

County: CHAUTAUQUA
Town: RIPLEY, TOWN OF

  • SITE OF
    SITE OF
    1804, FIRST SETTLER
    IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
    Location: ON US 20 ABOUT 2 MIS. NE PENNA.-N.Y. STATE LINE

  • SITE OF
    FARM OF WILLIAM CROSSGROVE, 1807
    ONE OF ORIGINAL INHABITANTS
    OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
    Location: ON US 20 ABOUT 12 MI. NE OF PENNA.-N.Y. STATE LINE

County: CHEMUNG
Town: ASHLAND, TOWN OF

  • LINE OCCUPIED
    RIFLE CORPS
    UNDER GENERAL HAND
    AT OPENING OF BATTLE
    AUGUST 29, 1779
    Location: ON NYS 17 AT LOWMAN

  • LINE OF RUDE
    BREASTWORKS
    WHERE BRITISH AND INDIANS
    DISPUTED ADVANCE OF
    SULLIVAN'S ARMY
    AUGUST 29, 1779
    Location: AT INTRSECTN. NYS 17 & 367

  • NEWTOWN
    SO NAMED BY GENERAL SULLIVAN
    OCCUPIED BY BRITISH
    AND INDIANS
    DESTROYED BY GENERAL
    SULLIVAN, AUGUST 30, 1779
    Location: ON NYS 17 1 MI. W. OF LOWMAN

  • THE RIDGE
    FORTIFIED BY THE BRITISH
    FORMED THE SOUTH LINE
    OF DEFENCE
    AUGUST 29, 1779
    Location: ON NYS 367 SOUTH OF LOWMAN

County: CHEMUNG
Town: BIG FLATS, TOWN OF

  • FIRST SETTLER
    CHRISTIAN MYNEER BUILT
    FIRST LOG CABIN 1787 AND
    FIRST FRAME HOUSE AND
    PLANTED FIRST ORCHARD IN
    TOWN OF BIG FLATS
    Location: ON 17 E 1 1/2 MI. W. ELMIRA

  • RUNONVEA
    INDIAN VILLAGE
    DESTROYED BY GEN. SULLIVAN
    AUGUST 13, 1779
    Location: ON NYS 17 AT BIG FLATS

County: CHEMUNG
Town: CHEMUNG, TOWN OF

  • CAMP OF
    GEN. CLINTON'S
    BRIGADE
    SULLIVAN-CLINTON CAMPAIGN
    AUGUST 28, 1779
    Location: ON NYS 17 2 MIS. W. OF CHEMUNG

  • CAMP OF
    GEN. MAXWELL'S
    BRIGADE
    SULLIVAN-CLINTON CAMPAIGN
    AUGUST 28, 1779
    Location: ON NYS 17 2 MIS. W. OF CHEMUNG

  • CHEMUNG RIVER
    DERIVED ITS NAME FROM
    "BIG HORN" ON TUSK OF
    MAMMOTH FOUND IN
    RIVER BEFORE 1757
    Location: ON NYS 17 3 MIS. W. OF CHEMUNG

  • MILITARY ROUTE
    OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
    ARMY ON ITS CAMPAIGN
    AGAINST THE BRITISH
    AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
    NEW YORK IN 1779
    Location: ON NYS 17 AT CHEMUNG

  • MILITARY ROUTE
    OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
    ARMY ON ITS CAMPAIGN
    AGAINST THE BRITISH
    AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
    NEW YORK IN 1779
    Location: ON NYS 17 NR. CHEMUNG-TIOGA CO. LINE

  • OLD CHEMUNG
    INDIAN VILLAGE
    DESTROYED BY GEN. SULLIVAN
    AUGUST 13, 1779
    Location: ON NYS 17 AT CHEMUNG

  • SULLIVAN-CLINTON CAMPAIGN
    ARMY CAMP
    ON RIVER FLATS TO SOUTH
    AUGUST 27, 1779
    Location: ON NYS 17 1/2 MI. W. OF CHEMUNG

  • [ARROW]
    SULLIVAN ROAD
    OVER NARROWS MOUNTAIN
    BUILT FOR USE OF
    SULLIVAN'S ARMY
    EXPEDITION AGAINST INDIANS
    1779
    Location: ON NYS 17 1/2 MI. W. OF CHEMUNG

County: CHEMUNG
Town: ELMIRA, CITY OF

  • DEWITTSBURGH
    NEWTOWN POINT
    BOUNDARY ABOUT 1790
    VILLAGE NAMED AFTER
    MOSES DEWITT
    Location: ON E. WATER ST. IN ELMIRA

  • ENCAMPMENT
    SULLIVAN'S ARMY
    ON RETURN FROM EXPEDITION
    AGAINST THE INDIANS
    SEPT. 24-29, 1779
    Location: ON E. WATER ST. IN ELMIRA

  • MARK TWAIN STUDY
    BUILT ON EAST HILL 1874
    GIVEN TO ELMIRA COLLEGE IN
    1952. HE WROTE "TOM SAWYER",
    OTHER NOVELS IN THE STUDY
    WHEN SUMMERING IN ELMIRA.
    Location: AT EDGE OF PARK PL. IN ELMIRA

  • OLD FERRY
    OPERATED FROM ABOUT
    1800 TO 1824
    PRECEDED FIRST BRIDGE
    Location: IN BRAND PARK IN ELMIRA

  • OLD SECOND
    STREET CEMETERY
    1838-1919, HERE ARE BURIED
    PIONEERS, AND SOLDIERS OF THE
    REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WAR OF 1812
    AND THE UNION ARMY
    Location: N.W. CNR., COLLEGE AVE. & W 2ND ST. IN ELMIRA

County: CHEMUNG
Town: ELMIRA, TOWN OF

  • MILITARY ROUTE
    OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
    ARMY ON IS CAMPAIGN
    AGAINST THE BRITISH
    AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
    NEW YORK IN 1779
    Location: ON NYS 17 AT ENTRANCE TO NEWTOWN BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK

  • MILITARY ROUTE
    OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
    ARMY ON IS CAMPAIGN
    AGAINST THE BRITISH
    AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
    NEW YORK IN 1779
    Location: ON NYS 13 & NYS 17 IN ELMIRA HEIGHTS

County: CHEMUNG
Town: HORSEHEADS, TOWN OF

  • MILITARY ROUTE
    OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
    ARMY ON IS CAMPAIGN
    AGAINST THE BRITISH
    AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
    NEW YORK IN 1779
    Location: ON NYS 14 1 MI. N. OF HORSEHEADS

County: CHEMUNG
Town: SOUTHPORT, TOWN OF

  • FITZSIMMONS
    CEMETERY
    CONTAINS REMAINS OF MANY
    PIONEERS AND MEMBERS OF
    SULLIVAN-CLINTON CAMPAIGN
    Location: ON NYS 427 SO. OF ELMIRA

County: CHEMUNG
Town: VETERAN, TOWN OF

  • GREEN BENTLY
    1741-1821
    SERVED IN SULLIVAN-CLINTON
    CAMPAIGN AND WAS A PIONEER
    IN MILLPORT. DEDICATED BY
    BOY SCOUTS OF MILLPORT
    Location: ON NYS 14 AT MILLPORT

  • MILITARY ROUTE
    OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
    ARMY ON ITS CAMPAIGN
    AGAINST THE BRITISH
    AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
    NEW YORK IN 1779
    Location: ON NYS 14 AT MILLPORT

County: CLINTON
Town: AUSABLE, TOWN OF

  • TURNPIKE
    PORT KENT TO HOPKINTON
    BUILT 1829-32. VIA
    AUSABLE FORKS, BLACK BROOK,
    FRANKLIN FALLS, LOON LAKE
    ST. REGIS FALLS, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 9N AT CLINTONVILLE

  • UNDERGROUND
    RAILROAD
    STATION WHERE
    NEGRO SLAVES WERE AIDED
    TO ESCAPE TO CANADA
    Location: IN FRONT OF GREEN APPLE INN ON RTE. 9 AT KEESEVILLE

County: CLINTON
Town: BLACK BROOK, TOWN OF

  • TURNPIKE
    PORT KENT TO HOPKINTON
    BUILT 1829-32. VIA
    AUSABLE FORKE, BLACK BROOK,
    FRANKLIN FALLS, LOON LAKE,
    ST. REGIS FALLS, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 9N AT CLINTONVILLE

  • TURNPIKE
    PORT KENT TO HOPKINTON
    BUILT 1829-32. VIA
    AUSABLE FORKE, BLACK BROOK,
    FRANKLIN FALLS, LOON LAKE,
    ST. REGIS FALLS, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. AT BLACK BROOK

County: CLINTON
Town: CHAMPLAIN, TOWN OF

  • CAMP GROUND
    OF THE BRITISH ARMY, 1814.
    OPPOSITE IS THE
    FARM OF PLINY MOORE,
    BUILT IN 1808,
    AND USED BY THE COMMISSARY
    Location: ON PROSPECT ST., CHAMPLAIN

  • EAST BATTERY
    ON THIS HILL WAS ENCAMPED
    THE ARTILLERY OF THE
    AMERICAN ARMY
    UNDER GEN. GEORGE IZARD
    1814
    Location: ON PINE ST. AT CHAMPLAIN

  • IN THE
    FIRST SCHOOL
    WHICH STOOD NEAR THIS SITE
    DR. WILLIAM BEAUMONT
    SURGEON AND PHYSIOLOGIST
    WAS SCHOOLMASTER, 1807-10
    Location: ON OAK ST. AT CHAMPLAIN

  • NEAR THIS SITE THE
    FIRST SAW MILL
    WAS ERECTED IN 1788 BY
    PLINY MOORE
    AND
    ELNATHAN ROGERS
    Location: ON US 11 AT WESTERN EDGE OF VILLAGE OF CHAMPLAIN

  • SITE OF
    BURYING YARD
    IN WHICH WAS INTERRED
    LT. COL. BENJAMIN FORSYTH
    KILLED AT ODELLTOWN, L.C.
    JUNE 28, 1814
    Location: ON OAK ST. AT. CHAMPLAIN

  • SITE OF THE BIRTHPLACE
    JEHUDI ASHMUN
    APRIL 21, 1794
    FIRST COLONIZATION AGENT
    AT LIBERIA, AFRICA
    1822-1828
    Location: ON OAK ST. AT CHAMPLAIN

County: CLINTON
Town: MOOERS, TOWN OF

  • FIRST BRIDGE
    BUILT ON THIS SITE WAS FOR
    THE PLATTSBURG-MONTREAL R.R.
    HELPING TO BRING PEACE
    FROM BUSINESS STRIFE
    IN THE NORTH COUNTRY.
    Location: ON NYS 22 AT MOOERS

  • FIRST TOWN MEETING
    HELD IN HOME OF JOHN SHEDDEN
    APRIL 3, 1804. HIS GRANDSON,
    LUCIEN LOVE SHEDDEN WAS REGENT
    OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
    STATE OF NEW YORK 1905-1912
    Location: ON NYS 22 AT MOOERS

  • MOOERS JUNCTION
    ABOUT 1850 EATING HOUSE
    WAS EAST OF THIS SITE WHERE
    PLATTSBURG-MONTREAL AND
    OGDENSBURG-LAKE CHAMPLAIN
    RAILROADS CROSSED
    Location: ON NYS 22 AT MOOERS

  • SITE OF HOME
    BUILT BEFORE 1804
    BY JOHN SHEDDEN WHOSE
    BARN SHELTERED THE FIRST
    QUARTERLY MEETINGS OF THE
    METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    Location: ON US 11 AT MOOERS

  • SITE OF HOME
    LINCOLN WIGWAM
    BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND
    R.R. BRIDGE ON WEST SIDE.
    FIRST TAVERN, FIRST STORE IN
    TOWN AND VILLAGE OF MOOERS.
    Location: ON NYS 22 AT MOOERS

  • TOWN OF MOOERS
    FORMED BY STATE ACT FROM
    CHAMPLAIN MARCH 20, 1804.
    FIRST LOG HUT TEN RODS EAST,
    ALSO FIRST GRIST AND SAW MILLS
    Location: ON NYS 22 AT MOOERS

County: CLINTON
Town: PERU, TOWN, OF

  • [ARROW]
    TO SITE OF PERU
    BLOCKHOUSE
    ONE OF FIVE ERECTED IN
    NORTHERN NEW YORK IN 1794
    AS A REFUGE FOR SETTLERS
    FROM INDIAN ATTACKS
    Location: ON TN. RD. ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF PERU

County: CLINTON
Town: PLATTSBURGH, CITY OF

  • A BLOCKHOUSE
    USED BY AMERICAN ARMY
    DURING BATTLE ON PLATTSBURGH
    STOOD HERE IN 1814
    Location: ON HAMILTON ST.

  • BRITISH HOSPITAL
    THE BRITISH ARMY USED
    THE BASEMENT OF THIS
    HOUSE FOR A HOSPITAL
    DURING BATTLE OF PLATTSBURG
    SEPTEMBER, 1814
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF OAK & COURT STS.

  • FIRST BUILDING
    ERECTED IN THIS SETTLEMENT
    STOOD HERE IN 1767.
    IT WAS THE HOME OF
    COUNT CHARLES DE FREDENBURGH
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF BRIDGE AND CHARLOTTE STS.

  • HEADQUARTERS
    BRITISH OFFICERS
    DURING BATTLE OF
    PLATTSBURG, SEPTEMBER, 1814
    Location: AT INTERSECTION, CORNELIA ST. AND CUMBERLAND AVE.

  • OLD MILITARY
    TURNPIKE
    PLATTSBURG TO HOPKINTON
    VIA ELLENBURG, CHATEAUGAY
    MALONE. BEGUN BY ILITARY
    LABOR 1817. COMPLETED 1826
    Location: ON CORNELIA ST. AT CITY LINE

  • SITE OF HOME
    ZETHANIAH PLATT
    1735-1807
    FOUNDER OF PLATTSBURG
    BUILT IN 1799
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF HAMILTON AND JAY STS.

County: CLINTON
Town: PLATTSBURGH, TOWN OF

  • BAKER
    BURYING GROUND
    HERE LIE SOX REVOLUTIONARY
    SOLDIERS AND MANY PIONEERS
    OF CLINTON COUNTY
    Location: ON NYS 3 ABOUT 1/2 MILE EAST OF WEST PLATTSBURGH

  • HOME OF
    JOHN ADDAMS
    BUILT 1790
    MAJOR AND SURVEYOR DURING
    ENTIRE PERIOD OF REVOLUTION
    Location: ON CO. RD. CUMBERLAND HEAD

  • HOME OF
    GENERAL BENJAMIN
    MOOERS
    1758-1838
    VETERAN OF REVOLUTION
    AND WAR OF 1812
    Location: ON CO. RD. CUMBERLAND HEAD

  • MACDONOUGH FARM
    PRESENTED TO COMMODORE
    THOMAS MACDONOUGH BY
    THE STATE OF VERMONT
    FOR HIS VICTORY
    BATTLE OF PLATTSBURG, 1814
    Location: ON CO. RD. ON CUMBERLAND HEAD

  • OLD MILITARY
    TURNPIKE
    FORMERLY AN INDIAN TRAIL
    IN 1817 MADE A
    MILITARY TURNPIKE BY
    PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE
    Location: ON OLD MILITARY TURNPIKE ABOUT 4 MILES N.W. OF PLATTSBURGH

  • OLD MILITARY
    TURNPIKE
    PLATTSBURH TO HOPKINTON
    VIA ELLENBURG, CHATEAYGAY
    MALONE. BEGUN BY MILITARY
    LABOR 1817. COMPLETED 1826
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF NYS 3 AND OLD MILITARY TURNPIKE ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF PL

  • WOOLSEY MANSION
    BUILT EFORE 1800
    MELANCTON LLOYD WOOLSEY
    1758-1819
    FIRST COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS
    FIRST COUNTY CLERK
    Location: ON CO. RD. ON CUMBERLAND HEAD

County: COLUMBIA
Town: ANCRAM, TOWN OF

  • ANCRAM
    COPAKE LINE
    ANCRAM FORMED AS GALLATIN
    1803. NAME CHANGED 1814
    DIVIDED 1830. COPAKE
    FORMED FROM TAGHKANIC 1824
    Location: COUNTY RD., W. COPAKE TO ANCRAM

  • SITE OF
    IRON WORKS
    FIRST IN COLONY OF NEW YORK,
    HAD 4 FORGES. FOUNDED BY
    ROBERT LIVINGSTON 1748.
    DEMOLISHED 1854
    Location: NYS 82 IN ANCRAM

  • SITE OF
    LEAD MINES
    ORE DISCOVERED BY MR. KEEFER.
    LIVINGSTON BOUGHT LEASE 1827
    OPERATED TO 1837. OTHERS
    OPERATED TO 1866
    Location: NYS 82 IN ANCRAMDALE

  • TOWN AND COUNTY LINE
    PINE PLAINS, DUTCHES COUNTY,
    ORG'D 1823; PART OF NORTHEAST
    1788, PART LITTLE NINE
    PARTNERS 1706. ANCRAM,
    COLUMBIA COUNTY FORMED 1814.
    Location: NYS 82 AT CO. LINE BETWEEN ANCRAMDALE & PULVERS CORNERS

  • TOWN OF ANCRAM
    NAMED IN HONOR OF THE
    ANCESTRAL HOME OF THE
    LIVINGSTONS AT TEVIOTDALE
    ROXBURGHSHIRE, SCOTLAND
    Location: NYS 82 IN ANCRAM

County: COLUMBIA
Town: AUSTERLITZ, TOWN OF

  • SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY
    1847
    TIMOTHY WOODBRIDGE D.D.,
    FIRST PRESIDENT
    USED CONTINUOUSLY AS SCHOOL
    HOUSE SINCE ERECTION
    Location: NYS 203 IN SPENCERTOWN

County: COLUMBIA
Town: CANAAN, TOWN OF

  • DOUGLAS HOUSE
    HOME OF ASA DOUGLAS. NOTED
    RESORT OF WHIGS DURING THE
    REVOLUTION. GARRET USED
    TO CONFINE TORY NEIGHBORS.
    Location: CO. RD., N. OF CANAAN CORNERS

  • JASON WARNER HOUSE
    MANY OF SCENES IN "WIDE WIDE
    WORLD" AND "QUEECHY" WERE LAID
    IN AND AROUND THIS HOUSE WHERE
    SUSAN AND ANNA WARNER, NOTED
    AMERICAN AUTHORS, SPENT
    SEVERAL SUMMERS
    Location: ON PAPER MILL HILL RD., S. OF QUEECHY

  • RED ROCK
    SETTLED IN 1750
    FORMERLY KNOWN
    AS PILFERSHIRE
    Location: CO. RD. AT RED ROCK

  • SITE OF GRIST MILL
    BUILT BY COL. WILLIAM B.
    WHITING. BURNED DURING THE
    REVOLUTION BY TORIES, WHEN
    FILLED WITH GOVERMENT GRAIN.
    REBUILT LATER.
    Location: NYS 295 NEAR QUEECHY LAKE

County: COLUMBIA
Town: CHATHAM, TOWN OF

  • FRIENDS
    MEETING HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1777 AT RAYVILLE
    FIRST IN COLUMBIA COUNTY
    Location: CO. RD. AT RAYVILLE

  • GROAT'S TAVERN
    FIRST BUILDING ERECTED IN
    CHATHAM - BUILT BY WILLIAM
    THOMAS IN 1811 - CHATHAM WAS
    FIRST CALLED GROAT'S CORNERS
    Location: NYS 66 IN CHATHAM

  • HOME OF
    ABRAHAM VAN NESS
    OFFICER IN REVOLUTION
    WHO WAS SHOT ON BRIDGE
    BY TORIES IN AUGUST, 1777
    Location: NYS 66 S. OF MALDEN BRIDGE

  • VAN ALSTYNE HOUSE
    REPUTED TO HAVE BEEN
    USED AS A FORT
    DURING REVOLUTION
    Location: CO. RD. E. OF CHATHAM CTR.

County: COLUMBIA
Town: CLAVERACK, TOWN OF

  • BRICK HOUSE
    BUILT 1804
    BY DR. THOMAS BRODHEAD
    THE BRICKS WERE MADE HERE
    BY CLAY KNEADED BY CATTLE
    BEING DRIVEN OVER IT.
    Location: US 9, NORTH OF CLERMONT

  • CLAVERACK-GHENT LINE
    CLAVERACK A DISTRICT 1772,
    TOWN 1788. HILLSDALE TAKEN
    OFF 1782, HUDSON 1785. GHENT
    FORMED FROM PARTS OF CHATHAM,
    CLAVERACK, KINDERHOOK 1818.
    Location: NYS 66, WEST OF NYS 9H

  • CLERMONT
    POST-OFFICE
    ESTABLISHED IN 1791. ONE
    OF THE FIRST HUNDRED
    POST OFFICES IN THE U.S.
    Location: US 9, IN CLERMONT

  • NEW YORK'S FIRST
    PUBLIC SCHOOL
    WAS ESTABLISHED AT CLERMONT
    IN 1791
    Location: US 9, IN CLERMONT

  • POST ROAD - 1772
    ALBANY TO NEW YORK. WEEKLY
    MAIL SERVICE ESTABLISHED
    ON HORSEBACK. PASSENGER
    SERVICE BY COVERED WAGONS
    AND FOUR HORSES IN 1786.
    Location: NYS 9H N.E. OF JUNCT. WITH NYS 66

  • SITE OF TOLLGATE
    OF THE
    HIGHLAND TURNPIKE COMPANY
    Location: US 9, SOUTH OF CLERMONT

  • THE ACADEMY
    BUILT IN 1834
    AS A SEMINARY OF LEARNING
    THE LAND WAS GIVEN BY
    EDWARD P. LIVINGSTON
    Location: US 9, IN CLERMONT

County: COLUMBIA
Town: CLERMONT, TOWN OF

  • CLERMONT
    BUILT 1730, ON LIVINGSTON
    MANOR. HOME OF CHANCELLOR
    LIVINGSTON, ONE OF THE FIVE
    DRAFTERS OF THE DECLARATION
    OF INDEPENDENCE.
    Location: CO. RD., WEST OF NYS 9G

  • CLERMONT
    BUILT 1730, ON LIVINGSTON
    MANOR. HOME OF CHANCELLOR
    LIVINGSTON, ONE OF THE FIVE
    DRAFTERS OF THE DECLARATION
    OF INDEPENDENCE.
    Location: NYS 9G, NORTH OF TIVOLI

  • CLERMONT
    BUILT 1730, ON LIVINGSTON
    MANOR. HOME OF CHANCELLOR
    LIVINGSTON, ONE OF THE FIVE
    DRAFTERS OF THE DECLARATION
    OF INDEPENDENCE.
    Location: WEST OF CO. RD., N. OF TIVOLI

County: COLUMBIA
Town: COPAKE, TOWN OF

  • COPAKE-HILLSDALE LINE
    COPAKE PART OF GRANGER 1803,
    FORMED FROM TAGHKANIC 1824.
    HILLSDALE FORMED FROM
    CLAVERACK AS DISTRICT 1782,
    TOWN 1786.
    Location: NYS 22, S. OF HILLSDALE

  • FARM OF
    HANS CHRYSLER
    FOR WHOM CHRYSLER POND WAS
    NAMED. HOME OF AMY MARIAH
    CHRYSLER, BORN 1770
    Location: CO. RD., N. OF CHRYSLER POND

County: COLUMBIA
Town: GALLATIN, TOWN OF

  • CHURCH CEMETERY
    CONNECTED WITH REFORMED
    PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH
    KNOWN AS STISSICK, GALLATIN,
    ANCRAM, GREENBUSH AND VEDDER
    Location: CO. RD., S. OF SPAULDING FURNACE

  • DINGS CEMETERY
    OLDEST CEMETERY IN GALLATIN
    PRIVATE FOR DINGS FAMILY
    BEFORE 1748
    Location: AT SILVERNAILS

  • GALLATIN-ANCRAM
    TOWN LINE
    GALLATIN AND ANCRAM
    ORGANIZED AS GALLATIN 1803;
    NAME CHANGED TO ANCRAM 1814
    SEPARATED 1830
    Location: NYS 82 WEST OF ANCRAM

  • GALLATIN-LIVINGSTON
    TOWN LINE
    GALLATIN ORGANIZED FROM
    LIVINGSTON 1803. LIVINGSTON
    A MANOR 1686; A DISTRICT 1772;
    A TOWN 1788, INCLUDING GALLATIN,
    ANCRAM, TAGHKANIC AND COPAKE
    Location: CO. RD., N. OF ELIZAVILLE

  • GALLATIN-MILAN
    TOWN LINE
    DIVIDING GALLATIN, COLUMBIA
    COUNTY, ORGANIZED 1803, FROM
    MILAN, DUTCHESS COUNTY
    ORGANIZED 1818
    Location: CO. RD., E. OF ELIZAVILLE

  • GALLATIN-TAGHKANIC
    TOWN LINE
    GALLATIN ORGANIZED 1803 AND
    INCLUDED ANCRAM.
    TAGHKANIC ORGANIZED 1803 AS
    GRANGER AND INCLUDED COPAKE.
    BOTH TAKEN FROM LIVINGSTON
    Location: NYS 82 AT ENTRANCE TO LAKE TAGHKANIC STATE PARK

  • GALLATINVILLE
    NAMED FOR HONORABLE
    ABRAHAM A. A. GALLATIN.
    B. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 1761
    D. NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., 1849
    SECRETARY OF TREASURY 1801-1813
    Location: AT GALLATINVILLE

  • HISTORIC FARM
    REV. HERMAN VEDDER
    IN FAMILY SINCE MAY 1, 1804,
    LIFE LEASE FROM JOHN LIVINGSTON.
    "SHALL MINISTER & PREACH
    GOSPEL IN GREENBUSH CHURCH"
    Location: CO. RD., N. OF MT. ROSE

  • LASHER HOUSE
    OLDEST PART BUILT
    ABOUT 1770
    IN POSSESSION OF
    LASHER FAMILY
    UNTIL 1910
    Location: CO. RD., ABOUT 2 1/2 MIS. S. OF SUYDAM

  • OLD TURNPIKE
    THE OLD ROAD FROM THE
    HUDSON RIVER THROUGH
    ANCARAM TO SALISBURY
    CONNECTICUT
    Location: NYS 82 AT SUYDAM

  • OLD TURNPIKE
    ROAD TO NOBLETOWN,
    ANCRAM AND BARRINGTON.
    Location: CO. RD. AT SPAULDING FURANCE

  • SIGNAL ROCK
    USED BY INDIANS FOR FIRES.
    FIRES BUILT ON THIS ROCK
    COULD BE SEEN FOR MANY MILES.
    CALLED GREEN HILL INDIAN
    SIGNAL ROCK.
    Location: 2 1/2 MIS. W. OF CO. RD., SUYDAM TO SPAULDING FURNACE

  • SITE OF
    DINGS HOUSE
    HOME OF HANS DINGS,
    ONE OF FIRST SETTLERS OF
    GALLATIN, N.Y. BEFORE 1748.
    LEASED FROM LIVINGSTON
    Location: AT SILVERNAILS

  • SITE OF
    FIRST SUYDAM
    SCHOOL HOUSE
    BURNED OCT. 1918. LAND
    DONATED BY JACOB SUYDAM
    ABOUT 1800
    Location: NYS 82 AT SUYDAM

  • SITE OF
    MANNESSAH HOME
    PRINCE QUACK MANNESSAH OF
    THE MOHICAN SHACOMECO CLAN
    WAS THE LAST KNOWN INDIAN
    RESIDENT OF GALLATIN
    Location: SILVERNAILS-PINE PLAINS RD.

  • SITE OF
    PLOW FURNACE
    ESTABLISHED 1840 BY MOSES
    SPAULDING ON SPAULDING
    CREEK. ABANDONED 1910.
    Location: CO. RD. AT SPAULDING FURANCE

  • STAGE INN
    J. SUYDAM'S HOTEL, 1798-1822;
    DR. C. DUYDAM'S OFFICE
    1798-1822; J. SUYDAM JR'S
    HOTEL, 1822-49; SUYDAM
    POST OFFICE UNTIL 1906
    Location: NYS 82, WEST OF SUYDAM

  • TOWN AND
    COUNTY LINE
    GALLATIN, COLUMBIA COUNTY
    PINE PLAINS, DUTCHESS COUNTY
    GALLATIN ORGANIZED 1803
    PINE PLAINS ORGANIZED 1823
    Location: SILVERNAILS-PINE PLAINS RD.

  • TOWN AND
    COUNTY LINE
    GALLATIN, COLUMBIA COUNTY
    PINE PLAINS, DUTCHESS COUNTY
    GALLATIN ORGANIZED 1803
    PINE PLAINS ORGANIZED 1823
    Location: CO. RD., W. OF JACKSON'S CRNRS.

  • TRAINING GROUND
    FOR NEW YORK STATE MILITIA
    OF THE GALLATIN DISTRICT.
    JEREMIAH CRONK, FIFER, 1812
    Location: W. OF BRIDGE AT SILVERNAILS

County: COLUMBIA
Town: GERMANTOWN, TOWN OF

  • FIRST
    SCHOOLHOUSE
    IN GERMANTOWN. BUILT BY
    PALATINES IN 1711. LOCATED
    JUST WEST OF THIS POINT
    Location: CO. RD. S. OF GERMANTOWN

  • FIRST
    REFORMED CHURCH
    OF THE PROTESTANT DUTCH IN
    GERMANTOWN. ERECTED IN 1728
    AND WAS LOCATED 500 FT.
    WEST OF THIS POINT.
    Location: NYS 9G, S. OF N. GERMANTOWN

  • ROCKEFELLER
    HOME
    HOME OF SIMEON, SON OF
    DIELL ROCKEFELLER WHO
    LANDED AT EAST CAMP, 1733
    Location: CO. RD., E. OF GERMANTOWN

  • SHARPS LANDING
    ACTIVE IN TRADING
    IN 1684
    Location: NYS 9G, S. OF N. GERMANTOWN

  • SITE OF
    THE SECOND
    REFORMED CHURCH
    OF GERMANTOWN. BUILT
    HERE IN 1814
    Location: CO. RD., E. OF GERMANTOWN

  • SITE OF
    GRIST AND
    SAW MILL
    ERECTED BY DIELL
    ROCKEFELLER IN 1751
    Location: CO. RD. FROM GERMANTOWN, WEST OF NYS 9G

  • SITE OF
    FIRST
    LUTHERAN CHURCH
    IN GERMANTOWN. ERECTED IN 1710
    Location: NYS 9G, S. OF N. GERMANTOWN

  • THIRD
    LUTHERAN CHURCH
    OF GERMANTOWN BUILT
    HERE IN 1812
    Location: CO. RD., N. OF VIEWMONTE

County: COLUMBIA
Town: GHENT, TOWN OF

  • LOUIS FRISBEE PAYN
    U.S. MARSHALL, SUPT. OF
    INSURANCE AND FOR 68 YEARS
    LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN
    PARTY IN COLUMBIA CO. WAS
    BORN HERE JAN. 27, 1835
    Location: NYS 66, 3 MIS. S. OF GHENT

County: COLUMBIA
Town: GREENPORT, TOWN OF

  • COLUMBIA COUNTY
    SEPARATED FROM ALBANY CO.
    APRIL 4, 1786. NAME FROM
    COLUMBUS, DISCOVERED OF
    AMERICA
    Location: NYS 9G AT S. APPROACH TO RIP VAN WINKLE BRIDGE

County: COLUMBIA
Town: HUDSON, CITY OF

  • "PARADE HILL"
    GRANTED TO COMMON COUNCIL
    ON MARCH 9, 1795
    FOR A PUBLIC WALK OR MALL
    GRANTED BY "PROPRIETORS,
    SETTLERS OF HUDSON
    Location: PARK AT FOOT OF WARREN ST.

  • GEN. WORTH HOUSE
    HERE ON MARCH 1, 1794, WM. J.
    WORTH, A MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE
    MEXICAN WAR, WAS BORN. DIED
    AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 1849
    Location: AT 211 UNION ST.

  • SITE OF
    TWO DWELLINGS
    FIRST IN LHUDSON. ERECTED
    IN 1783. PROPRIETORS HELD
    FIRST MEETING IN JENKINS
    HOME HERE. BURNED 1838
    Location: IN CITY PARK, FRONT ST.

  • SITE OF CITY HALL
    FIRST IN HUDSON. BEGUN 1786;
    COMPLETED 1804. USED AS A
    COURT HOUSE IN 1805. FIRST
    COURT HELD JAN. 1806. SOLD
    TO THIS CHURCH IN 1835
    Location: WARREN & SOUTH 4TH STS.

  • THIS BUILDING
    BUILT FOR A JAIL IN 1805.
    CHANGED TO A CITY HALL IN 1835.
    IN 1855, BECAME "DAVIS HALL"
    A THEATER. SINCE 1862 IT HAS
    BEEN A PRINTING SHOP.
    Location: WARREN & NORTH 4TH STS.

County: COLUMBIA
Town: KINDERHOOK, TOWN OF

  • APPROACHING
    LINDENWALD
    HOME OF PRESIDENT
    MARTIN VAN BUREN. 1841-62
    Location: W. OF NYS 9H, S. OF LINDENWALD

  • APPROACHING
    LINDENWALD
    HOME OF PRESIDENT
    MARTIN VAN BUREN. 1841-62
    Location: W. OF NYS 9H, N. OF LINDENWALD

  • COLUMBIA COUNTY
    SEPARATED FROM ALBANY CO.
    APRIL 4, 1786. NAME FROM
    COLUMBUS, DISCOVERER OF
    AMERICA
    Location: US 9 AT COLUMBIA-RENSSELAER

  • GEN. JOHN BURGOYNE
    AS PRISONER OF WAR WAS
    ENTERTAINED IN THIS HOUSE
    ON NIGHT OF OCTOBER 22,
    1777 WHILE BEING TAKEN FROM
    BATTLE OF SARATOGA TO BOSTON
    Location: BROAD NEAR CHURCH ST., KINDERHOOK

  • LINDENWALD
    HOME OF PRESIDENT
    MARTIN VAN BUREN, 1841-62
    BUILT IN 1797
    BY PETER VAN NESS
    Location: W. OF NYS 9H, 1 1/2 MIS. S. OF ROAD TO KINDERHOOK

  • OLD CLUMBIA
    ACADEMY
    EARLY DUTCH SCHOOL
    INCORPORATED MARCH 13, 1797
    BECAME KINDERHOOK ACADEMY
    APRIL 3, 1824
    Location: ON ALBANY ST., KINDERHOOK

  • POST ROAD - 1772
    ALBANY TO NEW YORK. WEEKLY
    MAIL SERVICE ESTABLISHED
    ON HORSEBACK. PASSENGER
    SERVICE TO COVERED WAGONS
    AND FOUR HORSES IN 1786
    Location: NYS 9H, E. OF KINDERHOOK

  • QUACKENBOSS TAVERN
    HERE IN 1753 FOR TWO MONTHS
    SAT COMMISSIONERS TO
    DIVIDE GREAT KINDERHOOK
    PATENT OF 1686. MARTIN
    VAN BUREN LATER TRIED
    A LAW CASE HERE.
    Location: AT JUNCTION, US 9 & NYS 9H

  • REFORMED
    DUTCH CHURCH
    ORGANIZED IN 1712
    SIXTH CHURCH BETWEEN
    NEW YORK AND ALBANY
    Location: BROAD & CHURCH STS., KINDERHOOK

  • SITE OF
    ICHABOD CRANE
    SCHOOLHOUSE
    WASHINGTON IRVING VISITED
    HERE WHEN THE SCHOOL WAS
    TAUGHT BY JESSE MERWIN
    Location: NYS 9H, 1 1/4 S. OF ROAD TO KINDERHOOK

  • VAN ALEN
    HOMESTEAD
    ERECTED IN 1736
    KATRINA VAN TASSEL
    RESIDED IN THIS HOUSE
    ACCORDING TO TRADITION
    Location: NYS 9H, 7 MIS. S. OF ROAD TO KINDERHOOK

County: COLUMBIA
Town: LIVINGSTON, TOWN OF

  • "THE HILL"
    BUILT IN 1801 BY HENRY
    WALTER LIVINGSTON, WHO
    DIED HERE IN 1810
    Location: CO. RD., EAST OF NYS 82

  • "WAGGON PATH
    YT LEADETH FROM YE
    MANOR HOUSE"
    Location: E. OF NYS 9G ON CO. RD., LINLITHGO TO BLUE STORES

  • 1714
    "THE KINGS HIE WAY
    YT LEADETH FROM THE
    MANOR HOUSE TO
    TAHKANICK"
    Location: "THE KINGS HIE WAY

  • BINGHAM'S MILLS
    NAMED FOR CHARLES BINGHAM.
    FORMERLY BAKER'S MILLS. 20
    DWELLINGS, M.E. CHAPEL, 2
    MILLS, BLACKSMITH SHOP AND
    WOOLEN FACTORY
    Location: NAMED FOR CHARLES BINGHAM.

  • BURDEN
    HUDSON RIVER ORE IRON CO.
    1875-1898 IRON MINES EMPLOYED
    550 MEN; 1200 TONS ORE MINED
    DAILY. 1000 ACRES LAND OWNED.
    STORE, MACHINE SHOP, 60 HOUSES.
    Location: HUDSON RIVER ORE IRON CO.

  • CALENDAR HOUSE
    BUILT BY SAMUEL TEN BROEK
    IN 1773. LATER PURCHASED
    BY GEN. HARRY LIVINGSTON
    WHOSE DESCENDANTS HELD
    IT UNTIL 1861
    Location: BUILT BY SAMUEL TEN BROEK

  • GLENCO MILLS
    WAS ESTABLISHED AS
    POST OFFICE IN 1856
    HENRY P. HEERMANCE,
    POSTMASTER
    Location: OLD NYS 82 AT GLENCOE MILLS

  • HIGHLAND TURNPIKE
    INCORPORATED IN 1804.
    AN EARLY ROAD.
    Location: INCORPORATED IN 1804.

  • JOHNSTON
    NAMED FOR JOHN LIVINGSTON,RO
    SETTLER. LIVINGSTON POST
    OFFICE 1805. HAD A
    REVOLUTIONARY STAGE INN AND
    LINLITHGO REFORMED CHURCH.
    Location: MAIN ST., IN LIVINGSTON

  • LAND MARKER
    DIVIDING INHERITANCES OF
    ROBERT C. AND HENRY
    LIVINGSTON FROM 3ED PRO-
    PRIETOR OF THE MANOR 1792.
    TWIN MARKER AT LIVINGSTON.
    Location: DIVIDING INHERITANCES OF

  • LAND MARKER
    DIVIDING INHERITANCES OF
    ROBERT C. AND HENRY
    LIVINGSTON FROM 3RD PRO-
    PRIETOR OF THE MANOR 1792.
    TWIN MARKER AT BLUE STORES
    Location: E. OF MAIN ST., LIVINGSTON

  • LINE HOUSE
    TAVERN AND STAGE INN
    BEFORE 1790.
    JOHN MANNY
    FIRST PROPRIETOR
    Location: TAVERN AND STAGE INN

  • LIVINGSTON
    THE PRESENT VILLAGE OF
    LIVINGSTON WAS FORMERLY
    CALLED JOHNSTOWN
    AFTER JOHN LIVINGSTON
    Location: MAIN ST., IN LIVINGSTON

  • LIVINGSTON-CLAVERACK LINE
    BOTH DISTRICTS 1772, TOWNS
    1788. LIVINGSTON INCLUDED
    CLERMONT, GALLATIN, GRANGER.
    CLAVERACK INCLUDED HUDSON,
    HILLSDALE, PART OF GHENT.
    Location: CO. RD., WEST OF CHURCHTOWN

  • LIVINGSTON-CLAVERACK LINE
    BOTH DISTRICTS 1772, TOWNS
    1788. LIVINGSTON INCLUDED
    CLERMONT, GALLATIN, GRANGER.
    CLAVERACK INCLUDED HUDSON,
    HILLSDALE, PART OF GHENT.
    Location: CO. RD., EAST OF BELL'S POND

  • LIVINGSTON-CLAVERACK LINE
    BOTH DISTRICTS 1772, TOWNS
    1788. LIVINGSTON INCLUDED
    CLERMONT, GALLATIN, GRANGER.
    CLAVERACK INCLUDED HUDSON,
    HILLSDALE, PART OF GHENT.
    Location: CO. RD., WEST OF CHURCHTOWN

  • LIVINGSTON-CLERMONT LINE
    LIVINGSTON A MANOR 1686,
    DISTRICT 1772; INCLUDED
    ANCRAM, CLERMONT, COPKAE
    GALLATIN, GERMANTOWN,
    TAGHKANIC. TOWN 1788.
    Location: LIVINGSTON A MANOR 1686,

  • LIVINGSTON-CLERMONT LINE
    LIVINGSTON A MANOR 1686,
    DISTRICT 1772, INCLUDED
    ANCRAM, CLERMONT, COPKAE,
    GALLATIN, GERMANTOWN,
    TAGHKANIC. TOWN 1788.
    Location: LIVINGSTON A MANOR 1686,

  • LIVINGSTON-GERMANTOWN LINE
    BOTH TOWNS 1788. LIVINGSTON
    A MANOR 1686, DISTRICT 1772,
    INCLUDED CLERMONT, GALLATIN,
    GRANGER. GERMANTOWN A DIST.
    1775; PART OF CLERMONT
    ADDED IN 1858
    Location: NYS 9G, N. OF BRIDGE

  • LIVINGSTON-GREENPORT LINE
    LIVINGSTON A MANOR 1686, A
    DIST. 1772, INCLUDED ANCRAM,
    TAGHKANIC, GALLATIN, COPAKE,
    CLERMONT. TOWN 1788. IN 1837
    GREENPORT FORMED FROM HUDSON
    Location: US 9 AT RACE PLACE

  • MEMORIAL CHAPEL
    BUILT IN 1780 ON SITE OF
    EARLIER CHURCH. COVERS
    OLD CRYPT WHICH IS THE
    BURIAL PLACE OF GENERATIONS
    OF LIVINGSTONS.
    Location: CO. RD., E. AT LINLITHGO

  • OAK HILL
    BUILT IN 1793 BY JOHN
    LIVINGSTON, SON OF THE 3RD
    PROPRIETOR, AND HOME OF
    SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS
    OF THE FAMILY.
    Location: W. OF NYS 9G, RD. TO GREENDALE

  • OLD ROAD HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1803.
    THE STAGE-COACH STOPPED
    HERE ON TRIPS OVER THE
    HIGHLAND TURNPIKE
    Location: BUILT IN 1803.

  • POST ROAD - 1772
    ALBANY TO NEW YORK. WEEKLY
    MAIL SERVICE ESTABLISHED
    ON HORSEBACK. PASSENGER
    SERVICE BY COVERED WAGONS
    AND FOUR HORSES IN 1786
    Location: ALBANY TO NEW YORK. WEEKLY

  • SITE OF
    "LINLITHGO MILLS"
    GRIST MILLS BUILT 1780 BY
    ROBERT LIVINGSTON. NAMED BY S.
    FOX OF FOX'S HOSIERY
    FACTORY AND GRIST MILLS.
    Location: CO. RD., BELL'S POND

  • SITE OF
    GOOD HOPE MILLS
    GRIST MILLS ERECTED BY THE
    LIVINGSTONS PRIOR TO 1780.
    MACHINERY REMOVED 1896.
    C.E. BINGHAM LAST OPERATOR
    Location: GOOD HOPE MILLS

  • TEVIOTDALE
    BUILT ABOUT 1773 LIVINGSTON-
    FULTON HOUSE HOME ON HON.
    WALTER LIVINGSTON AND OF
    SON-IN-LAW ROBERT FULTON
    Location: BUILT ABOUT 1773 LIVINGSTON-

  • THE HERMITAGE
    BEGUN BY PETER R. LIVINGSTON
    DURING THE REVOLUTION AND
    NEVER FINISHED. LOCATED ABOUT
    A MILE DOWN THIS LANE ON
    ROELOFF JANSEN'S KILL
    Location: BEGUN BY PETER R. LIVINGSTON

  • TOWN OF
    LIVINGSTON - 1788
    CONTAINED BAKERS MILLS,
    BLUE STORES, BURDEN,
    ELIZAVILLE, GLENCO MILLS,
    LINLITHGO, AND WALKER'S MILLS.
    Location: LIVINGSTON - 1788

  • UNION CORNERS
    IN TOWNS OF GALLATIN
    AND LIVINGSTON. SETTLED BEFORE
    1790. POST OFFICE
    ESTABLISHED 1840. NAMED FROM
    UNION CORNERS HOUSE, A TAVERN.
    Location: IN TOWNS OF GALLATIN

County: COLUMBIA
Town: NEW LEBANON, TOWN OF

  • BOOGE-TORREY HOUSE
    BUILT BY ABNER SHUMWAY 1786 HOME OF
    ARRON JORDON BOOGE 1801-26 PREPARED
    YOUNG MEN FOR YALE AND SERVED AS
    CHAPLAIN IN WAR OF 1812 HERE FOR A
    CENTURY LIVED JESSE TORREY'S FAMILY
    Location: CO. RD., N. OF NEW LEBANON

  • COLUMBIA COUNTY
    SEPARATED FROM ALBANY CO.
    APRIL 4, 1786. NAME
    FROM COLUMBUS, DISCOVERER
    OF AMERICA
    Location: NYS 22, COLUMBIA-RENSSELAER LINE

  • COLUMBIA COUNTY
    SEPARATED FROM ALBANY CO.
    APRIL 4, 1786. NAME
    FROM COLUMBUS, DISCOVERER
    OF AMERICA
    Location: US 20 AT COLUMBIA-RENSSELAER LINE

  • GILBERT HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1780 BY MAJOR
    ELISHA GILBERT 1749-1823
    CONTAINS UNIQUE EXAMPLE
    DECORATED MASONIC MEETING
    ROOM
    Location: US 20, W. OF NEW LEBANON CENTER

  • HOUSE BUILT 1800
    BY COL. JOHNATHAN MURDOCK
    1758-1832.
    REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
    THE ORIGINAL MURDOCK HOUSE
    STOOD ABOVE THE ROAD
    TO THE SOUTHWEST
    Location: CO. RD., N. OF NEW LEBANON

  • KENDALL SHOP
    FIRST THERMOMETERS
    MADE IN THE UNITED
    STATES PRODUCED ON
    THIS SITE
    Location: US 20 & NYS 22, NEW LEBANON

  • NEW YORK STATE
    EXPLORED BY DUTCH, 1624;
    UNDER ENGLISH RULE AFTER
    1664. NAMED FRO DUKE OF
    YORK, LATER KING JAMES II
    Location: US 20, W. OF N.Y.-MASS. LINE

  • SITE OF FIRST
    FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
    ESTABLISHED MARCH 12, 1804, BY
    DR. JESSE TORREY, FATHER OF THE
    PUBLIC LIBRARY MOVEMENT OF AMERICA
    Location: NYS 22, IN NEW LEBANON

County: COLUMBIA
Town: STOCKPORT, TOWN OF

  • CHITTENDEN
    HOLLOW
    ON WEST SIDE OF FALLS. HERE
    GEORGE CHITTENDEN BUILT 2ND
    COTTONMILL IN THE COUNTY
    LATER CALLED ROSSMAN MILLS
    Location: CO. RD.,SE OF BRIDGE AT CHITTENDEN FALLS

  • CHITTENDEN FALLS
    ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FALLS
    GEORGE CHITTENDEN BUILT THE
    SECOND PAPER MILL IN THE
    COUNTY LATER CALLED ROSSMANS
    Location: NYS 9H, NW OF BRIDGE AT ROSSMANS

  • COLUMBIAVILLE
    FALLS
    IN 1800 SLOOPS CAME AS
    FAR AS THESE FALLS FROM
    THE HUDSON RIVER
    Location: US 9, S. OF BRIDGE

  • COLUMBIAVILLE
    INCORPORATED 1812; ACT
    REPEALED 1833. IN 1813
    HAD COTTON FACTORY, SAW
    MILLS, PAPER MILLS,
    AND GRIST MILLS.
    Location: US 9, N. OF BRIDGE

  • COLUMBIAVILLE
    BRIDGE
    IN 1870 THE IRON BRIDGE
    245 FT. LONG, BUILT HERE,
    WAS THE LONGEST SINGLE SPAN
    ROAD BRIDGE IN N.Y. STATE
    Location: US 9, S. OF BRIDGE

  • STAATS HOUSE
    BUILT BY COL. ABRAM STATS
    BETWEEN 1654-1664
    HENRY HUDSON LANDED
    HERE SEPTEMBER 17, 1609
    IN SAILING UP HUDSON RIVER
    Location: CO. RD., 1 1/2 MI. W. OF US 9

  • STOCKPORT CREEK
    FOR GENERATIONS KNOWN AS
    ABRAM'S CREEK. FORMED AT
    STOCKPORT BY UNION OF
    KINDERHOOK AND CLAVERACK
    CREEKS
    Location: CO. RD., N. OF BRIGE AT STOCKPORT

  • STOCKPORT-GREENPORT LINE
    STOCKPORT FORMED FROM PARTS
    OF HUDSON, GHENT AND
    STUYVESANT IN 1833.
    GREENPORT FORMED FROM
    HUDSON CITY IN 1837
    Location: US 9 AT TOWN LINE

  • STOCKPORT-STUYVESANT LINE
    STOCKPORT FORMED FROM PARTS
    OF HUDSON, GHENT, STUYVESANT,
    1833. STUYVESANT FORMED FROM
    KINDERHOOK 1823.
    Location: NYS 9J AT TOWN LINE

  • STOCKPORT-STUYVESANT LINE
    STOCKPORT FORMED FROM PARTS
    OF HUDSON, GHENT, STUYVESANT,
    1833. STUYVESANT FORMED FROM
    KINDERHOOK 1823.
    Location: US 9 AT TOWN LINE

  • TOWN OF
    STOCKPORT
    NAMED FROM STOCKPORT, ENG.,
    FORMER HOME OF JAMES WILD,
    PORPRIETOR OF MILLS AT
    COLUMBIAVILLE IN 1812
    Location: CO. RD.,W. OF US 9 AT COLUMBIAVILLE

County: COLUMBIA
Town: STUYVESANT, TOWN OF

  • BENJAMIN F. BUTLER
    BORN HERE 1795 - DIED 1858
    A REVISER OF STATE LAWS;
    REGENT 1829-32; ATTORNEY
    GENERAL U.S. 1833-38;
    ACTING SEC. OF WAR 1836-37
    Location: NYS 9J, S. OF STUYVESANT

  • CLOTH MILL
    BUILT BY WILLIAM VAN HOESEN
    IN 1800. LOCATED WHERE
    POWER HOUSE STANDS
    Location: CO. RD., E. OF BRIDGE AT STUYVESANT FALLS

  • COLUMBIA COUNTY
    SEPARATED FROM ALBANY CO.
    APRIL 4, 1786. NAME
    FROM COLUMBUS, DISCOVERER
    OF AMERICA
    Location: NYS 9J, NEAR SCHODACK LANDING

  • HENRY
    VAN SCHAACK
    DIED HERE IN 1823.
    BUILT THESE TWO HOUSES. WAS
    ON FIRST BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE.
    Location: NYS 9J, AT STUYVESANT

  • HENRY HUDSON
    LANDED HERE SEPT. 19. 1609
    AND WAS ENTERTAINED BY
    INDIANS WHO ENCAMPED HERE
    CALLED KINDERHOOK.
    Location: NYS 9J, N. OF STUYVESANT

  • LANDING
    SET OFF FROM TOWN OFD 1858
    KINDERHOOK 1823.
    NOW PART OF THE TOWN
    OF STUYVESANT.
    Location: NYS 9J & NYS 398 AT STUYVESANT

  • NUTTEN HOOKE
    GRANTED TO ARENT VAN DEN
    BERGH 1666. SOLD TO HANS
    HENDRICKSEN IN 1667. OLD
    "FISH PLACE" 1 1/2 MI. SOUTH
    Location: NYS 9J, AT NEWTON HOOK

  • POWELL PATENT
    1664
    THIS MARKS THE NORTHWEST
    POINT OF THIS EARLY GRANT
    Location: NYS 9J, N. OF STUYVESANT

  • POWELL PATENT
    1664
    THE SOUTHWEST POINT OF
    THE GRANT IS NORTH OF
    "SWARTE HOOCK"
    Location: NYS 9J, S. OF STUYVESANT

  • POWELL PATENT
    1664
    DIRECTLY EAST TO CREEK
    MARKS SOUTHEAST
    POINT OF GRANT
    Location: EAST OF US 9, TO SUNNYSIDE

  • PRIOR TO 1667
    KNOWN AS "MAJOR ABRAM'S
    (STAATS) KILL" AND "THIRD
    FALLS." IN 1823 CALLED
    "STUYVESANT FALLS" AND AFTER
    1845 "KINDERHOOK CREEK"
    Location: CO. RD., W. OF BRIDGE AT STUYVESANT FALLS

  • SITE OF BIRTHPLACE
    REAR ADMIRAL JOHN WOODWARD
    PHILIP U.S.N., 1840-1900,
    GRADUATE OF NAVAL ACADEMY
    WHO COMMANDED THE "TEXAS" IN
    BATTLE OF SANTIAGO, 1898
    Location: NW OF KINDERHOOK, NEAR EICKYBUSH

  • UPPER FALLS
    1ST PAPER MILL IN COLUMBIA
    COUNTY. BUILT BY PITKINS AND
    EDMUNDS ON THE SITE OF AN
    OLD GRIST MILL. BUILT IN 1800
    Location: CO. RD., W. OF BRIDGE AT STUYVESANT FALLS

County: COLUMBIA
Town: TAGHKANIC, TOWN OF

  • SITE OF
    MILLER'S TAVERN
    BUILT BEFORE 1770 BY WM.
    ROCKEFELLER, JONAS I. MILLER
    PROPRIETOR FOR MANY YEARS
    FIRST TOWN MEETING HERE 1803
    Location: NYS 82. AT W. TAGHKANIC

  • SITE OF
    MARYBURGH FORGES
    ESTABLISHED BEFORE 1700
    BY THE LIVINGSTONS.
    ABANDONED BEFORE 1798
    Location: ON TOWN RD., 1/8 MI. N. OF NYS 82 AND SUYDAM

  • SITE OF
    NEW FORGE
    IRON WORKS 1770-1790
    GRIST, FEED AND PLASTER
    MILLS, BLACKSMITH SHOP,
    STORE, DWELLINGS, 1800-1876
    Location: TN. RD., NORTH OF SUYDAM

  • SITE OF
    PLOW FURNACE
    ESTABLISHED 1830 BY JOHN
    C. WHEELER ON CHRYSLER
    POND OUTLET. 6 STYLES OF
    PLOWS MADE. ABANDONED 1905
    Location: CO. RD. W. OF CHRYSLER POND

  • SITE OF
    TAGHKANIC HAMLET
    INCLUDED TAVERN BUILT PRIOR
    TO 1770, POST OFFICE, STORE,
    LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SIX
    DWELLINGS
    Location: CO. RD., AT TAGHKANIC

  • TAGHKANIC-CLAVERACK LINE
    TAGHKANIC ORGANIZED 1803
    AS GRANGER, INCLUDED COPAKE,
    CLAVERACK, A DISTRICT 1772.
    HILLSDALE REMOVED 1782. HUDSON
    1785. ORGANIZED AS TOWN 1788
    Location: CO. RD., NEAR CHURCHTOWN

  • TAGHKANIC-CLAVERACK LINE
    TAGHKANIC ORGANIZED 1803
    AS GRANGER, INCLUDED COPAKE,
    CLAVERACK, A DISTRICT 1772.
    HILLSDALE REMOVED 1782. HUDSON
    1785. ORGANIZED AS TOWN 1788
    Location: CO. RD., SOUTH OF CHURCHTOWN

  • TAGHKANIC-HILLSDALE LINE
    TAGHKANIC ORGANIZED 1803
    AS GRANGER, INCLUDED COPAKE.
    HILLSDALE FORMED FROM
    CLAVERACK AS DISTRICT 1782.
    ORGANIZED AS TOWN 1788
    Location: NYS 23, W. OF CRARYVILLE

  • TAGHKANIC-HILLSDALE LINE
    TAGHKANIC ORGANIZED 1803 AS
    GRANGER, INCLUDED COPAKE.
    BOTH TAKEN FROM LIVINGSTON.
    NAME CHANGED TO TAGHKANIC
    1814. COPAKE TAKEN OFF 1824.
    Location: NYS 23, W. OF CRARYVILLE

  • TAGHKANIC-LIVINGSTON LINE
    TAHJKANIC ORG'D 1803 AS
    GRANGER, INCLUDED COPAKE.
    LIVINGSTON, A MANOR 1786;
    DIST. 1772; TOWN 1788; INCLUDED
    GALLATIN, ANCRAM,
    TAGHKANIC, COPAKE
    Location: NYS 82. NEAR GLENCOE MILLS

  • TOWN OF
    TAGHKANIC
    TAGHKANIC ORGANIZED 1803
    AS GRANGER. NAME CHANGED
    TO TAGHKANIC 1814. COPAKE
    TAKEN OFF IN 1824.
    Location: NYS 82. AT W. TAGHKANIC

County: CORTLAND
Town: CORTLANDVILLE, TOWN OF

  • HEADWATERS OF
    THE TIOUGHNIOGA RIVER
    SITE OF A LARGE INDIAN
    VILLAGE. A FAVORITE
    STOPPING PLACE OF
    EARLY PIONEERS
    Location: ON CLINTON AVE. IN CORTLAND

  • JOHN MILLER
    BUILT LOG CABIN HERE
    IN 1792. THIS HOUSE
    BUILT BY HIS SON
    GENERAL DANIEL MILLER
    Location: ON NYS 13 NEAR HOMER-CORTLANDVILLE TOWN LINE

  • LAMONT MEMORIAL
    LIBRARY-BOYHOOD HOME OF
    DANIEL S. LAMONT
    PRIVATE SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT
    CLEVELAND 1885-89 - SECRETARY
    OF WAR 1893-97
    Location: MAIN ST. VLGE. MCGRAW NEAR CORNER OF CHURCH ST.

  • PORT WATSON
    NAMED AFTER ELKANAH WATSON
    BUSY RIVER PORT 1800-1850
    SITE SHIPYARDS, ROPE WALK,
    FACTORIES. "ARKS" CARRIED
    CARGOES TO PENNSYLVANIA
    Location: CITY OF CORTLAND N.W. BRIDGE TIOUGHNIOGA R. AT INTSCTN. PORT SATSON ST.

County: CORTLAND
Town: CUYLER, TOWN OF

  • BROWN CABIN
    BENJAMIN BROWN FROM
    CONNECTICUT SETTLED HERE
    IN 1795. FIRST ASSESSOR
    AND SECOND TOWN CLERK
    IN FABIUS
    Location: ON CO. RD. 1/2 I S. OF KEENEY

  • CAMPFIRE SITE
    HERE DAVID MOSS AND
    JAMES LOCKWOOD MADE
    FIRST CAMPFIRE APRIL 1792
    AND MADE FRIENDS WITH
    THE INDIANS
    Location: ON TN. RD. NEAR CUYLER

  • FOX CABIN
    SAMUEL FOX SETTLED HERE
    IN 1795 FROM CONNECTICUT
    THIS HOUSE ERECTED
    ABOUT 1821
    Location: ON TN. RD. 1/4 MI. E. KEENEY

  • GATES CABIN
    ZEBIDIAH GATES SETTLED
    HERE IN 1807
    CAME FROM MASSACHUSETTS
    Location: ON CO. RD. 1 MI. S.E. CUYLER

  • GRISWOLD CABIN
    ERECTED PRIOR TO 1825
    Location: ON TN. RD. 3 MIS. N.W. CUYLER

  • KEENEY CABIN
    THOMAS KEENEY
    SETTLED HERE IN 1796
    BUILT THIS HOUSE 1810
    PROPERTY STILL IN
    FAMILY POSSESSION

  • LEE HOMESTEAD
    BENJAMIN LEE
    SETTLED HERE ABOUT 1796
    BUILT THIS HOUSE
    1810
    Location: ON TN. RD. 2 MIS. N. CUYLER

  • PIONEER
    CHURCH
    FIRST CHURCH SERVICES
    HELD IN A BARN
    ON THIS SITE IN 1808
    BY BENONI HARRIS
    Location: ON TN. RD. 2 1/2 MIS. N. CUYLER

  • PIONEER HOME
    OF JAMES LOCKWOOD
    BUILT ON 100 ACRES OF
    LAND GIVEN HIM BY
    DAVID MOSS
    Location: ON TN. RD. NEAR CUYLER

  • SITE OF
    POTTER CABIN
    NATHANIEL POTTER
    SETTLED HERE IN 1792
    Location: ON TN. RD. L 1/2 MIS. S.W. CUYLER

  • SITE OF CABIN
    PIONEER HOME OF WANTON
    COREY, WHOSE MARRIAGE TO
    DEBORAH MOSS IN 1806
    WAS FIRST IN TOWN
    Location: ON LINCKLAEN ST., CUYLER

  • SITE OF CABIN
    DAVID MOSS SETTLED HERE
    IN 1792 FROM NEW JERSEY
    ON LAND GRANTED FROM
    GOVERNMENT. STILL IN
    FAMILY POSSESSION
    Location: ON TN. RD. AT CUYLER

  • SITE OF CABIN
    JOB WHITMARSH FROM
    VERMONT SETTLED HERE
    IN 1796
    PROPERTY STILL IN
    POSSESSION OF FAMILY
    Location: ON CO. RD. 3/4 MI. S. OF KEENEY

County: CORTLAND
Town: HOMER, TOWN OF

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    FRANK B. CARPENTER, ARTIST
    PAINTED "LINCOLN AND CABINET"
    SON OF ASAPH CARPENTER
    WHO SETTLED HERE
    IN 1800
    Location: ON US 11 3 MIS. NORTH OF HOMER

  • EARLY SETTLER
    THOMAS GOULD ALVORD, SR.
    BUILT HIS CABIN HERE IN
    1794 ON LAND GRANTED FOR
    SERVICES IN
    REVOLUTIONARY WAR
    Location: AT INTRSCTN. NYS 41 & 41A

  • ELI DE VOE
    BORN HERE IN LOG CABIN
    MEMBER OF U.S. SECRET SERVICE
    DETECTED AND FRUSTRATED
    A PLOT TO KILL LINCOLN
    Location: AT INTRSCTN. NYS 41 & 41A

  • JOHN ALBRIGHT
    REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
    BUILT THIS HOUSE IN 1827
    FOR HIS DAUGHTER, MRS.
    NANCY GRIFFITH
    Location: ON NYS 13 AT EAST HOMER

  • SALISBURY-PRATT HOMESTEAD
    USED BEFORE CIVIL WAR AS
    AN "UNDERGROUND STATION"
    WHERE OREN CRAVATH
    SHELTERED & AIDED FUGITIVE
    SLAVES ON WAY TO CANADA
    Location: ON NYS 281 1/2 MI. S. LITTLE YORK

  • SITE OF THE
    FIRST LOG CABIN
    SCHOOLHOUSE
    OF DISTRICT NO. 8
    1828-1838
    Location: ON NYS 41 2 MIS. N.W. HOMER

County: CORTLAND
Town: PREBLE, TOWN OF

  • BALTIMORE
    TANNERY AND SHOE SHOP. 1810
    POST OFFICE 1812-1832
    HOTELS 1814-24; 1830-56
    SCHOOL 1801 ON EAST HILL
    ROAD 1/4 MILE E. BRICK
    YARD 1812. STORE 1810
    Location: ON US 11 1 1/2 MIS. E. PREBLE

  • FIRST CHURCH
    IN TOWN OF PREBLE
    STOOD HERE. BUILT 1804
    REMOVED TO VILLAGE 1859
    Location: ON US. 11 2 MIS. N.E. PREBLE

  • FIRST SCHOOL
    BUILT IN PREBLE 1801
    RUTH THORP TEACHER,
    HAD SCHOLARS FROM THE
    TOWNS OF TULLY AND HOMER
    Location: ON CO. RD. 2 MIS. E. PREBLE

  • METHODIST
    ESPISCOPAL CHURCH
    ORGANIZED 1814
    CHURCH ERECTED 1824
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT PREBLE

  • PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    ORGANIZED AS CONGREGATIONAL
    1804; REORGANIZED PRESBYTERIAN
    1810; MOVED TO ITS PRESENT
    SITE 1859
    Location: ON CO. RD. 1/2 MI. E. OF PREBLE

  • SITE OF
    OLD LOG CHURCH
    M.E. CHURCH ORGANIZED 1814
    LOG CHURCH BUILT SAME YEAR
    ON GOSPEL AND SCHOOL ACRE
    AND USED UNTIL THE NEW
    CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1824
    Location: ON TN. RD. AT PREBLE

  • SLAB CITY
    SITE OF SAW MILL 1800
    GRIST MILL 1806
    SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4
    ORGANIZED 1813
    PRESENT SCHOOL BUILT 1843
    Location: ON US 11 2 1/2 MIS. S.E. PREBLE

  • WILLIAM VAN DENBURG
    ERECTED LOG CABIN 1802
    FIRST FRAME HOUSE BUILT
    1806 AND USED AS HOTEL
    Location: ON NYS 281 IN PREBLE

County: CORTLAND
Town: VIRGIL, TOWN OF

  • FIRST
    STATE ROAD
    IN TOWN OF VIRGIL
    BUILT 1793-94 BETWEEN
    OXFORD AND CAYUGA
    BY JOSEPH CHAPLIN
    Location: ON NYS 90 IN VIRGIL

  • FIRST
    SCHOOL HOUSE
    IN TOWN OF VIRGIL
    WAS ERECTED ON THIS SITE
    1799
    Location: ON CO. RD. 1 1/4 MIS. S.W. OF VIRGIL

  • NATHAN BOUGHTON
    1802 - 1876
    WHO WROTE & PUBLISHED
    A HISTORY OF THE
    TOWN OF VIRGIL
    WAS BORN ON THIS FARM
    Location: ON CO. RD. 2 1/2 MIS. S.W. OF VIRGIL

County: DUTCHESS
Town: AMENIA, TOWN OF

  • AMENIA UNION
    HOME OF DR. THOMAS YOUNG,
    WHO NAMED AMENIA, AND
    VERMONT; A REVOLUTIONARY
    PATRIOT, AND FRIEND OF
    ETHAN ALLEN.
    Location: CO. RD AT AMENIA UNION

  • DUTCHESS COUNTY
    CREATED IN 1638, AND NAMED
    FOR THE DUTCHESS OF YORK.
    THE "T" IN ORIGINAL NAME
    IS STILL USED
    Location: NYS 343, NE OF LEEDSVILLE, AT N.Y.-CONN. LINE

  • NAMED FROM THE LATIN
    "AMOENA," "PLEASANT TO
    THE EYE," BY DR. THOMAS
    YOUNG, EARLY SETTLER, WHO
    ALSO NAMED VERMONT.
    Location: US 44, N. OF AMENIA

  • NEW YORK STATE
    EXPLORED BY DUTCH, 1609,
    SETTLED BY DUTCH, 1624;K.
    UNDER ENGLISH RULE AFTER
    1664. NAMED FOR DUKE OF
    YORK, LATER KING JAMES II
    Location: NYS 343, NE OF LEEDSVILLE, AT N.Y.-CONN. LINE

  • RICHARD SACKETT
    FIST SETTLER OF AMENIA,
    ABOUT 1711, HAD FARM HERE
    AND IS BURIED ON HILL TO
    NORTH. HE WAS COMMISSIONER
    ON PALATINE SETTLEMENT.
    Location: NYS 22 AT S. AMENIA

  • SITE OF
    AMENIA SEMINARY
    BUILT IN 1835; IT WAS
    DIRECTED BY THE METHODIST
    CHURCH. IT HAD A HIGH
    REPUTATION AND MANY NOTED
    GRADUATES.
    Location: US 44, OF AMENIA

  • TROUTBECK
    FORMER HOME OF MYRON B.
    BENTON, POET-NATURALIST,
    FRIEND OF JOHN BURROUGHS,
    EMERSON AND THOREAU
    Location: NYS 343, AT LEEDSVILLE

  • ULDRICK WINEGAR
    AND HIS SON CAPT. GARRETT
    WINEGAR, WHO CAME FROM THE
    EAST CAMP OF THE PALATINES,
    GERMANTOWN, N.Y. SETTLED
    HERE IN 1724.
    Location: CO. RD .5 MI. NW OF AMEINA UNION

  • [ARROW]
    RED MEETING HOUSE
    "CARMEL IN NINE PARTNERS,"
    FIRST CHURCH IN AMENIA, WAS
    FORMERLY NEAR CEMETERY.
    GEORGE WHITEFIELD, FAMOUS
    Location: US 44, .7 MI. N. OF AMENIA

County: DUTCHESS
Town: BEACON, CITY OF

  • CITY OF BEACON
    INCORPORATED MAY 15, 1913
    CONSOLIDATION OF MATTEWAN
    AND FISHKILL LANDING
    VILLAGES
    Location: NYS 9D, N. OF BEACON

  • CITY OF BEACON
    INCORPORATED MAY 15, 1913
    CONSOLIDATION OF MATTEWAN
    AND FISHKILL LANDING
    VILLAGES.
    Location: NYS 9D, S. OF BEACON

  • CITY OF BEACON
    INCORPORATED MAY 15, 1913
    CONSOLIDATION OF MATTEWAN
    AND FISHKILL LANDING
    VILLAGES
    Location: NYS 52, E. OF BEACON

  • FISHKILL LANDING
    IN 1869 POP. 1100; CONTAINED
    4 CHURCHES, NEWSPAPER OFFICE,
    STEAMBOAT LANDING, 2 MACHINE
    SHOPS, R.R. STATION. STEAM
    FERRY TO NEWBURGH. FERRY IN 1743.
    Location: WILLOW ST. & VERPLANCK AVE.

  • FISHKILL LANDING
    ONE OF OLDEST LANDINS ALONG
    HUDSON RIVER. DURING REV.
    SUPPLIES FOR TROOPS IN
    NEWBURGH & N.J. FROM NEW
    ENGLAND BROUGHT ACROSS RIVER
    Location: BEEKMAN AND RIVER STS.

  • MATTEWAN
    IN 1860 POP. 1476, CONTAINED
    4 CHURCHES, MACHINE WORKS,
    CLOTHING AND FILE FACTORIES,
    AND RUBBER SHOP. FORMERLY
    HAD EXTENSIVE COTTON MILLS.
    Location: ON NYS 9D & NYS 52

  • [ARROW]
    MOUNT BEACON
    ON THE SUMMIT, 1640 FEET
    ABOVE HUDSON, WAS ONE OF
    SYSTEM OF BEACON IN THE
    HIGHLANDS PLANNED BY GENS.
    WASHINGTON AND CLINTON.
    Location: NYS 9D, AT FT. OF MOUNT BEACON

County: DUTCHESS
Town: CLINTON, TOWN OF

  • DEWITT HOUSE
    BUILT 1773 BY JOHN DEWITT
    CAPTAIN, REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
    MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY, SHERIFF
    DUTCHESS CO. AND MEMBER
    CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
    Location: CO. RD. AT FROST'S MILLS

County: DUTCHESS
Town: DOVER, TOWN OF

  • CLOVE ROAD CAMP
    A MILE WEST IS PHILIP HOAG
    HOUSE, BUILT 1750, WHERE
    WASHINGTON AND TROOPS, EN
    ROUTE FROM BOSTON TO NEW
    YORK, ENCAMPED IN 1776
    Location: NYS 22, N. OF NYS 55, AT WINGDALE

  • DOVER STONE CHURCH
    A CAVERN, WITH A WATERFALL,
    REFUGE OF SASSACUS, PEQUOT
    CHIEF, FLEEING FROM ROUT OF
    HIS TRIBE AT NEW LOUDON, CONN.
    AFTERWARD KILLED BY MOHAWKS.
    Location: NYS 22, AT DOVER PLAINS

  • MOREHOUSE TAVERN
    SITE OF TAVERN, ON ROAD
    FROM HARTFORD, CONN., TO
    FISHKILL, N.Y. WHERE
    WASHINGTON, ROCHAMBEAU AND
    DE CHASTELLUX STAYED
    Location: NYS 22, N. OF NYS 55, AT WINGDALE

County: DUTCHESS
Town: EAST FISHKILL, TOWN OF

  • HOUSE BUILT IN 1740 BY
    JUDGE THEODORUS VAN WYCK
    OCCUPIED 1776-1777 BY
    JOHN JAY
    WHO HERE PRESIDED
    AT PROVINCIAL COURT
    Location: NYS 52 W. OF WICOPEE

  • SIBYL LUDINGTON
    RODE HORSEBACK OVER THIS
    ROAD THE NIGHT OF APRIL 26,
    1777, TO CAL OUT COLONEL
    LUDINGTON'S REGIMENT TO
    REPEL BRITISH AT DANBURY, CONN.
    Location: NYS 52 & NYS 216, AT STORMVILLE

  • STORMVILLE VILLAGE
    SETTLED 1730 BY GENET,
    GEORGE, AND ISAAC STORM
    AFTER WHOM VILLAGE WAS
    NAMED. PREVIOUS TO 1860
    HAD 20 HOUSES.
    Location: NYS 52 AT STORMVILLE

  • TOWN AND COUNTY LINE
    EAST FISHKILL, DUTCHESS CO.
    FORMED FROM FISHKILL 1849.
    KENT, PUTNAM CO. FORMED AS
    FREDERICKSTOWN 1788. CHANGED
    TO FREDERICK 1795, KENT 1817.
    Location: NYS 52, .5 MI. S. OF PECKSVILLE, AT DUTCHESS-PUTNAM CO. LINE

  • TOWN AND COUNTY LINE
    EAST FISHKILL, DUTCHESS CO.
    FORMED FROM FISHKILL 1849.
    KENT, PUTNAM CO. FORMED AS
    FREDERICKSTOWN 1788. CHANGED
    TO FREDERICK 1795, KENT 1817.
    Location: CO. RD., 1 MI. W. OF PECKSVILLE, AT DUTCHESS-PUTNAM CO. LINE

  • TOWN LINE
    EAST FISHKILL FORMED FROM
    FISHKILL 1849. FISHKILL
    FORMED 1788. PART OF LA GRANGE
    OFF 1821 AND EAST FISHKILL
    1849. PART OF
    PHILIPSTOWN ANNEXED 1806.
    Location: NYS 52 OF WICOPEE

  • TOWN LINE
    EAST FISHKILL FORMED FROM
    FISHKILL 1849. FISHKILL
    FORMED 1788. PART OF LA GRANGE
    OFF 1821 AND EAST FISHKILL
    1849. PART OF
    PHILIPSTOWN ANNEXED 1806.
    Location: NYS 52 OF WICOPEE

  • TOWN LINE
    EAST FISHKILL FORMED FROM
    FISHKILL 1849. BEEKMAN
    FORMED AS TOWN 1788. PART OF
    LAGRANGE OFF IN 1821: AND
    PART OF UNION VALE IN 1827.
    Location: NYS 216, 1 MI. E. OF STORMVILLE

County: DUTCHESS
Town: FISHKILL, TOWN OF

  • BATTERY
    ON THIS HILL, DURING THE
    AMERICAN REVOLUTION, WAS
    A BATTERY FOR THE DEFENSE
    OF "THE GORGE OF THE
    MOUNTAINS," FISHKILL CLOVE
    Location: US 9, 1/8 MI. N. OF DUTCHESS-PUTNAM CO. LINE

  • BUILT 1738 BY
    COLONEL JOHN
    BRINCKERHOFF
    WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS
    WHILE ARMY WAS
    IN FISHKILL
    Location: NYS 82, E. OF BRINCKERHOFF

  • DUTCHESS COUNTY
    CREATED IN 1683 AND NAMED
    FOR THE DUTCHESS OF YORK.
    THE "T" IN ORIGINAL NAME
    IS STILL USED
    Location: US 9, AT DUTCHESS-PUTNAM CO. LINE

  • ENOCH CROSBY
    AMERICAN SPY, TAKEN WITH
    RECRUITS FOR BRITISH ARMY,
    CONFINED HERE AFTER MOCK
    TRIAL BY COMMITTEE OF SAFETY
    WAS ALLOWED TO ESCAPE
    Location: NYS 52, AT FISHKILL

  • HOME OF
    HENDRICK KIP
    BUILT 1753. FISHKILL
    HEADQUARTERS OF BARON VON
    STEUBEN ABOUT 1777.
    GEN. WASHINGTON AND COUNT
    PULASKI VISITED HERE
    Location: SW OF NYS 52, NR. GLENHAM

  • SITE OF
    FISHKILL TEA PARTY
    AUG. 26, 1776, 100 WOMEN
    FORCED ABRAM BRINCKERHOFF
    STOREKEEPER, TO SELL THEM
    TEA AT LAWFUL PRICE OF
    SIX SHILLINGS PER POUND
    Location: NYS 52, AT BRINCKERHOFF

  • STAR MILLS
    BUILT BY ABRAM BRINCKERHOFF.
    BURNED 1777. REBUILT BY
    ORDER OF GEN. WASHINGTON
    WHILE HIS SOLDIERS ENCAMPED
    AT FISHKILL. LATER DEMOLISHED
    Location: S. OF NYS 52, IN BRINCKERHOFF

  • VERPLANCK HOUSE
    BUILT 1740, BY GULIAN
    VERPLANCK, BURNED 1931.
    HEADQUARTERS BARON STEUBEN
    1762. SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI
    ORGANIZED THERE IN 1783.
    Location: NYS 9D, .5 MI. N. OF BEACON

  • WARTON HOUSE
    MADE FAMOUS BY
    COOPER'S NOVEL, "THE SPY"
    HEADQUARTERS OF GEN. PUTNAM
    IN REVOLUTION
    Location: US 9, .5 MI. S. OF FISHKILL

  • WASHINGTON'S SWORD
    WAS FORGED OR REPAIRED NEAR
    HERE BY JOHN BAILEY. THE
    SWORD IS NOW IN SMITHSONIAN
    MUSEUM, WASHINGTON, D.C.
    Location: NYS 52, AT GLENHAM

  • [ARROW]
    DUTCH CHURCH
    REFORMED CHURCH OF FISHKILL
    ORGANIZED 1716, BUILT 1725,
    OCCUPIED 1776 BY NEW YORK
    PROVINCIAL CONGRESS, ALSO
    PRISON DURING REVOLUTION.
    Location: NYS 52, AT FISHKILL

  • [ARROW]
    TRINITY CHURCH
    ORGANIZED BY REV. SAMUEL SEABURY
    1756, BUILT 1760. PROVINCIAL CONGRESS
    MET HERE SEPT. 1776. USED AS
    HOSPITAL DURING REVOLUTION.
    Location: NYS 52 AT FISHKILL

County: DUTCHESS
Town: HYDE PARK, TOWN OF

  • SITE OF
    JAMES K. PAULDING
    HOUSE, 1841-1860
    PAULDING WAS A DISTINGUISHED
    AUTHOR, COLLABORATED WITH
    WASHINGTON IRVING. WAS SEC'Y
    OF NAVY UNDER VAN BUREN
    Location: US 9, 2 MIS. N. OF HYDE PARK

  • ST. JAMES CHURCH
    ERECTED 1844. ATTENDED BY
    FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 32D
    PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
    STATES, AND HIS FAMILY
    Location: US 9, 1 MI. N. OF HYDE PARK

County: DUTCHESS
Town: LA GRANGE, TOWN OF

  • [ARROW]
    OSWEGO
    OLD NAME OF COMMUNITY ONE
    MILE EAST, WITH MEETING
    HOUSE OF SOCIETY OF
    FRIENDS, 18TH CENTURY CENTER
    FOR A WIDE NEIGHBORHOOD
    Location: NYS 82, AT MOORE'S MILLS

County: DUTCHESS
Town: MILAN, TOWN OF

  • BURIAL GROUND
    CHIEF CROW AND OTHER
    MOHICAN SHACOMECOS OF
    MORAVIAN FAITH BURIED HERE.
    LAST BURIAL ABOUT 1850
    Location: CO. RD., W. OF JACKSON CORNERS

  • COLONIAL INN
    BUILT ABOUT 1773
    STAGE INN, DOCTOR'S OFFICE,
    HOTEL, STORE,
    POST OFFICE OF
    JACKSON CORNERS
    Location: AT JACKSON CORNERS

  • FULTON HOMESTEAD
    JOHN FULTON, FIRST OWNER.
    DEED RECORDED OCT. 12, 1795
    HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN POSSESSION
    OF THE FULTON FAMILY.
    IN FULTON NAME UNTIL 1933.
    Location: CO. RD., BETWEEN UPPER RED HOOK & JACKSON CORNERS

  • NOBLETOWN ROAD
    RUNNING FROM POST ROAD
    IN LIVINGSTON, THROUGH
    GALLATIN, ANCRAM, STATE LINE,
    NOBLETOWN, TO BARRINGTON, N.H.
    IN USE BEFORE 1798
    Location: CO. RD., W. OF JACKSON CORNERS

County: DUTCHESS
Town: NORTH EAST, TOWN OF

  • BRYAN
    BURYING GROUND
    PRIVATE GRAVE YARD
    OLD STONE 1825
    Location: NYS 82, N. OF SHEKOMEKO

  • COLEMAN'S STATION
    BURYING GROUND
    PRIVATE GRAVE YARD
    OLD STONE 1749.
    Location: .5 MI. E. OF US 44, AT COLEMAN'S STATION

  • IRONDALE CEMETERY
    IRONDALE, MILLERTON.
    TOWN OF NORTH EAST
    OLD STONE 1818.HIP, LITCHFIELD
    Location: NYS 22, AT MILLERTON

  • NORTH EAST CENTER
    BURYING GROUND
    EARLY STONE MARKED 1801
    Location: US 44, AT NORTH EAST CENTER

  • SPENCER'S CORNERS
    NORTH EAST POST OFFICE
    MAY 1, 1773, FIRST BAPTIST
    COVENANT MEETING IN NORTH
    EAST HELD AT HOME OF REV.
    SIMON DAKIN, NEAR HERE.
    Location: CO. RD., 1.5 MIS. E. OF IRONDALE

  • SPENCER'S CORNERS
    BURYING GROUND
    BELONGED TO BAPTIST CHURCH.
    LAND DONATED HERE FOR CHURCH
    & GRAVE YARD BY REV. SIMON
    DAKIN, 1776. OLDEST STONE 1701.
    Location: CO. RD., 1.5 MIS. E. OF NYS 22

  • TOWN, COUNTY, & STATE LINE
    NORTH EAST TOWNSHIP, DUTCHESS
    COUNTY, NEW YORK STATE;
    SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, LITCHFIELD
    COUNTY, CONNECTICUT.
    Location: US 44, AT N.Y.-CONN. LINE

  • TOWN, COUNTY, & STATE LINE
    NORTH EAST TOWNSHIP, DUTCHESS
    COUNTY, NEW YRK STATE;
    SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, LITCHFIELD
    COUNTY, CONNECTICUT.
    Location: NYS 361, AT N.Y.-CONN. LINE

County: DUTCHESS
Town: PAWLING, TOWN OF

  • DUTCHESS COUNTY
    CREATED IN 1683 AND NAMED
    FOR THE DUTCHESS OF YORK.
    THE "T" IN ORIGINAL NAME
    IS STILL USED.
    Location: NYS 22, 3 MIS. S. OF PAWLING

  • JOHN L. WORDEN
    COMMANDER OF THE MONITOR,
    AGAINST THE CONFEDERATE RAM,
    MERRIMAC, HAMPTON ROADS,
    MAR.9, 1862; REAR ADMIRAL,
    U.S.N. IS BURIED HERE
    Location: NYS 22, 100 YDS. N. OF NYS 55

  • KANE HOUSE
    OCCUPIED BY GEN. WASHINGTON,
    SEP.-NOV., 1778 AFTER THE
    BATTLE OF MONMOUTH, N.J. WHEN
    HE WAS PLANNING AN ADVANCE
    UPON NEW YORK CITY
    Location: NYS 22, AT PAWLING

County: DUTCHESS
Town: PINE PLAINS, TOWN OF

  • CHRISTIAN CHURCH
    WEST PINE PLAINS
    DEDICATED 1859 BY REV. ALI
    FAY OF YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO.
    NEW STOREHOUSE FOR FARM
    MACHINERY AND ALSO GARAGE.
    Location: NYS 199, 2 MIS. W. OF PINE PLAINS

  • HUBBELL SPRING
    NAMED FOR MR. HUBBELL
    WHO BUILT CABIN NEARBY
    ABOUT 1760. WATERING
    THROUGH HERE SINCE THAT
    DATE.
    Location: NYS 199, .5 MI. W. OF PINE PLAINS

  • MOUNT ROSS
    NAMED FOR CAPTAIN THOMAS
    ROSS, WHO WAS CALLED
    "BARON ROSS"
    DIED AUGUST, 1762
    Location: CO. RD., AT MOUNT ROSS

  • OLD TURNPIKE
    RHINEBECK-SALISBURY
    TURNPIKE. LEGISLATIVE
    ACT PASSED APRIL 2, 1802.
    Location: NYS 199, .5 MI. E. OF PINE PLAINS

  • PINE PLAINS
    NORTHEAST LINE
    PINE PLAINS ORGANIED 1823.
    NORTHEAST FORMED 1788 AND
    INCLUDED MILAN AND PINE
    PLAINS. MILAN TAKEN OFF IN 1818.
    Location: NYS 199, AT PINE PLAINS-NORTH EAST LINE

  • PINE PLAINS
    NORTHEAST LINE
    INE PLAINS ORGANIZED 1823.
    NORTHEAST FORMED 1788 AND
    INCLUDED MILAN AND PINE
    PLAINS. MILAN TAKEN OFF IN 1818.
    Location: NYS 82, 4 MIS. SE OF PINE PLAINS

  • PINE PLAINS-STANFORD LINE
    PINE PLAINS ORGANIZED 1823.
    PART OF NORTHEAST 1788 AND
    LITTLE NINE PARTNERS 1706.
    STANFORD ORGANIZED 1793.
    PART OF WASHINGTON 1788 AND
    GREAT NINE PARTNERS 1697
    Location: NYS 82 A, 1 MI, N. OF ATTLEBURY, AT PINE PLAINS-STANFORD LINE

  • SCYTHE WORKS SITE
    STONE FROM HERE USED IN
    BASEMENT WALLS OF ADDITION
    TO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH; ALSO
    FOR FOUNDATIONS IN EVERGREEN
    CEMETERY.
    Location: NYS 199, .5 MI. W. OF HAMMERTON

  • SITE OF
    DIBBLE-BOOTH HOUSE
    BUILT ABOUT 1728. REPAIRED
    BEFORE 1775 AND TOP STORY
    ADDED. J. LEWIS, STOREKEEPER,
    1ST OCCUPANT. INDIAN TRADING
    POST AND STORE. TORN DOWN 1878
    Location: NYS 199, W. OF PINE PLAINS

  • SITE OF
    RED CHURCH
    BUILT BY GERMAN REFORMERS
    1772 ON PULVER FARM; TORN
    DOWN 1826; KNOWN AS THE
    OLD RED CHURCH
    Location: NYS 199, 1 MI. W. OF NYS 82

  • SITE OF
    OLD TAVERN
    LOG HOUSE TAVERN INN 1798,
    DR. ASAHEL HASKINS, PROP.
    HOTEL BUILT 1804 BY F. & E.
    DIBBLEE, C. KETTERER OWNER
    ENLARGED HOTEL 1872 & 1882.
    Location: SE CORNER MAIN AND CHURCH STS. IN PINE PLAINS

  • SITE OF
    SEYMOUR SMITH ACADEMY
    OPENED 1879: LEASED 1896, AS
    UNION FREE SCHOOL. REV. A.
    MATTICE, A.M. ONLY PRINCIPAL.
    Location: ACADEMY AND SMITH STS., IN PINE PLAINS

  • SITE OF
    GRINDING WORKS
    FOUNDED BY COL. SILAS
    HARRIS ABOUT 1832.
    Location: NYS 82, 3 MIS. SE OF PINE PLAINS

  • UNION LIBRARY
    OF PINE PLAINS
    ORGANIZED 1798. EBENEZER
    BALDWIN FIRST LIBRARIAN.
    FIRST PUBLIC LIBRARY IN
    TOWN OF NORTH EAST
    Location: SW CORNER MAIN AND CHURCH STS. IN PINE PLAINS

County: DUTCHESS
Town: POUGHKEEPSIE, CITY OF

  • MATTHEW VASSAR
    FOUNDER OF VASSAR COLLEGE,
    LIVED IN HOUSE ON THIS SITE
    FOR MANY YEARS. NOW SITE OF
    VASSAR BROS. HOME
    Location: NE CORNER MAIN & VASSAR STS.

  • ON THIS SITE 1777-1807
    STEPHEN HENDRICKSON'S INN;
    1807-1876, THE FORBUS HOUSE;
    SINCE 1876, THE NELSON HOUSE
    Location: MARKET ST. AT NELSON HOUSE

  • POUGHKEEPSIE
    FIRST SETTLERS IN 1687.
    NEW YORK STATE CAPITAL,
    1778-1783. CONSTITUTION OF
    THE UNITED STATES RATIFIED
    HERE BY NEW YORK, JULY 26, 1788
    Location: US 9, S. OF POUGHKEEPSIE

  • POUGHKEEPSIE
    FIRST SETTLERS IN 1687.
    NEW YORK STATE CAPITAL,
    1778-1783. CONSTITUTION OF
    THE UNITED STATES RATIFIED
    HERE BY NEW YORK, JULY 26, 1788
    Location: US 9 G, N. OF POUGHKEEPSIE

  • POUGHKEEPSIE
    FIRST SETTLERS IN 1687.
    NEW YORK STATE CAPITAL,
    1778-1783. CONSTITUTION OF
    THE UNITED STATES RATIFIED
    HERE BY NEW YORK, JULY 26, 1788
    Location: NYS 376, SE OF POUGHKEEPSIE

  • SITE OF
    SMITH THOMPSON
    COUNTRY HOME
    THOMPSON WAS SECRETARY
    OF NAVY, 1818-1822 AND
    JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME
    COURT OF U.S., 1833-1843
    Location: US 9, 75 YDS. N. OF CITY LINE

  • THE GLEBE HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1767
    BY MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH
    OF ENGLAND IN DUTCHESS
    COUNTY FOR THEIR MINISTER
    Location: 635 MAIN ST.

  • VAL KILL
    DUTCH NAME FOR
    "STREAM OF FALLS"
    "PONDANICKRIEN" IS THE
    INDIAN NAME MEANING
    "CROOKED PLACE"
    Location: MILL ST. AT BRIDGE

  • [ARROW]
    1776 SHIPYARD
    ON SHORE LINE OF RIVER WAS
    A CONTINENTAL SHIPYARD
    WHERE FRIGATES CONGRESS
    AND MONTGOMERY WERE BUILT
    TO DEFEND THE HUDSON RIVER
    Location: NE CORNER LIVINGSTON AND PROSPECT STS.

County: DUTCHESS
Town: POUGHKEEPSIE, TOWN OF

  • ENTRANCE TO ESTATE OWNED
    AND OCCUPIED 1804-1812 BY
    GEORGE CLINTON
    THEN VICE PRESIDENT OF
    THE UNITED STATES
    Location: SHAEFE RD., AT N.Y. TRAP ROCK CO.

  • SPECK ZYN KILL
    DUTCH FOR "SPECK, HIS
    STREAM". LATER CALLED
    SPECK'N KILL AND
    SPECKENKILL. SPECK, AN
    INDIAN, OWED THIS LAND
    Location: US 9, AT SPECKENKILL RD.

  • ZEPHANIAH PLATT
    COUNTY COURT JUDGE, COLONEL
    OF MILITIA, MEMBER COUNCIL
    OF SAFETY, CONSTITUTIONAL
    CONVENTION, DELEGATE STATE SENATE
    LIVED HERE 1762-1798.
    Location: OVERLOOK RD., 1 MI. FROM NYS 55

County: DUTCHESS
Town: RED HOOK, TOWN OF

  • DAVID VAN NESS
    BUILT BRICK HOUSE HERE BEFORE
    1797. WAS CAPTAIN DURING
    REVOLUTION, GEN. OF STATE
    MILITIA, STATE SENATOR AND
    PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR 1812.
    Location: W. MARKET & PHILLIPS STS., IN RED HOOK

  • DUTCHESS COUNTY
    CREATED IN 1683 AND NAMED
    FOR THE DUTCHESS OF YORK.
    THE "T" IN ORIGINAL NAME
    IS STILL USED
    Location: US 9, .5 MI. N. OF KERLEYS CORNERS

  • MONTGOMERY PLACE
    HOME OF JANET LIVINGSTON,
    WIDOW OF GENERAL RICHARD
    MONTGOMERY. KILLED IN
    QUEBEC 1775; AND OF HON.
    EDW. LIVINGSTON, 1764-1836.
    Location: CO. RD., .5 MI. SW OF ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON

  • OLD RED BRICK TAVERN
    KNOWN IN 1789 AS THE
    THOMAS HOUSE
    HEADQUARTERS IN 1777 OF
    GENERAL PUTNAM
    Location: E. OF US 9, IN UPPER RED HOOK

County: DUTCHESS
Town: RHINEBECK, TOWN OF

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    BRIG. GEN. JOHN A. QUITMAN
    SEPT. 1, 1799-JULY 17,1858
    HERO OF MEXICAN WAR
    SENATOR, CHANCELLOR, JUDGE
    GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI
    Location: US 9, 2 MIS. N. OF RHINEBECK

  • BOGARDUS LAND
    TRAINING GROUND OF
    REVOLUTIONARY TROOPS.
    FORMERLY BELONGED TO
    WILLIAM TRAPHAGEN, FOUNDER
    OF VILLAGE OF RHINEBECK
    Location: US 9, AT RHINEBECK P.O.

  • HOUSE OCCUPIED BY
    GEN. RICHARD MONTGOMERY
    WHEN HE TOOK COMMAND
    OF THE NORTHERN FORCES
    1775
    Location: LIVINGSTON ST., RHINEBECK

  • JOHN BENNER HOUSE
    HELD THE FIRST METHODIST
    CHURCH SRVICES IN THE
    TOWN. CONDUCTED BY THE
    REV. FREEBORN GARRETSON, 1791-1792
    Location: US 9, 2 MIS. S. OF RHINEBECK

  • LANDSMAN'S KILL
    WHOSE WATERS OPERATED
    THE MILLS OF SCHUYLER,
    MONTGOMERY, MORGAN LEWIS
    LIVINGSTON AND MANY OTHER
    Location: US 9, AT BR. IN RHINEBECK

  • LONG DOCK
    LANDING FOR FERRY CHARTERED
    1752, CONNECTING THE ULSTER
    AS SALISBURY PIKE ON THE
    EAST WITH THE ULSTER AND
    DELAWARE ON THE WEST
    Location: NYS 308, 1 MI. W. OF RHINEBECK

  • OLD RHINEBECK
    ORIGINAL LOCATION OF THE
    VILLAGE OF RHINEBECK
    SITE OF OLDEST CHURCH
    IN NORTHERN PRECINCT OF
    DUTCHESS COUNTY
    Location: US 9, 2 MIS. N. OF RHINEBECK

  • PETER PULTZ' TAVERN
    BUILT ABOUT 1800
    KNOWN ALSO AS "BOWERY HOUSE"
    WAS SOCIAL CENTER OF COMMUNITY;
    ITS COURTROOM, THEATER & BALLROOM
    WAS HDQTS. "YELLOW BIRD" STAGE LINE
    Location: NYS 308, E. OF MULBERRY ST., IN RHINEBECK

  • RUINS OF THE
    KIP-BEEKMAN-HEERMANCE HOUSE
    BUILT 1700 BY HENDRICK KIP, PATENTEE.
    HOME OF COL. HENRY BEEKMAN, JR.
    LATER OF HIS GRANDSON COL. HENRY
    B. LIVINGSTON OF THE REV. ARMY
    Location: NYS 308, .5 MI. E. OF RHINECLIFF

  • WESTWARD ON THE LEFT (RIGHT)
    GASMERE-BIRTHPLACE-W.A. DUER
    ONCE PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA COL.
    ON THE RIGHT BEYOND - ELLERSLIE
    HOME OF LEVI P. MORTON, GOV. OF
    N.Y. & VICE PRES. OF U.S.
    Location: US 9, 2 MIS. S. OF RHINEBECK

  • WHITE CORNER
    BUILT IN 1816 BY
    CHRISTIAN SCHELL.
    ONCE THE COMMERCIAL
    AND FINANCIAL CENTER
    OF THE COMMUNITY
    Location: NW CORNER MILL & W. MARKET STS. IN RHINEBECK

County: DUTCHESS
Town: WAPPINGER, TOWN OF

  • MESIER PARK
    PRE-REVOLUTIONARY HOUSE
    HOME OF MESIER FAMILY
    FROM 1777 TO 1890
    ACQUIRED BY VILLAGE 1891
    Location: NYS 9D, AT WAPPINGERS FALLS

County: DUTCHESS
Town: WASHINGTON, TOWN OF

  • JACOB WILLETTS
    DEBORAH WILLETTS
    WIDELY KNOWN EDUCATORS
    LIVED HERE IN EARLY
    19TH CENTURY
    Location: NYS 343, 1/4 MI. E. OF MILLBROOK

  • MEETING HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1780 BY THE
    NINE PARTNERS MEETING
    OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
    Location: NYS 343, .5 MI. E. OF MILLBROOK

  • NINE PARTNERS
    SCHOOL
    ON THIS SITE, 1796-1863,
    INFLUENTIAL IN EDUCATION
    FAMOUS FOR ITS TEACHERS
    AND PUPILS
    Location: NYS 343, 3/4 MI. E. OF MILLBROOK

County: ERIE
Town: AMHERST, TOWN OF

  • MAIN STREET
    SURVEYED IN 1799 BY JOSEPH
    ELLICOTT ALONG THE LINE OF
    THE OLD "CENTRAL TRAIL" FROM
    ALBANY, WAS AN EARLY STAGECOACH
    ROUTE AND WAGON TRAIL TO THE WEST
    Location: STATE ROUTE #9, SOUTH ROAD

  • U.S. BARRACKS 1812
    ALONG GARRISON RD TO CREEK AND
    EXTENDING SOUTHEAST WERE LOG
    BARRACKS OF GEN. SMYTH'S ARMY DURING
    WINTER OF 1812 AND '13. THESE
    BUILDINGS WERE LATER USED AS HOSPITAL
    Location: ON NYS 5 IN VLGE. OF WILLIAMSVILLE

County: ERIE
Town: BOSTON, TOWN OF

  • PIONEER CHURCH
    FOUNDED BY REV. JOHN
    SPENCER, MISSIONARY, 1811.
    MEETING HOUSE ERECTED 1837.
    REAR SECTION HOUSED SELECT
    SCHOOL, ORGANIZED 1809.
    Location: ON US 219 AT BOSTON

County: ERIE
Town: BUFFALO, CITY OF

  • SITE OF
    OLD JUBILEE SPRING HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1830. SOURCE
    OF EARLY WATER SUPPLY
    Location: ON DELAWARE AVENUE

  • WILCOX MANSION
    SITE OF ARMY BARRACKS
    ESTABLISHED HERE IN 1838.
    PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT
    TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE AS
    PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
    Location: ON DELAWARE AVENUE

County: ERIE
Town: CHEEKTOWAGA, TOWN OF

  • [ARROW]
    1/4 MILE
    WAR OF 1812 CEMETERY
    Location: ON GARRISON ROAD AT ELLICOTT CREEK ROAD

County: ERIE
Town: TONAWANDA, TOWN OF

  • ST JOHN'S
    CEMETERY
    FIRST BURIAL 1839
    ORGANIZED 1850
    RESTORED 1934
    KNOWN AS "WERKLEY"
    CEMETERY
    Location: ON EGGERT ROAD NEAR SHERIDAN DRIVE

County: ERIE
Town: WEST SENECA, TOWN OF

  • JACK BERRY'S TOWN
    LARGEST POST REVOLUTIONARY
    SENECA INDIAN VILLAGE
    OCCUPIED THIS SITE
    1780-1840
    Location: VILLAGE OF GARDENVILLE IN MEMORIAL PARK

  • MIDDLE EBENEZER
    HOME (1834-1864) OF
    CHRISTIAN METZ
    LEADER OF THE COMMUNITY
    OF TRUE INSPIRATION
    [ARROW]
    Location: VILLAGE OF GARDENVILLE BY BRIDGE OVER BUFFALO CREEK

County: ESSEX
Town: CHESTERFIELD, TOWN OF

  • TURNPIKE
    PORT KENT TO HOPKINTON
    BUILT 1829-32. VIA
    AUSABLE FORKS, BLACK BROOK,
    FRANKLIN FALLS, LOON LAKE,
    ST. REGIS FALLS, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 9N AT CLINTONVILLE

  • TURNPIKE
    PORT KENT TO HOPKINTON
    BUILT 1829-32. VIA
    AUSABLE FORKS, BLACK BROOK,
    FRANKLIN FALLS, LOON LAKE,
    ST. REGIS FALLS, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 9N AT CLINTONVILLE

  • TURNPIKE
    PORT KENT TO HOPKINTON
    BUILT 1829-32. VIA
    AUSABLE FORKS, BLACK BROOK,
    FRANKLIN FALLS, LOON LAKE,
    ST. REGIS FALLS, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 373 ABOUT 2 MILES FROM PORT KENT

  • TURNPIKE
    PORT KENT TO HOPKINTON
    BUILT 1829-32. VIA
    AUSABLE FORKS, BLACK BROOK,
    FRANKLIN FALLS, LOON LAKE,
    ST. REGIS FALLS, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 9N AT CLINTONVILLE

  • TURNPIKE
    PORT KENT TO HOPKINTON
    BUILT 1829-32. VIA
    AUSABLE FORKS, BLACK BROOK,
    FRANKLIN FALLS, LOON LAKE,
    ST. REGIS FALLS, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 373 ABOUT 2 MILES FROM PORT KENT

County: ESSEX
Town: CROWN POINT, TOWN OF

  • 500 FT.
    [ARROW]
    RUINS OF
    PRE-REVOLUTIONARY
    VILLAGE
    AND TRADING POST
    Location: ON CROWN POINT RESERVATION AT CHAMPLAIN BRIDGE

  • BUILT BY GENERAL AMHERST 1759
    COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY
    MILITARY ROAD
    CROWN POINT TO TICONDEROGA
    Location: ON NYS 8 ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPLAIN BRIDGE

  • COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY
    MILITARY ROAD
    CROWN POINT TO TICONDEROGA
    Location: ON NYS 8 ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPLAIN BRIDGE

  • GRENADIER FORT
    ONE OF SECONDARY DEFENSES OF
    CROWN POINT
    BUILT BY GENERAL AMHERST 1759
    VILLAGE
    AND TRADING POST
    Location: ON CROWN POINT RESERVATION AT CHAMPLAIN BRIDGE

  • GRENADIER FORT
    ONE OF SECONDARY DEFENSES OF
    CROWN POINT
    BUILT BY GENERAL AMHERST 1759
    Location: ON CROWN POINT RESERVATION AT CHAMPLAIN BRIDGE

  • LIGHT INFANTRY FOR
    ONE OF THE SECONDARY DEFENSES OF
    CROWN POINT
    BUILT BY GENERAL AMHERST 1759
    Location: ON NYS 8 AT CROWN JPOINT RESERVATION

  • LIGHT INFANTRY FORT
    ONE OF THE SECONDARY DEFENSES OF
    CROWN POINT
    BUILT BY GENERAL AMHERST 1759
    Location: ON NYS 8 AT CROWN POINT RESERVATION

County: ESSEX
Town: ELIZABETHTOWN, TOWN OF

  • ELIZABETHTOWN
    FORMED FEB. 12, 1798, NAMED
    IN HONOR OF ELIZABETH, WIFE
    OF WILLIAM GILLILAND,
    PATENTEE MANOR OF WILLSBORO
    COUNTY SEAT ESSEX COUNTY
    Location: ON US 9 AT ELIZABETHTOWN

  • ELIZABETHTOWN
    FORMED FEB. 12, 1798, NAMED
    IN HONOR OF ELIZABETH, WIFE
    OF WILLIAM GILLILAND,
    PATENTEE MANOR OF WILLSBORO
    COUNTY SEAT ESSEX COUNTY
    Location: ON US 9 AT ELIZABETHTOWN

  • NORTHWEST
    BAY ROAD
    BEGUN PRIOR TO 1810. FROM
    WESTPORT VIA ELIZABETHTOWN,
    LAKE PLACID, SARANAC LAKE,
    SANTA CLARA, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON US 9N AT ELIZABETHTOWN

  • NORTHWEST
    BAY ROAD
    BEGUN PRIOR TO 1810. FROM
    WESTPORT VIA ELIZABETHTOWN,
    LAKE PLACID, SARANAC LAKE,
    SANTA CLARA, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON US 9 AT ELIZABETHTOWN

  • STATE ARSENAL
    ERECTED BY
    STATE OF NEW YORK
    IN 1811
    USED DURING WAR OF 1812
    SOLD IN 1848
    Location: ON US 9 AT ELIZABETHTOWN

  • STATE ARSENAL
    ERECTED BY
    STATE OF NEW YORK
    IN 1811
    USED DURING WAR OF 1812
    SOLD IN 1848
    Location: ON US 9 AT ELIZABETHTOWN

County: ESSEX
Town: ESSEX, TOWN OF

  • COON MOUNTAIN
    NEAR THE NORTHERN BASE OF THIS
    MOUNTAIN, WILLIAM GILLILAND,
    EARLY PIONEER OF CHAMPLAIN
    VALLEY, MET HIS TRAGIC
    DEATH IN 1796
    Location: ON NYS 22 ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF WADHAMS

  • COON MOUNTAIN
    NEAR THE NORTHERN BASE OF THIS
    MOUNTAIN, WILLIAM GILLILAND,
    EARLYPIONEER OF CHAMPLAIN
    VALLEY, MET HIS TRAGIC
    DEATH IN 1796

  • SITE OF
    WILLSBOROUGH BLOCKHOUSE\
    ERECTED 1797 AS A PROTECTION
    AGAINST INDIANS; USED
    FROM 1799-1807 AS
    ESSEX COUNTY COURTHOUSE
    Location: ON NYS 22 AT ESSEX

  • SITE OF
    WILLSBOROUGH BLOCKHOUSE
    ERECTED 1797 AS A PROTECTION
    AGAINST INDIANS; USED
    FROM 1799-1807 AS
    ESSEX COUNTY COURTHOUSE
    Location: ON NYS 22 AT ESSEX

  • SPLIT ROCK
    CALLED ROCHE REGIO BY INDIANS.
    BOUNDARY BETWEEN MOHAWKS AND
    ALGONQUINS. BY TREATY OF
    UTRECHT CONCEDED AS LIMIT
    OF ENGLISH DOMINIONS.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 3 MI. SOUTH OF ESSEX

  • SPLIT ROCK
    CALLED ROCHE REGIO BY INDIANS.
    BOUNDARY BETWEEN MOHAWKS AND
    ALGONQUINS. BY TREATY OF
    UTRECHT CONCEDED AS LIMIT
    OF ENGLISH DOMINIONS.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 3 MI. SOUTH OF ESSEX

County: ESSEX
Town: GENERAL AMHERST'S ARMY.

  • ON THE EAST SHORE OPPOSITE
    THIS PLACE WERE ERECTED
    TWO BLOCKHOUSES
    TO GUARD THE NARROWS AND
    LANDING PLACE 1759.
    Location: ON BLACK POINT RD. SOUTH OF TICONDEROGA

County: ESSEX
Town: MINERVA, TOWN OF

  • THEODORE ROOSEVELT
    SEPT. 14, 1901, STOPPED AT AIDEN LAIR
    TO CHANGE HORSES IN NIGHT RIDE ON
    BUCKBOARD FROM MT. MARCY TO NORTH
    CREEK TO TAKE OATH OF PRESIDENT
    AT BUFFALO, N.Y.
    Location: ON NYS 28N ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF MINERVA

  • THEODORE ROOSEVELT
    SEPT. 14, 1901, STOPPED AT AIDEN LAIR
    TO CHANGE HORSES IN NIGHT RIDE ON
    BUCKBOARD FROM MT. MARCY TO NORTH
    CREEK TO TAKE OATH OF PRESIDENT
    AT BUFFALO, N. Y.
    Location: ON NYS 28N ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF MINERVA

County: ESSEX
Town: MORIAH, TOWN OF

  • CHAMPLAIN ACADEMY
    SITE OF PORT HENRY'S FIRST
    TAVERN 1826. THIS BUILDING
    ERECTED AS PEASE HOUSE 1850.
    Location: ON NYS 9N AND NYS 22 AT PORT HENRY

  • CHAMPLAIN ACADEMY
    SITE OF PORT HENRY'S FIRST
    TAVERN 1826. THIS BUILDING
    ERECTED AS PEASE HOUSE 1850.
    Location: ON NYS 9N AND NYS 22 AT PORT HENRY

  • DALLIBA HOUSE
    BUILT 1824 BY MAJOR JAMES
    DALLIBA, WHO NAMED PORT
    HENRY IN 1827 FOR HENRY
    HUNTINGTON OF ROME, N.Y.
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22, PORT HENRY

  • DALLIBA HOUSE
    BUILT 1824 BY MAJOR JAMES
    DALLIBA, WHO NAMED PORT
    HENRY IN 1827 FOR HENRY
    HUNTINGTON OF ROME, N. Y.
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22, PORT HENRY

  • GUILFORD HOUSE
    FIRST POSTOFFICE IN
    PORT HENRY LOCATED
    IN THIS BUILDING.
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22, PORT HENRY

  • GUILFORD HOUSE
    FIRST POSTOFFICE IN
    PORT HENRY LOCATED
    IN THIS BUILDING
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22, PORT HENRY

  • HUBBARD HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1802
    Location: ON BROAD STREET AT PORT HENRY

  • HUBBARD HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1802
    Location: ON BROAD STREET AT PORT HENRY

  • MC KENSIE HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1785 BY WILLIAM
    MC KENSIE. BIRTHPLACE OF HIS SON,
    ALEXANDER. FIRST TOWN MEETING
    OF MORIAH HERE APRIL 5, 1808
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22, PORT HENRY

  • MC KENSIE HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1785 BY WILLIAM
    MC KENSIE. BIRTHPLACE OF HIS SON,
    ALEXANDER. FIRST TOWN MEETING
    OF MORIAH HERE APRIL 5, 1808.
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22, PORT HENRY

  • MEACHAM HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1818 BY
    CAPT. WILLIAM MEACHAM
    Location: ON NYS 9N AND NYS 22 AT PORT HENRY

  • MEACHAM HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1818 BY
    CAPT. WILLIAM MEACHAM
    Location: ON NYS 9N AND NYS 22 AT PORT HENRY

  • MILLER HOUSE
    BUILT 1839 BY HENRY
    MILLER, PORT HENRY'S
    FIRST WHEELWRIGHT.
    Location: ON BROAD ST. AT PORT HENRY

  • MILLER HOUSE
    BUILT 1839 BY HENRY
    MILLER, PORT HENRY'S
    FIRST WHEELWRIGHT.
    Location: ON BROAD ST. AT PORT HENRY

  • MORIAH PLANK ROAD
    HORSE DRAWN WAGONS HAULED IRON
    ORE FROM MINES TO PORT HENRY
    OVER THIS ROAD UNTIL 1869.
    Location: ON COUNTY ROAD BETWEEN MORIAH AND PORT HENRY

  • MORIAH PLANK ROAD
    HORSE DRAWN WAGONS HAULED IRON
    ORE FROM MINES TO PORT HENRY
    OVER THIS ROAD UNTIL 1869.
    Location: ON COUNTY ROAD BETWEEN PORT HENRY AND MORIAH

  • MORIAH PLANK ROAD
    HORSE DRAWN WAGONS HAULED IRON
    ORE FROM MINES TO PORT HENRY
    OVER THIS ROAD UNTIL 1869.
    Location: ON BROAD STREET AT PORT HENRY

  • MORIAH PLANK ROAD
    HORSE DRAWN WAGONS HAULED IRON
    ORE FROM MINES TO PORT HENRY
    OVER THIS ROAD UNTIL 1869.
    Location: ON BROAD STREET AT PORT HENRY

  • MORIAH PLANK ROAD
    HORSE DRAWN WAGONS HAULED IRON
    HORSE DRAWN WAGONS HAULED IRON
    OVER THIS ROAD UNTIL 1869.
    Location: ON BROAD STREET AT PORT HENRY

  • MORIAH PLANK ROAD
    HORSE DRAWN WAGONS HAULED IRON
    ORE FROM MINES TO PORT HENRY
    OVER THIS ROAD UNTIL 1869.
    Location: ON COUNTY ROAD BETWEEN PORT HENRY AND MORIAH

  • MORIAH PLANK ROAD
    HORSE DRAWN WAGONS HAULED IRON
    ORE FROM MINES TO PORT HENRY
    OVER THIS ROAD UNTIL 1869.
    Location: ON COUNTY ROAD BETWEEN MORIAH AND PORT HENRY

  • MORIAH PLANK ROAD
    HORSE DRAWN WAGONS HAULED IRON
    ORE FROM MINES TO PORT HENRY
    OVER THIS ROAD UNTIL 1869.
    Location: ON CO. RD. BETWEEN MINEVILLE AND MORIAH CENTER

  • MORIAH PLANK ROAD
    HORSE DRAWN WAGONS HAULED IRON
    ORE FROM MINES TO PORT HENRY
    OVER THIS ROAD UNTIL 1869.
    Location: ON CO. RD. BETWEEN MINEVILLE AND MORIAH CENTER

  • MORIAH PLANK ROAD
    HORSE DRAWN WAGONS HAULED IRON
    ORE FROM MINES TO PORT HENRY
    OVER THIS ROAD UNTIL 1869.
    Location: ON COUNTY ROAD AT MORIAH

  • MORIAH PLANK ROAD
    HORSE DRAWN WAGONS HAULED IRON
    ORE FROM MINES TO PORT HENRY
    OVER THIS ROAD UNTIL 1869.
    Location: ON COUNTY ROAD AT MORIAH

  • SHORE LINE
    OF BUTTERFIELD'S BAY. BOATS
    WERE MOORED ALONG NORTH
    MAIN STREET BEFORE BUILDING
    OF RAILROAD THROUGH HERE
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22, PORT HENRY

  • SHORE LINE
    OF BUTTERFIELD'S BAY. BOATS
    WERE MOORED ALONG NORTH
    MAIN STREET BEFORE BUILDING
    OF RAILROAD THROUGH HERE
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22, PORT HENRY

  • SITE OF
    FIRST BLAST FURNACE
    ERECTED IN 1824 BY MAJOR
    JAMES DALLIBA; CONVERTED
    INTO STOVE WORKS IN 1827
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22, PORT HENRY

  • SITE OF
    FIRST BLAST FURNACE
    ERECTED IN 1824 BY MAJOR
    JAMES DALLIBA; CONVERTED
    INTO STOVE WORKS IN 1827
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22, PORT HENRY

  • SITE OF
    PORTER'S AND LEWSIS MILLS
    BUILT 1766; SUPPLIES LUMBER
    FOR FORT CROWN POINT AND
    ARNOLD'S FLEET. ENTIRE VALLEY
    DEPENDENT ON GRIST MILL.
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22, PORT HENRY

  • SITE OF
    PORTER'S AND LEWIS'S MILLS
    BUILT 1766; SUPPLIED LUMBER
    FOR FORT CROWN POINT AND
    ARNOLD'S FLEET. ENTIRE VALLEY
    DEPENDENT ON GRIST MILL.
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22, PORT HENRY

  • THIS BUILDING
    ERECTED IN 1850 ON
    SOUTH MAIN STREET AS
    SECOND SCHOOLHOUSE
    IN PORT HENRY
    Location: ON BROAD STREET AT PORT HENRY

  • THIS BUILDING
    ERECTED IN 1850 ON
    SOUTH MAIN STREET AS
    SECOND SCHOOLHOUSE
    IN PORT HENRY
    Location: ON BROAD STREET AT PORT HENRY

  • TRAINING GROUND
    PRIOR TO 1850 MILITIA OF
    SOUTHERN ESSEX COUNTY
    HELD JUNE TRAINING HERE
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22, PORT HENRY

  • TRAINING GROUND
    PRIOR TO 1850 MILITIA OF
    SOUTHERN ESSEX COUNTY
    HELD JUNE TRAINING HERE
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22, PORT HENRY

County: ESSEX
Town: NORTH ELBA, TOWN OF

  • JOHN BROWN
    OCCUPIED HOUSE ON THIS
    SITE IN 1848-50 WHILE
    CLEARING THE LAND
    NOW KNOWN AS
    JOHN BROWN'S FARM.
    Location: ON COUNTY ROAD ABOUT 1ï¾½ MILES SOUTH OF LAKE PLACID

  • JOHN BROWN
    OCCUPIED HOUSE ON THIS
    SITE IN 1848-50 WHILE
    CLEARING THE LAND
    NOW KNOWN AS
    JOHN BROWN'S FARM.
    Location: ON COUNTY ROAD ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE PLACID

  • NORTHWEST
    BAY ROAD
    BEGUN PRIOR TO 1810. FROM
    WESTPORT VIA ELIZABETHTOWN,
    LAKE PLACID, SARANAC LAKE,
    SANTA CLARA, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 86A ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE PLACID

  • NORTHWEST
    BAY ROAD
    BEGUN PRIOR TO 1810. FROM
    WESTPORT VIA ELIZABETHTOWN,
    LAKE PLACID, SARANAC LAKE,
    SANTA CLARA, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 86A ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE PLACID

County: ESSEX
Town: TICONDEROGA, TOWN OF

  • A BATTERY OF GUNS PLACED ON
    MOUNT DEFIANCE
    BY BRITISH ARTILLERY
    OFFICERS IN JULY 1777 FORCEDR
    EVACUATION OF FORT TICONDEROGA
    BY GENERAL ST. CLAIR.
    Location: ON THE PORTAGE OF TICONDEROGA

  • A BATTERY OF GUNS PLACED ON
    MOUNT DEFIANCE
    BY BRITISH ARTILLERY
    OFFICERS IN JULY 1777 FORCED
    EVACUATION OF FORT TICONDEROGA
    BY GENERAL ST. CLAIR.
    Location: ON THE PORTAGE AT TICONDEROGA

  • ALONG THIS STREET RAN THE
    OLD MILITARY ROAD
    FORTIFIED IN 1759 BY
    GENERAL AMHERST PRIOR TO
    HIS SIEGE OF
    FORT TICONDEROGA
    Location: ON THE PORTAGE AT TICONDEROGA

  • ALONG THIS STREET RAN THE
    OLD MILITARY ROAD
    FORTIFIED IN 1759 BY
    GENERAL AMHERST PRIOR TO
    HIS SIEGE OF
    FORT TICONDEROGA
    Location: ON THE PORTAGE AT TICONDEROGA

  • ARROW
    ON HILL ABOVE
    MOUNT HOPE BATTERY
    OCCUPIED BY GENERAL BURGOYNE
    1777
    Location: ON MT/HOPE AVE. AT TICONDEROGA

  • COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY
    MILITARY ROAD
    CROWN POINT TO TICONDEROGA
    Location: ON NYS 8 & NYS 22 ABOUT 3ï¾½ MIS. N. OF TICONDEROGA

  • COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY
    MILITARY ROAD
    CROWN POINT TO TICONDEROGA
    Location: ON NYS 8 & NYS 9N & NYS 22 ABOUT 3 1/2 MIS. N. OF TICONDEROGA

  • FATHER JOGUES
    RENE GOUPIL AND GUILLAUME
    COUTRE IN 1642 WERE THE
    FIRST WHITE MEN TO SEE THESE
    FIRST WHITE MEN TO SEE THESE
    SACREMENT BY JOGUES IN 1646
    Location: ON BLACK POINT RD. SOUTH OF TICONDEROGA

  • FATHER JOGUES
    RENE GOUPIL AND GUILLAUME
    COUTRE IN 1642 WERE THE
    FIRST WHITE MEN TO SEE THESE
    WATERS, NAMED LAC DU ST.
    SACREMENT BY JOGUES IN 1646
    Location: ON BLACK PT. RD. SO. OF TICONDEROGA

  • GARRISON CEMETERY
    HERE ARE BURIED SEVERAL
    HUNDRED OFFICERS AND MEN OF
    THE AMERICAN ARMY, CHIEFLY
    NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND
    PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA 1775-1777
    Location: ON FT. TICONDEROGA RESERVATION AT TICONDEROGA

  • GARRISON CEMETERY
    HERE ARE BURIED SEVERAL
    HUNDRED OFFICERS AND MEN OF
    THE AMERICAN ARMY, CHIEFLY
    NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND
    PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA 1775-1777
    Location: ON FT. TICONDEROGA RESERVATION AT TICONDEROGA

  • HERE STOOD
    THE KING'S STORE
    A STONE BUILDING ERECTED
    BY THE FRENCH IN 1756 AND
    IN USE FOR ABOUT 100 YEARS.
    Location: ON FT. TICONDEROGA RESERVATION AT TICONDEROGA

  • HERE STOOD
    THE KING'S STORE
    A STONE BUILDING ERECTED
    BY THE FRENCH IN 1756 AND
    IN USE FOR ABOUT 100 YEARS
    Location: ON FT. TICONDEROGA RESERVATION AT TICONDEROGA

  • HUT SITES
    WITHIN A RADIUS OF ONE-HALF
    MILE WERE 150 HUTS
    OCCUPIED BY AMERICAN
    TROOPS IN THE REVOLUTION
    1775-1777
    Location: ON FT. TICONDEROGA RESERVATION AT TICONDEROGA

  • HUT SITES
    WITHIN A RADIUS OF ONE-HALF
    MILE WERE 150 HUTS
    OCCUPIED BY AMERICAN
    TROOPS IN THE REVOLUTION
    1775-1777
    Location: ON FT. TICONDEROGA RESERVATION AT TICONDEROGA

  • NEAR HERE MARCH 13, 1758
    ROGERS' RANGERS FOUGHT THE
    SNOWSHOE BATTLE
    AND WERE DEFEATED BY
    FRENCH AND INDIANS UNDER
    DURANTAYE AND LANGY
    Location: ON TICONDEROGA COUNTRY GOLF COURSE SO. OF TICONDEROGA

  • NEAR HERE MARCH 13, 1758
    ROGERS' RANGERS FOUGHT THE
    SNOWSHOE BATTLE
    AND WERE DEFEATED BY
    FRENCH AND INDIANS UNDER
    DURANTAYE AND LANGY
    Location: ON TICONDEROGA COUNTRY GOLF COURSE SO. OF TICONDEROGA

  • NEAR HERE ON JULY 30, 1609
    SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
    AIDED BY TWO FRENCHMEN AND
    HURON AND MONTAGNAIS
    ALLIES DEFEATED A BAND OF
    IROQUOIS WARRIORS
    Location: ON FT. TICONDEROGA RESERVATION AT TICONDEROGA

  • NEAR HERE ON JULY 30, 1609
    SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
    AIDED BY TWO FRENCHMEN AND
    HURON AND MONTAGNAIS
    ALLIES DEFEATED A BAND OF]
    ALLIES DEFEATED A BAND OF
    IROQUOIS WARRIORS
    Location: ON FR. TICONDEROGA RESERVATION A TICONDEROGA

  • NEAR HERE ON JULY 6, 1758
    LORD HOWE
    WASKILLED IN A SKIRMISH
    WITH A FRENCH ADVANCE GUARD
    UNDER LANGY AND TREPEZEC
    Location: ON ALEXANDRIA AVE. SOUTHWEST OF TICONDEROGA

  • NEAR HERE ON JULY 6, 1758
    LORD HOWE
    WAS KILLED IN A SKIRMISH
    WITH A FRENCH ADVANCE GUARD
    UNDER LANGY AND TREPEZEC
    Location: ON ALEXANDRIA AVE. SOUTHWEST OF TICONDEROGA

  • NEAR THIS SPOT STOOD THE
    HOUSE AND STORE OF
    JOHN STOUGHTON
    FIRST ENGLISH PATENTEE
    AT TICONDEROGA 1764
    Location: ON ALEXANDRIA AVE. AT TICONDEROGA

  • NEAR THIS SPOT STOOD THE
    HOUSE AND STORE OF
    JOHN STOUGHTON
    FIRST ENGLISH PATENTEE
    AT TICONDEROGA 1764
    Location: ON ALEXANDRIA AVE. SOUTHWEST OF TICONDEROGA

  • ON THE EAST SHORE OPPOSITE
    THIS PLACE WERE ERECTED
    TWO BLOCKHOUSES
    TO GUARD THE NARROWS AND
    LANDING PLACE 1759.
    Location: ON BLACK PT. RD. SO. OF TICONDEROGA

  • ON THIS POINT IN 1759 STOOD
    A BLOCKHOUSE
    THE SOUTHERLY OUTPOST OF THE
    FORT. HERE LANDED ROGERS
    RANGERS AS THE VANGUARD OF
    GENERAL AMHERST'S ARMY.
    Location: ON BLACK POINT RD. SOUTH OF TICONDEROGA

  • ON THIS POINT IN 1759 STOOD
    A BLOCKHOUSE
    THE SOUTHERLY OUTPOST OF THE
    FORT. HERE LANDED ROGERS
    RANGERS AS THE VANGUARD OF
    GENERAL AMHERST'S ARMY
    Location: ON BLACK POINT RD. SOUTH OF TICONDEROGA

  • ON THIS SPOT IN 1756
    FRENCH ENGINEERS BUILT
    A REDOUBT
    TO GUARD THE BRIDGE
    AND LANDING PLACE AT
    THE HEAD OF THE PORTAGE.
    Location: ON BLACK POINT AT TICONDEROGA

  • ON THIS SPOT IN 1756
    FRENCH ENGINEERS BUILT
    A REDOUBT
    TO GUARD THE BRIDGE
    AND LANDING PLACE AT
    THE HEAD OF THE PORTAGE.
    Location: ON BLACK POINT AT TICONDEROGA

  • OPPOSITE THIS SPOT ON THE
    WEST BANK OF THE OUTLET OF
    LAKE GEORGE STOOD
    A BLOCKHOUSE
    AND FRENCH DEFENSES TO COVER
    THE BRIDGE AND LANDING PLACE.

  • OPPOSITE THIS SPOT ON THE
    WEST BANK OF THE OUTLET OF
    LAKE GEORGE STOOD
    A BLOCKHOUSE
    AND FRENCH DEFENSES TO COVER
    THE BRIDGE AND LANDING PLACE.
    Location: ON BALDWIN RD. SO. OF TICONDEROGA

  • REDOUBT
    LOTBINIERE
    BUILT BY THE FRENCH IN
    1756, CALLED BY THE BRITISH
    AND AMERICAN ARMIES
    THE GRENADIERS' BATTERY
    Location: ON FT. TICONDEROGA RESERVATION AT TICONDEROGA

  • REDOUBT
    LOTBINIERE
    BUILT BY THE FRENCH IN
    1756, CALLED BY THE BRITISH
    AND AMERICAN ARMIES
    THE GRENADIERS' BATTERY
    Location: ON FT. TICONDEROGA RESERVATION AT TICONDEROGA

  • SCENE OF
    [ARROW]
    ROGERS' BATTLE
    ON SNOWSHOES
    PREVIOUS TO HIS REPUTED GLIDE
    OFF ROGERS' ROCK
    1758
    Location: ON NYS 8 & NYS 9N ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF TICONDEROGA

  • SCENE OF
    ARROW
    ROGERS' BATTLE
    ROGERS' BATTLE
    PREVIOUS TO HIS REPUTED GLIDE
    OFF ROGERS' ROCK
    1758
    Location: ON NYS 8 & NYS 9N ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF TICONDEROGA

  • THE FRENCH LINES
    BUILT BY TROOPS UNDER
    MONTCALM JULY 6-7, 1758.
    REPAIRED BY
    AMERICAN TROOPS 1776.
    Location: ON FT. TICONDEROGA RESERVATION AT TICONDEROGA

  • THE FRENCH LINES
    BUILT BY TROOPS UNDER
    MONTCALM JULY 6-7, 1758.
    REPARIED BY
    AMERICAN TROOPS 1776.
    Location: ON FT. TICONDEROGA RESERVATION AT TICONDEROGA

  • THESE DEFENSES
    WERE BUILT BY AMERICAN
    TROOPS IN 1776 AND OCCUPIED
    BY GENERAL BURGOYNE IN 1777
    CONTROLLING THE PORTAGE
    AND LOWER LANDING PLACE
    Location: ON MT. HOPE AT TICONDEROGA

  • THESE DEFENSES
    WERE BUILT BY AMERICAN
    TROOPS IN 1776 AND OCCUPIED
    BY GENERAL BURGOYNE IN 1777
    CONTROLLING THE PORTAGE
    AND LOWER LANDING PLACE
    Location: ON MT. HOPE AT TICONDEROGA

  • [ARROW]
    ON HILL ABOVE
    MOUNT HOPE BATTERY
    OCCUPIED BY GENERAL BURGOYNE
    1777
    Location: ON MT/HOPE AVE. AT TICONDEROGA

County: ESSEX
Town: WESTPORT, TOWN OF

  • FIRST SAWMILL
    IN TOWN OF WESTPORT
    STOOD HERE. BUILT 1770
    BOARDS FROM MILL USED IN
    BUILDING BARRACKS AT
    CROWN POINT & TICONDEROGA
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22 ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF WESTPORT

  • FIRST SAWMILL
    IN TOWN OF WESTPORT
    STOOD HERE. BUILT 1770
    BOARDS FROM MILL USED IN
    BUILDING BARRACKS AT
    CROWN POINT & TICONDEROGA
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22 ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF WESTPORT

  • HERE STOOD THE
    FIRST TAVERN
    AT NORTHWEST BAY
    BUILT BY JOHN HALSTEAD
    ABOUT 1800
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22 ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF WESTPORT

  • HERE STOOD THE
    FIRST TAVERN
    AT NORTHWEST BAY
    BUILT BY JOHN HALSTEAD
    ABOUT 1800
    Location: ON NYS 9N & NYS 22 ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF WESTPORT

  • NORTHWEST
    BAY ROAD
    BEGUN PRIOR TO 1810, FROM
    WESTPORT VIA ELIZABETHTOWN,
    LAKE PLACID, SARANAC LAKE,
    SANTA CLARA, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 9N ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF WE

  • NORTHWEST
    BAY ROAD
    BEGUN PRIOR TO 1810, FROM
    WESTPORT VIA ELIZABETHTOWN,
    LAKE PLACID, SARANAC LAKE,
    SANTA CLARA, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 9N ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF WESTPORT

County: ESSEX
Town: WILLSBORO, TOWN OF

  • BOUQUET RIVER
    BURGOYNE'S ENCAMPMENT
    JUNE 20-25, 1777
    TREATY WITH THE INDIANS MADE
    AND PROCLAMATION ISSUED.
    Location: ON NYS 22 AT WILLSBORO

  • BOUQUET RIVER
    BURGOYNE'S ENCAMPMENT
    JUNE 20-25, 1777
    TREATY WITH THE INDIANS MADE
    AND PROCLAMATION ISSUED.
    Location: ON NYS 22 AT WILLSBORO

  • LAKEVIEW CEMETERY
    FIRST BURIAL 1791
    CONTAINS GRAVE OF
    WILLIAM GILLILAND, FOUNDER
    OF TOWN OF WILLSBORO
    Location: ON NYS 22 ABOUT 2ï¾½ MILES SOUTH OF WILLSBORO

  • LAKEVIEW CEMETERY
    FIRST BURIAL 1791
    CONTAINS GRAVE OF
    WILLIAM GILLILAND, FOUNDER
    OF TOWN OF WILLSBORO
    Location: ON NYS 22 ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF WILLSBORO

  • MASONIC HALL
    ESSEX LODGE NO. 152
    CHARTERED FEBRUARY 14,
    1806; DISCONTINUED
    IN 1826.
    Location: ON NYS 22 ABOUT 2ï¾½ MILES SOUTH OF WILLSBORO

  • MASONIC HALL
    ESSEX LODGE NO. 152
    CHARTERED FEBRUARY 14,
    1806; DISCONTINUED
    IN 1826.
    Location: ON NYS 22 ABOUT 2ï¾½ MILES SOUTH OF WILLSBORO

  • MASONIC HALL
    ESSEX LODGE NO. 152
    CHARTERED FEBRUARY 14,
    1806; DISCONTINUED
    IN 1826.
    Location: ON NYS 22 ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF WILLSBORO

  • MEMORIAL CEMETERY
    FIRST BURIAL 1793
    CONTAINS GRAVE OF MARTIN
    AIKEN, LEADER OF AIKEN'S
    VOLUNTEERS AT BATTLE
    OF PLATTSBURGH
    Location: ON NYS 22 ABOUT ï¾½ MI. SOUTH OF WILLSBORO

  • MEMORIAL CEMETERY
    FIRST BURIAL 1793
    CONTAINS GRAVE OF MARTIN
    AIKEN, LEADER OF AIKEN'S
    VOLUNTEERS AT BATTLE
    OF PLATTSBURGH
    Location: ON NYS 22 ABOUT 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF WILLSBORO

  • NEAR HERE
    EBENEZER ALLEN
    CAPTURED BRITISH SOLDIERS
    AND MILITARY STORES AFTER
    SURRENDER AT SARATOGA
    Location: ON NYS 22 ABOUT ï¾½ MILE NORTH OF ESSEX

  • NEAR HERE
    EBENEZER ALLEN
    CAPTURED BRITISH SOLDIERS
    AND MILITARY STORES AFTER
    SURRENDER AT SARATOGA
    Location: ON NYS 22 ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTH OF ESSEX

  • SITE OF
    FIRST HOUSE
    BUILT BY WILLIAM
    GILLILAND IN 1765
    Location: ON NYS 22 AT WILLSBORO

  • SITE OF
    FIRST HOUSE
    BUILT BY WILLIAM
    GILLILAND IN 1765
    Location: ON NYS 22 AT WILLSBORO

  • WILLISBORO
    FOUNDED IN 1765 BY
    WILLIAM BILLILAND;
    TOWN FORMED 1788;
    COUNTY SEAT OF ESSEX
    COUNTY 1797-1807
    Location: ON NYS 22 AT WILLSBORO

  • WILLSBORO
    FOUNDED IN 1765 BY
    WILLIAM GILLILAND;
    TOWN FORMED 1788;
    COUNTY SEAT OF ESSEX
    COUNTY 1797-1807
    Location: ON NYS 22 AT WILLSBORO

  • WILLSBORO
    FOUNDED IN 1765 BY
    WILLIAM GILLILAND;
    TOWN FORMED 1788;
    COUNTY SEAT OF ESSEX
    COUNTY 1797-1807
    Location: ON NYS 22 AT WILLSBORO

County: FRANKLIN
Town: BANGOR, TOWN OF

  • BANGOR'S FIRST SETTLER
    JOSEPH PLUMB, REVOLUTIONARY
    SOLDIER, CAME FROM BRATTLEBORO,
    VT. TO THIS FARM, WITH OXEN
    YOKED ON A SLED
    Location: ON US 11 AT NORTH BANGOR

  • OLD MILITARY
    TURNPIKE
    PLATTSBURGH TO HOPKINTON
    VIA. ELLENBURG, CHATEAUGAY
    MALONE. BEGUN BY MILITARY
    LABOR 1817. COMPLETED IN 1826.
    Location: ON NYS 11B AT BANGOR

County: FRANKLIN
Town: BELLMONT, TOWN OF

  • ON THIS SITE
    WAS BUILT IN 1874
    THE WORLD'S LARGEST
    CATALAN FORGE
    ABANDONED IN 1893
    Location: ON NYS 374 ABOUT 1 MI. S. OF BRAINARDSVILLE

County: FRANKLIN
Town: BOMBAY, TOWN OF

  • "LOST DAUPHIN" COTTAGE
    IN THIS DWELLING LIVED
    ELEAZER WILLIAMS
    WHO CLAIMED TO BE SON
    OF LOUIS XVI OF FRANCE
    Location: ON NYS 37 AT HOGANSBURH

  • GRAVE OF
    ELEAZER WILLIAMS
    EPISCOPAL CLERGYMAN
    MISSIONARY TO INDIANS
    REPUTED THE "LOST DAUPHIN",
    SON OF LOUIS XVI
    Location: ON TOWN RD. AT HOGANSBURG

  • HOME OF
    WILLIAM HOGAN
    FOUNDER OF HOGANSBURG
    MEMBER OF UNITED STATES
    CONGRESS, 1831-33
    Location: ON NYS 37 AT HOGANSBURH

  • ON THIS SITE
    WAS ERECTED
    FRANKLIN COUNTY'S FIRST
    CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1834
    Location: ON TOWN RD. AT HOGANSBURG

County: FRANKLIN
Town: BRIGHTON, TOWN OF

  • NORTHWEST
    BAY ROAD
    BEGUN PRIOR TO 1810. FROM
    WESTPORT VIA. ELIZABETHTOWN,
    LAKE PLACID, SARANAC LAKE,
    SANTA CLARA, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 192 AT GABRIELS

County: FRANKLIN
Town: BURKE, TOWN OF

  • SITE OF
    FIRST STORE IN BURKE
    ERECTED AND OPERATED BY
    DANIEL MITCHELL AT
    THAYERS CORNERS
    DESTROYED BY TORNADO, 1856
    Location: AT THAYERS CNRS. ON US 11 3 MIS. W. OF CHATEAUGAY

County: FRANKLIN
Town: CHATEAUGAY, TOWN OF

  • FORT HICKORY
    SITE OF BLOCKHOUSE OCCUPIED
    DURING WAR OF 1812 BY
    SAMUEL HOLLENBECK, WHO
    ONCE DEFENDED IT SINGLE
    HANDED AGAINST ATTACK
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1 MI. S. OF EARLVILLE

County: FRANKLIN
Town: DICKINSON, TOWN OF

  • OLD MILITARY
    TURNPIKE
    PLATTSBURGH TO HOPKINTON
    VIA. ELLENBURG, CHATEAUGAY
    MALONE. BEGUN BY MILITARY
    LABOR 1817. COMPLETED IN 1826.
    Location: ON NYS 11B AT E. DICKINSON

County: FRANKLIN
Town: DUANE, TOWN OF

  • NORTHWEST
    BAY ROAD
    BEGUN PRIOR TO 1810. FROM
    WESTPORT VIA. ELIZABETHTOWN,
    LAKE PLACID, SARANAC LAKE,
    SANTA CLARA, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 72 ABOUT 3 MIS. N. OF MCCOLLOMS

County: FRANKLIN
Town: FORT COVINGTON, TOWN OF

  • FIRST BAPIST
    CHURCH
    ORGANIZED 1821. THIRD CHURCH
    BUILT IN FRANKLIN CO. NOW
    USED AS MASONIC TEMPLE
    Location: ON SALMON ST. AT FORT COVINGTON

  • ON THIS SITE
    WAS BUILT IN 1812
    A BLOCKHOUSE. USED TO
    SHELTER SICK AND WOUNDED
    AFTER THE RETREAT FROM
    CHRYSLER'S FIELD IN 1813
    Location: ON COVINGTON LA. AT FORT COVINGTON

  • PRESBYTERIAN
    CHURCH
    ORGANIZED ABOUT 1821.
    ORIGINAL BUILDING ERECTED
    1828. REBUILT AND
    ENLARGED 1866.
    Location: ON COVINGTON ST. AT FORT CONVNGTN.

  • SITE OF
    FORT COVINGTON
    WINTER QUARTERS OF GEN.
    WILKINSON'S ARMY AFTER
    DEFEAT AT CHRYSLER'S FIELD
    WAR OF 1812
    Location: ON MAIN ST. AT FORT COVINGTON

  • THIS BUILDING
    WAS HEADQUARTERS OF
    GENERAL JACOB BROWN
    AMERICAN ARMY OFFICER
    DURING WINTER OF 1813-14
    IN WAR OF 1812
    Location: ON MAIN ST. AT FORT COVINGTON

County: FRANKLIN
Town: HARRIETSTOWN, TOWN OF

  • NORTHWEST
    BAY ROAD
    BEGUN PRIOR TO 1810. FROM
    WESTPORT VIA. ELIZABETHTOWN,
    LAKE PLACID, SARANAC LAKE,
    SANTA CLARA, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 86 AT NORTH END OF VLGE. OF SARANAC LAKE

County: FRANKLIN
Town: MALONE, TOWN OF

  • ARSENAL GREEN
    DEEDED TO STATE 1812 FOR
    PUBLIC PARADE GROUND.
    USED ON TRAINING DAYS.
    STONE ARSENAL BUILT 1812,
    REMAINED UNTIL ABOUT 1855
    Location: ON EAST MAIN ST. AT MALONE

  • CONGREGATIONAL
    CHURCH
    ORGANIZED 1807. FIRST CHURCH
    BUILDING IN COUNTY 1826;
    SECOND 1856; PRESNET 1883.
    FIRST PASTOR, ASHBEL PARMELEE
    Location: ON EAST MAIN ST. AT MALONE

  • FRANKLIN ACADEMY
    FIRST SCHOOL TAUGHT 1806;
    CALLED HARISON ACADEMY 1811.
    CHARTERED 1831 AS FRANKLIN
    ACADEMY. 73 MEN MORTGAGED
    THEIR FARMS TO SUPPLY FUNDS.
    Location: ON WEBSTER ST. AT MALONE

  • HARISON HOUSE
    HOME OF RICHARD L. HARISON
    1747-1829. MEMBER OF FEDERAL
    CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
    1788. GENERAL WILKINSON'S
    HEADQUARTERS IN WAR OF 1812.
    Location: ON WEBSTER ST. AT MALONE

  • HOME OF
    WILLIAM ALMON WHEELER
    1819-87; ATTORNEY, BANKER,
    ASSEMBLYMAN, STATE SENATOR,
    CONGRESSMAN, VICE PRESIDENT
    OF UNITED STATES 1877-81.
    Location: ON ELM ST. AT MALONE

  • OLD MILITARY
    TURNPIKE
    PLATTSBURGH TO HOPKINTON
    VIA. ELLENBURG, CHATEAUGAY
    MALONE. BEGUN BY MILITARY
    LABOR 1817. COMPLETED IN 1826.
    Location: ON NYS 11B AT MALONE

  • SITE OF
    FOOTE TAVERN
    1807-13; U.S. HOSPITAL 1813-14
    ORIGINAL HOUSE MOVED TO
    FRANKLIN STREET 1892 AND
    SITE USED FOR ARMORY
    Location: ON WEST MAIN ST. AT MALONE

County: FRANKLIN
Town: MOIRA, TOWN OF

  • FIRST SCHOOL
    BUILDING IN TOWN OF MOIRA
    STOOD ON THIS SITE
    BUILT OF LOGS
    ABOUT 1807
    Location: ON US 11 AT MOIRA

  • SITE OF FIRST
    STARCH FACTORY
    IN TOWN OF MOIRA. BUILT
    1851 BY COL. C.A. STONE
    AND CAPT. WM. A. TUPPER
    Location: ON US 11 AT WESTERN EDGE OF BRUSHTON

  • SITE OF HOME
    LUTHER BRADISH
    LT. GOV. NEW YORK 1838-40
    SPEAKER OF ASSEMBLY IN 1838
    SPECIAL UNITED STATES ENVOY
    TO CONSTANTINOPLE, 1820
    Location: ON NYS 95 ABOUT 2 1/2 MIS. N. OF MOIRA

  • UNION CHURCH
    ERECTED HERE ABOUT 1833
    BY CHRISTIAN AND M.E.
    DENOMINATIONS
    FIRST CHURCH IN COUNTY
    PRESENT CHURCH BUILT 1867
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. AT MOIRA

County: FRANKLIN
Town: SANTA CLARA, TOWN OF

  • JENNINGS ROAD
    USED BY U.S. TROOPS
    WAR OF 1812
    MARCHING WEST FROM
    LAKE CHAMPLAIN TO
    LAKE ONTARIO
    Location: ON NYS 72 ABOUT 6 MIS. SE OF SANTA CLARA

  • NORTHWEST
    BAY ROAD
    BEGUN PRIOR TO 1810. FROM
    WESTPORT VIA. ELIZABETHTOWN,
    LAKE PLACID, SARANAC LAKE,
    SANTA CLARA, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON NYS 72 AT SANTA CLARA

  • OLDEST BUILDING
    TOWN OF SANTA CLARA
    FORMER RAILROAD STATION
    BUILT BY JOHN HURD
    WHO BUILT RAILROAD
    IN 1889
    Location: ON NYS 72 AT SANTA CLARA

County: FRANKLIN
Town: WAVERLY, TOWN OF

  • TURNPIKE
    PORT KENT TO HOPKINTON
    BUILT 1829-32, VIA.
    AUSABLE FORKS, BLACK BROOK,
    FRANKLIN FALLS, LOON LAKE
    ST. REGIS FALLS, HOPKINTON
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 1 MI. N. OF ST. REGIS FALLS

County: FRANKLIN
Town: WESTVILLE, TOWN OF

  • MAN HOMESTEAD
    OCCUPIED BY DR. ALBON AND
    ALRIC MAN, BROTHERS FROM
    VERMONT 1802. HOUSE
    BUILT PRIOR TO 1810. BOTH
    OFFICERS IN WAR OF 1812
    Location: ON CO. RD. 2 MIS. W. OF CONSTABLE

  • SITE OF
    FIRST CHURCH IN WESTVILLE
    WESTVILLE FREE CHURCH
    ERECTED IN 1837
    Location: ON NYS 37 AT WESTVILLE

County: FULTON
Town: BROADALBIN, TOWN OF

  • FRENCHMANS CREEK
    IN 1810 DUNCAN MC MARTIN ON THIS
    CREEK BUILT A SAW, GRIST & WOOLEN
    MILL. HE WAS SURVEYOR, LAWYER,
    JUDGE COURT COMMON PLEAS 1813;
    LATER ELECTED STATE SENATOR.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. AT NORTH BROADALBIN

  • HANS' CREEK
    NAMED BY SIR WM JOHNSON
    AFTER A FISHING TRIP WITH
    JOHN CONYE WHO FELL OUT OF THE
    BOAT AND NEARLY DROWNED. HANS
    BEING THE NAME FOR JOHN.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. AT BENEDICT

County: FULTON
Town: JOHNSTOWN, CITY OF

  • 1763
    THE DRUMM HOUSE
    HOME OF EDWARD WALL SCHOOL-
    MASTER SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON'S
    FREE SCHOOL
    Location: AT INTERSECTION W. GREEN ST. AND N. WILLIAM ST.

  • CANNON
    TAKEN FROM JOHNSON HALL BY
    SIR JOHN JOHNSON ON HIS
    FLIGHT TO CANADA MAY 1776
    SPIKED AND ABANDONED NEAR
    TRAIL IN ADIRONDACKS
    Location: AT E. END OF BLOCKHOUSE AT JOHNSON HALL

  • ERECTED 1772
    ONLY COLONIAL COURT HOUSE
    IN STATE OF NEW YORK
    FIRST COURT GENERAL
    SESSIONS, TRYON COUNTY,
    SEPTEMER 8, 1772
    Location: AT INTERSECTION N. WILLIAM ST. & W. MAIN ST.

  • FORT JOHNSTOWN
    IMPORTANT FRONTIER CIVIL
    AND MILITARY PRISON DURING
    REVOLUTION. INSPECTED BY
    WASHINGTON IN 1783
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF S. PERRY ST. AND MONTGOMERY ST.

  • JAMES BURK'S INN
    MOVED HERE ABOUT 1788. LOT
    FORMERLY SIR WM JOHNSON'S.
    VILLAGE CALLED JOHN'S TOWN.
    YOUNGLOVE HOME 1812-1926.
    D.A.R. CHAPTER HOUSE 1926.
    Location: AT INTERSECTION SO. WILLIAM ST. & W. MONTGOMERY ST.

  • JOHNSON HALL 1762
    BARONIAL HOME OF SIR
    WILLIAM JOHNSON. ONE OF THE
    MOST HISTORIC COLONIAL
    BUILDINGS INTHE UNITED STATES.
    Location: ON WEST STATE ST.

  • JOHNSON TRAIL
    USED BY SIR WM. JOHNSON
    1726-1774 BETWEEN FORT
    JOHNSON AND JOHNSON HALL
    A BI-CENTENNIAL IN 1938
    CELEBRATED HIS ARRIVAL
    IN AMERICA
    Location: ON WEST STATE ST.

  • UNION HALL
    FAMOUS POST-REVOLUTIONARY
    TAVERN, RESORT OF "NICK"
    STONER, ERECTED 1798 BY CAPT.
    JEAN BATISTE VAUMANE DE FON
    CLAIRE, FORMER OFFICER IN
    FRENCH ARMY UNDER LOUIS XVI
    Location: AT INTERSECTION E. MAIN ST. & E. STATE ST.

  • [ARROW]
    1 MILE TO
    BARONIAL HOME OF
    SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON
    ERECTED 1762
    OPEN TO VISITORS
    Location: AT INTERSECTION S. WILLIAM ST. & W. MADISON AVE.

  • [ARROW]
    COLONIAL
    CEMETERY
    REMAINS OF MANY JOHNSTOWN
    NOTABLES OF COLONIAL
    AND REVOLUTIONARY DAYS
    BURIED HERE
    Location: ON WEST GREEN ST.

  • [ARROW]
    BATTLEFIELD
    BATTLE OF JOHNSTOWN
    FOUGHT HERE OCTOBER
    25, 1781. LAST
    REAL BATTLE OF
    THE REVOLUTION
    Location: ON TOWN RD. AT N.W. LIMITS OF CITY

  • [ARROW]
    GRAVE OF SIR
    WILLIAM JOHNSON
    MOST OUTSTANDING FIGURE
    OF COLONIAL PERIOD. "BUILDER
    OF AN EMPIRE"
    (1715-1774)
    Location: ON N. MARKET ST. IN FRONT OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH

  • [ARROW]
    BARONIAL HOME OF
    SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON
    ERECTED 1762
    OPEN TO VISITORS
    Location: AT INTERSECTION W. STATE ST. AND HALL AVE.

  • [ARROW]
    1/2 MILE TO
    BARONIAL HOME OF
    SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON
    ERECTED 1762
    OPEN TO VISITORS
    Location: AT INTERSECTION N. WILLIAM ST. & W. GREEN ST.

  • [ARROW] NORTH
    SITE OF
    FIRST ST. JOHN'S CHURCH (1760)
    ERECTED BY SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON;
    FIRST CHURCH OF ENGLAND NORTH
    OF THE MOHAWK RIVER
    Location: AT INTERSECTION W. GREEN ST. AND N. WILLIAM ST.

County: FULTON
Town: MAYFIELD, TOWN OF

  • BAPTIST CHURCH
    OF MAYFIELD AND BROADALBIN
    ORGANIZED HERE IN 1792,
    THEN THE HOME OF CALEB
    WOODWORTH, SOLDIER OF
    REVOLUTION, FIRST SETTLER
    Location: ON NYS 148 ABOUT 4 MIS. N.E. OF GLOVERSVILLE

  • INDIAN RAID
    JACOB DUNHAM AND SAMUEL,
    HIS SON, KILLED HERE APRIL
    1779. OTHERS OF THE FAMILY
    ESCAPED BY HIDING IN THE
    WOODS. SITE OF THEIR HOME
    Location: ON NYS 30 ABOUT 3/4 MILE NORTH OF MAYFIELD

  • RICE HOMESTEAD
    BUILT ABOUT 1790 BY
    OLIVER RICE
    A SOLDIER OF THE AMERICAN
    REVOLUTION, SERVING UNDER
    GENERAL WASHINGTON
    Location: ON NYS 148 AT RICEVILLE

  • SITE OF
    ROMEYN'S MILL
    ERECTED 1773 BY SIR WILLIAM
    JOHNSON. REBUILT BY COL.
    ABRAHAM ROMEYN. COMMANDER
    MONTGOMERY COUNTY MILITIA
    Location: ON NYS 30 AT MAYFIELD

  • [ARROW]
    BURYING GROUND
    GRAVES OF CAPTAIN GERSHOM
    WOODWORTH, FRENCH AND INDIAN
    AND REVOLUTIONARY WARS AND
    SERGEANT SELAH WOODWORTH OF
    REVOLUTION; MAYFIELD PIONEER.
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1/4 MILE WEST OF MAYFIELD

  • [ARROW]
    SITE OF
    DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH OF
    MAYFIELD, 1793-1826.
    CHURCHYARD CONTAINING
    REMAINS OF MANY
    PIONEERS OF THIS SECTION.
    Location: ON NYS 30 AT MAYFIELD

  • [ARROW]
    RICEVILLE CEMETERY
    HERE ARE BURIED JOHATHAN FISK-
    OLIVER RICE-WILLIAM WOODWORTH-
    SAMUEL WOODWORTH-JESSE FOOTE-
    ISAAC BEMIS-JONATHAN CANFIELD-
    SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION
    Location: ON NYS 148 AT RICEVILLE

  • [ARROW]
    BURYING GROUND
    OF MAJOR HARMON AND
    FRANCIS VAN BUREN, SEVENTH
    ALBANY COUTNY REGIMENT;
    REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
    SETTLERS ON THIS LAND.
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. S.E. OF MAYFIELD

  • [ARROW]
    WOODWORTH FARM
    CONVEYED BY COMMISSIONERS
    OF FORFEITURE TO WILLIAM G.
    WOODWORTH IN 1786. SERVED IN
    REVOLUTION. PASSED TO HIRAM
    WOODWORTH 1810-1910.
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 1 1/2 MI. W. MAYFIELD

  • [ARROW]
    KING CEMETERY
    HENRY KING AND SON JOHN
    SETTLED ON THIS SITE AND
    ARE BURIED HERE. GRAVES
    OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS
    AND PIONEERS OF 1788-1815.
    Location: ON NYS 148 ABOUT 1 1/2 MIS. S.W. OF NORTHVILLE

County: FULTON
Town: NORTHAMPTON, TOWN OF

  • "FISH HOUSE"
    OF SIR WM. JOHNSON 1500
    FT. NORTHEAST OF THIS MARKER
    BUILT 1762. VILLAGE DERIVED
    NAME FROM LODGE. BURNED
    BY TORIES AND INDIANS, 1781
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT NORTHAMPTON

  • COVERED BRIDGE
    ERECTED 1818, BY STATE, AT
    FISH HOUSE OVER SACANDAGA
    RIVER. D. STEWART, BUILDER.
    JACOB SHEW, ASSEMBLYMAN.
    TORN DOWN 1930. 2000 FT. NORTH
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT NORTHAMPTON

  • GODFREY SHEW
    FIRST SETTLER FISH HOUSE
    UNDER SIR WM. JOHNSON, 1762
    SONS, JOHN, STEPHEN, JACOB
    CAPTURED IN TORY & INDIAN RAID
    JUNE 3, 1778. TAKEN TO CANADA
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT NORTHAMPTON

  • MARVIN HOUSE
    BUILT 1815 SITE SIR WM. JOHNSON'S
    FISH HOUSE BY DAVID MARVIN, CONN.
    REV. SOLDIER; HIS SON, DR. L.I. MARVIN
    ASSEMBLYMAN 1840 FROM FULTON
    CO. HOUSE MOVED 1929.
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT NORTHAMPTON

  • SHEW HOUSE
    BUILT 1784 BY GODFREY SHEW
    AND HIS SONS JOHN, STEPHEN
    AND JACOB AFTER THEIR RETURN
    FROM CANADA AS PRISONERS OF
    COL. ROSS ON JUNE 3, 1778
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT NORTHAMPTON

  • SHEW'S HILL
    ON JUNE 3, 1778 GODFREY SHEW
    STATIONED HIS SON JACOB TO
    REPORT APPROACH TORY AND INDIAN
    RAIDERS UNDER CO. ROSS.
    LATER FAMILY MADE PRISONERS.
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT NORTHAMPTON

  • ST JOHN HOUSE
    BUILT 1795 BY ALEX. ST. JOHN
    ON CONFISCATED LANDS OF
    COL. GUY JOHNSON, NEPHEW
    OF SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT NORTHAMPTON

County: GENESEE
Town: ALABAMA, TOWN OF

  • FORK OF GREAT
    CENTRAL TRAIL
    DATING FROM 16TH CENTURY
    SW BRANCH TO BUFFALO
    NW BRANCH TO LEWISTON
    DEDICATED SEPT. 7, 1931
    Location: ON MEADVILLE R. AT TONAWANDA CREEK

  • HOMESTEAD OF
    ELY PARKER
    SECRETARY TO GENERAL GRANT
    BORN IN 1828, DIED IN 1895
    SACHEM OF THE WOLF CLAIN
    SENECA TITLE DO-NE-HO-GA-WA
    Location: ON LEDGE RD. ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BASOM

County: GENESEE
Town: BATAVIA, TOWN OF

  • BATAVIA
    SEAT OF HOLLAND LAND
    OFFICE. THIS CITY WAS
    FOUNDED IN 1801 BY JOSEPH
    ELLICOTT, LOCAL AGEN OF
    HOLLAND LAND COMPANY
    Location: ON NYS 5 IN CITY OF BATAVIA

County: GENESEE
Town: LEROY, TOWN OF

  • GANSON TAVERN
    FIRST SETTLEMENT BETWEEN
    GENESEE RIVER AND BUFFALO
    TAVERN CONDUCTED BY
    CHARLES WILBUR 1793
    CAPT. JOHN GANSON 1797
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT LEROY VILLAGE LINE

  • LEROY HOUSE
    BUILT BEFORE 1812 AS A
    LAND OFFICE FOR THE
    TRIANGLE TRACT
    DEEDED TO UNION FREE
    SCHOOL DISTRICT 1911
    Location: ON NYS 5 IN VILLAGE OF LEROY

County: GREENE
Town: ASHLAND, TOWN OF

  • EARLY CHURCH
    FIRST CONGREATIONAL
    CHURCH OF ASHLAND
    BUILT HERE IN
    OLD WINDHAM 1799
    Location: ON NYS 23 ABOUT 1/2 MI. E. OF E. ASHLAND

  • TRINITY
    CHURCH
    INC. MAY 20, 1799
    EARLIEST EPISCOPAL
    ORGANIZATION OF OLD
    TOWN OF WINDHAM
    Location: ON NYS 23 AT E. ASHLAND

County: GREENE
Town: ATHENS, TOWN OF

  • A. VAN LOON
    HOUSE
    BUILT 1724 BY
    ALBERTUA VAN LOON
    OCCUPIED AS RESIDENCE
    SINCE DATE OF ERECTION
    Location: ON NYS 385 AT ATHENS

  • BLACK HORSE
    INN
    BUILT IN 1791
    BY ISAAC HALLENBECK
    Location: ON US 9W ABOUT 3 MIS. N.W. OF ATHENS

  • JAN VAN LOON
    HOUSE
    BUILT 1706 BY JAN VAN LOON
    CHIEF HOLDER LOONEBURGH
    PAT. 1688. ATHENS VILLAGE
    FIRST CALLED LOONEBURGH
    Location: ON NYS 385 AT ATHENS

  • NORTHUP
    HOUSE
    BUILT 1803
    HOME OF ISAAC NORTHUP
    FOUNDER OF ATHENS VILLAGE
    INCORPORATED 1805
    Location: ON NYS 385 AT ATHENS

County: GREENE
Town: CAIRO, TOWN OF

  • BELL FACTORY
    OF WILLIAM BARTON
    EARLIEST AMERICAN MAKER
    OF SLEIGH BELLS
    STOOD ON THIS STREAM
    1828
    Location: ON NYS 23 & NYS 145, S. CAIRO

  • IRON FORGE
    OF ENOCHHYDE AND
    BENJAMIN HALL STOOD AT
    FIRST FALL 1788
    FIRST IN GREENE COUNTY
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. AT PURLING

  • MASSACRE 1780
    JOHANNES STROPE & WIFE
    KILLED BY INDIANS
    FREDERICK SCHERMERHORN
    CARRIED CAPTIVE TO CANADA
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1 1/2 MIS. SOUTHWEST OF PURLING

  • WOODSTOCK
    FIRST SETTLEMENT IN
    TOWN OF CAIRO
    BY JAMES BARKER AND
    TENANTRY IN 1791
    Location: ON NYS 32 ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF CAIRO

County: GREENE
Town: CATSKILL, TOWN OF

  • "UNCLE SAM"
    BRIDGE
    SAMUEL WILSON, WHOSE NAME
    INSPIRED NATIONAL SYMBOL
    "UNCLE SAM" LIVED NEARBY
    FROM 1817-1822
    Location: ON W. BRIDGE ST., CATSKILL

  • 100 RODS NORTH [ARROW]
    STOOD THE FIRST
    GRIST MILL
    IN GREENE COUNTY
    BUILT IN 1675 BY
    DIRCK T. VAN VECHTEN
    Location: ON WATER ST., CATSKILL

  • CATSKILL
    PACKET
    FIRST NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY
    PRINTED ON THIS SITE
    BY MACKAY CROSWELL & CO.
    AUGUST 6, 1792
    Location: AT INTRSCTN. GREEN & MAIN STS. CATSKILL

  • HOME OF
    REV. JOHANNES SCHUNEMAN
    "DUTCH DOMINIE OF
    THE CATSKILLS"
    BUILT 1792
    Location: ON TOWN RD., JEFFERSON HGTS.

  • HOP-O-NOSE
    SITE OF INDIAN VILLAGE
    PURCHASED FROM INDIANS
    IN 1682
    LOVERIDGE PATENT
    Location: ON MAIN ST., CATSKILL

  • MARTIN
    VAN BUREN
    8TH PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.
    WAS MARRIED IN THIS HOUSE
    TO HANNAH HOES IN 1807.
    HOUSE BUILT IN 1797.
    Location: ON W. MAIN ST., CATSKILL

  • OLD KATSKILL
    HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1729 BY GARRET VAN
    BERGEN. BARN BUILT 1680 BY
    MARTE GERRETSE VAN BERGEN.
    FORMERLY INDIAN VILLAGE SITE.
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 1/2 MI. S. OF LEEDS

  • OLD KATSKILL
    [ARROW]
    REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH OF
    KATSKILL KOCKSHACKIE
    STOOD ON THIS HILL
    BUILT 1733
    Location: ON TN. RD. ABOUT 1/2 MI. S. OF LEEDS

  • PAPER MILL
    FIRST IN GREENE COUTNY
    1/4 MILE AT FOOT OF HILL
    BUILT IN 1800 BY
    NATHAN BENJAMIN
    Location: NYS 23 & 145, JEFFERSON HGTS.

  • PIETER SOUSER'S INN
    PLACE WHERE POLITICAL
    MEETINGS WERE HELD
    BEFORE 1797
    RACETRACK OF THE
    PIONEERS NEAR BY
    Location: ON NYS 23 & 145 AT JEFFERSON HGTS.

  • SITE OF
    FIRST LOG HOUSE
    IN THIS VILLAGE
    BUILT IN 1675
    STOOD 100 FEET SOUTH
    ALONG ROAD TO
    FORDING PLACE
    Location: ON NYS 23 & 145, LEEDS

  • STONE HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1762 BY
    LIEUT. COL. CORNELIUS DUBOIS.
    SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS
    CELEBRATED HERE.
    Location: ON W. MAIN ST., CATSKILL

  • [ARROW]
    ABEEL HOUSE
    BUILT ABOUT 1721 IN
    THE BAK-OVEN
    REBUILT ABOUT 1752
    DAVID AND ANTHONY ABEEL
    CAPTURED BY INDIANS 1780
    Location: ON NYS 23A ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF KISKATOM

  • [ARROW]
    INDIAN TRAIL
    TO
    FORT ON ROUND TOP
    NOW KAATERSKILL CLOVE
    Location: ON NYS 23A & 32A ABOUT 1/2 MI. WEST PALENVILLE

  • [ARROW]
    HOUSE BUILT IN 1814
    BY
    CAPT. JOS. ALLEN
    SEA CAPTAIN
    DURING REVOLUTION
    Location: NYS 23 & 145, JEFFERSON HGTS.

  • [ARROW]
    OLD INN
    OF MARTIN G. SCHUNEMAN
    BUILT 1796
    Location: ON NYS 23 & 145, LEEDS

  • [ARROW]
    FOOTPATH
    FROM OLD INDIAN FORT
    CALLED CASTEEL HOOGTE
    TO COXSACKIE
    Location: ON NYS 23 & 145 AT JEFFERSON HGTS.

  • [ARROW]
    PACHQUIACK
    "OPEN COUNTRY"
    PURCHASED FROM INDIANS
    BY JAN BRONK, 1675
    FORMERLY MADISON, NOW
    LEEDS
    Location: ON NYS 23, & 145, LEEDS

County: GREENE
Town: COXSACKIE, TOWN OF

  • "FIRST HOUSE ON THE HILL"
    BUILT BY DR. JOHN ELY OF
    NEWRY, ALBANY COUNTY, ABOUT
    THE YEAR 1800.
    Location: ON ELY ST., COXSACKIE

  • BRONCK HOUSE
    OLDEST HOUSE USED AS SUCH
    IN GREENE COUNTY
    BUILT BY
    PIETER BRONCK
    1663
    Location: ON PRIVATE RD. 300 FT. OFF US 9W, 1 1/2 MI. S. OF COXSACKIE

County: GREENE
Town: DURHAM, TOWN OF

  • 1/2 MILE TO [ARROW]
    MEETING HOUSE HILL
    BRONZE TABLET AND BOULDER
    MARK THE SITE OF FIRST
    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, DURHAM
    ORGANIZED NOVEMBER 8, 1792
    Location: ON NYS 145, DURHAM

  • R.R. DISASTER
    IN 1840 ONE HALF MILE EAST
    TRAIN PLUNGED THROUGH TRESTLE
    INTO CREEEK AT HIGH ROCK
    ENDED CAREER OF CANAJOHARIE-
    CATSKILL RAILROAD
    Location: ON NYS 145 ABOUT 2 1/2 MIS. W. OF VLG. OF EAST DURHAM

County: GREENE
Town: GREENVILLE, TOWN OF

  • BENJAMIN SPEES
    SETTLED HERE IN 1781
    IN A LOG CABIN
    BUILT BY A TORY
    Location: ON NYS 32 AT GREENVILLE

  • DR. JOHN ELY
    FIRST PHYSICIAN IN
    TOWN OF GREENVILLE
    LIVED IN THIS HOUSE
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. NORTH OF E. GREENVILLE

  • EARLY SAWMILL
    OWNED AND OPERATED BY
    ELEAZER KNOWLES
    STOOD ON THIS SITE
    Location: ON NYS 32 ABOUT 3 MI. S. OF GREENVILLE

  • FIRST SCHOOL
    A CABIN BUILT OF LOGS
    STOOD ON THIS SITE
    FIRST TEACHER WAS A SON OF
    REV. ELEAZER HOTCHKIN
    Location: ON NYS 32 AT GREENVILLE

  • GREENVILLE
    1803 TOWN TAKEN FROM
    FREEHOLD AND COXSACKIE
    CALLED GREENFIELD, FIRST
    TOWN MEETING HELD
    1809 NAMED GREENVILLE
    Location: AT INTRSCTON. NYS 32 & 81 AT GREENVILLE

  • SITE OF
    EARLY TANNERY
    OWNED BY DANIEL MILLER
    WHO CAME FROM
    EAST HAMPTON, L.I.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. NORTH OF E. GREENVILLE

  • SITE OF LOG CABIN OF
    ELEAZER
    KNOWLES
    PIONEER WHO SETTLED HERE
    IN 1781 ON A 600 ACRE LOT
    Location: ON NYS 32 ABOUT 1 MI. S. OF GREENVILLE

  • SITE OF LOG CABIN OF
    EDWARD LAKE
    PIONEER WHO SETTLED HERE
    IN 1781 ON A 600 ACRE LOT
    Location: ON NYS 145 ABOUT 2 1/2 MIS. W. OF VLG. OF EAST DURHAM

County: GREENE
Town: PRATTSVILLE, TOWN OF

  • REFORMED
    CHURCH
    FIRST IN MOUNTAIN TOWNS
    OF GREENE COUNTY
    ORGANIZED IN 1798
    BUILT IN 1804
    Location: ON NYS 23 AT PRATTSVILLE

County: GREENE
Town: WINDHAM, TOWN OF

  • [ARROW]
    AGAINST THIS ROCK
    GEORGE STIMSON
    FIRST SETTLER OF THE
    TOWN OF WINDHAM
    BUILT HIS LOG CABIN
    IN 1785
    Location: ON NYS 23 AT WINDHAM

  • [ARROW]
    FIRST
    LOG HOUSE
    BUILT HERE IN 1818
    BY JOHN HENSON
    FOUNDER OF HENSONVILLE
    Location: ON NYS 23 AT HENSONVILLE

County: HERKIMER
Town: COLUMBIA, TOWN OF

  • MASONIC LODGE
    BUILT BY D.V.W. GOLDEN 1812
    FOR WARREN LODGE NO. 155
    ORGANIZED MARCH 4, 1807
    CEASED PAYING DUES 1818.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. W. OF ORENDORF CORNERS

  • ORENDORF BARN
    FIRST BUILDING WHERE
    RELIGIOUS SERVICE WAS HELD
    BODIES WERE BURIED UNTIL
    1803 AT NORTHEAST CORNER
    Location: ON NYS 28 ABOUT 1/2 MI. N. OF ORENDORF CORNERS

  • PETRIE'S CORNERS
    ON ROUTE OF SCOUT ADAM F.
    HELMER'S FAMOUS FUN TO WARN
    SETTLERS OF GERMAN FLATTS OF
    APPROACH OF BRANT'S INDIANS
    SEPTEMBER 17, 1778
    Location: AT INTERSECTION COUNTY RDS. AT COLUMBIA CENTER

  • PIONEER HOME
    OF COL. JACOB D. PETRIE,
    WHO WITH SIX SONS
    FOUNDED PETRIE'S CORNERS
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF COUNTY RDS. AT COLUMBIA CENTER

  • REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH
    CHURCH, ORGANIZED JULY 8,
    1798. CEMETERY DEDICATED
    1803. HAS 20 REVOLUTIONARY
    VETERANS AND 22
    SOLDIERS OF WAR OF 1812
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 1 MI. W. OF ORENDORF CORNERS

  • SITE OF
    PIONEER HOME
    OF ANDREW MILLER & 6 SONS
    WHO FOUNDED MILLER'S MILLS
    ABOUT 1790. BUILT
    SAWMILL AND GRISTMILL.
    Location: ON TOWN RD. AT MILLERS MILLS

  • SITE OF
    FIRST STORE
    AND HOUSE BUILT BY DAVID
    V.W. GOLDEN BEFORE 1798,
    WHO WAS FIRST JUDGE OF
    COURT HELD AT WHITESTOWN.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 1 1/2 MIS. W. OF ORENDORF CORNERS

County: HERKIMER
Town: DANUBE, TOWN OF

  • FT. HENDRICK
    1754-1760
    BRITISH POST GUARDING
    MOHAWK CASTLE. NAMED FOR
    KING HENDRICK KILLED
    AT LAKE GEORGE, SEPT. 1755
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT LEROY VILLAGE LINE

County: HERKIMER
Town: FRANKFORT, TOWN OF

  • FOLTS HOMESTEAD
    ERECTED 1796 BY MAJOR WARNER FOLTS
    WHO SERVED IN WAR OF 1812 AT
    SACKETS HARBOR; MEMBER OF
    ASSEMBLY 1823-24. HOUSE OCCUPIED
    SINCE BY HIS DESCENDANTS
    Location: ON NYS 5S AT ILION

  • OLD REMINGTON HOMESTEAD
    BUILT IN 1799 BY ELIPHALET
    REMINGTON WHO FORGED THE
    FIRST REMINGTON GUN;
    BIRTHPLACE OF PHILO
    REMINGTON
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 4 MIS. S.W. OF ILION

County: HERKIMER
Town: GERMAN FLATTS, TOWN OF

  • F.E. SPINNER HOME
    HERKIMER CO. SHERIFF 1834
    MEMBER OF CONGRESS 1854-1860
    APPOINTED TREASURER OF THE
    UNITED STATES BY LINCOLN
    SERVED 1861-1875
    Location: ON NYS 5S & NYS 28 AT MOHAWK

  • MOHAWK'S FIRST
    PUBLIC SCHOOL
    BUILT IN 1809 ON THIS SITE. USED
    AS A SCHOOL UNTIL 1853. SERVED
    AS A CHURCH FOR FIVE YEARS.
    HOUSE NOW STANDS IN REAR
    Location: ON NYS 28 AT MOHAWK

  • SHOEMAKER TAVERN
    BUILT BEFORE THE REVOLUTION
    GEN. WASHINGTON HAD DINNER HERE
    UNDER TREE ON HIS VALLEY TOUR IN
    1783. WALTER BUTLER CAPTURED
    HERE; LATER ESCAPED ALBANY JAIL
    Location: ON NYS 5S AT MOHAWK

  • TRAIL OF SCOUT
    ADAM F. HELMER
    ENTERING MOHAWK VALLEY TO
    WARN GERMAN FLATTS OF APPROACH
    OF BRANT'S INDIANS, SEPT. 17,
    1778
    Location: ON NYS 5S AT MOHAWK

County: HERKIMER
Town: LITCHFIELD, TOWN OF

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    CHARLES F. WHEELOCK
    1849-1928
    SCHOOL TEACHER AND
    EDUCATOR FOR HALF CENTURY
    Location: ON TN. RD. ABOUT 1/2 MI. N. OF CRANES CORNERS

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    JOHN CURTIS UNDERWOOD
    1809-1873
    U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
    OF VIRGINIA. APPOINTED
    BY PRES. LINCOLN 1863
    Location: ON TN. RD. AT JERUSALEM HILL

  • FURNACE SITE
    OF LITCHFIELD IRON MFG. CO.
    INCORPORATED 1813
    MAKERS OF PIG IRON AND
    VARIOUS KINDS OF
    IRON HOLLOW WARE
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 1 MI. S. OF GULPH

  • HOME SITE OF
    ELIJAH SNOW
    WHO SETTLED HERE IN 1786
    LOCALITY THEN CALLED
    SNOW'S BUSH
    NOW LITCHFIELD
    Location: ON TN. RD. ABOUT 1 MI. N. OF CRANES CORNERS

  • JERUSALEM
    HILL CEMETERY
    OLDEST BURIAL GROUND IN
    TOWN OF LITCHFIELD
    FIRST INTERMENT IN 1791
    Location: ON TOWN RD. AT JERUSALEM HILL

  • OLIVE BRANCH LODGE
    NO. 40, F. AND A.M.
    FIRST MEETING ON THIS SITE
    JULY 16, 1812. DEWITT CLINTON
    WAS GRAND MASTER AT THE TIME
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT CRANES CORNERS

  • SITE OF
    AVERY HOMESTEAD
    PURCHASED IN 1819 BY
    JOHN STANTON AVERY, ONE OF THE
    EARLIER SETTLERS IN LITCHFIELD.
    HOME DESTROYED
    BY FIRE IN 1934.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 4 MIS. S.W. OF ILION

  • SITE OF HOME OF
    NATHANIEL BALL
    WHERE THE FIRST BAPTIST
    CHURCH IN LITCHFIELD
    WAS ORGANIZED
    MARCH 15, 1795
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. S. OF GULPH

County: HERKIMER
Town: NORWAY, TOWN OF

  • A RAIDING FORCE LED BY
    MAJOR ROSS & WALTER
    BUTLER WAS HERE ATTACKED
    BY CO. MARINUS WILLET'S
    PATRIOT SOLDIERS
    OCTOBER 30, 1781
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 3 MIS. S.E. OF GRAY

  • IN THIS CEMETERY ARE THE
    GRAVES OF SOLDIERS OF THE
    FOUR WARS
    FENCH-INDIAN, REVOLUTION,
    WAR OF 1812, CIVIL WAR
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. AT NORWAY

County: HERKIMER
Town: OHIO, TOWN OF

  • WOOD HOME
    WHEELOCK WOOD (1894-1887)
    WIFE, HANNAH SOUTHWICK COMSTOCK
    (1797-1892) OF MASS. LOCATED HERE IN
    1829 AND BUILT THIS HOUSE.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 4 MIS. E., GRAY

County: HERKIMER
Town: POLAND, TOWN OF

  • OCTAGONAL HOUSE
    BUILT ABOUT 1850 BY
    LINUS YALE
    INVENTOR OF THE
    YALE LOCK
    Location: ON NYS 28 AT NEWPORT

  • THE YALE LOCK
    WAS FIRST MADE BY
    LINUS YALE
    IN A SHOP ON THIS SITE
    1847
    Location: ON NYS 28 AT NEWPORT

County: HERKIMER
Town: SCHUYLER, TOWN OF

  • EAST OF THIS POINT
    OF BRIDENBECKER CREEK
    JOHN FINSTER BUILT THE
    FIRST SAWMILL
    OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY
    IN TOWN OF SCHUYLER
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. N. OF EAST SCHUYLER

  • FIRST CHURCH
    SCHOOL HOUSE
    IN TOWN OF SCHUYLER
    BUILT HERE IN 1809
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 3 MIS. N. OF EAST SCHUYLER

  • FIRST PUBLIC
    BURYING GROUND
    1766-1840
    IN TOWN OF SCHUYLER
    WAS LOCATED ON THIS FLAT
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 2 1/2 MIS. N. OF EAST SCHUYLER

  • NEW PETERSBURGH
    FORT
    A STOCKADE BUILT AND USED
    BY THE PIONEERS OF SCHUYLER
    PRIOR TO AND DURING
    THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 3 MIS. WEST OF NORTH ILION

  • SITE OF HOME
    HEINRICH STARING
    B. 1730 - D. 1808
    CAPTAIN 4TH REGIMENT TRYON
    COUNTY MILITIA AND 1ST JUDGE
    OF COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
    OF HERKIMER COUNTY
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 4 MIS. EAST OF WEST SCHUYLER

County: HERKIMER
Town: WARREN, TOWN OF

  • HENDERSON HOUSE
    FORMER CRUGER MANSION
    GRANT 1739
    FRAME HOUSE BUILT 1787
    STONE HOUSE BUILT 1832
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 4 MIS. N. OF JORDANVILLE

  • JOHN TUNNICLIFF, JR.
    B. 1751, DERBY, ENGLAND, CAME
    TO AMERICA 1772; REVOLUTIONARY
    SOLDIER; SETTLED HERE 1793;
    DIED 1814; BURIED ONE MILE
    SOUTH, TUNNICLIFF CEMETERY.
    Location: ON US 20 AT WARREN

  • MARSHALL CEMETERY
    [ARROW] 1/2 MILE
    JOHN MARSHALL, 1764-1863
    REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER; WITH
    WASHINGTON AT YORKTOWN; WITNESSED
    SURRENDER OF
    CORNWALLIS.
    Location: ON US 20 AT WARREN

  • SITE OF
    PAUL CRIM HOUSE
    PAUL CRIM CAME FROM GERMANY
    ABOUT 1757. ONE OF FOUNDERS
    OF ANDRUSTOWN. HOUSE BURNED
    AT ANDRUSTOWN MASSACRE.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. S. OF HENDERSON

  • SITE OF HOME OF FREDERICK
    BELL, FEDERICK, JR.
    AND WIFE DOROTHY CRIM
    FATHER AND SON MASSACRED
    FREDERICK BELL III STOLEN
    BY INDIANS--JULY 18, 1778
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1/2 MI. N. OF CRANES CORNERS

County: JEFFERSON
Town: BROWNVILLE, TOWN OF

  • BABCOCK HOMESTEAD
    ERECTED 1832-33 BY JESSE
    BABCOCK; STATION ON
    UNDERGROUND RAILWAY
    PASSING NEGRO SLAVES
    OVER CANADIAN BORDER
    Location: INTERSECTION OF KIRBY & BROWN STS. AT DEXTER

  • BROWN MANSION
    HOME OF GEN. JACOB BROWN
    COMMANDER OF NORTHERN FRONTIER
    FORCES, WAR OF 1812
    COMMANDING GENERAL U.S. ARMY
    1821 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1828
    Location: ON MAIN ST. IN BROWNVILLE

County: JEFFERSON
Town: CAPE VINCENT, TOWN OF

  • CARLETON IS.
    OCCUPIED BY BRITISH 1774
    FT. HALDIMAND
    BUILT BY BRITISH-IROUQUOIS
    1778-79. CAPTURED BY
    AMERICANS IN 1812
    Location: ON NYS 12E ABOUT 2 MIS. EAST OF CAPE VINCENT VILLAGE

  • CUP-AND-SAUCER
    HOUSE
    BUILT NEAR THIS SITE
    BY COUNT PIERRE FANCOIS
    REAL IN 1816 AS REFUGE
    FOR NAPOLEON. BURNED 1867
    Location: AT RIVER'S EDGE ON W. SIDE REAL ST., CAPE VINCENT VILGE.

  • DURING THE
    WAR OF 1812
    AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE
    HOUSED IN BARRACKS ERECTED
    HERE AND AT THE FOOT OF
    JAMES STREET
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF BRAODWAY & JAMES ST., CAPE VINCENT

  • FRENCH
    CATH. CHURCH
    BUILT HERE 1832 BY EARLY
    SETTLERS. HEROES OF
    NAPOLEON'S ARMY & FRENCH
    REFUGEES WORSHIPPED HERE
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF RODIERE

  • KENT'S CREEK
    SITE OF FIRST GRIST MILL
    IN THE TOWN OF
    CAPE VINCENT
    BUILT PRIOR TO 1809
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 1 1/2 MILS. SOUTHWEST OF ROSIERE

  • MILLENS BAY
    IN JUNE 1812 ABNER HUBBARD
    WITH OTHER AMERICANS
    CROSSED TO CARLETON ISLAND
    AND CAPTURED FT. HALDIMAND
    WITH ITS BRITISH GARRISON
    Location: ON NYS 12E AT RIVERVIEW

  • STONE HOUSE
    BUILT IN 1815 BY
    J.D. LE RAY DE CHAUMONT
    HERE CANADIAN REBELS WERE
    SHELTERED DURING
    PATRIOT WAR, 1838
    Location: N. SIDE B'WAY IN WESTERN PART, CAPE VINCENT VLGE.

  • TIBBITS POINT
    LIGHTHOUSE
    FIRST IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
    BUILT 1827, REBUILT 1854
    Location: AT TIBBITS PT. LIGHTHOUSE S.W. OF CAPE VINCENT

  • [ARROW]
    MEMORIAL ALTAR
    ON SITE OF OLD FRENCH
    CATHOLIC CHURCH ERECTED BY
    JAMES LE RAY DE CHAUMONT
    1832
    Location: ON NYS 12E ABOUT 3 MILES S.E. OF CAPE VINCENT

County: JEFFERSON
Town: CLAYTON, TOWN OF

  • CHURCH BUILT 1834-35
    FRANCIS DEPAU DEEDED SITE
    FOR HOUSE OF WORSHIP THAT
    SHALL FOREVER AT ALL TIMES
    BE OPEN AND FREE TO THE
    USE OF ALL DENOMINATIONS
    Location: ON NYS 12 NEAR INTERSECTION WITH NYS 179, DEPAUVILLE

  • ELM FLAT CHURCH
    FORY RODS TO THE EAST
    STOOD THE FIRST CHURCH
    IN THE TOWN OF CLAYTON
    A LOG BUILDING BUILT 1820
    BY THE FREE WILL BAPTISTS
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF CO. RD. & NYS 12 & 179 ABOUT 3/4 MI N.W. OF DEPAUVILLE

  • ONONDAGA TRAILS
    JUNCTION OF WAR TRAILS
    BETWEEN LAKE ONTARIO AND
    THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF NYS 12 & NYS 179, DEPAUVILLE

County: JEFFERSON
Town: ELLISBURG, TOWN OF

  • AFTER THE BATTLE OF
    BIG SANDY
    MAY 28, 1814
    THIS HOUSE WAS USED AS A
    HOSPITAL
    FOR BRITISH SOLDIERS
    Location: ON NYS 3 ABOUT 2 MIS. N. OF OSWEGO-JEFFERSON CO. LINE

  • BONNIE VIEW
    BIRTHPLACE AND HOME OF
    MARIETTA HOLLEY
    1840-1926
    AUTHOR "SAMANTHA" NOVELS
    PEN NAME "JOSIAH ALLEN'S WIFE"
    Location: ON US 11 ABOUT 2 MIS. NORTH OF PIERREPONT MANOR

  • FAIR VIEW
    BOUGHT BY EBENEZER WOOD
    1804
    CONTINUOUSLY OCCUPIED BY
    WOOD FAMILY SINCE THAT DATE
    Location: ON ROUTE 193 AT WOODVILLE

County: JEFFERSON
Town: HENDERSON, TOWN OF

  • CAMP DE
    L'OBSERVATION
    ERECTED BY THE FRENCH
    IN 1756
    ASSOCIATION ISLAND
    Location: W. SIDE NYS 3 AT STATE-OWNED OBS.PT. ABOUT 4 MIS. S.W. OF SACKETS HARBOR

County: JEFFERSON
Town: HOUNSFIELD, TOWN OF

  • AUGUSTUS SACKET
    PIONEER OF SACKET HARBOR.
    BROUGHT TRACT IN HOUNSFIELD
    1801. 1ST JUDGE, JEFFERSON CO.
    B. N.Y. CITY NOV. 10, 1769
    D. ALBANY, N.Y. APR. 29, 1827
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF MAIN & RAY STS. AT SACKETS HARBOR

  • BLANCHARD STAND
    ERECTED HERE IN 1823
    BY STEPHEN BLANCHARD
    REBUILT 1867 AND KNOWN AS
    HALF-WAY-HOUSE TILL 1913
    A FAMOUS COUNTRY INN
    Location: AT INTERSECTION NYS 3 & CO. RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. W. WATERTOWN

  • BLOCKHOUSE
    ERECTED IN 1812 FOR DEFENSE
    AGAINST THE BRITISH ATTACK
    STONE HOUSE THE
    TISDALE HOMESTEAD
    ERECTED 1819
    Location: S. SIDE WASHINGTON ST. BETWEEN BROAD ST. & RR, SACKETS HARBOR

  • FORT CHAUNCEY
    WAR OF 1812
    NAMED FOR COMMODORE
    ISAAC CHAUNCEY
    Location: E. SIDE MONROE ST. N. OF MAIN ST. AT SACKETS HARBOR

  • FORT KENTUCKY
    WAR OF 1812
    28 GUNS
    BLOCKHOUSE IN CENTER
    Location: S. SIDE WASHINGTON ST. NEAR LAKE, SACKETS HARBOR

  • FORT TOMPKINS
    ON NAVY POINT
    WAR OF 1812
    NAMED FOR GOVERNOR
    DANIEL D. TOMPKINS
    Location: INTERSECTION MAIN ST. & ROAD ALONG LAKE SHORE. PROPERTY US COAST GUARD, SA

  • HOME OF
    DR. SAMUEL GUTHRIE
    BORN 1782-DIED 1848
    DISCOVERED CHLOROFORM, 1831
    INVENTED PERCUSSION CAPS
    SURGEON IN WAR OF 1812
    Location: N. SIDE CO. RD. BETWEEN SACKETS HARBOR & JEWETTVILLE

  • SITE OF
    FORT PIKE
    BEHIND THESE BREASTWORKS
    WAS BLOCKHOUSE ERECTED BY
    AMERICANS FOR DEFENSE
    AGAINST BRITISH, WAR OF 1812
    Location: ALONG LAKE FRONT WITHIN MADISON BARRACKS AT SACKETS HARBOR

  • UNION HOTEL - APRIL 1817
    BUILT BY FREDERIC WHITE
    1ST MASONIC LODGE JEFFERSON CO.
    ONTARIO LODGE FORMED APRIL 4, 1805
    ATHOL LODGE FORMED 1818
    SACKETS LODGE FORMED 1848
    Location: AT INTERSECTION MAIN & RAY STS. AT SACKETS HARBOR

  • VIRGINIA
    WAR OF 1812
    ARMED WITH 16 GUNS
    Location: S. SIDE WASHINGTON ST., W. OF BROAD ST., SACKETS HARBOR

  • WAR OF 1812
    LANDING OF BRITISH
    DAYBREAK, SUNDAY
    JULY 19, 1812
    Location: END OF TOWN RD. ALONG LAKE SHORE, SACKET HARBOR0.

County: JEFFERSON
Town: ORLEANS, TOWN OF

  • SITE OF
    FIRST MILL
    ERECTED 1819 AT
    LOG MILLS
    RENAMED LAFARGEVILLE
    JULY 4, 1823
    Location: ON NYS 180, LAFARGEVILLE

County: KINGS
Town: NONE

  • GRAVESEND
    SETTLED IN 1643 BY ENGLISH
    QUAKERS UNDER LADY DEBORAH
    MOODY ON LAND GRANTED TO THEM
    BY THE DUTCH GOVERNOR OF
    NEW AMSTERDAM
    Location: CEMETERY BETWEEN SOUTH VILLAGE RD. AND NECK RD.

  • GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY
    LT. COL. ROBERT BENSON
    1739-1823, BURIED HERE;
    CLINTON IN REVOLUTION; CLERK,
    NEW YORK STATE SENATE.
    Location: ON 5TH AVE. & 25TH ST.

  • MARYLAND HEROES
    HER LIE BURIED 256
    SOLDIERS OF THE MARYLAND
    BATTALION WHO FELL IN THE
    BATTLE OF BROOKLYN ON THE
    27TH OF AUGUST, 1776
    Location: ON CORNER OF 7TH ST. BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH AVE.

  • MAZZOLA HOME
    PROPERTY ONCE OWNED BY
    PHILIP LIVINGSTON - SIGNER
    DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
    HOME - BROOKLYN EXCELSIORS
    BASEBALL CHAMPIONS - 1860
    Location: 133 CLINTON ST., BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11201

County: LIVINGSTON
Town: CALEDONIA, TOWN OF

  • BIG SPRINGS
    ANCIENT INDIAN CAMP SITE
    ON NIAGARA TRAIL
    EARLIEST WHITE TOUREIST 1615
    SCOTTISH SETTLERS 1799
    TERMINUS PIONEER R.R. 1838
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT CALEDONIA

  • CALEDONIA
    ORGANIZED 1803 AS TOWN OF
    SOUTHAMPTON; NAME CHANGED
    TO CALEDONIA 1806; SCOTTISH
    EMIGRANTS SETTLED 1799
    VILLAGE INCORPORATED 1891
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT WEST END OF CALEDONIA

  • CALEDONIA
    ORGANIZED 1803 AS TOWN OF
    SOUTHAMPTON; NAME CHANGED
    TO CALEDONIA 1806; SCOTTISH
    EMIGRANTS SETTLED 1799
    VILLAGE INCORPORATED 1891
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT WEST END OF CALEDONIA

  • CALEDONIA
    ORGANIZED 1803 AS TOWN OF
    SOUTHAMPTON; NAME CHANGED
    TO CALEDONIA 1806; SCOTTISH
    EMIGRANTS SETTLED 1799
    VILLAGE INCORPORATED 1891
    Location: ON NYS 36 AT NORTH END OF CALEDONIA

  • ERECTED 1826
    BY JAJOR GAD BLAKSLEE
    EARLY POST OFFICE
    FIRST BANK
    APOTHECARY SHOP
    NOW CALEDONIA LIBRARY
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT CALEDONIA

  • ERECTED 1827
    BY JAMES R. CLARK
    EARLY TAVERN, POSTOFFICE,
    EARLY BANK, LIBRARY
    CERTIFIED BY HISTORIC
    AMERICAN BUILDING SURVEY
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT CALEDONIA

  • JOHN HUGH
    MAC NAUGHTON
    1826-1891
    LIVED HERE 20 YEARS
    FAMOUS POET AND SONG WRITER
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CALEDONIA

County: LIVINGSTON
Town: CONESUS, TOWN OF

  • MILITARY ROUTE
    OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
    ARMY ON ITS CAMPAIGN
    AGAINST THE BRITISH
    AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
    NEW YORK IN 1779
    Location: ON NYS 256 ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF MAPLE BEACH

  • MILITARY ROUTE
    OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
    ARMY ON ITS CAMPAIGN
    AGAINST THE BRITISH
    AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
    NEW YORK IN 1779
    Location: ON US 15 AT FOOTS CORNERS

  • UNION CEMETERY
    HERE IS BURIED
    CAPTAIN DANIEL SHAYS
    1747-1825
    SERVED IN THE REVOLUTION
    LEADER OF SHAYS' REBELLION
    Location: ON NYS 256 ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF SCOTTSBURG

County: LIVINGSTON
Town: GENESEO, TOWN OF

  • ABOUT 1/4 MILE WEST
    TREATY OF
    BIG TREE
    SITE OF MEMORABLE TREATY
    RELEASING SENECA TITLE TO
    3,600,000 ACRES OF LAND
    SEPTEMBER 15, 1797
    Location: ON NYS 63 AT GENESEO

County: LIVINGSTON
Town: GROVELAND, TOWN OF

  • 1 MILE
    GROVELAND HILL
    TORY-INDIAN AMBUSH
    SULLIVAN EXPEDITION
    1779
    FIFTEEN SCOUTS KILLED
    BOYD AND PARKER CAPTURED
    Location: ON NYS 256 AT MAPLE BEACH

  • MILITARY ROUTE
    OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
    ARMY ON ITS CAMPAIGN
    AGAINST THE BRITISH
    AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
    NEW YORK IN 1779
    Location: ON NYS 63 ABOUT 1 1/4 MILES SOUTH OF HAMPTON CORNERS

  • SITE OF
    WILLIAMSBURG
    FIRST SETTLEMENT IN COUNTY
    ESTABLISHED 1792 BY
    CHARLES WILLIAMSON
    Location: ON NYS 63 ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF GENESEO

  • [ARROW]
    GROVELAND HILL
    TORY-INDIAN AMBUSH
    SULLIVAN EXPEDITION
    1779
    FIFTEEN SCOUTS KILLED
    BOYD AND PARKER CAPTURED
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF MAPLE BEACH

County: LIVINGSTON
Town: LEICESTER, TOWN OF

  • 2 MILES [ARROW]
    BOYD-PARKER
    TOURTURE TREE AND BURIAL
    MOUND. WESTERN LIMIT
    SULLIVAN'S EXPEDITION
    1779. SENECA VILLAGE
    LITTLE BEARD'S TOWN
    Location: AT INTERSECTION US 20A & BYS 36 AT LEICESTER

  • BOYD-PARKER
    TORTURE TREE AND BURIAL
    MOUND. WESTERN LIMIT
    SULLIVAN'S EXPEDITION
    1779. SENECA VILLAGE
    LITTLE BEARD TOWN
    Location: ON US 20 A & NYS 39 ABOUT 1/2 MI. EAST OF CUYLERVILLE

  • SITE OF
    DE-YU-IT-GA-OH
    (VALLEY BEGINS TO WIDEN)
    SENECA INDIAN VILLAGE
    THE SPRING USED BY
    MARY JEMISON IS NEARBY
    Location: ON SQUAWKIE HILL RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. S. OF LEICESTER

  • SITE OF
    A-ON-DO-WA-NUH
    (BIG TREE)
    SENECA INDIAN VILLAGE
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1 1/2 MIS. N. OF CUYLERVILLE

  • THIS
    LOG HOUSE
    ERECTED AND OCCUPIED
    BY THOMAS JEMISON
    (BUFFALO TOM)
    GRANDSON OF MARY JEMISON
    Location: ON SQUAWKIE HILL RD. ABOUT 1 1/2 MIS. S. OF LEICESTER

County: LIVINGSTON
Town: LIMA, TOWN OF

  • GANDICHIRAGOU
    "AT THE FORKS OF THE TRAIL"
    NAME RECORDED 1634. DESTROYED
    BY DE NONVILLE'S FRENCH ARMY
    1687. SITE ALSO OF FATHER
    GARNIER'S CHAPEL OF ST. JEAN
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF US 20 & NYS 5 WITH NYS 15A AT LIMA

  • GENESEE WESLEYAN SEMINARY
    FOUNDED 1832
    GENESEE COLLEGE ESTABLISHED
    1849 AND ON APRIL 14, 1869
    WAS ALLOWED TO REMOVE TO
    FORM SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF COLLEGE AVE. & GENESEE ST. AT LIMA

  • SITE OF
    SKA-HASE-GA-O
    (WAS-A-LONG-CREEK)
    A POPULOUS MODERN
    SENECA INDIAN VILLAGE
    Location: ON US 20 & NYS 5 AT LIMA

  • WARNER HOUSE
    BUILT BY ASHAHEL WARNER, 1810
    WHO WAS PIONEER IN 1795
    USED BY TRINITY MARK MASONIC
    LODGE NO. 59, 1810
    UNION LODGE NO. 45, 1816
    Location: ON US 20 & NYS 5 AT LIMA

County: LIVINGSTON
Town: LIVONIA, TOWN OF

  • 1/3 MILE EAST
    SITE OF HOME
    SOLOMON WOODRUFF
    FIRST SETTLER
    OF LIVONIA, 1789
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 3/4 MI. SO. LIVONIA CENTER

  • JACKSONVILLE
    FOUNDED 1830 BY
    ANDREW HOLDEN
    COMPRISED 130 HOUSES,
    10 MILLS, BRICKYARD,
    2 DISTILLERIES
    Location: ON TN. RD. ABOUT 1 MI. N.E. HEMLOCK NEAR LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO CO.LINE

  • MILITARY ROUTE
    OF SULLIVAN-CLINTON
    ARMY ON ITS CAMPAIGN
    AGAINST THE BRITISH
    AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
    NEW YORK IN 1779
    Location: ON NYS 15A ABOUT 1 MI. SOUTH OF HEMLOCK

County: LIVINGSTON
Town: MOUNT MORRIS, TOWN OF

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    FRANCIS BELLAMY
    1855-1931
    AUTHOR OF "THE PLEGE OF
    ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG"
    Location: ON NYS 36 AT MOUNT MORRIS

  • FRANCIS BELLAMY
    MEMORIAL PARK
    NAMED IN HONOR OF FRANCIS
    BELLAMY, 1855-1931, AUTHOR
    OF "THE PLEGE OF
    ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG"
    Location: ON NYS 36 AT MOUNT MORRIS

County: LIVINGSTON
Town: NORTH DANSVILLE, TOWN OF

  • IN THIS CHURCH WAS
    ORGANIZED FIRST LOCAL
    RED CROSS
    SOCIETY IN THE UNITED
    STATES BY CLARA BARTON
    AUGUST 22, 1881
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF EXCHANGE & CHRUCH STS. IN DANSVILLE

  • SITE OF
    FIRST HOUSE
    IN DANSVILLE, BUILT IN
    1795 BY CORNELIUS MC COY
    WHO CAME TO AMERICA FROM
    IRELAND IN 1788
    Location: ON NYS 36 AT DANSVILLE

  • SITE OF THE
    FIRST CHURCH
    IN DANSVILLE
    GERMAN EVANGELICAL
    LUTHERAN CHURCH
    1826-1918
    Location: ON MAIN ST. IN DANSVILLE

County: LIVINGSTON
Town: OSSIAN, TOWN OF

  • BISBEETOWN
    SETTLED 1819 BY LUTHER BISBEE
    BORN 1762-DIED 1856
    SOLDIER OF THE AMERICAN
    REVOLUTION FROM MASSACHUSETTS
    SITE OF FIRST HOUSE 1 MILE SOUTH
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1/4 MILE EAST OF WESTVIEW

  • HOME - 1850
    OF LUTHER BISBEE II AND HIS
    WIFE, ELIZA WEST, DESCENDANTS
    OF THOMAS BESBRIDGE AND
    FRANCIS WEST, FREEMEN OF
    PLYMOUTH COLONY,MASSACHUSETTS
    1637-1670
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1/4 MILE EAST OF WESTVIEW

  • INDIAN CABIN
    NEARBY IS THE SITE OF THE
    LAST CABIN IN THIS TOWN,
    OCCUPIED BY THE SENECAS,
    BEFORE THEIR REMOVAL TO THE
    BUFFALO RESERVATION, 1826.
    Location: ON TOWN RD. AT WESTVIEW

  • OSSIAN CENTER
    SETTLED IN 1804 BY JUDGE
    RICHARD AND JAMES PORTER.
    THEY WITH THEIR BROTHER,
    NATHANIEL, WERE FIRST
    SETTLERS IN THE TOWN
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS AT OSSIAN

  • TELEGRAPH ROAD
    ROUTE OF NEW YORK AND ERIE
    TELEGRAPH LINE CONSTRUCTED
    IN 1848 UNDER THE
    SUPERVISION OF EXRA CORNELL
    FOUNDER OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1/4 MILE EAST OF WESTVIEW

County: LIVINGSTON
Town: PORTAGE, TOWN OF

  • APPROACHING
    CIVIL WAR
    PARADE GROUND
    1826-1865
    Location: ON CO. RD. LEADING TO ERIE RR. BRIDGE OVER GENESEE R. AT PORTAGE

  • APPROACHING
    CIVIL WAR
    PARADE GROUND
    1826-1865
    Location: AT INTERSECTION NYS 245 & CO. RD. LEADING TO ERIE RR BRIDGE OVER GENESEE R.

  • CIVIL WAR
    PARADE GROUND
    1862-1865
    130TH N.Y. REGT., LATER 1ST
    N.Y. DRAGOONS AND 136TH N.Y.
    REGT. OF INFANTRY, 1826
    Location: ON CO. RD. LEADING TO ERIE RR. BRIDGE OVER GENESEE R. AT PORTAGE

  • KISH-A-WA
    FIRST SETTLERS IN 1816;
    ONLY VILLAGE IN 15 MILES;
    HOME OF MANY FAMOUS PEOPLE;
    PATH OF "OLD INDIAN TRAIL"
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. AT HUNTS HOLLOW

  • PORTAGE BRIDGE
    REPLACES LARGEST WOODEN
    BRIDGE IN THE WORLD. BUILT
    IN 1852. 300 ACRES OF
    TIMBER USED IN CONSTRUCTION
    BURNED IN 1875
    Location: ON LIVINGSTON CO. SIDE OF ERIE RR. BRIDGE OVER GENESEE R. AT PORTAGE

  • SCHOOL SITE
    FRAME BUILDING, ABOUT 1819;
    ABANDONED FOR ONE OF TWO
    ROOM AS NUMBER OF PUPILS
    GREW. SAMUEL HUNT, BROTHER
    OF GOVERNOR HUNT, TAUGHT HERE.
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 1/2 MIL. W. OF HUNTS HOLLOW

County: LIVINGSTON
Town: YORK, TOWN OF

  • BRICK SCHOOL
    DISTRICT NO. 8; BUILT
    1825. PRESIDENT CHESTER
    A. ARTHUR ATTENDED THIS
    SCHOOL 1837 TO 1842
    Location: ON NYS 36 AT YORK

  • SITE OF
    O-HA-GI
    (CROWDING THE BANK)
    TUSCARORA INDIAN VILLAGE
    ONLY ONE IN COUNTY
    Location: ON TN. RD. ABOUT 1/2 MI. SOUTH OF PIFFARD

County: MADISON
Town: CAZENOVIA, TOWN OF

  • BAPTIST CHURCH
    FIRST IN TOWN OF CAZENOVIA.
    UNBROKEN SERVICE SINCE
    ORGANIZATION JULY 17, 1801.
    THIS BUILDING ERECTED 1815.
    Location: ON NYS 13 AT NEW WOODSTOCK

  • FIRST COUNTY SEAT
    THIS BUILDING ERECTD FOR
    COURT HOUSE 1810. COURTS
    HELD 1812-17. SOLD TO
    METHODISTS 1818. CONFERENCE
    SEMINARY ESTABLISHED 1824.
    Location: ON SEMINARY ST. BETWEEN SULLIVAN & LINCKLAEN STS.

County: MADISON
Town: DE RUYTER, TOWN OF

  • EZRA CORNELL
    300 YARDS UP THIS LANE
    STOOD HIS BOYHOOD HOME
    IN 1828 HE WALKED TO ITHACA
    WHERE LATER HE FOUNDED
    CORNELL UNIVERSITY.
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES EAST OF DE RUYTER

  • [ARROW]
    3 1/2 MILES
    SITE OF BOYHOOD HOME
    EZRA CORNELL
    FOUNDER OF
    CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Location: ON NYS 13 AT DE RUYTER

  • [ARROW]
    MULLER HILL
    EASTATE OF LOUIS A. MULLER
    WHO LOCATED HERE IN 1808.
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF DE RUYTER

County: MADISON
Town: EATON, TOWN OF

  • BAPTIST CHURCH
    ORGANIZED 1816. ERECTED 1819.
    REPAIRED AND IMPROVED 1856.
    REV. J. COLLEY, 1ST MINISTER.
    REV. NATHANIEL KENDRICK,
    PASTOR 1817-1833
    Location: ON NYS 26 AT EATON

  • DR. JAMES PRATT
    FIRST PHYSICIAN IN TOWN OF
    EATON, 1797, TAUGHT FIRST
    SCHOOL IN HOMES OF JOSPEH
    MORSE COL. LELAND AND THOMAS
    MORRIS ALTERNATELY.
    Location: ON NYS 26 AT EATON

  • FANNY FORESTER
    AUTHOR OF "ALDERBROOK TALES"
    BORN EMILY CHUBBUCK AUG. 22,
    1817; MARRIED DR. A. JUDSON:
    HER HOME "UNDERHILL COTTAGE"
    STOOD ABOUT ON THIS SITE.
    Location: ON NYS 26 ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF EATON

  • HOME OF
    CYRUS AND ELIZABETH
    HEMINWAY FINNEY. MARRIED
    JULY 25, 1797. CAME
    FROM NEW ENGLAND AND
    SETTLED HERE 1797.
    Location: ON NYS 26 AT EATON

  • MORSE HOUSE
    JOSEPH MORSE, EUNICE BIGELOW
    FROM SHERBURNE, MASS. 1796
    FOUNDED "LOG CITY" 1800
    LATER NAMED EATON 1807
    BUILT THIS HOUSE 1802
    Location: ON NYS 26 AT EATON

  • MORSE MILL DAM
    DEVELOPMENT OF EATON BROOK
    WATER POWER BEGUN BY
    JOSEPH MORSE 1796 CREATED
    COUNTY INDUSTRIAL CENTER
    LASTING A CENTURY TO 1896
    Location: ON NYS 26 AT EATON

  • N.Y. STATE SCHOOL
    OF AGRICULTURE
    MORRISVILLE, N.Y.
    ESTABLISHED 1908
    FIRST DIRECTOR, F.G. HELYAR
    APRIL 1, 1910-NOVEMBER 15, 1917
    Location: ON US 20 AT MORRISVILLE

  • N.Y. STATE SCHOOL
    OF AGRICULTURE
    MORRISVILLE, N.Y.
    ESTABLISHED 1908
    FIRST DIRECTOR, F.G. HELYAR
    APRIL 1, 1910-NOVEMBER 15, 1917
    Location: ON US 20 AT MORRISVILLE

  • SAGE TAVERN IN LOG CITY.
    BUILT AND RUN BY ISAAC
    SAGE 1802. OLDEST HOUSE
    IN VILLAGE OF EATON.
    Location: ON NYS 26, AT EATON

  • SITE OF
    CHAMPLAIN BATTLE
    1615
    [ARROW]
    NICHOLS POND PARK,
    ON ONEIDA INDIAN
    VILLAGE SITE 10 MILES NORTH
    Location: ON US 20 AT MORRISVILLE

  • SITE OF FARM
    BROUGHT IN 1799 BY CALEB
    DUNBAR, BORN BRIDGEWATER,
    MASS., 1760. MARRIED
    HANNAH DRAKE, BORN
    EATON, MASS., 1762
    Location: ON TN. RD. ABOUT 1/4 MILE NORTH OF EATON

  • SITE OF HOME
    1793, COL. JOSHUA LELAND.
    FIRST SETTLER IN THIS VALLEY.
    HE BUILT FIRST GRIST MILL
    ON STREAM BETWEEN THESE PONDS.
    Location: ON NYS 26 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH-EAST OF EATON

  • SITE OF LOG HOUSE
    OF LEVI BONNEY, BORN 1775,
    MARRIED RHODA PRATT. CAME
    FROM CORNWAL, CONN., 1795
    FIRST TO COME AND REMAIN IN
    THIS VALLEY.
    Location: ON NYS 26 ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTH-EAST OF EATON

  • TOLL GATE NO. 1
    PECK'S PORT, EATON AND
    GEORGETOWN PLANK ROAD, 1849.
    SAWEN MORSE, 1ST WHITE CHILD
    BORN IN EATON WAS 1ST
    KEEPER OF THIS GATE.
    Location: ON NYS 26 ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH-EAST OF EATON

  • TOLL GATE NO. 2
    PECK'S PORT, EATON AND
    GEORGETOWN PLANK ROAD, 1849.
    Location: ON NYS 26 ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF EATON

County: MADISON
Town: FENNER, TOWN OF

  • GRAIN PITS
    THESE PITS ARE REMAINS
    OF COMMUNITY STORAGE
    CELLARS FOR CORN, BEANS
    AND SQUASH. USED BY
    THE IROQUOIS INDIANS
    Location: AT NICHOLS POND ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF CANASTOTA

  • INDIAN SPRING
    THIS WAS OUTSIDE
    THE AREA OF THE FORT
    AND NOT PROTECTED
    BY THE PALISADES
    Location: AT NICHOLS POND ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF CANASTOTA

  • ONEIDA STONE
    OF 1615
    ONEIDA MEANS PEOPLE OF
    THE STANDING STONE. IN EACH
    VILLAGE WAS SUCH AN ALTAR
    AND COUNCIL PLACE
    Location: AT NICHOLS POND ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF CANASTOTA

  • SITE OF
    CHAMPLAIN BATTLE
    HERE CHAMPLAIN AIDED BY
    HURON INDIANS ATTACKED THE
    STOCKADED ONEIDA VILLAGE
    OCT. 10-16, 1615
    Location: ON TN. RD. ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF CANASTOTA

County: MADISON
Town: GEORGETOWN, TOWN OF

  • MULLER HILL
    ESTATE OF LOUIS A. MULLER,
    DISTINGUISHED FRENCH REFUGEE
    WHO LOCATED HERE IN 1808.
    DOUBTLESS NOBLEMAN FLEEING
    FROM VENGEANCE OF NAPOLEON
    Location: ON TN. RD. ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES WEST OF GEORGETOWN

  • [ARROW]
    MULLER HILL
    ESTATE OF LOUIS A. MULLER
    WHO LOCATED HERE IN 1808.
    Location: ON NYS 80 AT GEORGETOWN

County: MADISON
Town: HAMILTON, TOWN OF

  • MADISON STREET CEMETERY
    ESTABLISHED ABOUT 1830
    ELISHA PAYNE
    FOUNDER OF THE VILLAGE
    OF HAMILTON IS BURIED HERE
    Location: ON MADISON ST. AT HAMILTON

County: MADISON
Town: LEBANON, TOWN OF

  • 1/4 MILE LEFT
    STOOD THE HOME OF
    COL. WM. S. SMITH AIDE
    TO WASHINGTON AND
    ABIGAIL ADAMS SMITH
    SEE MARKER AHEAD
    Location: ON NYS 12B ABOUT 4 1/4 MILES SOUTH OF HAMILTON

  • 1/4 MILE LEFT
    STOOD THE HOME OF
    COL. WM. S. SMITH AIDE
    TO WASHINGTON AND
    ABIGAIL ADAMS SMITH
    SEE MARKER AHEAD
    Location: ON NYS 12B ABOUT 3 3/4 MILES SOUTH OF HAMILTON

  • HERE IN 1788 STOOD
    THE BARK HUT
    OF BATES, STOWELL AND
    SALISBURY, FIRST SETTLERS
    OF WHAT IS NOW
    MADISON COUNTY
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF EATON

  • HOUSE BUILT BY
    ENOCH STOWELL, JR.
    EARLY SETTLER. HOME OF
    HORACE STOWELL, PROMINENT
    ABOLITIONIST. STATION OF
    UNDERGROUND RAILWAY
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF EATON

  • SMITH'S VALLEY
    COL. W.S. SMITH & FAMILY
    EARLY SETTLERS & OWNERS
    OF GREAT TRACTS OF LAND
    IN THIS SECTION
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT RANDALLSVILLE

County: MADISON
Town: LENOX, TOWN OF

  • HOME OF
    THOMAS BARLOW
    HISTORIAN, COUNTY JUDGE
    IN 1843, MEMBER OF THE
    NEW YORK STATE SENATE,
    1844-1847
    Location: ON MAIN ST. AT CANASTOTA

  • HOME OF
    MILTON DELANO
    CLERK OF TOWN OF OLD
    LENOX. TWICE ELECTED
    SHERIFF OF MADISON COUNTY
    MEMBER OF CONGRESS, 1888-1892
    Location: ON NYS 13 AT INTERSECTIONOF PETERBORO ST.. & RASBACK ST., CANASTOTA

  • QUALITY HILL
    GREEN
    A COMPANY OF HORSE
    ARTILLERY DRILLED HERE
    DURING THE WAR OF 1812
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF CANASTOTA

  • SITE OF
    ERECTED IN 1814
    BY GEORGE MESSINGER
    Location: ON NYS 31 AT MESSINGER BAY

  • SITE OF
    CHAMPLAIN BATTLE
    1615
    [ARROW]
    NICHOLS POND PARK
    AN ONEIDA VILLAGE SITE
    6 MILES SOUTH
    Location: ON US 20 AT CANASTOTA

County: MADISON
Town: LINCOLN, TOWN OF

  • TO SITE OF
    CHAMPLAIN BATTLE
    1615
    [ARROW]
    Location: ON TN. RD. AT CLOCKVILLE

County: MADISON
Town: NELSON, TOWN OF

  • WELSH CHURCH
    ONE MILE [ARROW]
    WELSH CONGREGATIONAL
    SOCIETY FOUNDED JUNE 22, 1850
    PRESENT CHURCH BUILDING
    ERECTED 1876
    Location: ON US 20 1 MILE EAST OF NELSON

County: MADISON
Town: SMITHFIELD, TOWN OF

  • TO SITE OF
    CHAMPLAIN BATTLE
    1615
    [ARROW]
    Location: ON MILE STRIP RD. ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF CANASTOTA

  • TO SITE OF
    CHAMPLAIN BATTLE
    1615
    [ARROW]
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. AT PETERBORO

  • [ARROW]
    500 FEET
    GERRIT S. MILLER
    HOME OF EARLY IMPORTED
    HOLSTEIN CATTLE.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF PETERBORO

County: MADISON
Town: STOCKBRIDGE, TOWN OF

  • BIRTHPLACE
    W. DEMPSTER HOARD, BORN
    OCT. 10, 1839. GOVERNOR
    OF WISCONSIN 1889-90
    FOUNDER HOARD'S DAIRYMAN
    Location: ON NYS 46 ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF MUNNSVILLE

County: MONROE
Town: BRIGHTON, TOWN OF

  • CITY OF TRYON
    FIRST WHITE SETTLEMENT
    WEST OF CANANDAIGUA
    FOUNDED 1797, ABANDONED
    1818. JOHN LUSK WAS THE
    FIRST SETTLER 1789.
    Location: ON EAST SIDE OF LANDING RD., NEAR BLOSSOM RD.

  • IRONDEQUOIT
    SITE OF A LARGE
    ALGONKIN TOWN
    THE SENECAS LINGERED
    HERE UNTIL 1845
    Location: ON BLOSSOM RD., EAST OF LANDING RD. NORTH

County: MONROE
Town: CLARKSON, TOWN OF

  • HENRY R. SELDEN
    1805-1885
    LIEUT. GOV. AND JUDGE LIVED
    HERE. GEORGE B. SELDEN
    INVENTOR OF "SELDEN PATENT" FOR
    AUTOMOBILES WAS BORN HERE.
    Location: ON US 104 AT CLARKSON

  • HOME OF SINEON B. JEWETT
    1801-1869
    POLITICAL LEADER, JURIST, PARTNER
    OF HENRY R. SELDEN, U.S. MARSHALL,
    NORTHERN N.Y. UNDER PRESIDENT BUCHANAN.
    Location: ON NYS 19 AT CLARKSON

  • HOUSTON TAVERN
    A POPULAR STOPPING PLACE IN
    STAGE COACH DAYS. BUILT SOON
    AFTER 1825 FOR ISAAC HOUSTON
    WHO WAS THE SOLE PROPRIETOR
    FOR MANY YEARS
    Location: ON US 104 ABOUT 1 MI. E. OF GARLAND

  • PHILIP BOSS
    ARTIST AND CABINET MAKER
    LIVED HERE FROM 1820 TO 1830.
    MOVING TO ROCHESTER, THEN, HE
    ACHIEVED GREAT POPULARITY
    AS A PAINTER OF PORTRAITS
    Location: ON US 104 AT CLARKSON

County: MONROE
Town: IRONDEQUOIT, TOWN OF

  • FORT SITE
    HERE DENONVILLE'S FRENCH ARMY
    LANDED TO INVADE THE SENECA
    COUNTRY; JULY 12, 1687, 400
    MEN WERE LEFT TO BUILD FORT;
    BATTLE AT VICTOR JULY 13, 1687
    Location: ON BLUFF OVERLOOKING LAKE ONTARIO AT SEA BREEZR

County: MONROE
Town: MENDON, TOWN OF

  • CAMP SITE
    OF PRIMITIVE ALGONKINS
    WHO FISHED HERE AGES AGO
    DRIVEN OUT BY THE IROQUOIS
    WHO OCCUPIED THIS REGION
    Location: ON CANFIELD RD. AT MENDONS PONDS PARK

  • TOTIAKTON
    SENECA TOWN OF 120 CABINS
    WAS LOCATED HERE
    BURNED BY DENONVILLE, 1687
    JESUIT MISSION, 1668-1683
    Location: ON E. SIDE PLAIN RD., S. OF ROCHESTER JUNCTION

  • WAR SITE
    DENONVILLE'S ARMY OF 3000
    FRENCH AND INDIAN ALLIES
    CAMPED HERE 23 JULY 1687
    RETURNING TO IRONDEQUOIT
    AFTER RAZING SENECA TOWNS
    Location: IN MENDON PONDS PARK

County: MONROE
Town: OGDEN, TOWN OF

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    JOHN T. TROWBRIDGE
    1827-1916
    POET; AUTHOR OF "DARIUS
    GREEN AND HIS FLYING
    MACHINE" AND OTHER STORIES
    Location: ON NICHOLS ST. ABOUT 2 MIS. S.E. OF SPENCERPORT

  • INDIAN HILL
    INDIAN ENCAMPMENT WHEN WHITES
    ENTERED REGION.
    GRANDPARENTS OF FRANCES E. WILLARD
    SETTLED HERE IN 1816
    AS PIONEERS ON THIS LAND
    Location: ON BANGS RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. N. OF CHURCHVILLE

County: MONROE
Town: PARMA, TOWN OF

  • METHODIST CHURCH
    OLDEST WEST OF THE GENESEE
    FIRST SERMON PREACHED 1804;
    CLASS ORGANIZED 1811
    CHURCH BUILT 1830.
    Location: ON NYS 259 AT PARMA CENTER

County: MONROE
Town: PERINTON, TOWN OF

  • LA SALLE ROAD
    ROUTE USED BY THE FRENCH
    ARMY OF DENONVILLE TO
    DESTROY SENECA INDIANS AT
    TOWN SOUTH OF VICTOR, NY
    JULY 13, 1687
    Location: ON NYS 96 ABOUT 1/4 MI. E. OF BUSHNELL BASIN

County: MONROE
Town: PITTSFORD, TOWN OF

  • DENONVILLE
    WITH ARMY OF 3000
    FRENCH AND INDIANS
    CROSSED THESE GROUND
    TWICE IN JULY, 1687
    Location: ON GOLF COURSE OF OAK HILL COUNTRY CLUB

  • FIRST LIBRARY
    IN THE GENESEE COUNTRY
    NORTHFIELD LIBRARY CO., 1803-
    1808, KEPT ITS BOOKS AT THE
    FARM OF EZRA PATTERSON,
    FIRST LIBRARIAN
    Location: ON MENDON CTR. RD., ABOUT 1 MI. S.E. OF PITTSFORD

  • ON THIS SPOT
    STOOD THE FIRST SCHOOL
    HOUSE IN MONROE COUNTY
    ERECTED 1794; FIRST
    TEACHER, JOHN BARROWS.
    Location: ON NYS 64 ABOUT 1 MI. S. OF PITTSFORD

  • PITTSFORD VILLAGE
    FOUNDED AUGUST 1789
    BY CAPTAIN SIMON STONE
    AND LIEUTENANT ISRAEL STONE
    Location: AT INTERSECTION NYS 96 & NYS 31 AT PITTSFORD

  • SENECA TRAIL
    CROSSING THE IRONDEQUOIT
    THICKLY WOODED, PERILOUS
    DEFILE WHERE DENONVILLE,
    EXPECTED AN AMBUSCADE ON
    JOURNEY TO GANNOGARO, 1689
    Location: ON NYS 96 ABOUT 1 1/2 MI. E. OF PITTSFORD VILLAGE

  • THE FIRST HOUSE
    IN PITTSFORD VILLAGE
    WAS ERECTED ON THIS
    SPOT BY ISRAEL STONE
    Location: ON NYS 31 AT PITTSFORD

County: MONROE
Town: RIGA, TOWN OF

  • FOUNDED 1843
    CHURCHVILLE GRADED SCHOOL
    OCCUPIED THIS BUILDING
    UNTIL 1895. A FINE EXAMPLE
    OF THE LOST ART OF BUILDING
    WITH COBBLESTONES.

  • FRANCES E. WILLARD
    GREAT TEMPERANCE LEADER
    WAS BORN IN HOUSE
    STANDING ON THIS SITE SEPT. 28, 1839.
    THE WILLARDS LEFT THIS HOME FOR
    OHIO TWO YEARS LATER.
    Location: ON MAIN ST., CHURCHVILLE

  • OLD TAVERN
    BUILT BY J. THOMSON, 1808
    FIRST FRAME HOUSE AND FIRST
    POST OFFICE IN TOWN OF RIGA
    THOMAS ADAMS HOMESTEAD.
    Location: ON RIGA MUMFORD RD. AT RIGA CTR.

  • RIGA ACADEMY
    A FLOURISHING SCHOOL FOR
    BOARDING AND DAY PUPILS
    WAS ORGANIZED HERE IN 1846.
    THE BUILDING WAS EARLIER
    KNOWN AS THOMSON'S TAVERN.
    Location: ON RIGA MUMFORD RD., RIGA CTR.

County: MONROE
Town: ROCHESTER, CITY OF

  • CASCONCHIAGON
    INDIAN VILLAGE AT THE
    FALLS NEARBY. OCCUPIED
    BY SENECAS UNTIL 1819
    Location: ON MAIN ST., CHURCHVILLE

  • HIGHLAND PARK
    ROCHESTER'S FIRST PARK WAS
    OFFERED IN 1883 BY ELLWANGER
    AND BARRY AND ACCEPTED JAN.
    13, 1888. PARK COMMISSION
    WAS FORMED MAY 1, 1888.
    Location: NEAR PAVILION AT HIGHLAND PARK

  • INDIAN SPRING
    ATTRACTED INDIANS HERE;
    SUPPLIED GOOD WATER TO
    ROCHESTER'S FIRST SETTLERS
    FOR A DECADE AFTER 1812;
    GAVE NAME TO SPRING STREET.
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF SPRING & WASHINGTON STS.

  • INDIAN TOWN
    IN PRIMITIVE WILDERNESS
    HERE WAS A LARGE ALGONKIN
    VILLAGE WHOSE BARK CABINS
    AND TILLED FIELDS COVERED
    NINE ACRES
    Location: ON E. SIDE OF RIVER BLVD. NEAR ELMWOOD AVE.

  • JONATHAN CHILD
    FIRST MAYOR OF ROCHESTER
    1834-1835, BUILT THE HOUSE
    IN 1838 AND LIVED HERE WITH
    HIS WIFE, SOPHIA ELIZA ROCHESTER
    CHILD, UNTIL 1850
    Location: ON GROUNDS OF FOURTH CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST

  • LEWIS HENRY
    MORGAN'S HOME
    1855-1881. HERE HE WROTE
    HIS GREAT BOOKS: "THE AMERICAN
    BEAVER", "THE HUMAN FAMILY",
    "ANCIENT SOCIETY".
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF FITZHUGH AND TROUP STS.

  • OLD HIGH SCHOOL
    BUILT ON THIS SITE, 1827
    BY BRIGHTON DISTRICTS 4 AND 14
    NAMED ROCHESTER COLLEGIATE
    INSTITUTE, 1839. DR. CHESTER
    DEWEY WAS PRINCIPAL 1836-51.
    Location: ON GROUNDS OF FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH ON CORTLAND ST.

  • PIONEER SCHOOL
    FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE IN ROCHESTER
    WAS BUILT OF WOOD ON THIS SITE,
    1813. IT WAS REPLACED BY A
    TWO-STORY STONE BUILDING, 1836,
    AND BY THIS STRUCTURE, 1873.
    Location: ON FITZHUGH ST.

  • SITE OF
    INDIAN FORT
    BUILT BY EARLY ALGONKINS
    IN FORM OF A SEMICIRCULAR
    EARTHEN EMBANKMENT
    WITH THREE ENTRANCES
    Location: ON W. BANK OF GENESEE R.E. OF N. END OF RIVER ST.

  • SUSAN B. ANTHONY
    OUTSTANDING LEADER IN
    WOMAN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT
    MADE HER HOME HERE
    WITH HER SISTER, MARY
    1866-1906
    Location: ON MADISON ST. ROCHESTER

County: MONROE
Town: RUSH, TOWN OF

  • HONEOYE
    VALLEY
    THREE INDIAN TRIBES
    HAVE HUNTED, FISHED
    AND TILLED THE SOIL HERE
    FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS
    Location: ON EAST RIVER RD., W. RUSH

  • SITE OF A SETTLEMENT OF
    TUSCARORAS
    6TH NATION OF IROQUOIS
    LEAGUE. DRIVEN FROM
    CAROLINAS BY BRITISH
    1714-1722
    Location: ON AVON RD. AT MONROE-LIVINGSTON COUNTY LINE

County: MONROE
Town: SWEDEN, TOWN OF

  • MCCORMICK REAPER
    MADE HERE IN 1846. SEYMOUR
    AND MORGAN BY BUILDING 100
    REAPERS FOR CYRUS MCCORMICK
    BEGAN QUANTITY PRODUCTION
    OF REAPERS
    Location: AT INTERSECTION MARKET & PARK STS. AT BROCKPORT

County: MONROE
Town: WHEATLAND, TOWN OF

  • BURIAL SITE
    QUAKER CEMETERY
    BOUGHT 1833
    FROM DARIUS SHADBOLT
    Location: ON BURRELL RD. S. OF SCOTTSVILLE

  • ERECTED 1854
    BY ORTHODOX QUAKERS
    USED THIRTY YEARS
    Location: ON SOUTH RD. S. OF SCOTTSVILLE

  • FIRST HOUSE
    WEST OF GENESEE RIVER
    STOOD 1700 FEET DUE SOUTH
    "INDIAN" ALLEN, BUILDER, 1786
    PETER SHAEFFER, SETTLER, 1789
    FIRST TOWN MEETING 1797
    Location: ON SCOTTSVILLE-WEST HENRIETTA RD. AT SCOTTSVILLE

  • NORTHAMPTON
    FIRST TOWN WEST OF GENESEE
    RIVER ORGANIZED HERE 1797
    EBENEZER ALLEN HOME 1786
    PETER SHAEFFER FARM 1789
    TERMINUS PIONEER R.R. 1838
    Location: MAIN ST. AT SCOTTSVILLE

  • SITE OF
    EARLY SCHOOL
    QUARKERS MET HERE
    1824-1827
    Location: ON BURRELL RD., S. OF SCOTTSVILLE

  • SITE OF FIRST
    QUAKER MEETING HOUSE
    TOWN OF WHEATLAND
    FRAME BUILDING 1827
    USED UNTIL 1854
    BY HICKSITES
    Location: ON BURRELL RD. S. OF SCOTTSVILLE

County: MONTGOMERY
Town: AMSTERDAM, CITY OF

  • 250 FEET S.
    CLAUS MASION
    BUILT 1762 BY
    SIR WM. JOHNSON
    FOR HIS DAUGHTER NANCY
    STOOD BETWEEN RIVER AND
    PRESENT RAILROAD
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT WEST END OF AMSTERDAM

  • GUY PARK, 1766
    BUILT BY SIR WILLIAM
    JOHNSON FOR DAUGHTER,
    MOLLY, WIFE OF COL. GUY
    JOHNSON. JOHNSONS LEFT
    FOR CANADA IN 1775.
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT AMSTERDAM

  • OLD MANNY INN
    WAS ON LOT 8, SUB-DIVISION
    OF LOT 1 OF THE 13TH PATENT.
    SOLD TO GABRIEL MANNY 1804.
    CAME INTO POSSESSION OF
    ROSS FAMILY IN 1839.
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT EAST END OF AMSTERDAM

County: MONTGOMERY
Town: AMSTERDAM, TOWN OF

  • 1ST CHURCH
    IN HAGAMAN
    ERECTED IN 1835 AS
    PRESBYTERIAN NORTH
    JOINED CLASSIS MOUNT 1855.
    IS NOW A REFORMED CHURCH.
    Location: ON MAIN ST. IN HAGAMAN

  • A FAMOUS INN
    HERE, 1795-1845, STOOD THE
    HOTEL OF JOHN VAN EPS WHO
    FOUGHT AT ORISKANY. HERE
    COMMODORE PERRY AND OTHER
    NOTAVLES WERE ENTERTAINED.
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 2 1/2 MILSE EAST OF CRANESVILLE

  • ADRIUCHA
    DE GROOT FAMILY SETTLED
    HERE ABOUT 1700, MILL BUILT
    ABOUT 1710
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT CRANESVILLE

  • CEMETERY-1774
    OWNED BY JOSEPH HAGAMAN
    WAS NAMED. CEMETERY RESTORED
    IN 1927. 7 REVOLUTIONARY
    SOLDIERS ARE BURIED HERE
    Location: ON PAWLING ST. AT HAGAMAN

  • COMPAANEN KILL
    NEAR HERE, ACCORDING TO
    TRADITION, IS THE GRAVE OF
    COPAAN THE ONEIDA, WHO AT
    WEST CANADA CREEK, 1781,
    TOMAHAWKED WALTER BUTLER.
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF CRANESVILLE

  • EVASKILL
    NAMED AFTER MRS. EVA VAN
    ALSTYNE WHO WAS SCALPED
    HERE 1755.
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT CRANESVILLE

  • FORT JOHNSON, 1749
    THIRD MOHAWK VALLEY HOUSE
    BUILT BY SIR WILLIAM
    JOHNSON. IMPORTANT MILITARY
    POST AND INDIAN COUNCIL
    PLACE OF 1754-60
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT FORT JOHNSON

  • JOHNSON TRAIL
    USED BY SIR WM. JOHNSON 1742-
    1774 BETWEEN FORT JOHNSON AND
    JOHNSON HALL. A BI-CENTENNIAL
    IN 1938 CELEBRATED HIS
    ARRIVAL IN AMERICA.
    Location: ON NYS 67 AT FORT JOHNSON

  • MANNY'S CORNERS
    CEMETERY-ABOUT 1790
    CONTAINS GRAVES OF
    FOUR REVOLUTIONARY
    SOLDIERS
    Location: ON NYS 67 AT MANNY'S CORNERS

  • OLD HAGAMAN
    CEMETERY-1774
    ABANDONED FOR MANY YEARS
    RESTORED BY LEWIS E.
    HARROWER IN 1927. CARED
    FOR BY TOWN OF AMSTERDAM
    Location: IN CEMETERY ABOUT 75 FT. WEST OF PAWLING ST. AT HAGAMAN

County: MONTGOMERY
Town: CANAJOHARIE, TOWN OF

  • CANAJOHARIE
    NAME MEANS
    "POT THAT WASHES ITSELF"
    THE POT HOLE IS IN BED OF
    CREEK BELOW AT ENTRANCE
    TO CANAJOHARIE GORGE
    Location: ON NYS 10 AT S. END CANAJOHARIE

  • CLINTON CAMP
    JUNE 1779
    OF COL. WEISSENFELS'
    4TH NEW YORK REGIMENT
    GUARDING ARMY'S PORTAGE
    MARCH TO OTSEGO LAKE
    Location: ON NYS 163 ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTH OF SPROUT BROOK

  • CLINTON CAMP
    JUNE 1779
    OF COL. GANSEVOORT'S
    3RD NEW YORK REGIMENT
    GUARDING ARMY'S PORTAGE
    MARCH TO OTSEGO LAKE
    Location: ON ERIE BLVD., CANAJOHARIE

  • FLINT
    HOMESITE
    ROBET FLINT-PIONEER AND
    LIEUTENANT FRENCH AND
    INDIAN WARS. CORNELIUS
    FLINT-SOLDIER REVOLUTION
    Location: ON NYS 163 AT SPROUT BROOK

  • FORT FAILING
    1770
    PLACE OF REFUGE AND HOME OF
    COL. HENDRICK FREY
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 3/4 MILE WEST OF CANAJOHARIE

  • SITE OF
    CANAJOHARIE ACADEMY, 1824-92
    SUSAN B. ANTHONY TAUGHT HERE 1846-
    1848. CHARLES F. WHEELOCK, PRIN.,
    1880-91
    Location: AT INTERSECTION CLIFF & OTSEGO STS. CANAJOHARIE

  • SITE OF
    JOHANNES REUFF'A TAVERN
    BUILT 1750 BY HENDRICK SCHREMBLING
    BECAME REUFF'S TAVERN IN 1778
    GEN. JAMES CLINTON'S HDQTS 1779
    GEN. WASHINGTON VISITED HERE 1783
    RECRUITING OFFICE 1812, DEMOLISHED 1850
    Location: ON NYS 10 AT CANAJOHARIE

  • SULLIVAN-CLINTON
    CAMPAIGN 1779
    PORTAGE ROUTE OF GENERAL JAMES
    CLINTON'S ARMY CANAJOHARIE TO OTSEGO
    LAKE 2000 MEN, 500 WAGONS, 200
    BATEAUX AND SUPPLIES MOVED OVERLAND
    Location: ON NYS 10 AT S. END CANAJOHARIE

  • VAN ALSTYNE HOMESTEAD
    BUILT 1749 BY MARTIN J. VAN ALSTYNE
    16 OF 31 MEETINGS OF TRYON COUNTY
    SAFETY COMMITTEE HELD HERE 1774-75
    GENERAL NICHOLAS HERKIMER RECEIVED
    COMMISSION AS BRIG. GEN HERE 1775
    Location: ON MOYER ST., CANAJOHARIE

  • [ARROW]
    CLINTON ROAD
    ROUTE OF GEN. CLINTON'S AMERICAN
    ARMY OF 2000 MEN, 500 WAGONS,
    200 BATEAUX, PORTAGE
    CANAJOHARIE-OTSEGO LAKE
    1779
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANAJOHARIE

County: MONTGOMERY
Town: CHARLESTON, TOWN OF

  • BAPTIST
    CHURCH
    ERECTED 1793
    ELIJAH HERRICK 1ST PASTOR
    Location: ON COUNTY RD., CHARLESTON

  • CHRISTIAN
    CHURCH
    ERECTED IN 1813
    JAMES WILSON FIRST PASTOR
    ELDER JOHN ROSS PASTOR
    1822-1872
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. AT CHARLESTON FOUR CORNERS

  • GRAVE OF
    SAMUEL TALLMADGE
    BORN BROOKHAVEN, L.I., NOV.
    23, 1755-DIED APRIL. 1, 1825
    LIEUTENANT AND ADJUTANT
    IN AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    Location: ON NYS 148 ABOUT 1/2 MILE SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON

  • GRAVE OF
    WILLIAM MC CONKEY
    JAN 22, 1744-SEPT. 10, 1825
    OWNER OF FERRY ON DELAWARE
    RIVER ON WHICH WASHINGTON
    CROSSED DEC. 25, 1776
    Location: ON NYS 148 ABOUT 1/2 MILE SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON

  • GRIST MILL
    ERECTED 1850 BY
    JUDAH BURTON
    SON OF THE 1ST SETTLERS
    Location: ON TOWN RD., BURTONVILLE

  • HOME OF
    LIEUT. SAMUEL
    TALLMADGE
    ERECTED ABOUT 1800
    REPLACED LOG CABIN
    BUILT ABOUT 1789
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. W. OF CHARLESTON

County: MONTGOMERY
Town: FLORIDA, TOWN OF

  • "YANKEE STREET"
    SURVEYED IN 1795, "SIX RODS
    WIDE, STRAIGHT COURSE S.E.
    FROM CREEK TO DIVISION LINE
    BETWEEN WARREN & REMSEN
    PATENTS," NOW SCHUYLER'S CORNER
    Location: ON NYS 30 AT MINAVILLE

  • ASSOCIATE CHURCH
    ORGANIZED ABOUT 1786 BY
    ASSOCIATE PRESBYTERY OF
    PENNSYLVANIA. 1ST MINISTERS:
    MAIRS, BANKS, DONALDSON,
    CAMPBELL. 1ST CHURCH
    BUILT 1800
    Location: ON TOWN RD. AT SCOTCH CHURCH

  • JAN WEMP (WEMPLE)
    EARLY SETTLER, OBTAINED FROM
    MOHAWK INDIANS 450 ACRES OF
    LAND IN 1737. WAS ONE OF
    CONTRACTORS WHO BUILT QUEEN
    ANNE CHAPEL & OLD FORT HUNTER
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1/2 MILE N/E OF FORT HUNTER

  • JOHNSON'S
    1738-1742
    SITE OF FIRST
    MOHAWK VALLEY HOME
    AND TRADING POST OF
    SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 1/4 MILE EAST OF AMSTERDAM

  • NEAR THIS SPOT STOOD THE
    TRADING HOUSE
    OF WILLIAM JOHNSON
    (LATER SIR WILLIAM)
    AGENT FOR WARRENBUSH PAT.
    1734
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 1/4 MILE EAST OF AMSTERDAM

  • PETER YOUNG
    SETTLED 1726 NEAR YOUNG'S
    LAKE. GRANTED FIRST LEASE
    OF LAND IN WARRENSBUSH BY
    SIR PETER WARREN, OCT. 7,
    1736.
    Location: ON CO. RD., E. SIDE SCHOHARIE CREEK ABOUT 1 3/3 MI. S.E

  • QUEEN ANNE
    PARSONAGE
    BUILT 1712 FOR USE OF
    MISSIONARIES TO MOHAWK
    INDIANS. HERE IN 1775 REV.
    J. STUART & J. BRANT TRANSLATED
    IN MOHAWK THE GOSPEL OF ST. MARK.
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1/2 MILE EAST OF FORT HUNTER

  • SITE OF
    OLD FORT HUNTER
    BUILT 1711-12 BY ORDER OF
    GOV. HUNTER FOR PROTECTION
    OF MOHAWK INDIANS. WAS
    STOCKADED AND SURROUNDED
    QUEEN ANNE CHAPEL
    Location: ON TOWN RD. AT FORT HUNTER

  • SITE OF
    T-CAN-DE-RO-GA OR
    TEN-ON-ON-TO-GEN. LOWER
    CASTLE MOHAWKS' WOLF CLAN
    LAST MOHAWK INDIAN VILLAGE
    IN VALLEY, 1700-1775
    Location: ON TOWN RD. AT FORT HUNTER

  • SITE OF
    FREDERICK'S MILL
    AT END OF LANE PHILIP
    FREDERICK AND FRANCIS SALTZ
    LEASED LAND AND BUILT MILL,
    1750.
    Location: ON CO. RD., E. SIDE SCHOHARIE CREEK, 1 MI, S.E. MILL PT.

  • SITE OF
    REMSEN'S BUSH
    DUTCH CHURCH
    BUILT ABOUT 1784 ON LAND
    DONATED BY L. SHULER, REV.
    T. ROMEYN ONLY SETTLED PASTOR.
    NEW CHURCH IN N MINAVILLE, 1808.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINAVILLE

  • SITE OF
    LOG MEETING HOUSE
    WARRENSBUSH CHURCH, ERECTED
    1778, FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
    IN MOHAWK VALLEY. REV. J.
    DEMPSTER, PASTOR, 1778-1804.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINAVILLE

  • SITE OF
    QUEEN ANNE CHAPEL
    BUILT 1711-12 FOR USE OF
    MOHAWK INDIANS. TORN DOWN
    1821 TO MAKE WAY FOR ERIE
    CANAL
    Location: ON TOWN RD. AT FORT HUNTER

  • SITE OF
    FIRST BRIDGE
    BUILT BY ISAAC DEPUT ACROSS
    SCHOHARIE CREEK, 1796-97.
    PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY ICE
    FEB. 23, 1814
    Location: ON TOWN RD. AT FORT HUNTER

  • SITE OF PIONEER
    WARRENSBUSH VILLAGE
    1770-1810 HAD SAW AND GRIST
    MILL BELOW BRIDGE ON CREEK
    BEND, A PROSPEROUS VILLAGE,
    DESTROYED IN INDIAN RAIDS, 1781.
    Location: ON TN. RD. NEAR BRIDGE OVER SO. CHUCTANUNDA CR. ABOUT 1 1/2 MIS. SOUTHWEST

  • STANTONS FORD
    WHERE ROSS & BUTLER
    CROSSED WITH 700 TORIES
    INDIANS AND BRITISH
    OCTOBER 24, 1781
    LAST GREAT RAID IN COUNTY
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 1/4 MILE EAST OF AMSTERDAM

  • WILGEN VLACKTE
    WILLOW FLATS SETTLED
    BY CLAUS WILLEMSE VAN
    COPPERNOWL. THEN WESTERN-
    MOST LOCATION 1684
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF AMSTERDAM

  • [ARROW]
    FIRST TOWN MEETING
    HELD AT HOME OF EZRA MURRAY
    FIRST TUES. IN APRIL, 1794,
    MURRAY LIVED AT END OF ROAD
    AT FOOT OF BEAN HILL, ON
    PRESENT BUSSING FARM.
    Location: ON NYS 30 ABOUT 1 MILE S. OF MINAVILLE

County: MONTGOMERY
Town: GLEN, TOWN OF

  • ANDAGORON
    MIDDLE MOHAWK CASTLE
    OF THE BEAR CLAN 1642
    LOCATED ON HILL TOP.
    DESTROYED IN DE TRACY'S
    RAID OF 1666
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 2 MIS. WEST OF FULTONVILLE

  • BLOCK HOUSE
    ERECTED ON THIS
    SITE NEAR CLOSE
    OF REVOLUTION
    Location: ON NYS 5S AT FULTONVILLE

  • CROMWELL HOME
    BUILT ABOUT 1778 BY
    PHILIP CROMWELL, SURGEON
    TRYON COUNTY MILITIA
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF STONE RIDGE

  • FIRST SCHOOL
    IN THE TOWN OF GLEN WAS
    LOCATED HERE IN 1797
    IN THE HOME OF
    ABRAHAM D. QUACKENBUSH.
    JOHN HAZZARD, TEACHER
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 3/4 MI. WEST AURIESVILLE

  • GANDAWAGUE
    LOWER MOHAWK INDIAN
    CASTLE OF THE TURTLE
    CLAN 1659. BURNED IN
    DE TRACY'S RAID, 1666.
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 3/4 MI. WEST AURIESVILLE

  • LAST COUNCIL
    OF THE MOHAWK INDIANS
    AND THE TRYON COUNTY
    COMMITTEE OF SAFETY WAS
    HELD HERE ON THE FLATS
    OCTOBER 1775
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 1 MI. WEST OF AURIESVILLE

  • OSSERNENON
    LOWER MOHAWK INDIAN
    CASTLE 1642-1659.
    FATHER JOGUES AND RENE
    GOUPIL MARTYRED HERE.
    TEKAWITHA BORN HERE
    Location: ON NYS 5S NEAR INTERSECTION WITH NYS 288

  • STARIN TAVERN
    BUILT ON THIS SITE 1755
    WESTERN TERMINUS OF
    ALBANY POST ROAD 1795
    MAIL CARRIED WEEKLY
    FROM HERE TO JOHNSTOWN
    Location: ON RIVER ST., FULTONVILLE

  • VAN EPPS HOME
    FIRST HOME BUILT HERE
    1751 BY JOHN E. VAN EPPS
    PIONEER SETTLER IN
    FULTONVILLE THEN KNOWN
    AS VAN EPPS SWAMP
    Location: ON NYS 5S AT E. END OF FULTONVILLE

County: MONTGOMERY
Town: JOHNSVILLE, TOWN OF

  • 300 FT. NORTH [ARROW]
    SITE OF
    REFORMED CHURCH
    1750
    FIRST CHURCH ORGANZATION
    IN TOWN OF ST. JOHNSVILLE
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 1/2 MILE EAST OF ST. JOHNSVILLE

County: MONTGOMERY
Town: MINDEN, TOWN OF

  • 1739
    ANCIENT
    SALT SPRINGS
    NEARBY DAVID LINSEY
    DISCOVERED THE SPRING FROM
    WHICH VILLAGE WAS NAMED
    SOURCE OF PIONEER SUPPLY
    Location: ON CO. RD., SALT SPRINGVILLE

  • 1779
    CLINTON MARCH
    COL. LEWIS DUBOIS WITH
    5TH NEW YORK REGT, AND
    ARTILLERY LEFT FT. PLAIN FOR
    OTSEGO LAKE, JUNE 25, 1779
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 1/4 MILE WEST OF FORT PLAIN

  • 1779
    [ARROW]
    CLINTON RAOD
    PORTAGE ROUTE OF GEN.
    CLINTON'S AMERICAN ARMY
    CANAJOHARIE TO OTSEGO LAKE
    2000 MEN 200 BATEAUX 500 WAGONS
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF SALT SPRINGVILLE

  • CAN-A-WO-GE
    MOHAWK VILLAGE STOOD ON THIS
    SAND HILL BURIAL GROUND
    ON AND ABOUT THIS ROAD
    1634
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF FORT PLAIN

  • FORT CLYDE
    STRONG FORT WITH BLOCKHOUSE
    NAMED FOR COL. SAMUEL CLYDE
    OF CANAJOHARIE
    1777-1783
    Location: ON NYS 163 ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF FORT PLAIN

  • FORT PLAIN
    1776-1786
    NORTHERN LIMIT OF RAID
    BY BRANT'S INDIANS-TORIES
    16 KILLED-60 CAPTURED
    100 BUILDINGS BURNED
    AUGS.2, 1780
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF FORT PLAIN

  • FORT PLANK
    1776
    SITE MARKS STOCKADED HOME
    FREDERICK PLANCK
    MILITARY POST AND REFUGE
    1776-1783
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES WEST OF FORT PLAIN

  • GRAVE OF
    HENRY SEEBER
    PIONEER, PATRIOT &
    REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
    Location: ON CO. RD. 2 MILES EAST OF SALT SPRINGVILLE

  • INDIAN TRAIL
    &
    MILITARY ROAD
    COVERED BY CLINTON'S ARMY
    IN 1779 ON MARCH TO JOIN
    GEN. SULLIVAN AT TIOGA
    Location: ON CO. RD., SALT SPRINGVILLE

  • OTS-SQUA-GO
    COURSE OF CREEK CHANGED
    FROM POINT 1/2 MILE NORTH WHEN
    ERIE CANAL WAS CONSTRUCTED
    1817-1825
    Location: ON NYS 80 AT FORT PLAIN

  • OTS-TUN-GO
    ONE OF FIRST MOHAWK CASTLES
    LOCATED ABOUT 3/4 MILE
    UP OTSTUNGO
    1580-1625
    Location: ON NYS 80 ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF HALLSVILLE

  • SAND HILL
    DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH
    FIRST BUILT 1750
    BURNED IN 1780 RAID
    REBUILT 1785-TORN DOWN 1840
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF FORT PLAIN

  • SAND HILL
    SCHOOL
    SITE OF FIRST SCHOOL
    BUILT IN THIS SECTION
    BEFORE REVOLUTION
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF FORT PLAIN

  • SITE OF HOME AND GRAVE OF
    SERGEANT JOHN JACOB
    DIEFENDORF
    BORN 1747-DIED 1839
    SERVED REVOLUTION
    WAS IN BATTLE OF ORISKANY
    Location: ON NYS 163 AT FREYS BUSH

  • TA-RA-TO-REES
    "HILL OF HEALTH"
    MOHAWK MIDDLE TOWN
    1700-1755
    Location: AT INTERSECTION KELLOGG & DOUGLAS STS., FORT PLAIN

  • TE-NO-TO-GE
    LARGEST MOHAWK INDIAN TOWN
    VISITED BY
    VAN DEN BOGAERT 1634
    55 HOUSES-OVER 1000 PEOPLE
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF FORT PLAIN

County: MONTGOMERY
Town: MOHAWK, TOWN OF

  • 1/4 MILE S.
    TEKAWITHA
    SPRING
    WATER SUPPLY FOR VILLAGES
    OF CAUGHNAWAGA 1667-1693
    NAMED AFTER THE
    "LILY OF THE MOHAWKS"
    Location: ON NYS 334 ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTHWEST OF FONDA

  • APPPROACHING SITE OF OLD
    CAUGHNAWAGA
    CHURCH
    ERECTED IN 1763
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT FONDA

  • CAMP MOHAWK
    THE "IRON HEARTED REGIMENT"
    DRILLED HERE, MUSTERED
    INTO SERVICE AUG. 16, 1862
    UNDER COL. SIMEON SAMMONS
    Location: ON NYS 148 ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTH OF FONDA

  • CAN-A-GOR-HA
    (1666-1693)
    MOHAWK INDIAN CASTLE
    BURNED BY FRENCH AND INDIANS
    1693

  • CAUGHNAWAGAE
    LOWER MOHAWK INDIAN
    CASTLE 1667 RULED BY
    TURTLE CLAN. JESUIT
    MISSION OF ST. PETER'S
    DESTROYED IN RAID OF 1693
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 3/4 MILE WEST OF FONDA

  • CONNOLLY INN
    STOOD AT YOSTS WHERE THERE
    WAS A TOLL GATE AND A BRIDGE
    ACROSS THE MOHAWK WHICH
    WAS SWEPT AWAY BY HIGH
    WATER AND NEVER REBUILT
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 5 MILE WEST OF FONDA

  • COURT HOUSE
    ERECTED 1836 WHEN FONDA
    BECAME COUNTY SEAT.
    SCENE OF MANY SOCIAL
    RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL
    MEETINGS
    Location: ON GROUNDS OF OLD COURT HOUSE, FONDA

  • DANASCARA PLACE
    BUILT 1795 BY
    COL. FREDERICK VISCHER
    REPLACING HOUSE WHICH
    WAS BURNED IN THE
    VALLEY RAID OF 1780
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 3 MIS. E., FONDA

  • DAVIS TAVERN
    FAMOUS IN DAYS OF
    STAGE COACH TRAVEL.
    BUILT ABOUT 1781 BY
    MATTHEW C. DAVIS
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT FONDA

  • FONDA CEMETERY
    OLD CAUGHNAWAGA CEMETERY
    VILLAGE PROPERTY SINCE 1855
    MANY EARLY SETTLERS BURIED
    HERE, ALSO SIX
    REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS
    Location: ON CEMETERY ST. AT FONDA

  • FONDA TAVERN
    BUILT ABOUT 1781 BY
    JOHN FONDA
    OF TRYON COUNTY MILITIA
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT FONDA

  • LIBERTY POLE
    ERECTED ON THIS SPOT
    OCCASIONED THE FIRST
    BLOOD SHED IN OLD TRYON
    COUNTY IN MAY 1775
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF FONDA

  • PAPPY DOUW
    FONDA HOUSE
    BUILT FOR ADAM DOUW FONDA
    ON "THE WINTER FARM."
    STOOD ON HILLTOP NORTH AND
    EAST OF PRESENT LOCATION
    Location: ON NYS 334 AT FONDA

  • SITE OF
    SAMMONS' HOME
    BURNED DURING REVOLUTION AND
    SAMPSON SAMMONS AND HIS THREE
    SONS TAKEN PRISONERS. JACOB AND
    FREDERICK WERE TAKEN TO CANADA
    BUT ESCAPED AFTER MUCH SUFFERING
    Location: ON NYS 148 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF FONDA

  • VAN HORN HOUSE
    BUILT BY ABRAM VAN HORN IN
    1826. USED AS A BAKERY AND
    STORE.
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT FONDA

  • VEEDER HOME
    BUILT ABOUT 1791 BY
    MAJOR ABRAHAM VEEDER
    WHO KEPT AN INN HERE
    AND OPERATED A FERRY
    ACROSS THE RIVER
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF FONDA

  • WEMPLE TAVERN
    ERECTED 1780 BY
    "PEGGY" WEMPLE
    REVOLUTIONARY HEROINE
    Location: ON NYS 334 AT FONDA

  • [ARROW] 700 FEET
    SITE OF HOME OF
    DOUW FONDA
    1ST SETTLER, AFTER WHOM
    VILLAGE WAS NAMED. HOUSE
    BURNED & FONDA KILLED BY
    TORIES & INDIANS 1780
    Location: ON NYS 148 AT FONDA

County: MONTGOMERY
Town: PALATINE, TOWN OF

  • ARMY CAMP
    OF GEN. VAN RENSSELAER'S
    AMERICAN ARMY, OCT. 19, 1780
    ALSO SITE OF PALATINE CHURCH
    1770
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT PALATINE CHURCH

  • FORT FREY
    1739
    HOME OF MAJ. JOHN FREY
    HENDRICK FREY LOCATION
    AT FOOT OF HILL 1689
    BRITISH FORT NEARBY 1701-1713
    Location: ON NYS 5 PALATINE BRIDGE

  • FORT WAGNER
    STONE SECTION OF HOUSE
    WAS STOCKADED HOME OF
    LT. COL. PETER WAGNER
    PALATINE REGT. TRYON
    COUNTY MILITIA 1750
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF NELLISTON

  • LOUCKS TAVERN
    SITE OF FIRST MEETING
    PLACE PALATINE DISTRICT
    COMMITTEE OF SAFETY
    AUGUST 27, 1774
    Location: ON NYS 10 AT STONE ARABIA

  • SETTLED BY HENDRICK FREY 1689
    BRIDGE BUILT 1803
    VILLAGE CHARTERED 1867
    SETTLED BY PALATINE GERMANS
    1689-1867
    Location: ON NYS 5 PALATINE BRIDGE

  • SITE OF THE EARLY HOME OF
    MAJOR JELLES FONDA
    A PROMINENT MERCHANT BY
    THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND AN
    INDIAN TRADER. HERE WAS
    LOCATED AN INDIAN VILLAGE
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF PALATINE BRIDGE

  • SPRAKER INN
    BUILT IN 1795 BY THE
    SPRAKER FAMILY
    ONCE FAMOUS A
    RIVER AND TURNPIKE TAVERN
    Location: ON NYS 5 ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF PALATINE BRIDGE

  • STONE ARABIA
    BATTLEFIELD
    LIES EAST OF ROAD
    COL. BROWN'S AMERICAN BATTALION
    DEFEATED OCT. 19, 1780
    Location: ON NYS 10 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF PALATINE BRIDGE

  • STONE ARABIA
    LUTHERAN CHURCH 1792
    ALSO SITE OF LOG CHURCH 1729
    SETTLED BY PALATINES
    1712
    Location: ON NYS 10 ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF PALATINE BRIDGE

County: MONTGOMERY
Town: ROOT, TOWN OF

  • CURRYTOWN
    REFORMED CHURCH
    ORGANIZED 1790. PREVIOUS
    SERVICES HELD IN BARN OF JACOB
    DIEVENDORF. FIRST PASTOR
    REV. J.R.H. HASBROUCK
    Location: ON NYS 162 AT CURRYTOWN

  • HOME OF
    VOLKERT VROOMAN
    WHERE ACCORDING TO
    TRADITION WASHINGTON
    STAYED OVERNIGHT ON HIS
    VISIT THROUGH THE VALLEY
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. AT RANDALL

  • RAIDER'S CAMP
    OCTOBER 18, 1780
    CAMP OF SIR
    JOHN JOHNSON'S
    INDIAN-TORY RAIDERS
    Location: ON NYS 5S ABOUT 5 1/2 MILES W. OF FULTONVILLE

  • THIS VICINITY RAIDED BY
    TORIES AND INDIANS ON
    JULY 9, 1781
    FORT LEWIS FORMED A REFUGE
    Location: ON NYS 162 ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES N.W. OF RURAL GROVE

  • TI-ON-NON-TO-GEN
    GREAT CASTLE OF MOHAWKS
    ON HEIGHTS ABOVE
    DESTROYED BY
    FRENCH-INDIAN ARMY 1666

County: NASSAU
Town: HEMPSTEAD, TOWN OF

  • "CHERRYWOOD"
    HOME OF CAPT. JOHN SEAMAN
    BUILT NEAR THIS SITE 1644.
    PATENTEE TO 300 ACRE TRACT
    OF HEMPSTEAD PURCHASE
    Location: WANTAGH AVE., NO. OF JERUSALEM AVE., IN WANTAGH

  • 1666 JACKSON -- JONES 1935
    HOME OF COL. JOHN JACKSON
    BRIG. GEN. JACOB S. JACKSON
    SAMUEL JACKSON JONES (1923)
    AND THEIR DESCENDANTS
    FOR TEN GENERATIONS
    Location: MERRICK RD. E. OF RIVERSIDE DR., IN WANTAGH

  • BENJAMIN F. THOMPSON
    1784-1849
    WROTE "HISTORY OF LONG ISLAND"
    WHILE LIVING HERE. HIS GRAVE
    IS IN HEMPSTEAD.
    Location: FULTON AVE., W. OF TERRACE AVE. IN HEMPSTEAD

  • DUKE'S LAW CONVENTION
    HELD NEAR THIS SPOT
    IN OLD BUILDING, 1664-65
    Location: W. SIDE COOPER FIELD PARKING SPACE BETWEEN FULTON & FRONT STS. INHEMPSTEAD

  • GRIST MILL SITE
    COL. JOHN JACKSON GRANTED
    WHOLE LIBERTY AND PRIVILEGE
    JERUSALEM RIVER 1704; ALSO
    CONBURY PATENT 1708 FROM
    QUEEN ANNE (NOW JONES BEACH)
    Location: MERRICK RD. E. OF RIVERSIDE DR., IN WANTAGH

  • HOME OF
    ALEXANDER DAVISON, SON OF
    ROBERT DAVISON, REVOLUTIONARY
    SOLDIER, WHOSE GRANDSON
    CHARLES AND FAMILY LIVED
    HERE UNTIL THE YEAR 1921
    Location: OCEAN & ATLANTIC AVES., IN E. ROCKAWAY

  • HOMESTEAD SITE
    1687-1884
    SIX GENERATIONS OF THE
    JONATHAN SMITH JR. BRANCH
    ROCK SMITH FAMILY.
    LONG ISLAND SETTLERS, 1664
    Location: MERRICK RD. E. OF CENTRAL BLVD. IN FREEPORT

  • INDIAN TRAIL
    AND SEAMAN'S NECK PATH
    THROUGH TRACT PURCHASED
    FROM MASSAPEQUA INDIANS, 1664,
    BY CAPTAIN JOHN SEAMAN;
    BECAME PUBLIC HIGHWAY, 1762
    Location: NYS 27 & SEAMAN NECK RD., IN SEAFORD

  • LINDBERGH'S FLIGHT
    ON MAYH 20, 1927, COL. CHARLES
    A. LINDBERGH ROSE 1/4 MILE
    WEST FROM ROOSEVELT FIELD,
    LANDING 33 HOURS LATER AT
    LE BOURGET FIELD, FRANCE
    Location: ON POST AVE., NEAR ENTRANCE TO ROOSEVELT RACEWAY

  • MEETING HOUSE
    BUILT 1827 BY RELIGIOUS
    SOCIETY OF FRIENDS,
    FIRST MEETING IN JERUSALEM
    HELD AT HOME OF
    BENJAMIN SEAMAN, 1699
    Location: WANTAGH AVE., NO. OF JERUSALEM AVE., IN WANTAGH

  • NORTH JERUSALEM
    AVENUE
    VERY OLD ROUTE
    FROM HEMPSTEAD
    TO JERUSALEM
    SETTLED 1644
    Location: WANTAGH AVE., NO. OF SOUTHERN STATE PKWY., IN WANTAGH

  • RICHARD JACKSON
    CAPTAIN, JERUSALEM COMPANY,
    QUEENS CO. MILITIA 1776,
    LIVED HERE: DAUGHTER JANE
    M. LT. JOHN ALTHAUSE, HESSIAN
    ON BRITISH EVACUATION 1783
    Location: WANTAGH AVE., S. OF STRATFORD RD., IN WANTAGH

  • ROCK HALL
    COLONIAL MANOR HOUSE
    BUILT BY JOSIAH MARTIN 1767
    RESIDENCE OF HEWLETT FAMILY
    1824-1948
    OWNED BY TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
    Location: B'WAY AT ENTRANCE TO ROCK HAL, VLGE. OF LAWRENCE

  • SAND HOLE
    CHURCH
    SITE OF CONVERTED STORE.
    FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
    IN FREEPORT, 1833-58
    NEAR CORNER OF OLD
    CROOKED AVENUE
    Location: BABYLON TRNPKE. & SEAMAN AVE. IN FREEPORT

  • SITE OF
    GRIST AND SAW MILL
    OF DANIEL RAYNOR
    RAYNORTOWN SETTLED
    BY EDWARD RAYNOR OR
    HIS CHILDREN, 1659
    Location: MILL RD., E. OF NASSAU RD. IN FREEPORT

  • SITE OF
    INDIAN VILLAGE
    LODGES OF MEROKE TRIBE
    WERE FEW HUNDRED FEET
    SOUTH. MERRICK SETTLED
    IN 1643. FLAG POLE" 1862-92
    Location: NYS 27, W. OF CENTRAL BLVD. IN MERRICK

  • SITE OF
    STAGE COACH STOP
    ROUTE BROOKLYN TO BABYLON;
    MERRICK POST OFFICE AND
    GENERALSTORE 1840-73;
    "LIBERTY FLAG POLE" 1862-92
    Location: BABYLON TRNPKE. S. OF MEADOWBROOK RD.

  • SITE OF
    FIRST GRIST AND SAW MILL
    BUILT BY JOSEPH HAVILAND
    IN 1688. LAST OPERATORS
    CHARLES DAVISON AND SONS,
    ROBERT, HERBERT, AND JOHN
    Location: E. ROCKAWAY RD. OCEAN AVE., E. ROCKAWAY

  • SITE OF
    COL. RICHARD HEWLETT HOME.
    FAMOUS TORY OF LONG ISLAND,
    WHO PLANNED TO CAPTURE GEN.
    GEORGE WASHINGTON
    Location: MAIN ST., BETWEEN CARMAN AND GRANT AVES., IN ROCKAWAY

  • SITE OF HOME
    ROBERT JACKSON
    PIONEER SETTLER JERUSALEM,
    1644. PATENTEE TO TRACT
    SOUTHWARD AFTER
    HEMPSTEAD PURCHASE
    Location: WANTAGH AVE., S. OF HEMPSTEAD AVE., IN WANTAGH

  • SITE OF OVEN
    FIRST POST OFFICE, 1869
    RICHARD CARMAN AND
    L.D. SIMONS IN CHARGE
    FIRST CALLED NEAR ROCKAWAY
    NOW, EAST ROCKAWAY
    Location: MAIN ST., SO. OF ATLANTIC AVE. IN E. ROCKAWAY

  • SITE OF OVEN
    FIRST OVEN FOR PUBLIC USE.
    SOLD BY AARON ALBURTIS TO
    ISAAC BLOOM IN 1760. BREAD
    WAS BAKED HERE FOR THE
    NEIGHBORS TWICE A WEEK
    Location: MAIN ST., SO. OF ATLANTIC AVE. IN E. ROCKAWAY

  • THIS HOME
    WAS GIVEN TO JOHN HEWLETT
    BY HIS GRANDFATHER, GEORGE
    HEWLETT, WHO CAME HERE FROM
    ENGLAND IN 1636. THE HOME
    IS STILL IN THE FAMILY
    Location: NYS 412 IN CLINTON

  • WANTAGH
    FIRST SETTLEMENT 1644
    NAMED IN MEMORY OF
    GRAND SACHEM OF MONTAUKS
    1651-1658
    FOR TEN GENERATIONS
    Location: MERRICK RD. E. AT WANTAGH CAUSEWAY

  • WANTAGH
    FIRST SETTLEMENT 1644
    NAMED IN MEMORY OF
    GRAND SACHEM OF MONTAUKS
    1651-1658
    FOR TEN GENERATIONS
    Location: WANTAGH AVE., N. OF MERRICK RD. IN WANTAGH

County: NASSAU
Town: OYSTER BAY, TOWN OF

  • BROAD SPRING
    THIS SPRING MARKS
    POINT LAID OUT IN
    FIRST HIGHWAY SURVEY OF
    BETHPAGE MADE 1732
    BY SAMUEL WILLIS
    Location: CENTRAL AVE. & MEETING HOUSE RD., IN FARMINGDALE

  • CANTIAG WOODS
    NORTHWEST CORNER OF LAND
    CONVEYED BY INDIAN DEED.
    TO ROBERT WILLIAMS 1648.
    ROCK PLACED AS TOWN
    BOUNDARY MARKER 1745.
    Location: CANTIAGUE RD. & W. JOHN ST. IN HICKSVILLE

  • COUNCIL ROCK
    HERE GEORGE FOX, 1672, MET
    WITH WRIGHTS, UNDERHILL AND
    FEEKE AT QUAKER GATHERINGS
    Location: LAKE AVE., S. OF W. MAIN ST., OYSTER BAY

  • FORTIFIED
    HILL
    OCCUPIED BY
    COLONEL SIMCOE'S
    QUEENS RANGERS
    1779-81
    Location: ORCHARD & PROSPECT STS., IN OYSTER BAY

  • HOME OF
    SAMUEL JONES 1734-1819
    "FATHER OF THE N.Y. BAR"
    GRANDSON OF THOMAS JONES
    STUDIED LAW WITH
    WILLIAM SMITH
    Location: MERRICK RD., E. OF NYS 107 IN MASSAPEQUA

  • POWELL HOME
    BUILT BY THOMAS POWELL
    IN 1700 AFTER PURCHASE
    OF BETHPAGE FROM
    MASSAPEQUA INDIAN TRIBE
    OCTOBER 18, 1695
    Location: MERRITT RD., NO. OF FULTON ST., IN FARMINGDALE

  • QUAKER
    MEETING HOUSE
    BUILT AND FIRST
    MEETINGS HELD 1698
    Location: MEETING HOUSE RD., E. OF BETHPAGE STATE PK. CLUB HOUSE, FARMINGDALE

  • RAYNHAM HALL
    BUILT 1740; USED BY BRITISH
    AS COL. SIMCOE'S HDGTS;
    INFORMATION FROM HERE LED TO
    MAJOR ANDRE'S CAPTURE AFTER HIS
    VISTS; HOME OF ROBERT TOWNSEND,
    Location: RTE. 106, NO.SIDE W. MAIN ST., OYSTER BAY

  • YOUNGS HOME
    GEROGE WASHINGTON
    RESTED HERE ON
    APRIL 23/24, 1790
    WHILE ON HIS
    LONG ISLAND TOUR
    Location: COVENECK & OYSTER BAY-SYOSSET RD, OYSTER BAY

County: NEW YORK
Town: NONE

  • "AN AMIABLE CHILD"
    GRAVE OF ST. CLAIRE POLLOCK,
    KILLED BY FALL OVER CLIFF,
    1797. PLOT DEEDED BY UNCLE,
    GEORGE POLLOCK, TO CORNELIA
    VERPLANCK TO PRESERVE.
    Location: GRANT'S TOMB

  • BOWLING GREEN
    CENTER OF NEW AMSTERDAM
    ABOUT 1650; MARKET AND
    PARADE FOR SOLDIERS. HERE
    INDIANS SOLD MANHATTAN
    TO PETER MINUIT, 1626.
    Location: BOWLING GREEN

  • BRITISH LINES
    ERECTED IN 1776, TO DEFEND
    MANHATTAN ISLAND, WITH
    BLOCKHOUSES AND BATTERIES,
    EXTENDED ACROSS THESE HILLS
    ON THE LINE OF 100TH STREET.
    Location: EAST DRIVE

  • BRITISH LINES
    CHAMBERS STREET MARKS THE
    LINE OF FORTIFICATIONS AND
    SOLDIERS' BARRACKS BUILT
    BY THE BRITISH DURING
    THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
    Location: CHAMBERS ST.

  • BRITISH PROVOST
    SITE OF MILITARY PRISON
    BURING THE REVOULTION.
    ETHAN ALLEN CONFINED THERE.
    LATER DEBTORS' PRISON
    AND REGISTER'S OFFICE.

  • BRYANT PARK
    ONCE PART OF THE FARM OF
    ROBERT MURRAY, WHOSE WIFE
    DELAYED GEN. HOWE'S CHASE
    OF WASHINGTON, 1776. LATER
    CROTON WATER RESERVIOR.
    Location: BRYANT PARK

  • CASTLE GARDEN
    BUILT 1807. AS A BATTERY;
    AMUSEMENT HALL 1824; OPERA
    HOUSE 1847, WHEE JENNY LIND
    SANG; IMMIGRATION BUREAU,
    1855-1891; NOW THE AQUARIUM.
    Location: BATTERY PARK AQUARIUM

  • CITY HALL
    BEGUN IN 1803, COMPLETED
    IN 1812. THE ARCHITECT WAS
    JOHN MCCOMB, JR. THE FRONT
    AND SIDES OF MARBLE, REAR OF
    BROWNSTONE, FOR ECONOMY.
    Location: CITY HALL

  • CITY HALL PARK
    OLD DUTCH VLACTE (FLAT).
    OR PASTURE, LATER CALLED
    THE COMMON; GRANTED TO
    THE CITY IN 1686 BY THE
    DONGAN CHARTER
    Location: CITY HALL

  • CORLAER'S HOOK
    INDIAN VILLAGE, NAIGIANAO,
    "SAND LANDS," TRAIL ALONG
    LINE OF GRAND STREET, ACROSS
    MANHATTAN; LATER OCCUPIED BY
    FARM OF JACOB CORLAER.
    Location: CORLAER'S HOOK PARK

  • FORT AMSTERDAM
    SUCCEEDING BLOCKHOUSE OF
    FUR TRADERS, 1615; BUILT IN
    1626 BY PETER MINUIT, WHERE
    CUSTOM HOUSE STANDS. IN 1790
    SITE OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    Location: BATTERY PARK

  • FORT CLINTON
    NAMED FOR MAYOR DEWITT
    CLINTON, ERECTED IN 1814,
    TO PROTEST NEW YORK CITY.
    SITE OF BRITISH EARTHWORK
    DURING THE REVOLUTION.
    Location: CENTRAL PARK

  • FORT TRYON
    NORTHERN REDOUBT OF JORT
    WASHINGTON, WHERE, NOV. 16,
    1776, 600 MARYLAND AND
    VIRGINIA TROOPS WITHSTOOD
    4600 HESSIANS FOR HOURS.
    Location: FORT TRYON PARK

  • FORT TRYON
    600 MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA
    TROOPS, IN DEFENSE OF FORT
    WASHINGTON, WITHSTOOD 4600
    HESSIANS FOR HOURS. LATER
    HAMED FOR BRITISH GEN. TRYON.
    Location: FORT TRYON PARK

  • FORT WASHINGTON
    CENTRAL FORTIFICATION OF
    AMERICAN DEFENSES OF THE
    HEIGHTS, 1776. BUILT BY
    COL. RUFUS PUTNAM, AND
    PENNSYLVANIA TROOPS.
    Location: FORT WASHINGTON

  • FORT WASHINGTON
    AMERICAN GARRISON OF 3,000
    CAPTURED, NOV. 16, 1776, BY
    9,000 BRITISH AND HESSIANS,
    LATER NAMED FORT KNYPHAUSEN,
    AFTER THE HESSIAN GENERAL.
    Location: FORT WASHINGTON

  • GRACIE HOUSE
    BUILT BY ARCHIBALD GRACIE,
    MERCHANT, 1813. EARLIER
    HORN'S HOOK, WHERE BATTERIES
    WERE PLACED IN REVOLUTION
    AND THE WAR OF 1812.
    Location: GRACIE PARK

  • HAMILTON GRANGE
    GEN. ALEXANDER HAMILTON
    ONE OF THE FRAMERS OF
    THE CONSTITUTION, FIRST
    SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY,
    BUILT THIS HOUSE IN 1802
    Location: 287 CONVENT AVE., NEW YORK CITY

  • HENRY HUDSON
    IN THE HALF MOON, ANCHORED
    OFF THIS POINT, SEPTEMBER,
    1609. INDIANS OF NIPNICHSEN,
    ON SPUYTEN DUYVIL HILL,
    ATTACKED HUDSON'S CREW.
    Location: INWOOD PARK

  • HIGH BRIDGE
    BUILT IN 1842 TO CARRY THE
    FIRST CROTON AQUEDUCT
    ACROSS THE HARLEM RIVER.
    ORIGINAL NARROW CENTER
    ARCHES REMOVED IN 1928.
    Location: HIGH BRIDGE PARK

  • JUMEL MANSION
    BUILT BY COL. ROGER MORRIS
    1765; OCCUPIED BY WASHINGTON,
    SEPT.-OCT., 1776; LATER BY
    STEPHEN JUMEL, FRENCH WINE
    MERCHANT, 1810 TO 1832
    Location: EDGECOMBE AVE., WEST 160TH ST.

  • MADISON SQUARE
    ORIGINALLY PARADE GROUND
    MADE CITY PARK IN 1837.
    DOUBLE LINE OF TREES NORTH
    FROM FOUNTAIN MARKS LINE OF
    OLD POST ROAD, CLOSED 1844.
    Location: MADISON SQUARE PARK

  • MARGARET CORBIN
    WIFE OF JOHN CORBIN, OF A
    PENNSYLVANIA BATTERY, KILLED
    HERE IN THE BATTLE OF FORT
    WASHINGTON, FIRED HIS GUN
    UNTIL SHE WAS BADLY WOUNDED.
    Location: FORT TRYON PARK

  • MCGOWN'S PASS
    HERE STOOD ORIGINAL TAVERN
    ON OLD POST ROAD, BUILT 1750
    BY JACOB DYCKMAN, SOLD 1760
    TO MRS. DANIEL MCGOWN, WHO
    KEPT RESORT FOR FOXHUNTERS.
    Location: CENTRAL PARK

  • MOUNT MORRIS
    CALLED SLANG BERG OR SNAKE
    HILL BY DUTCH SETTLERS, FROM
    RATTLESNAKE INFESTING IT.
    TOWER ON SUMMIT RELIC OF OLD
    VOLUMTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
    Location: MT. MORRIS PARK

  • MOUNT MORRIS
    HERE WAS THE CALF PASTURE,
    IN WHICH HARLEM DUTCH
    SETTLERS HAD COMMON RIGHTS.
    AMERICAN AND HESSIAN
    BATTERIES ON SUMMIT, 1776.
    Location: MT. MORRIS PARK

  • OAK VILLA
    SITE OF COUNTRY SEAT OF
    BROCKHOLST LIVINGSTON, JUDGE
    AND GENERAL, GRANDSON OF
    PHILIP, LORDOF THE MANOR
    OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, N.Y.
    Location: RIVERSIDE DRIVE

  • OLD SHORE LINE[ARROW]
    THE ORIGINAL HUDSON RIVER
    SHORE TO 1700, WAS ON THE
    LINE OF THE NINTH AVENUE
    ELEVATED FROM GREENWICH
    STREET TO THE SOUTH FERRY.
    Location: BATTERY PARK, STATE ST. AND BATTERY PLACE

  • SPOUTING SPRING
    HERE WAS THE SHORAKAPKOK
    OR "SITTING DOWN PLACE,"
    OF THE INDIANS WHO MADE
    SPUYTEN DUYVIL A PLACE
    FOR LOAFING AND EATING.
    Location: SPUYTEN DUYVIL CREEK

  • SPOUTING SPRING
    IN COVE BELOW WAS RESORT
    OF INDIANS, KNOWN AS
    SHORAKAPKOK, OR "SITTING
    DOWN PLACE." NAME OF SPRING
    GIVEN TO SPUYTEN DUYVIL.
    Location: INWOOD PARK

  • SPUYTEN DUYVIL
    EARLY DUTCH NAME OF THIS
    STREAM, RESORT OF INDIANS
    WHOSE PALISADED VILLAGE,
    NIPNICHSEN, WAS ON SUMMIT
    OF HILL ON NORTH SHORE.
    Location: NEW BRIDGE DRIVE

  • STAMP ACT RIOT
    CENTERED HERE IN 1765;
    STATUE OF GEROGE III TOWN
    DOWN, 1776, AT READING OF
    DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
    AND MELTED INTO BULLETS.
    Location: BOWLING GREEN

  • STRIKER'S BAY
    BRITISH OUTPOST IN BATTLE
    OR HARLEM HEIGHTS. NEARBY
    STOOD ELM THAT INSPRIED
    GEORGE NORRIS' POEM, 1837
    "WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE."
    Location: RIVERSIDE DRIVE

  • THE CLAREMONT
    BUILT 1785, BY NICHAEL HOGAN,
    NAMED FOR HOME IN SURREY,
    ENGLAND, OF KING WILLIAM IV,
    WITH WHOM HOGAN SERVED AS
    MIDSHIPMAN IN BRITISH NAVY.
    Location: CLAREMONT

  • WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS
    BUILT IN 1765 BY
    COL. ROGER MORRIS
    CENTR OF AMERICAN DEFENSE
    OF NEW YORK, SEPT.-OCT., 17776
    LATER HOME OF STEPHEN JUMEL.
    Location: JUMEL TERR.

  • WHITEHALL FERRY
    HERE IN 1783, WAS THE HEAD
    OF THE WHITEHALL FERRY SLIP
    WHERE WASHINGTON EMBARKED,
    AFTER HIS FAREWELL TO HIS
    OFFICERS IN FRAUNCES TAVERN.
    Location: STATE ST. AND WHITEHALL ST.

County: NIAGARA
Town: LEWISTOWN, TOWN OF

  • FIVE MILE MEADOWS
    IN 1813 THE BRITISH FORCES
    LANDED ON THE RIVER BAND
    BELOW AND MARCHED TO BURN
    MANCHESTER, A VILLAGE ON
    THE SITE OF NIAGARA FALLS
    Location: ON NYS 18 ABOUT 1 1/2 MIS. N., OF VLGE. OF LEWISTON

  • FIVE MILE MEADOWS
    ON DEC. 19, 1813 BRITISH TROOPS
    COMMANDED BY COLONEL MURRAY LANDED
    ON SHORE OF RIVER AND MARCHING NORTH
    CAPTURED FORT NIAGARA WHICH
    THEY HELD UNTIL MAY 22, 1815
    Location: ON NYS 18 ABOUT 2 MIS. NORTH OF VILLAGE OF LEWISTON

  • FORT JONCAIRE
    2ND BUILDING IN LEWISTON
    BUILT 1719 NEAR THIS SPOT
    A PALISADED TRADING POST
    FIRST FRENCH FORT ON NIAGARA RIVER
    Location: AT APPROACH TO TOLL BRIDGE OVER NIAGARA R., VLGE. LEWISTON

  • OLD TRAMWAY
    WAS BUILT HERE BY BRITISH
    IN 1763 FROM LANDING
    TO HEIGHTS ABOVE
    FACILITATING PORTAGE
    Location: AT END OF TOLL BRIDGE ACROSS NIAGARA R., VILGE. OF LEWISTON

County: NIAGARA
Town: LOCKPORT, CITY OF

  • FIRST METHODIST
    EPISCOPAL SOCIETY
    ORGANIZED OCT. 1823, CHURCH
    ERECTED 1833, DESTROYED BY FIRE
    NOV. 1854, REBUILT 1859, RAZED 1936
    EMANUEL CHURCH BUILT 1928.
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF CHURCH & NIAGARA STS.

  • RESIDENCE OF
    WASHINGTON HUNT
    FIRST JUDGE OF NIAGARA COUNTY,
    1836; STATE COMPROLLER;
    CONGRESSMAN; GOVERNOR. PRES.
    VAN BUREN WAS GUEST HERE.
    Location: ON MARKET ST. JUST NORTH OF ADAM ST.

  • THE BIG BRIDGE
    ONE OF THE WIDEST IN THE WORLD,
    BUILT, 1914, BY NEW YORK
    STATE, SPANNING ERIE BARGE
    CANAL. WIDTH 399 FT. 7 IN.
    ROADWAY OF CREOSOTE WOOD BLOCK.
    Location: ON MAIN ST. AT BARGE CANAL BRIDGE

  • UNION SCHOOL
    FIRST UNION SCHOOL IN STATE,
    CREATED BY ACT OF MARCH 31,
    1847, ERECTED 1847-48,. OPENED
    JULY 4, 1848. FOUNDED BY
    HON. SULLIVAN CAVERNO.
    Location: ON CHESTNUT ST. BETWEEN WASHBURN & CHARLES STS.

  • WASHINGTON HUNT
    LAW OFFICE, 1834-1860
    BURNED AND REBUILT, 1835.
    Location: ON MARKET ST. S. OF ADAM ST.

County: NIAGARA
Town: LOCKPORT, TOWN OF

  • COLD SPRINGS
    CEMETERY
    WATER POISONED BY INDIANS
    IN 1812 CAUSED DEATH OF
    BRITISH AND FRENCH SOLDIERS,
    FIRST PEOPLE BURIED HERE
    Location: ON TOWN RD. NEAR EASTERN LIMITS OF CITY OF LOCKPORT

  • WYNDAM LAWNEADOWS
    HOME FOR CHILDREN. WAS
    PREVIOUSLY SUMMER HOME
    OF GOVRNOR HUNT
    Location: ON OLD NIAGARA RD. NEAR JUNCTION WITH NYS 78

County: NIAGARA
Town: NIAGARA FALLS, CITY OF

  • FRENCH LANDING
    200 YEARS AGO IN THIS PARK
    WAS THE TERMINUS OF THE
    OLD FRENCH PORTAGE, WHERE
    GOODS WERE TRANSHIPPED
    WHEN ONLY CANOES WERE USED
    Location: ON BAFFALO AVE. AT 10TH ST.

  • FRENCH PORTAGE
    NEARBY RAN THE OLD FRENCH
    HIGHWAY FOR FUR TRADE, WORN
    BY THOUSANDS OF FEET IN
    MOCCASINS BEFORE THE PILGRIMS
    LANDED ON PLYMOUTH ROCK
    Location: ON PINE ST. BETWEEN PORTAGE RD. AND 11TH ST.

  • NAVY ISLAND
    ACROSS THE RIVER LIES NAVY
    ISLAND; ON IT WAS A FRENCH
    SHIPYARD. AFTER CAPTURE BY
    BRITISH, VESSELA FOR USE ON
    LAKE ERIE ERE BUILT THERE.
    Location: ON BUFFALO AVE. BETRWEEN 53RD AND 54TH STS.

  • OLD BLOCKHOUSE
    HERE STOOD ONE OF A LINE OF
    BLOCKHOUSES BUILT 1764 BY
    MONTRESOR TO PROTECT THE
    ARMY OF BRADSTREET FROM
    INDIAN MASSACRES ON MARCH
    Location: ON PORTAGE RD. BETWEEN FERRY AND BYRD AVES.

  • PORTAGE ROAD
    AN INDIAN TRAIL USED
    BEFORE WHITE MEN SETTLED IN
    AMERICA. HIGHWAY FOR FRENCH
    FUR TRADE. LATER IMPROVED BY
    BRITISH AS MILITARY ROAD
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF BUFFALO AVE. AND PORTAGE RD.

  • SITE OF
    "FORT DU PORTAGE"
    "FORT LITTLE NIAGARA" BUILT
    1751 TO PROTECT FRENCH
    TRADE. BURNED, 1759 DURING
    FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, EXCEPT
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF BUFFALO AVE. AND PORTAGE RD.

  • SITE OF
    FIRST HOUSE
    BUILT BY JUDGE PORTER IN
    1808. MANY NOTABLE VISITORS
    AND FRIENDLY INDIANS WERE
    RECEIVED WITHIN ITS WALLS.
    Location: ON BUFFALO AVE. BETWEEN 1ST &3RD STS.

County: NIAGARA
Town: PORTER, TOWN OF

  • BRITISH FORCES
    UNDER BRIG. GEN. JOHN PRIDEAUX
    AND SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON
    LANDED AT MOUTH OF FOUR MILE
    CREEK, JULY 6, 1759.
    BESIEGED FORT NIAGARA
    Location: AT BRIDGE OVER 4 MILE CREEK ABOUT 4 MIS. E. OF YOUNGSTOWN

  • FOX POINT BATTERY
    ON BANK OF RIVER TO WEST
    IS SITE OF FOX POINT BATTERY
    FIFTH IN SERIES OF BATTERIES
    EXTENDING SOUTH FROM FORT
    NIAGARA DURING WAR OF 1812
    Location: ON MAIN ST., IN YOUNGSTOWN

  • SITE OF
    SALT BATTERY
    THIS BATTERY WAS AN
    IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE
    PROTECTION OF THE NIAGARA
    FRONTIER DURING WAR OF 1812
    Location: ON MAIN ST., YOUNGSTOWN

  • [ARROW]
    SITE OF BATTLE
    LA BELLE FAMILIE
    JULY 24, 1759, DECIDING
    BRITISH CAPTURE OF
    FRENCH FORT NIAGARA
    Location: ON MAIN ST., YOUNGSTOWN

County: NIAGARA
Town: ROYALTON, TOWN OF

  • SITE OF
    FIRST CHRISTIAN SOCIETY
    OF ROYALTON
    1ST PASTOR, REV. OLIVER CASTLE.
    ERECTED 1818; BURNED 1845;
    REBUILT SAME YEAR; REMOVED 1885
    Location: ON ORANGEPORT RD. ABOUT 1/2 MI. S. INTRSCTN. SLAYTON SETTLEMENT RD.

  • [ARROW]
    SITE OF
    FIRST CHRISTIAN SOCIETY
    OF ROYALTON
    FIRST CHURCH
    ON HOLLAND LAND PURCHASE
    BETWEEN GENESEE AND NIAGARA RIVER. BUILT 1818
    Location: AT INTRSCTN. ORANGEPORT RD. AND SLAYTON SETTLEMENT RD.

County: ONEIDA
Town: AUGUSTA, TOWN OF

  • "STONE CHURCH"
    BUILT 1834 BY THE
    CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY
    DEDICATION SERMON BY REV.
    O. BARTHOLOMEW, EARLY PASTOR
    REV. JOHN CROSS
    Location: NYS 12B IN ORISKANY FALLS

  • AMOS PARKER
    1762-1842
    TALLEST MAN IN AMERICAN ARMY.
    SAVED GEN. LA FAYETTE'S LIFE.
    PRESENT AT THE SURRENDER
    OF CORNWALLIS. BURIED HERE.
    Location: SALLSVILLE-AUGUSTA CO., RD., 1/2 ME. SOUTH OF AUGUSTA

  • AUGUSTA
    ONEIDA COUNTY
    MARCH 15TH 1798
    FORMED FROM THE
    TOWN OF WHITESTOWN
    Location: ON NYS 26 IN AUGUSTA

  • AUGUSTA ACADEMY
    FOUNDED 1834. SEMICIRCULAR
    STONE BUILDING USED UNTIL
    1878. ITS UNIQUE DESIGN
    WAS A CURIOSITY. FIRST
    TEACHER MELVILLE ADAMS.
    Location: NYS 12B IN ORISKANY FALLS

  • AUGUSTA CHURCH
    ORGANIZED 2797, BY
    CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY
    Location: ON NYS 26 IN AUGUSTA

  • CASSETY HOLLOW&
    SETTLED IN 1794
    THOMAS CASSETY, WHO
    ERECTED A GRIST MILL
    HERE. LATER RENAMED
    ORISKANY FALLS
    Location: NYS 12-B & NYS 26 IN ORISKANY FALLS

  • CHENAGO CANAL
    AUTHORIZED 1833. UTICA TO
    BINGHAMTON. COMPLETED 1836.
    72 LOCKS IN 30 MILES.
    ABANDONED 1876
    Location: NYS 26, ORISKANY FALLS

  • DR. A. BURGOYNE
    1737-1824
    BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY. WAS
    PHYSICIAN AT SARATOGA UNDER
    GEN. BURGOYNE, 1777. LIVED
    WITH DAUGHTER IN AUGUSTA.
    Location: SOUTH ST. IN KNOXBORO

  • INDIAN TRAIL
    USED BY ONEIDA, TUSCARORA,
    BROTHERTON AND STOCKBRIDGE
    INDIANS AS A CHANNEL OF
    COMMERCE ABOUT 1700. MADE
    HIGHWAY SOON AFTER 1800
    Location: WEST ST. IN KNOXBORO

  • KNOX HOUSE
    BUILT 1820 BY GEN. J. J. KNOX,
    PIONEER SETTLER, 1791-1876.
    VILLAGE OF KNOXBORO NAMED
    IN HIS HONOR
    Location: SOUTH ST. IN KNOXBORO

  • SITE OF
    LOG SCHOOL
    FIRST IN AUGUSTA, BUILT 1797.
    AUGUSTA THEN KNOWN AS
    BARTLETT'S CORNER. USED AS
    CHURCH AND MEETING HOUSE
    Location: SALLSVILLE-AUGUSTA CO. RD. 1 1/2 MIS. SOUTH OF AUGUSTA

  • SITE OF
    THE GUNN HOUSE
    ABOUT 500 FEET FROM HERE
    BUILT IN 1793. FIRST HOUSE
    IN THE TOWN OF AUGUSTA BUILT
    BY A WHITE SETTLER.
    Location: COLLEGE ST. RD., 1/2 MILE NORTH OF ORISKANY FALLS

  • SITE OF
    LOCK COMPANY
    ORGANIZED 2862, BY J.C.
    KNOX. HIGH GRADE LOCKS
    WERE MANUFACTURED HERE
    FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
    Location: WEST ST. IN KNOXBORO

  • UNION CHURCH
    BUILT 1849 BY METHODISTS
    AND PRESBYTERIANS. LUMBER
    HAULED FROM OLD CHURCH BUILT
    ABOUT 1800 ON EAST HILLS.
    CONVERTED TO SCHOOL 1873.
    Location: SOUTH & EAST STS., KNOXBORO

  • UTICA CLINTON &
    BINGHAMTON R.R.
    FORMED 1862. COMPLETED
    FROM UTICA TO TERMINATE
    AT THIS SITE 1858,
    EXTENDED SOUTH 1871
    Location: BROAD ST., ORISKANY FALLS

County: ONEIDA
Town: BOONVILLE, TOWN OF

  • BLACK RIVER CANAL
    SITE OF LOCK 71, SUMMIT
    LEVEL; 710 FEET ABOVE ROME;
    FROM HERE WATER FLOWED
    NORTH TO ST LAWRENCE,
    SOUTH TO MOHAWK
    Location: ON NYS 12 IN BOONVILLE

  • BLACK RIVER CANAL
    SITE OF THE ONCE FAMOUS
    FIVE COMBINES-WORLD'S RECORD
    FOR NUMBER OF CANAL LOCKS;
    CANAL HAS 109 LOCKS IN 35 MILES
    OF WATERWAY
    Location: NYS 46 AT ENTRANCE TO PIXLEY FALLS PARK

  • BOONVILLE
    SETTLED 1795; NAMED FOR
    GERRIT BOON, NATIVE LEYDEN,
    HOLLAND, AGENT OF HOLLAND LAND
    CO.; TOWN FORMED 1805; VILLAGE
    INCORPORATED 1855
    Location: ON NYS 12-D IN BOONVILLE

  • FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    SOCIETY ORGANIZED 1805
    PRESENT EDIFICE BUILT 1855-1856
    RE-DEDICATION 1955
    Location: SO. SIDE JAMES ST., BOONVILLE

  • OLD FRENCH ROAD
    BUILT BY FRENCH COLONISTS,
    1790 ON WAY TO SETTLE
    CASTORLAND; FIRST ROAD TO
    NORTH COUNTRY, FOLLOWING AN
    IROQUOIS WAR TRAIL.
    Location: ON NYS 12, 1 MILE S.E. OF BOONVILLE

  • POST HOUSE, 1817
    FIRST USED AS A SCHOOL
    LATER BOUGHT WITH LARGE
    TRACT OF LAND BY JOHN G. POST
    PASSED FROM FAMILY IN 1905

County: ONEIDA
Town: BRIDGEWATER, TOWN OF

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    DR. STEPHEN MOULTON BABCOCK
    INVENTOR OF BABCOCK MILK TEST
    SCIENTIST, EDUCATOR, FRIEND
    BENEFACTOR OF ARGRICULTURE
    1843-1931
    Location: TOWN RD. AT BABCOCK HILL

  • BRIDGEWATER
    ONEIDA COUNTY
    MARCH 24TH 1797
    TRANSFERRED FROM
    CHENANGO COUNTY
    APRIL 4TH 1804
    Location: ON US 20 IN BRIDGEWATER

County: ONEIDA
Town: DEERFIELD, TOWN OF

  • DEERFIELD
    ONEIDA COUNTY
    MARCH 15TH 1798
    FORMED FROM THE
    TOWN OF SCHUYLER
    HERKIMER COUNTY
    Location: NYS 8, 2 MIS. NO. OF NYS 5 & 12

  • [ARROW]
    17 MILES
    TOMB OF
    BARON STEUBEN
    IN STATE MEMORIAL PARK
    NEAR REMSEN
    Location: NYS 12, 1 MI. NO. OF NYS 5

County: ONEIDA
Town: FLOYD, TOWN OF

  • FLOYD
    MARCH 4TH 1796
    NAMED IN HONOR OF
    WILLIAM FLOYD, 1734-1821
    A SIGNER OF THE
    DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
    Location: NYS 46 IN FLOYD

County: ONEIDA
Town: FORESTPORT, TOWN OF

  • FORESTPORT
    TOWN-1869. VILLAGE-1903.
    FIRST SETTLEMENT 1795
    IN 1777 ST. LEGER'S INDIANS
    RETREATED THROUGH HERE
    ORISKANY TO CROWN POINT.
    Location: RIVER AND WHITE LAKE STS. IN FORESTPORT

  • ST. LEGER'S HILL
    1777
    EASTERLY OVER THIS ROUTE
    450 OF ST. LEGER'S INDIANS
    RETREATED FROM ORISKANY
    TO CROWN POINT
    Location: N. LAKE RD., 5 MIS. EAST OF FORESTPORT

County: ONEIDA
Town: KIRKLAND, TOWN OF

  • ELIHU ROOT
    SECRETARY OF WAR
    SECRETARY OF STATE
    UNITED STATES SENATOR
    WAS BORN IN THIS BUILDING
    FEBRUARY 15, 1845
    Location: HAMILTON COLLEGE CAMPUS, CLINTON

  • FIRST GRIST MILL
    NEAR THIS SPOT FRIST GRIST
    MILL WAS BUILT IN WINTER
    OF 1787. BEFORE THIS EARLY
    SETTLERS HAD TO CARRY GRIST
    TO WHITESTOWN
    Location: NYS 412 IN CLINTON

  • HAMILTON COLLEGE
    FOUNDED AS HAMILTON-ONEIDA
    ACADEMY, 1793 BY THE REV.
    SAMUEL KIRKLAND. CHARTERED
    AS HAMILTON COLLEGE
    MAY 26, 1812.
    Location: HAMILTON COLLEGE CAMPUS, CLINTON

  • HAMILTON COLLEGE CHAPEL
    1827
    AN UNUSUAL AND DISTINCTIVE
    THREE STORY CHURCH
    DESIGENED BY PHILIP HOOKER
    OF ALBANY
    Location: HAMILTON COLLEGE CAMPUS, CLINTON

  • WASHINGTON TRACT
    THESE LANDS ARE PART OF
    PARCEL OF GROUND DEEDED
    TO NATHANIEL GRIFFIN BY
    GEORGE WASHINGTON AND
    DEWITT CLINTON IN 1790
    Location: NYS 233, 1 1/2 MIS. SOUTH OF KIRKLAND

County: ONEIDA
Town: MARCY, TOWN OF

  • [ARROW] 17 MILES
    TOMB OF
    BARON STEUBEN
    IN STATE MEMORIAL PARK
    NEAR REMSEN
    Location: NYS 49 AND NYS 12-C

County: ONEIDA
Town: MARSHALL, TOWN OF

  • HOME OF
    BROTHERTON INDIANS
    1783-1850
    AMONG WHOM LIVED, 1785-1792,
    SAMSON OCCOM
    INDIAN PRESBYTERIAN PREACHER
    Location: NYS 315, 4 MIS., N.W. OF WATERVILLE

County: ONEIDA
Town: NEW HARTFORD, TOWN OF

  • 1ST RELIGIOUS
    SOCIETY
    OF THE TOWN OF WHITESTOWN
    ORGANIZED 1791
    CHURCH DEDICATED
    NOV. 29, 1797
    Location: NYS 5 AND NYS 12, NEW HARTFORD

  • A GRIST MILL
    WAS BUILT 350 FEET EAST OF
    HERE IN 1790 BY JEDEDIAH SANGER,
    FIRST SETTLER AND FOUNDER OF
    NEW HARTFORD
    Location: OXFORD PL. & MILL ST., NEW HARTFORD

  • JEDEDIAH SANGER
    FOUNDED NEW HARTFORD IN
    1788 BY PURCHASING 1000
    ACRES OF LAND AND SETTLING
    HERE WITH HIS FAMILY
    Location: NYS 5 AND NYS 12, NEW HARTFORD

County: ONEIDA
Town: PARIS, TOWN OF

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    [ARROW] DR. ASA GRAY
    BORN NOVEMBER 18, 1810
    DIED JANUARY 30, 1888
    WORLD FAMOUS BOTANIST
    Location: PINNACLE RD., IN SAUQUOIT

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    [ARROW] DR. ASA GRAY
    BORN NOVEMBER 18, 1810
    DIED JANUARY 30, 1888
    WORLD FAMOUS BOTANIST
    Location: PINNACLE RD., IN SAUQUOIT

  • METHODIST CHURCH
    FIRST SERMON PREACHED IN
    NORTHERN NEW YORK 1788
    BY ELDER FREEBORN GARRETSON
    WITHIN WHITESTOWN
    SAUQUOIT SOCIETY FORMED 1788
    FIRST IN CONFERENCE
    Location: MOHAWK ST. AT PINNACLE RD. IN SAUQUOIT

  • [ARROW]
    7/8 MILE
    BIRTHPLACE OF
    DR. ASA GRAY
    WORLD FAMOUS BOTANIST
    Location: NYS 8 AT PINNACLE RD., IN SAUQUOIT

County: ONEIDA
Town: REMSEN, TOWN OF

  • REMSEN
    ONEIDA COUNTY
    MARCH 15TH 1798
    FORMED FROM THE TOWN OS
    NORWAY, HERKIMER COUNTY
    Location: NYS 12-B, REMSEN

  • [ARROW]
    NEXT TURN RIGHT TO
    TOMB OF
    BARON STEUBEN
    IN STATE MEMORIAL PARK
    Location: NYS 12-B, REMSEN

  • [ARROW]
    4 MILES
    TOMB OF
    BARON STEUBEN
    IN STATE MEMORIAL PARK
    NEAR REMSEN
    Location: NYS 12 12-B, REMSEN

  • [ARROW]
    1 MILE EAST
    COL. MARINUS WILLETT ROUTED
    BRITISH-TORY FORCE OCT. 30, 1783
    ALONG WEST CANADA CREEK;
    WALTER BUTLER, TORY LEADER
    WAS KILLED BY AN ONEIDA
    Location: FAIRCHILD RD., NORTH OF HINCKLEY RESERVIOR

County: ONEIDA
Town: ROME, CITY OF

  • 1755-1756
    [ARROW]
    REVOLUTIONARY
    BATTLEFIELDS
    AND
    COLONIAL
    FORT SITES
    Location: E. DOMINICK & BOUCK STS.

  • 1755-1756
    FORT WILLIAMS
    GUARDED
    UPPER MOHAWK LANDING
    BURNED IN A PANIC
    BY BRITISH GEN. WEBB
    Location: BOUCK ST. BETWEEN E. WHITESBORO & E. DOMINICK STS.

  • DURING SIEGE OF
    FORT STANWIX AUG. 1777
    MAIN BRITISH CAMP
    WAS BETWEEN THIS POINT
    AND BLUFF TO SOUTH
    Location: E. BLOOMFIELD ST. & ROOSEVELT AVE.

  • FORT CRAVEN
    DESTROYED IN
    BRITISH PANIC
    BEFORE COMPLETION
    AUG. 31, 1756
    Location: E. WHITESBORO ST. BETWEEN BOUCK & MILL STS.

  • FORT NEWPORT
    A SMALL COLONIAL POST
    WHICH GUARDED
    UPPER WOOD CREEK
    LANDING PLACE
    Location: CALVERT ST. BETWEEN ARSENAL ST. AND BREWER ALLEY

  • HERE PASSED
    FROM EAST TO WEST THE
    ANCIENT CARRY
    FROM THE MOHAWK TO
    WOOD CREEK
    Location: GEORGE AND LIBERTY STS.

  • HERE PASSED
    ANCIENT CARRY
    PASSED SOUTHWARD TO
    FORT NEWPORT AND
    WOOD CREEK
    Location: W. DOMINICK & JAY STS.

  • INLAND CANAL
    BEGUN 1792
    AND SECOND
    ERIE CANAL
    COMPLETED 1844
    Location: SO. JAMES & E. WHITESBORO STS.

  • OLD BLACK RIVER CANAL
    BUILDING 1836-1855; CONNECTED
    MOHAWK VALLEY WITH BLACK RIVER
    COUNTRY; OPENING UP 90 MILES
    NAVIGABLE WATERWAY; JOINED
    ERIE CANAL HERE.
    Location: BLACK R. BLVD. & E. WHITESBORO ST.

  • ROME
    MARCH 4TH 1796
    FORMED FROM
    THE TOWN OF
    STEUBEN
    Location: NO. JAMES & W. PARK STS.

  • SITE OF
    U.S. ARSENAL
    MAINTAINED DURING
    WAR OF 1812 AND
    SUBSEQUENTLY
    Location: W. DOMINICK ST. BETWEEN ARSENAL & JAY STS.

  • THE CENTRAL N.Y.
    SCHOOL
    FOR THE DEAF
    FOUNDED JAN. 27, 1875 BY
    ALPHONSO JOHNSON, THOMAS
    GALLAUDET AND ROME CITIZENS
    Location: ON NYS 26

  • [ARROW]
    ONE BLOCK
    TO SITE OF
    FORT NEWPORT
    AND WOOD CREEK
    LANDING
    Location: W. DOMINICK ST. & ARSENAL STS.

  • [ARROW]
    LOWER LANDING
    AND
    ORISKANY
    BATTLEFIELD
    Location: NYS 69 AT ORISKANY BATTLEFIELD

  • [ARROW]
    FORT STANWIX
    AND
    REVOLUTIONARY
    SKIRMISHES
    Location: MILL AND E, WHITESBORO STS.

  • [ARROW]
    HISTORIC ELM
    THIS ELM WAS A SAPLING
    GROWING ON THE SOUTHWEST
    BASTION OF FORT STANWIX
    IN 1804
    Location: E. DOMINICK ST. BETWEEN JAMES AND SPRING STS.

County: ONEIDA
Town: ROME, TOWN OF

  • NORWEST 35 RODS
    JESSE WILLIAMS
    IN 1851 INAUGERATED THE
    CHEESE FACTORY
    SYSTEM
    THUS REVOLUTIONIZING DAIRYING
    Location: NYS 46, 2 MIS. N. OF ROME

  • ORISKANY
    BATTLEFIELD
    1777
    PUBLIC WELCOME
    Location: NYS 69 AT ORISKANY BATTLEFIELD

  • [ARROW]
    20 MILES
    TOMB OF
    BARON STEUBEN
    IN STATE MEMORIAL PARK
    NEAR REMSEN
    Location: NYS 46 NORTH OF ROME

County: ONEIDA
Town: SANGERFIELD, TOWN OF

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    GEORGE EASTMAN
    INVENTOR OF KODAK
    BORN JULY 12, 1854
    DIED IN ROCHESTER
    MARCH 14, 1932
    Location: NYS 12 IN WATERVILLE

  • PROPERTY LINE
    WESTERN BOUNDARY OF
    CIVILIZATION FIXED BY
    FORT STANWIX TREATY
    NOV. 5, 1768. WITNESSED
    BY SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON
    Location: NYS 12 NORTH OF WATERVILLE

  • SANGERFIELD
    ONEIDA COUNTY
    MARCH 15TH 1795
    TRANSFERRED FROM
    CHENANGO COUNTY
    APRIL 4TH 1804.
    Location: NYS 12 AT TOWN LINE

County: ONEIDA
Town: STEUBEN, TOWN OF

  • 300 FEET WEST
    SITE OF HOME
    ROBERT EVERETT (1791-1875)
    ANTI-SLAVERY REFORMER
    MINISTER CHAPEL UCHA 37 YEARS
    EDITOR "CENHADWR" (WELSH) 35 YEARS
    Location: CO. RD., 1 MI. W. OF REMSEN

  • BARON STEUBEN
    INSTECTOR GENERAL OF ARMY
    MAJOR GENERAL IN REVOLUTION
    CITIZEN OF UNITED STATES
    AND NEW YORK STATE
    Location: AT BARON STEUBEN MEMORIAL

  • BURIAL PLACE
    OF SAMUEL SIZER, ABIGAIL
    SIZER, ASA SIZER AND
    ABIGAIL TYLER MITCHELL, THE
    MOTHER OF ABIGAIL SIZER
    Location: IN FIELD 1/4 MI. N. OF CO. RD., 2 MIS. E. OF STEUBEN

  • CAPEL ISAF OR
    SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
    ONCE LOCATED HERE
    CARED FOR THE GRAVE
    OF BARON STEUBEN FOR
    NINETY-FIVE YEARS
    (1804-1899)
    Location: CO. RD., 1 MI. W. OF REMSEN

  • CAPT. SIMEIN WOODRUFF
    CIRCUMNAVIGATED GLOBE WITH
    CAPT. COOK. LEASED THIS
    FARM MAY 26, 1791
    FROM BARON STEUBEN
    BURIED CAPEL UCHA CEMETERY
    Location: CO. RD., 1/2 MI. W. OF REMSEN

  • EENEZER WEEKS
    SETTLED HERE 1791
    BURIED IN ADJOINING MEADOW
    BUILT BAKE OVEN AND DID
    COOPERING FOR BARON STEUBEN
    Location: CO. RD., 1/2 MI. W. OF REMSEN

  • FIRST GRAVE
    OF BARON STEUBEN NEAR THIS SPOT
    BY HIS OWN WISH HE WAS BURIED
    WRAPPED IN HIS MILITARY CLOAK
    IN AN UNMARKED GRAVE
    Location: CO. RD. W. OF BARON STEUBEN MEMORIAL

  • FRIEDRICH WILHELM
    BARON VON STEUBEN
    BORN SEPTEMBER 17, 1730
    MAGDEBURG, GERMANY DIED
    HERE NOVEMBER 28, 1794
    ERECTION COMPLETED 1872
    Location: AT BARON STEUBEN MEMORIAL

  • FULLER FARM
    ACQUIRED 1793 FROM BARON
    STEUBEN BY CAPT. SIMEON
    FULLER, B. 1761-D. 1852
    HELD BY HIM AND HIS
    DESCENDANTS TO THE PRESENT DAY
    Location: CO. RD., 1 MI. W. OF REMSEN

  • GERMAN-AMERICAN
    ORGANIZATIONS ASSISTED BY
    STATE OF NEW YORK ERECTED
    THIS TOMB IN HONOR OF THEIR
    GREAT FELLOW COUNTRYMAN
    Location: AT BARON STEUBEN MEMORIAL

  • SACRED GROVE
    IS THE NAME GIVEN IN 1804
    TO THESE WOODS HALLOWED
    BY ASSOCIATIONS WITH
    BARON STEUBEN, THE
    AMERICAN PATRIOT
    Location: AT BARON STEUBEN MEMORIAL

  • SAMUEL SIZER
    FIRST SETTLER ON STEUBEN
    GRANT, 1787. FARM
    MANAGER FOR BARON STEUBEN
    BURIAL PLACE IN MEADOW 80
    RODS NORHT OF THIS MARKER
    Location: CO. RD. 2 MIS. E. OF STEUBEN

  • SAW-MILL
    OF BARON STEUBEN
    BUILT 1790 NEAR THIS SPOT
    REMAINS OF DAM VISIBLE
    Location: NR. CREEK, NO. OF FULLER RD.

  • STARR HILL
    NAMED FOR DAVID STARR
    CAPTAIN IN CONTINENTAL ARMY
    FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR OF
    BARON STEUBEN
    SETTLED HERE 1791
    Location: CO. RD.1 MI. W. OF BARON STEUBEN MEMORIAL

  • STEUBEN GRANT
    OF 16,000 ACRES BY THE
    STATE OF NEW YORK, JUNE 27, 1786
    FOR SERVICE IN THE REVOLUTION
    HE CLEARED SIXTY ACRES NEAR HERE
    FOR HOME SITE (1788-1793)
    Location: CO. RD. W. OF BARON STEUBEN MEMORIAL

  • STEUBEN STATE
    MEMORIAL PARK
    DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 12, 1931
    BY FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,
    GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK
    Location: AT BARON STEUBEN MEMORIAL

  • STEUBEN STATE
    MEMORIAL PARK
    INCLUDED FIFTY ACRES GIVEN
    IN 1804 BY COL. BENJ. WALKER,
    FRIEND AND AIDE OF STEUBEN,
    TO SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
    Location: AT BARON STEUBEN MEMORIAL

  • THIS MONUMENT
    COVERS THE REMAINS
    OF BARON STEUBEN
    GOVERNOR HORATIO SEYMOUR
    LAID CORNERSTONE JUNE 1, 1870
    ERECTION COMPLETED 1872
    Location: AT BARON STEUBEN MEMORIAL

  • THIS PARK
    WAS CREATED IN MEMORY
    OF FRIEDRICH WILHELM BARON
    STEUBEN, MAJOR GENERAL IN
    THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
    Location: AT BARON STEUBEN MEMORIAL

  • TOWN OF STEUBEN
    FORMED APRIL 10, 1792
    NAMED IN HONOR OF
    BARON STEUBEN
    ORIGINALLY EXTENDED TO
    NORTH BOUNDS OF THE STATE
    Location: NYS 46-A IN STEUBEN

  • WELSH IMMIGRANTS
    BEGINNING 1795 CLEARED AND
    SETTLED GREATER PART OF
    STEUBEN GRANT. BUILT
    FIRST CHURCH HERE 1804.
    Location: CO. RD., 1/2 MI. W. OF REMSEN

  • [ARROW]
    2 MILES
    TOMB OF
    BARON STEUBEN
    IN STATE MEMORIAL PARK
    Location: CO. RD. FROM STEUBEN & REMSEN

County: ONEIDA
Town: TRENTON, TOWN OF

  • CINCINNATI CREEK
    NAMED BY BARON STEUBEN
    TO COMMEMORATE THE SOCIETY
    OF THE CINCINNATI WHICH
    HE HELPED TO FOUND IN 1783
    Location: NYS 28, 2 MIS. S. E. OF TRENTON

  • TRENTON
    ONEIDA COUNTY
    MARCH 24, 1797
    FORMED FROM THE
    TOWN OF SCHUYLER,
    HERKIMER COUNTY
    Location: NYS 12 IN BARNEVELD

County: ONEIDA
Town: UTICA, CITY OF

  • BAGG'S TAVERN
    ORIGINALLY A LOG HOUSE
    FOUNDED 1794 BY MOSES BAGG
    WASHINGTON, LA FAYETTE
    HENRY CLAY & GEN. GRANT
    WERE GUESTS HERE
    Location: GENESEE AND MAIN ST.

  • [ARROW]
    21 MILES
    TOMB OF
    BARON STEUBEN
    IN STATE MEMORIAL PARK
    NEAR REMSEN
    Location: ONEIDA ST. BETWEEN GEER & FERRIS AVES.

  • [ARROW] 17 MILES
    TOMB OF
    BARON STEUBEN
    IN STATE MEMORIAL PARK
    NEAR REMSEN
    Location: NYS 5 E. OF NYS 8 & 12

County: ONEIDA
Town: VERNON, TOWN OF

  • MISSION CHURCH
    OF THE ONEIDAS BUILT BY
    REV. ELEAZER WILLIAMS 1818
    MOVED IN 1842 FROM ONEIDA
    CASTLE BY UNITARIANS.
    VERNON TOWN HALL SINCE 1892.
    Location: SENECA AVE. BETWEEN VERONA AND SCONON DORA STS. IN VERNON

  • ONEIDA CASTLE
    CHIEF VILLAGE OF ONEIDA
    TRIBE OF INDIANS
    MEMBERS OF
    IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY
    Location: NYS 5 IN ONEIDA CASTLE VILLAGE

County: ONEIDA
Town: VERONA, TOWN OF

  • ROYAL
    BLOCKHOUSE
    60 RODS EAST OF
    THIS POINT STOOD
    FORT ERECTED BY
    BRITISH IN 1759
    Location: NYS 13 IN SYLVAN BEACH

  • STARK'S LANDING
    JAVEZ HOUGH STARK, PIONEER
    BUILT 1ST PRESBYTERIAN
    CHURCH, SENECA FALLS 1807.
    CAME HERE 1821; BUILT
    HOUSE ACROSS CANAL 1823-5.
    Location: NYS 46 IN HIGINSVILLE

County: ONEIDA
Town: WESTERN, TOWN OF

  • WESTERN
    ONEIDA COUNTY
    MARCH 10, 1797
    FORMED FROM THE
    TOWN OF STEUBEN
    Location: NYS 46 NEAR SCHOOL IN WESTERNVILLE

  • [ARROW]
    11 MILES
    TOMB OF
    BARON STEUBEN
    IN STATE MEMORIAL PARK
    NEAR REMSEN
    Location: NYS 46 & 46-A IN FRENCHVILLE

County: ONEIDA
Town: WESTMORELAND, TOWN OF

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    SAMUEL EELS
    1810-1842
    WHO IN 1832 FOUNDED THE
    ALPHA DELTA PHI FRATERNITY
    AT HAMILTON COLLEGE
    Location: CO. RD. IN WESTMORELAND

County: ONEIDA
Town: WHITESTOWN, TOWN OF

  • 1ST PRESBYTERIAN
    CHURCH OF WHITESBORO
    ORGANIZED APRIL 1, 1793
    BETHUEL DODD, 1ST PASTOR
    Location: ELM AND MAIN STS., WHITESBORO

  • ENGLISH HOME
    BUILT 1792. BIRTHPLACE OF
    HENRY INMAN, 1801-46
    ARTIST WHO EXCELLED IN
    PORTRAITS, LANDSCAPES
    AND MINIATURES
    Location: NYS 69 IN YORKVILLE

  • HERE STOOD THE HOME OF
    COLONEL GERRIT
    G. LANSING
    OFFICER IN CONT. ARMY
    WHO PURCHASED LAND WHEREON
    ORISKANYT WAS FOUNDED 1902
    Location: DEXTER AVE. BETWEEN GRAHAM AND UTICA STS. IN ORISKANY

  • SITE OF
    WOOLEN MILL
    ERECTED IN 1810
    BELIEVED TO BE THE 1ST
    IN AMERICA TO MANUFACTURE
    FABRICS FROM RAW MATERIAL
    Location: NYS 69 IN ORISKANY

  • TOWN HALL
    ERECTD 1807
    EARLY CO. COURT HOUSE
    PRESENTED TO WHITESTOWN
    BY HON. PHILO WHITE
    1860
    Location: IN FRONT OF TOWN HALL, WHITESBORO

  • WHITESTOWN
    MARCH 7TH 1788
    NAMED IN HONOR OF
    JUDGE HUGH WHITE
    A FIRST SETTLER
    MAY 1784
    Location: MAIN ST. & VICTOR PKWY., WHITESBORO

County: ONONDAGA
Town: CAMILLUS, TOWN OF

  • SITE OF
    HOME OF
    JAMES GEDDES, 1798
    ERIE CANAL SURVEYOR, 1808
    CHIEF ENGINEER 1816-1825
    Location: ON NYS 5 2MILES W. OF SYRACUSE AT FAIRMOUNT CRS.

County: ONONDAGA
Town: CICERO, TOWN OF

  • EARLY SCHOOL
    HERE STOOD SCHOOLHOUSE;
    DISTRICT NO. 1, BUILT 1824.
    FIRST DISTRICT SCHOOL IN
    TOWN OF CICERO
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 1/2 MI. S. OF BREWERTON

  • JOHN LEACH
    MADE FIRST SETTLEMENT
    AT CICERO CORNERS IN
    1802. KEPT A TAVERN
    IN LOGHOUSE
    Location: ON RS 11 AT CICERO

  • LANDING PLACE
    NEAR THIS POINT
    VAN SCHAICK EXPEDITION
    AGAINST ONONDAGAS LANDED
    APRIL 20, 1779
    Location: ON US 11 AT BREWERTON

  • SITE OF INDIAN VILLAGE
    TECHIROGUEN
    VISITED BY LE MOYNE 1654
    AND BY LA SALLE 1673
    Location: ON US 11 AT BREWERTON

  • TOLL-GATE HOUSE
    BUILT AT SOUTH END
    OF FIRST HIGHWAY BRIDGE,
    1824 AT BREWERTON. MOVED
    TO THIS SITE ABOUT 1850.
    Location: ON BENNETT ST. AT BREWERTON

County: ONONDAGA
Town: CLAY, TOWN OF

  • CAUGHDENOY
    LOCK
    CONSTRUCTED BY
    STATE OF NEW YORK
    1841.
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT CAUGHDENOY

  • OAK ORCHARD
    LOCK
    CONSTRUCTED BY
    STATE OF NEW YORK
    1840.
    Location: ON CO. RD. 1 1/2 MILES NORTH OF EUCLID

  • ONONDAGA NATION
    OF INDIANS SETTLED HEREABOUTS
    ACCORDING TO TRADITION
    SEVERAL CENTURIES BEFORE
    DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
    BY COLUMBUS, 1492.
    Location: ON NYS 57 ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF THREE RIVERS

  • SITE OF
    MC GEE'S INN
    (ACCORDING TO TRADITIONS)
    PATRICK MC GEE, FIRST SETTLER
    TOWN OF CLAY, 1793. IN 1791
    KEPT FIRST INN AT BREWERTON.
    Location: ON SOUTH BANK OF BARGE CANAL AT THREE RIVERS

County: ONONDAGA
Town: DEWITT, TOWN OF

  • DANFORTH MILLS
    ON THIS SIDE OF THE CREEK
    SAW MILL BUILT 1792
    GRIST MILL
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTH OF JAMESVILLE

  • JOHN YOUNG
    1752-1834
    REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
    FIRST SETTLER HERE IN 1791
    VILLAGE FIRST CALLED YOUNGSVILLE
    Location: ON NYS 5 AND NYS 92 AT DEWITT

  • MOREHOUSE FLATS
    BENJ. MOREHOUSE SETTLED HERE 1789
    HIS LOG TAVERN OPENED 1790
    MEXICO TOWN ORGANIZED HERE 1791
    MEETING HERE PROPOSED FORMATION
    OF ONONDAGACO. DEC 23, 1793
    Location: ON NYS 5 AND NYS 92 AT DEWITT

  • UNION
    CONGREGATIONAL
    CHURCH
    BUILDING ERECTED 1808
    SOCIETY MOVED TO JAMESVILLE
    1828
    Location: ON NYS 20 N & NYS 173 ABOUT 1/2 MILE EAST OF JAMESVILLE

County: ONONDAGA
Town: ELBRIDGE, TOWN OF

  • BUILT ABOUT 1820
    HOME OF COL. JOHN STEVENS,
    ONONDAGA COUNTY MILITIA,
    WAR OF 1812
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT ELBRIDGE

  • THIS LOT
    WAS PART OF MILITARY TRACT
    OF CAPT. WM. STEVENS, MEMBER
    MASS. SOCIETY CINCINNATI:
    STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
    SALT INDUSTRY.
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT ELBRIDGE

County: ONONDAGA
Town: FABIUS, TOWN OF

  • ANDREWS CABIN
    BUILT BY
    WILLIAM ANDREWS
    ABOUT 1821
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 2 1/2 MI. SOUTH OF FABIUS

  • BAPTIST CHURCH
    FIRST IN TOWN OF FABIUS
    UNBROKEN SERVICE SINCE
    ITS ORGANIZATION ON
    AUG. 24, 1803. THIS
    BUILDING ERECTED 1818.
    Location: ON NYS 80 AT FABIUS

  • FIRST CHURCH
    IN THE VALLEY
    ORGANIZED HERE 1803
    FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
    OF FABIUS
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 3 MI. SOUTH OF FABIUS

  • SITE OF
    KEENEY CABIN
    INHABITED 1795 BY
    SIMON KEENEY, JR.
    BIRTHPLACE OF SON JOHN
    FIRST WHITE CHILD
    BORN IN THIS VALLEY 1797
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 2 1/2 MI. SOUTH OF FABIUS

  • SITE OF
    WOODRUF CABIN
    PIONEER HOME OF
    GURDON WOODRUF
    BUILT ABOUT 1795
    Location: ON NYS 80 AT FABIUS

  • WEBSTER CABIN
    BUILT ABOUT 1820 BY
    ELI WEBSTER
    FIRST FRAME HOUSE
    IN THIS VALLEY
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. ABOUT 3 MI. SOUTH OF FABIUS

County: ONONDAGA
Town: LAFAYETTE, TOWN OF

  • CARDIFF GIANT
    DISINTERRED NEAR THIS
    VILLAGE ON OCT. 16, 1869.
    REPRESENTED AS A PETRIFIED
    PREHISTORIC MAN, IT WAS
    SUBSEQUENTLY PROVED A HOAX
    Location: ON US 20 AT CARDIFF

  • NEAR HERE WAS THE HOME OF
    MOSES DEWITT
    PIONEER SETTLER, SURVEYOR
    MAJOR OF MILITIA AND
    JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURT
    Location: ON NYS 91 AT JAMESVILLE

  • [ARROW] 600 FEET
    SITE OF INDIAN TOWN
    ONONDAGA
    1684-1696
    DESTROYED AT TIME OF
    FRONTENAC'S INVASION 1696
    Location: ON NYS 91 ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESVILLE

County: ONONDAGA
Town: LYSANDER, TOWN OF

  • BATTERY B
    FIRST N.Y. LIGHT ARTILLERY DRILLED
    NEAR THIS POINT UNDER THEIR
    ORGANIZER, CAPT. RUFUS D. PETTIT,
    IN THE SUMMER OF 1861.
    Location: ON NYS 370 ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BALDWINSVILLE

  • FIRST LIFT LOCK
    THE FIRST LIFT LOCK TO BE
    CONSTRUCTED WEST OF LITTLE
    FALLS WAS BUILT HERE IN
    1809 BY JONAS C. BALDWIN.
    Location: ON NYS 31 & NYS 370 AT BALDWINSVILLE

  • FIRST SETTLER
    THE HOME OF THE FIRST WHITE
    SETTLER IN THE TOWNSHIP OF
    LYSANDER, JONATHAN PALMER,
    REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER,
    WAS BUILT ON THIS SITE, 1793.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. AT JACKSONVILLE

  • GRACE CHURCH
    THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH WAS
    THE FIRST CHURCH IN THE
    UNITED STATES, ACCORDING TO
    TRADITION, TO BE LIGHTED
    BY ELECTRICITY
    Location: ON ELIZABETH ST. AT BALDWINSVILLE

  • LOG CABIN SITE
    JONAS C. BALDWIN, FOUNDER
    OF BALDWINSVILLE, BUILT
    THE FIRST LOG CABIN
    ON THE NOIRTH SIDE OF THE
    RIVER NEAR THIS SPOT IN 1807

  • ON THIS HILL
    IN THE ORIGINAL HOUSE, 31
    WOMEN ORGANIZED THE FEMALE
    CHARITABLE SOCIETY, SECOND
    OLDEST WOMAN'S SOCIETY IN
    THE U.S., JULY 27, 1817.
    Location: ON NYS 31 AT BALDWINSVILLE

  • SITE OF
    HALFWAY TAVERN
    1814-34
    STOPPING PLACE FOR STAGE
    AND FOR OUDIAGA, INDIAN
    RUNNER, FIRST MAIL CARRIER
    BETWEEN SYRACUSE AND OSWEGO
    Location: ON NYS 48 ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF BALDWINSVLLE

County: ONONDAGA
Town: MANLIUS, TOWN OF

  • CHERRY VALLEY TURNPIKE
    TERMINATED HERE
    COMPLETED ABOUT 1809, JOINING
    THE SENECA TURNPIKE HERE
    Location: ON ACADEMY STREET AT MANLIUS

  • CHRIST CHURCH
    OLDEST CHURCH EDIFACE AND
    OLDEST EPISCOPAL PARISH IN
    ONONDAGA COUNTY, INC. 1804,
    1811; BUILT 1813; REMOVED TO THIS SIDE, 1832.
    Location: ON NYS 173 AT MANLIUS

  • DEEP SPRING
    TE-UNGH-SAT-AYAGH
    450 FT. NORTH ON IROQUOIS TRAIL.
    FIRST ROAD MADE 1790 BY GEN.
    JAMES WADSWORTH. COUNTY
    LINE AND SURVEY MARK.
    Location: ON NYS 173 AT THE MADISON & ONONDAGA COUNTY LINE

  • FAYETTEVILLE
    FIRST CALLED "MANLIUS FOUR
    CORNERS". SETTLED IN 1791
    BY ORIGEN EATON AND JOSHUS
    KNOWLTON. BOYHOOD HOME OF
    GROVER CLEVELAND
    Location: ON NYS 5 & NYS 92 AT FAYETTEVILLE

  • FAYETTEVILLE
    FIRST CALLED "MANLIUS FOUR
    CORNERS". SETTLED IN 1791
    BY ORIGEN EATON AND JOSHUS
    KNOWLTON. BOYHOOD HOME OF
    GROVER CLEVELAND
    Location: ON NYS 5 AT FAYETTEVILLE

  • GEN. JOHN J. PECK
    BORN HERE JAN. 4, 1821; WON
    PROMOTION FOR GALLANTRY
    MEXICAN WAR; MADE MAJ. GEN.
    1862; DEFENDED SUFFOLK, VA.;
    DIED SYRACUSE, APRIL 21, 1878.
    Location: ON NYS 173 AT MANLIUS

  • GROVER CLEVELAND
    PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES
    1884-1888 AND 1892-1896.
    HIS BOYHOOD HOME IS THE
    FIRST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
    NORTH OF THE CORNER HOUSE
    Location: ON NYS 5 & NYS 92 AT FAYETTEVILLE

  • THE FIRST
    SCHOOLHOUSE
    IN THE TOWN OF MANLIUS
    WAS BUILT OF LOGS AND
    STOOD NEAR HERE IN 1798
    Location: ON NYS 92 AT MANLIUS

  • THE MANLIUS SCHOOL
    FOUNDED 1869
    Location: ON NYS 92 & NYS 20 N AT MANLIUS

  • THE MANLIUS SCHOOL
    FOUNDED 1869
    AS ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL
    OLDEST BOY'S PRIVATE
    PREPARATORY SCHOOL
    IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
    Location: ON NYS 92 ABOUT 1/2 MI. SOUTH OF MANLIUS

  • THIS WELL
    DUG IN 1795 BY
    JOSEPH WILLIAMS
    SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION
    WHOSE LOG HOUSE STOOD
    ABOUT 50 FEET NORTH
    Location: ON ROWN RD. ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF MANLIUS

County: ONONDAGA
Town: MARCELLUS, TOWN OF

  • FIRST SAWMILL
    IN TOWN OF MARCELLUS
    BUILT 1796 BY DEACON
    SAMUEL RICE AND JUDGE
    DAN BRADLEY
    Location: ON NYS 20 N & NYS 175 AT MARCELLUS

  • SITE OF
    FIRST CHURCH EDIFACE
    IN ONONDAGA COUNTY,
    COMPLETED 1803; PRESENT
    CHURCH BUILT 1851
    IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
    Location: ON NYS 20 N & NYS 175 AT MARCELLUS

  • SITE OF
    OLD HOTEL KEPT BY DR.
    BILDAB BEACH. GEN.
    LAFAYETTE STOPPED HERE
    JUNE 9, 1824

  • SITE OF
    TAVERN KEPT BY DEACON
    SAMUEL RICE 1800
    FIRST CHURCH SERVICES
    WERE HELD HERE, ALSO
    TOWN MEEETINGS
    Location: ON NYS 175 AT MARCELLUS

  • SITE OF
    FIRST FRAME HOUSE IN TOWN
    OF MARCELLUS. BUILT BY DR.
    ELNATHAN BEACH, WHO SERVED IN
    AMERICAN REVOLUTION: SHERIFF OF
    COUNTY FROM 1799 TO 1801
    Location: ON NYS 20 N & NYS 175 AT MARCELLUS

County: ONONDAGA
Town: ONONDAGA, TOWN OF

  • FRANCIS ASBURY
    FIRST BISHOP OF THE
    METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    PREACHED JUNE 26, 1807,
    IN ONONDAGA COURT HOUSE
    THEN STANDING ON THIS SITE
    Location: ON NYS 20 N & NYS 175 AT ONONDAGA HILL

  • MORAVIANS
    BISHOP SPANGENBERG AND DAVID
    ZEISBERGER AS MISSIONARIES
    CAME TO ONONDAGA INDIANS
    NEAR HERE IN 1745. DAVID
    RETURNED '50,'52, '53, '54, '66.
    Location: ON NYS 11 A ABOUT 1 MI. SOUTH OF SYRACUSE

  • ONONDAGA RESERVATION
    ESTABLISHED 1788.
    THE ONONDAGA INDIAN NATION
    FOUNDED THE IROQUOIS LEAGUE.
    Location: ON NYS 11 A ABOUT 1 MI. SOUTH OF SYRACUSE

  • SENTINEL HEIGHTS
    PIONEER CEMETERY
    ANDREW SHARE, 1763-1847, REV.
    SOLDIER, WHO GAVE LAND FOR
    CEMETERY, SCHOOL HOUSE, AND
    METHODIST CHURCH, BURIED HERE
    Location: ON BULL HILL RD. ABOUT 4 MIS. SOUTHEAST OF SYRACUSE

  • SITE OF
    FIRST COURT HOUSE
    ERECTED IN 1802 ON LAND
    DONATED ON ONONDAGA COUNTY
    BY GEORGE HALL
    AND THADDEUS WOOD

  • WAR OF 1812
    CAPTAIN HENRY CROUCH AND
    CAPTAIN BENJAMIN BRANCH
    SOLDIERS OF WAR OF 1812
    WHO DIED WHILE EMCAMPED
    NEAR HERE ARE BURIED ABOVE.
    Location: ON NYS 20 N & NYS 173 ABOUT 1/2 MI. EAST OF ONONDAGA HILL

County: ONONDAGA
Town: POMPEY, TOWN OF

  • ATWELL'S CORNERS
    JOSEPH ATWELL, 1754-1834
    REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
    SETTLED HERE 1792. OVERSEER
    OF POMPEY HIGHWAYS 1794
    OWNED LOT IN MILITARY TRACT
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT MADISON & ONON. CO. LINE 4 MI. SOUTH OF ORAN

  • BAPTIST CHURCH
    BUILT 1820 BY N. STERLING.
    FREDERICK FREEMAN FIRST
    PASTOR. ABANDONED IN 1834.
    ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
    1866-92. NOW LEMOYNE HALL.
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT POMPEY

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    GOV. HORATIO SEYMOUR, 1811
    TWICE GOVERNOR OF NEW
    YORK STATE. DEMOCRATIC
    CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
    AGAINST GRANT
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF US 20 AND NYS 91 AT POMPEY

  • BIRTHPLACE OF
    CHARLES MASON
    BORN HERE IN LOG HOUSE 1804
    GRADUATE WEST POINT 1829
    CHIEF JUSTICE IOWA 1838-42
    U.S. COMM'R PATENTS 1853-57.
    Location: ON US 20 ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF POMPEY

  • CAPE COD COTTAGE
    BUILT 1794
    SLAVE RUNNING STATION
    FOR SHELTERING SLAVES
    DURING CIVIL WAR.
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 1 MI. S.E. OF ORAN

  • CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
    ORGANIZED OCT. 19, 1796
    BY REV. AMENI R. ROBINSON
    CHURCH BUILT IN 1817-18.
    NOW POMPEY PRESBYTERIAN.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. AT POMPEY

  • DROVERS TAVERN, 1820
    BUILT OF MATERIALS TAKEN FROM
    PREMISES; DESIGN OF MAIN HOUSE
    ON FILE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS;
    LAST REMAINING TAVERN
    FOR DROVERS.
    Location: ON NYS 92 & NYS 20 N ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF ORAN

  • FIRST MASS
    IN NEW YORK STATE
    WAS OFFERED ABOUT 300 FEET NORTH
    OF THIS MARKER BY REV. J.M.
    CHAUMONT, 1655, IN A BARK CHAPEL
    Location: AT INDIAN HILL ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. SOUTHWEST OF ORAN

  • FIRST SCHOOL
    ERECTED IN TOWN OF POMPEY
    1797 AND USED UNTIL 1810
    HEPSABAH BEEBEE--TEACHER
    CEMETERY ADJOINED SCHOOL
    GROUNDS, LATER REMOVED
    Location: ON NYS 91 AT POMPEY

  • FIRST STEAMBOAT
    BUILT BY WM. AVERY 1 MILE
    SOUTH OF ORAN. LAUNCHED
    IN LINESTONE CREEK NEAR
    BUELLVILLE, 1823, LATER FIRST
    STEAMBOAT USED ON ERIE CANAL
    Location: ON NYS 92 & NYS 20 N ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTHWEST OF ORAN

  • FIRST TAVERN
    1796-1808
    BUILT AND KEPT BY JOB
    BARTHOLOMEW. BURNED 1808.
    ANOTHER BUILT ON SAME SITE
    IN 1809 KEPT BY WM. SCOVILLE
    Location: ON NYS 92 & NYS 20 N AT ORAN

  • HANDY'S TAVERN
    1797 FIRST FRAME BUILDING
    ERECTED BY E. BUTLER, JR.
    AND RUN AS A TAVERN BY HIM.
    THE ORIGINAL FRAME IS
    STILL IN THE HOUSE.
    Location: ON NYS 91 AT POMPEY

  • INDIAN HILL
    WAS THE HOME OF THE ONONDAGA
    INDIANS. LARGE POPULATION
    LIVED HERE IN 1655.
    Location: AT INDIAN HILL ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORAN

  • INDIAN WAR STONE
    GRINDSTONE OF THE ONONDAGA
    INDIANS. USED TO SHARPEN
    ARROWS AND SPEARS AT INDIAN
    HILL UNTIL 1666. MOVED TO
    LEMOYNE PARK POMPEY, 1905.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. AT POMPEY

  • LOG HOUSE
    ERECTED 1791 BY EBENEZER
    BUTLER, JR. FIRST WHITE
    SETTLER ON POMPEY HILL.
    A REV. WAR SOLDIER,
    MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY
    Location: ON US 20 AT POMPEY

  • OLDEST FRAME HOUSE
    IN TOWN OF POMPEY
    BUILT BY EBENEZER
    HANDY, 1806
    Location: ON US 20 AT POMPEY

  • ORAN
    SETTLED IN 1793 BY THE
    BARNES BROTHERS, ASA
    ROSEWLL, AND PHINEAS.
    CAME HERE WITH THEIR
    FAMILIES FROM MASSACHUESTTS.
    Location: ON NYS 92 & NYS 20 N AT ORAN

  • PRATT'S FALLS
    FIRST MILLS IN ONON. CO.
    BUILT BY MANOAH PRATT, SR.
    ABND ABRAHAM SMITH IN 1796
    FIRST A SAW MILL AND THEN
    A FLOUR MILL IN 1798.
    Location: ON COUNTY RD. AT PRATT'S FALLS PARK

  • ROMAN CATHOLIC
    MISSION CHURCH
    FIRST IN POMPEY WAS
    LOCATED HERE, 1857-1866.
    FATHER JAMES CAHILL,
    FIRST PRIEST
    Location: ON TOWN RD. AT POMPEY

  • SITE OF
    GREEN'S HOUSE
    BUILT OF LOGS IN 1796 BY
    DAVID GREEN. THE SETTLEMENT
    WAS KNOWN FOR YEARS AS
    GREEN'S CORNERS
    Location: ON US 20 AT POMPEY CENTER

  • SITE OF
    FIRST SCHOOL
    BUILT HERE ABOUT 1800.
    GEORGE CLARK, FIRST TEACHER
    AND AFTERWARDS THE FIRST
    MERCHANT IN ORAN
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT ORAN

  • SITE OF
    LOG CITY
    RIVAL OF POMPEY WITH A
    STORE, ASERY, TANNERY,
    SHOE AND CARPENTER SHOPS,
    AND A SCHOOLHOUSE.
    Location: ON NYS 91 ABOUT 1 1/4 MILES NORTH POMPEY

  • SITE OFACE OF
    POMPEY ACADEMY
    1810-1834
    ORIGINAL ACADEMY WAS 40 X 50
    FEET FRAME BUILDINGS, TWO STORIES,
    GABLE END FACING SOUTH.
    Location: ON TOWN RD. AT POMPEY

County: ONONDAGA
Town: SALINA, TOWN OF

  • SALT MAKING
    MANUFACTURE OF SALT WAS
    BEGUN HERE IN LIVERPOOL
    BY JOHN DANFORTH, BROTHER
    AS ASA DANFORTH, 1794
    Location: ON NYS 57 & NYS 370 AT LIVERPOOL

County: ONONDAGA
Town: SKANEATELES, TOWN OF

  • SITE OF THE OLD
    SHERWOOD INN
    BUILT ABOUT 1800

County: ONONDAGA
Town: SYRACUSE, CITY OF

  • GEDDES
    TOWN NAMED FOR JAMES GEDDES
    1763-1838, ENGINEER OF STATE
    CANALS FOR N.Y. WAS FIRST
    TO MAKE SALT HERE. SURVEYED
    SITE OF SYRACUSE, 1804
    Location: AT THE INTERSECTION OF NYS 48 AND HIAWATHA BLVD. AT SYRACUSE

County: ONONDAGA
Town: VAN BUREN, TOWN OF

  • ONONDAGA BRICK
    THOMAS MARVIN, SOLDIER IN
    WARS OF 1776 AND 1812,
    SETTLED HERE 1811 (CAZENOVIA
    1800). MADE FIRST BRICK HERE FROM
    NATIVE CLAY TROD BY OXEN.
    Location: AT THE INTERSECTION OF NYS 48 AND HIAWATHA BLVD. AT SYRACUSE

County: ONTARIO
Town: BRISTOL, TOWN OF

  • BURNING SPRINGS
    CHARTED ON EARLIEST MAPS
    OF NORTH AMERICA AFTER
    LA SALLE'S VISIT AUGUST 1669.
    CAUSED BY ESCAPING NATURAL
    GAS. ONCE MYSTERY TO VISITORS
    Location: ON CASE RD. ABOUT 1 MI. NORTHWEST OF BRISTOL CENTER

County: ONTARIO
Town: CANANDAIGUA, TOWN OF

  • CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY
    INCORPORATED 1795
    FIRST ACADEMY ON
    PHELPS & GORHAM TRACT
    Location: ON NYS 332 BETWEEN FORT HILL AVE. & GRANGER ST.

  • GRANGER HOMESTEAD
    HOME OF GIDEON GRANGER
    POSTMASTER GEN. IN GACINETS
    OF JEFFERSON & MADISON
    RESIDENT HERE 1814-1822
    Location: ON NYS 332 BETWEEN GRANGER & CHAPEL STS.

  • PHELPS-GORHAM PURCHASE
    PIONEER LAND OFFICE IN
    WESTERN N.Y. ESTAB. HERE
    1ST JUDGE OF CO. 1789-93
    Location: ON US 20, NYS 5 & NYS 21 BETWEEN NIAGARA & ONTARIO STS.

  • SITE OF
    PIONEER HOME
    CAPT. JASPER PARRISH
    SETTLED HERE IN 1792
    INDIAN CAPTIVE SIX YEARS
    GOVT. INTERTERTER LATER
    DIED IN 1826
    Location: ON US 20 & NYS 5 AT INTERSECTION S. MAIN & PARISH STS.

  • [ARROW]
    8 MILES NORTH, ROUTE 21
    CUMORAH
    FAMOUS MORMON HILL
    AND
    ANGEL MORONI MONUMENT
    Location: ON NYS 21 & NYS 332 AT INTERSECTION N. MAIN ST. & GIBSON ST.

County: ONTARIO
Town: FARMINGTON, TOWN OF

  • HERENDEEN HOMESTEAD
    1832. ENTRANCE PORCH ADDED BY
    JOSEPHINE HERENDEEN
    1932
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF FARMINGTON

County: ONTARIO
Town: GENEVA, CITY OF

  • GANECHSTAGE
    SITE OF SENECA VILLAGE
    AND JESUIT MISSION
    FOR THE INDIANS
    ESTABLISHED 1687
    Location: ON WHITE SPRING RD. AT THE WEST LIMITS OF CITY.

  • PREEMPTION LINE
    BOUNDARY DRAWN BETWEEN
    MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW YORK
    DECEMBER 16, 1786
    CAUSE OF LONG CONTROVERSY
    IN WESTERN NEW YORK
    Location: ON US 20 & NYS 5 AT WESTERN EDGE OF THE CITY

  • SITE OF
    GENEVA HOTEL
    ERECTED 1796
    BY
    CAPT. CHARLES WILLIAMSON
    Location: ON WASHINGTON ST. BETWEEN PULTENEY & MAIN STS.

  • SITE OF GENEVA
    MEDICAL COLLEGE
    ELIZ. BLACKWELL RECEIVED
    HERE IN 1849 THE FIRST
    DEGREE OF MD EVER
    CONFERRED UPON A WOMAN
    Location: ON US 20, NYS 5 & NYS 14 BETWEEN WASHINGTON & HAMILTON STS.

  • SITE OF LOG HOUSE
    ERECTED 1787 LATER
    KNOWN AS
    ELARK JENINGS TAVERN
    Location: ON S. EXCHANGE ST. SOUTH OF WASHINGTON ST.

  • SMITH OBSERVATORY
    WORLD FAMOUS FOR THE
    DISCOVERIES OF DIRECTOR
    DR. WILLIAM R. BROOKS
    Location: ON CASTLE ST. BETWEEN HILLCREST & HIGHLAND AVES.

  • TORY QUARTERS
    SITE OF MILITARY DEPOT
    UNDER COMMAND OF
    COL. JOHN BUTLER
    DESTROYED SEPT. 1779 IN
    SULLIVAN EXPEDITION
    Location: ON US 20 & NYS 5 ALONG SENECA LAKE

County: ONTARIO
Town: GENEVA, TOWN OF

  • GLASS FACTORY
    BAY
    1810 - 1850
    ONTARIO GLASS MANUFACTORY
    BLOWERS OF WINDOW GLASS
    VILLAGE OF 500 INHABITANTS
    Location: ON RTE. 14 ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES S. OF GENEVA

  • SITE OF KANADESAGA
    CHIEF CASTLE OF
    THE SENECA NATION
    DESTROYED SEPT. 7, 1779
    IN GEN. JOHN SULLIVAN'S
    RAID
    Location: ON CO. RD. TO SENECA CASTLE ABOUT 1/4 MILE WEST OF GENEVA

County: ONTARIO
Town: GORHAM, TOWN OF

  • MARCUS WHITMAN
    PIONEER MISSIONARY PATRIOT
    COLONIZER IN OREGON TER.
    BORN HERE SEPT. 4, 1802
    Location: ON NYS 245 AT RUSHVILLE

County: ONTARIO
Town: MANCHESTER, TOWN OF

  • HILL CUMORAH
    THE MORMONS BELIEVE THAT
    HERE IN 1827 JOSEPH SMITH
    RECEIVED THE BOOK OF MORMON
    Location: ON NYS 21 ABOUT 2 MILES N. OF MANCHESTER

  • [ARROW]
    2 MILES NORTH
    CUMORAH
    FAMOUS MORMON HILL
    AND
    ANGEL MORONI MONUMENT
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF NYS 21 & NYS 96 AT MANCHESTER

County: ONTARIO
Town: NAPLES, TOWN OF

  • FIRST CHURCH
    ON THIS SITE WAS ORGANIZED
    THE "FIRST RELIGIOUS COMPACT
    OF MIDDLETOWN 1800" THE
    CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1824
    Location: IN VILLAGE PARK IN NAPLES

  • FOSSIL TREE
    ONE MILE WEST OF THIS SPOT
    WAS DISCOVERED THE FOSSIL
    DEVONIAN TREE TRUNK IN THE
    BED OF GRIMES CREEK. IT IS
    NOW IN THE STATE MUSEUM
    Location: ON NYS 21 & NYS 245 AT NAPLES

  • NAPLES
    KNOWN AS WATKINSTOWN 1789;
    NAMED MIDDLETOWN 1796,
    MIDWAY BETWEEN CANANDAIGUA
    AND BATH; NAPLES APRIL 6, 1808
    Location: ON NYS 21 & NYS 245 AT NAPLES

  • NAPLES
    FOUNDED 1789 ON THE OLD
    SENECA VILLAGE OF NUNDAWAO;
    FIRST KNOWN AS WATKINSTOWN;
    IN 1796 CALLED MIDDLETOWN;
    ON APRIL 6, 1808, NAMED NAPLES
    Location: ON NYS 21 & NYS 245 AT NAPLES

County: ONTARIO
Town: RICHMOND, TOWN OF

  • MILITARY ROUTE
    OF THE SULLIVAN-CLINTON
    ARMY ON ITS CAMPAIGN
    AGAINST THE BRITISH
    AND INDIANS OF WESTERN
    NEW YORK IN 1779
    Location: ON US 20A ABOUT 1/2 MILE E. OF HONEOYE

  • NEARBY IS THE SITE OF
    PIONEER HOME
    CAPT. PETER PITTS
    FIRST SETTLER IN TOWN
    OF RICHMOND
    Location: ON US 20A ABOUT 1/2 MILE E. OF HONEOYE

  • OLD REED
    HOMESTEAD
    FRIST BRICK HOUSE
    IN TOWN OF RICHMOND
    BUILT 1803 BY
    PHILIP REED
    Location: ON REED RD. ABOUT 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF RICHMOND MILLS

  • PITTS MANSION
    BUILT 1821 BY
    GIDEON PITTS
    SON OF CAPT. PETER PITTS
    PIONEER SETTLER IN 1789
    Location: ON US 10A AT HONEOYE

County: ONTARIO
Town: VICTOR, TOWN OF

  • EZRA WILMARTH
    OPENED STAGECOACH INN HERE
    DEC. 25, 1815. ORIGINAL
    INN SIGN HAD MASONIC EMBLEM.
    SOLDIERS OF WAR OF 1812
    GATHERED ON THIS SITE
    Location: ON CO. RD. ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF VICTOR

  • FISHER HOMESTEAD
    OLDEST HOUSE HERE, BUILT
    BY CHAS. FISHER, 1811. FISHERS
    NAMED FOR HIM. POST OFFICE
    1850. HOME OF HENRY PARDEE,
    ASSEMBLYMAN 1840.
    Location: ON CO. RD. AT FISHERS

  • PARK PLACE
    BUILT BY SIMEON PARKS
    APRIL 1813, WHO CLEARED
    A LARGE TRACT OF LAND.
    FAMOUS PLANK ROAD WENT
    BY HERE
    Location: ON TOWN RD. ABOUT 1 1/4 MILES EAST OF FISHERS

  • SENECA TRAIL
    TRAVERSED BY FRENCH ARMY
    OF DENONVILLE, 1687. HERE
    WERE SENECA LODGES WHERE
    FRIENDLY INDIAN FOLLOWERS
    OF TRAIL WERE WELCOMED
    Location: ON TN. RD. ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF VICTOR

County: ORANGE
Town: BLOOMING GROVE, TOWN OF

  • PINE HILL FARM
    HECTOR ST. JOHN DE
    CREVECOEUR, 1735-1813.
    SETTLED HERE 1769 AND HERE
    WROTE "LETTERS FROM AN
    AMERICAN FARMER" (LOUNDON 1782)
    Location: ON NYS 45 ABOUT 1/2 MI. N.E. OF CRAIGSVILLETOR

  • SITE OF
    CROMLINE HOUSE
    BUILT BY DANIEL CROMLINE,
    1716, NAMED GREYCOURT INN.
    BEFORE 1765 WAS MAIN HOUSE
    BETWEEN NEW WINDSOR AND
    Location: ON NYS 94 ABOUT 1 MI. N.E. OF CRAIGSVILLETOR

County: ORANGE
Town: CHESTER, TOWN OF

  • CHESTER MILITIA
    ORGANIZED IN 1775 AS
    CAPT. JOHN JACKSON'S CO.
    IN COL. WILLIAM ALLISON'S
    GOSHEN REGT. SERVED AT
    RIVER FORTS AND MINISINK
    Location: ON NYS 94 AT CHESTER

  • OTTERKILL
    ON THIS STREAM THE FIRST
    GRIST MILL WAS OPERATED
    BEGORE 1785, OWNED BY
    JONAS DENTON AND RUN
    BY HIS SON, THOMAS DENTON
    Location: ON US 6 & NYS 17 AT CHESTER

  • REVOLUTIONARY
    MILITIA
    OF ORANGE AND ULSTER
    ASSEMBLED HERE, DEC., 1776.
    COL. WOODHULL CAMPED HERE, 1777.
    DEC., 1778, MILITIA MET TO
    MARCH TO MINISINK
    Location: ON NYS 94 AT CHESTER

  • SITE OF
    FIRST POST OFFICE
    IN CHESTER WAS LOCATED
    IN A SMALL BUILDING HERE
    IN 1794. JAMES WICKHAM,
    POSTMASTER
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF NYS 17 A & NYS 94 AT CHESTER

  • WAWAYANDA PATENT
    COVERING ABOUT HALF OF
    PRESENT ORANGE COUNTY WAS
    GRANTED BY GOV. CORNBURY
    MAR. 5, 1703 TO JOHN BRIDGES
    AND ELEVEN ASSOCIATES
    Location: ON US 6 & NYS 17 ABOUT 1/2 MI. EAST OF CHESTER

County: ORANGE
Town: CORNWALL, TOWN OF

  • NEW YORK, NEW HAMPSHIRE
    AND NEW JERSEY TROOPS
    QUARTERED 2500 FEET N.E.
    IN HUTS ON WEST BANK OF
    SILVER STREAM 1782-83
    Location: ON N. SIDE NYS 94 AT RILEY RD.INSTRSCTN. 1 MI. W. VAILS GATE

County: ORANGE
Town: CRAWFORD, TOWN OF

  • ORANGE COUNTY
    ONE OF ORIGINAL COUNTIES
    OF PROVINCE OF NEW YORK,
    ESTABLISHED 1683, BY GOV.
    THOMAS DONGAN, NAMED FOR
    WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE
    Location: ON NYS 52 AT ULSTER-ORANGE COUNTY LINE

County: ORANGE
Town: DEERPARK, TOWN OF

  • BOLTON BASIN
    A PORT ON THE OLD D. & H.
    CANAL, 1828-1898, NAMED
    FOR JOHN BOLTON, FOUTH
    PRESIDENT, D. & H. CANAL
    Location: ON NYS 97 AT OLD BOLTON

  • CAMP SITE
    SECOND N. Y. REGIMENT, ON
    WAY TO STROUDSBURG MAY 7,
    1779 TO BUILD ROAD TO
    WYOMING FOR SULLIVAN'S
    MARCH AGAINST INDIANS
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT JERVIS

  • CUDDEBACK
    HOMESTEAD BUILT IN 1755
    BY JACOBUS CUDDEBACK
    HUGUENOT REFUGEE FROM
    FRANCE WHO SETTLED IN
    THIS VICINITY ABOUT 1698
    Location: ON US 209 SOUTH OF GODEFFROY

  • CUDDEBACKVILLE
    NAMED FOR
    WILLIAM A. CUDDEBACK,
    COLONEL IN WAR OF 1812,
    ESTABLISHED 1826 ON
    DELAWARE AND HUDSON CANAL
    Location: ON US 209 AT VLGE. CUDDEBACKVILLE

  • D. & H. CANAL
    CROSSED THE NEVERSINK
    RIVER HERE IN A WOODEN
    AQUEDUCT, ABUTMENTS
    SHOWING SIZE OF CHANNEL
    100 YARDS ABOVE BRIDGE
    Location: ON US 209 HALFWAY BETWEEN HUGUENOT & PORT JERVIS

  • D. AND H. CANAL
    OPENED 1828-1898,
    FROM HONESDALE, PA. TO
    KINGSTON. CARRIED BULK OF
    NEW YORK CITY'S COAL UNTIL
    AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
    Location: ON US 209 AT CUDDEBACKVILLE

  • D. AND H. CANAL
    OPENED 1828, CLOSED 1898,
    FROM HONESDALE, PA. TO
    KINGSTON. CARRIED BULK OF
    NEW YORK CITY'S COAL UNTIL
    AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
    Location: ON US 209 AT SULLIVAN-ORANGE COUNTY LINE

  • D. AND H. CANAL
    CROSSED THE MONGAUP RIVER
    HERE IN A WOODEN AQUEDUCT.
    CARRIED BULK OF NEW YORK
    CITY'S COAL, VIA KINGSTON,
    UNTIL AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
    Location: ON NYS 97 AT ORANGE-SULLIVAN COUNTY LINE

  • D. AND H. CANAL
    A SLUICE FROM THE MONGAUP
    RIVER CROSSED HERE TO
    FILL CANAL. REMAINS OF
    STONEWORK MAY BE SEEN
    ABOVE BRIDGE
    Location: ON NYS 97 AT ORANGE-SULLIVAN COUNTY LINE

  • DECKER FORT
    MAJOR DECKER'S STOCKADED
    HOUSE ON THIS SITE BURNED
    BY BRANT'S RAIDERS, JULY
    20, 1779. MILITIA PURSUING
    BRANT RALLIED HERE
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT JERVIS

  • DECKER'S TAVERN
    HERE MODELINE, THE INDIAN
    WHO SCALPED TOM QUICK, SR.
    REENACTED THE OLD MAN'S
    DEATH AGONY. HE WAS SHOT
    FOR IT BY TOM QUICK, JR.

  • FIRST SETTLER
    ABOUT 1690 WILLIAM TIETSOORT
    SET UP A BLACKSMITH SHOP
    HERE AT REQUEST OF INDIANS
    WHO GAVE HIM THIS LAND
    WEST OF THEIR VILLAGE

  • FORT GUMAER
    BUILT IN FRENCH AND INDIAN
    WAR, 1755-1763M ON KNOLL
    ACROSS FLATS. SHELTERED
    105 SETTLERS DURING TORY
    AND INDIAN RAIDS, 1778-9
    Location: ON US 209 BETWEEN HUGUENOT AND GODEFFROY

  • INDIAN RAID
    ROUTE TAKEN BY COL. BRANT
    WITH CAPTIVES AND CATTLE
    TAKEN IN THE SACK OF
    MINISINK (PORT JERVIS)
    JULY 20, 1779
    Location: AT INTRSCTN. NYS 97 & 42

  • INDIAN RAID
    ROUTE TAKEN BY N.Y. AND
    N. J. MILITIA IN PURSUIT
    OF COL. BANT AFOR RAID
    ON MINISINK (PORT JERVIS)
    JULY 21, 1779
    Location: ON US 209 ABOUT 1/2 SOUTH OF CUDDEBACKVILLE

  • INDIAN RAID
    ANTHONY VAN ETTEN BUILT A.
    SMITHY HERE ABOUT 1750.
    JAMES SWARTOUT HID IN
    FLUE DURING RAID OF 1779,
    THUS KEEPING HIS SCALP.
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT JERVIS

  • INDIAN RAID
    HOME OF PHILIP SWARTOUT
    CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE OF
    SAFETY, 1777. HE AND TWO
    SONS WERE SACALPED HERE IN
    BRANT'S RAID, OCT. 15, 1778
    Location: ON US 209 AT HUGUENOT

  • INDIAN RAID
    GRIST MILL ON THIS STREAM
    BUILT BY SOLOMON DAVIS
    ABOUT 1730, WAS BURNED IN
    BRANT'S RAID, JULY 20, 1779
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF PORT JERVIS

  • INDIAN RAID
    SCHOOL HERE WAS BURNED BY
    RAIDERS, JULY 20, 1779.
    TEACHER SCALPED: BOYS
    MADE PRISONERS: GIRLS SAVED
    BY BRANT'S MARK ON APRONS
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF PORT JERVIS

  • INDIAN RAID
    ROUTE BY WHICH COL. BRANT
    AND HIS MOHAWK AND TORY
    RAIDERS DESCENDED ON THIS
    VALLEY OCTOBER 13, 1778
    AND JULY 20, 1779
    Location: ON CAHOONZIE RD. BETWEEN US 209 & NEVERSINK DRIVE

  • INDIAN RAID
    ROUTE BY WHICH COL. BRANT
    AND HIS MOHAWK AND TORY
    RAIDERS DESCENDED ON THIS
    VALLEY OCTOBER 13, 1778
    AND JULY 20, 1779
    Location: ON US 209 SO. OF HUGUENOT

  • INDIAN RAID
    HOME OF SOLOMON KUIYKEN DALL,
    JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
    1771-1787
    BURNED BY BRANT'S MOHAWKS
    AND TORIES, JULY 20, 1779
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. EAST OF PORT JERVIS

  • INDIAN RAID
    ROUTE BY WHICH CO. BRANT
    AND HIS MOHAWK AND TORY
    RAIDERS DESCENDED ON THIS
    VALLEY OCTOBER 13, 1778
    AND JULY 20, 1779
    Location: JUST OFF US 209 WHERE CAHOONZIE RD. FORKS

  • INDIAN RAID
    HOUSE AND BARN OF JACOBUS
    VAN FLEET ON THIS SITE
    BURNED BY BRANT'S RAIDERS,
    JULY 20, 1779
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF PORT JERVIS

  • INDIAN VILLAGE
    ON THE PLATEAU TO THE WEST
    STOOD THE INDIAN VILLAGE
    OQUEKUMSEY
    ABANDONED 1730, EXCAVATED
    BY N. Y. STATE MUSEUM, 1909
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF PORT JERVIS

  • KAATSBAAN
    (DUTCH FOR TENNIS COURT)
    SITE OF INDIAN FOOTBALL
    FIELD IN BEND OF RIVER
    HOME OF WILLIAM TIETSOORT,
    1690-1713
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. E. OF PORT JERVIS

  • N. J. CLAIM LINE
    STATE LINE AS CLAIMED BY
    NEW JERSEY, 1686-1768,
    7 MILES NORTH OF PRESENT
    LINE AT PORT JERVIS, N. Y.
    CAUSED 50 YEAR BORDER WAR
    Location: ON US 209 HALFWAY BETWEEN HUGUENOT & PORT JERVIS

  • N. J. LINE WAR
    LAND OF WESTFALL & CO.
    WAS SETTLED ON JERSEY CLAIM
    1698. ATTACKED BY ARMED
    NEW YORKERS FROM GOSHEN
    AND PEENPACK, 1701-1759
    Location: ON US 209 SO. OF GODEFFROY

  • N. J. LINE WAR
    MAJOR JACOBUS SWARTOUT,
    LEADER OF N. Y. FACTION,
    SETTLED HERE ABOUT 1741
    AND WAS LATER KIDNAPPED
    BY JERSEY MEN
    Location: ON US 209 AT HUGUENOT

  • N. J. LINE WAR
    HENRICK DECKER AND HIS
    BROTHER, JAN SETTLED HERE
    ABOUT 1698. HEADQUARTERS
    OF N. J. LINE COMMISSIONERS
    AND SURVEYORS, 1719
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. E. OF PORT JERVIS

  • N. J. LINE WAR
    CAPT. JOHANNES WESTBROOK
    ON N. Y. FACTION, SETTLED
    HERE ON LAND CLAIMED BY
    N. Y., ABOUT 1740. WAS LATER
    KIDNAPPED BY JERSEY FACTION
    Location: ON US 209 ABOUT 3/4 MI. N. E. PT. JERVIS

  • N. J. LINE WAR
    LAND OF WESTFALL & CO.
    WAS SETTLED ON JERSEY CLAIM
    1698. ATTACKED BY ARMED
    NEW YORKERS FROM GOSHEN
    AND PEENPACK, 1701-1759
    Location: ON US 209 HALFWAY BETWEEN HUGUENOT & PORT JERVIS

  • NEVERSINK DRIVE
    (HORN ROAD)
    ALONG THIS OLD ROAD ARE
    SCENES OF EVENTS IN THE
    RAID BY THE MOHAWK CHIEF,
    JOSEPH BRANT, JULY 20, 1779
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. E. OF PORT JERVIS

  • OLD MINE ROAD
    OLDEST 100-MILE ROAD IN
    AMERICA. BUILT BY DUTCH
    MINERS BEFORE 1664 FROM
    KINGSTON TO COPPER MINES
    NEAR DELAWARE WATER GAP
    Location: ON CAHOONZIE RD. BETWEEN US 209 & NEVERSINK DRIVE

  • OLD MINE ROAD
    OLDEST 100-MILE ROAD IN
    AMERICA. BUILT BY DUTCH
    MINERS BEFORE 1664 FROM
    KINGSTON TO COPPER MINES
    NEAR DELAWARE WATER GAP
    Location: ON US 6 WHERE RD. TURNS OFF AT TRI STATES

  • OLD TURNPIKE
    BUILT 1809, CONNECTING
    MINISINK (PORT JERVIS)
    WITH NEWBURGH, VIA
    MIDDLETOWN AND MONTGOMERY
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. ABOUT 1 1/2 MIS. NORTHEAST OF PORT JERVIS

  • ORANGE COUNTY
    ONE OF ORIGINAL COUNTIES
    OF PROVINCE OF NEW YORK,
    ESTABLISHED 1683, BY GOV.
    THOMAS DONGAN, NAMED FOR
    WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE
    Location: ON US 209 AT SULLIVAN-ORANGE COUNTY LINE

  • ORANGE COUNTY
    ONE OF THE ORIGINAL COUNTIES
    OF PROVINCE OF NEW YORK
    ESTABLISHED 1683, BY GOV.
    THOMAS DONGAN, NAMED FOR
    WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE
    Location: ON RIVER RD. AT NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY LINE SO. PORT JERVIS

  • ORANGE COUNTY
    ONE OF ORIGINAL COUNTIES
    OF PROVINCE OF NEW YORK,
    ESTABLISHED 1683, BY GOV.
    THOMAS DONGAN, NAMED FOR
    WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE
    Location: ON NYS 97 AT SULLIVAN-ORANGE COUNTY LINE

  • PENHORN'S LAND
    783 ACRES OF FERTILE
    LOWLAND OCCUPIED BY CHIEF
    PENHORN AND HIS TRIBE.
    SOLD BY THEM IN 1730 TO
    DAVIS, COLE AND VAN AUKEN
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF PORT JERVIS

  • RESIDENCE SITE
    CAPT. ABRAHAM WESTFALL
    WOUNDED IN BATTLE OF
    BUNKER HILL, FOUGHT AT
    TRENTON, BRANDYWINE,
    BLOODY RUN AND STONY POINT
    Location: ON US 209 SOUTH OF HUGUENOT

  • SITE OF
    PEENPACK SCHOOL
    BUILT ABOUT 1765. FIRST
    SCHOOLMASTER, THOMAS KYTE, MEMBER
    COMMITTEE OF SAFETY, 1776

  • SITE OF HOME
    HARMANUS VAN INWEGEN
    MEMBER OF COMMITTEE OF
    SAFETY. GERARDUS, HIS
    SON, WAS KILLED AT FORT
    MONTGOMERY, OCT.6, 1777
    Location: ON US 209 NORTH OF HUGUENOT

  • SLAVES
    OLD BURIAL GROUND FOR
    SLAVES OWNED BY FAMILIES
    IN THIS VICINITY IS
    LOCATED ON THE HILL ABOVE
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT JERVIS

  • WILAHOOSA CAVE
    MAJOR JOHANNES DECKER
    WOUNDED BY INDIANS OF
    BRANT'S RAIDING PARTY,
    ESCAPED BY HIDING IN THE
    CAVE ABOVE JULY 20, 1779
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF PORT JERVIS

  • [ARROW]
    FORT VAN AUKEN
    WHICH STOOD HERE DURING
    REVOLUTION, UNSUCCESSFULLY
    ATTACKED BY MOHAWKS AND
    TORIES, LED BY JOSEPH
    BRANT, JULY 20, 1779
    Location: ON NEVERSINK DR. ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF PORT JERVI

County: ORANGE
Town: GOSHEN, TOWN OF

  • HISTORIC TRACK
    "CRADLE OF THE TROTTER"
    MADE FAMOUS BY
    HAMBLETONIAN (1849-1876)
    SIRE OF TROTTERS
    Location: E. SIDE OF PARK PL. NEAR ENTRANCE TO HISTORIC TRACK

County: ORANGE
Town: HIGHLAND, TOWN OF

  • BUTTERMILK FALLS
    AT THE FOOT OF THIS LANE
    AT BUTTERMILK FALLS, WAS
    THE HEADQUARTERS OF GEN.
    ISRAEL PUTNAM, COMMANDER
    IN THE HIGHLANDS, 1779
    Location: ON OLD 9W IN VLGE. OF HIGHLAND FALLS

  • CAPTAIN MOLLY
    MARGARET CORBIN, HEROINE
    OF THE BATTLE OF FORT
    WASHINGTON, PASSED HER LAST
    DAYS ON THE FORMER MORGAN
    ESTATE, NEAR HERE
    Location: ON OLD 9W AT VLGE. OF HIGHLAND FALLS

  • FOREST OF DEAN
    IRON MINE, OPENED BEFORE
    THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR; NOW
    A MILE DEEP; SUPPLIED ORE
    FOR THE QUEENSBORO
    FURNACE BEFORE 1777
    Location: ON NYS 293 ABOUT 5 MIS. N.E. OF CENTRAL VALLEY

  • FORT MONTGOMERY
    LAST STAND OF AMERICAN
    MILITIA, IN THE DEFENSE OF
    FORTS CLINTON & MONTGOMERY
    AGAINIST THE BRITISH
    OCTOBER 7, 1777
    Location: ON US 9W JUST N. OF BEAR MT. BRIDGE TRAFFIC CIRCLE

  • HUDSON GORGE
    THIS NARROW PART OF THE
    RIVER WAS FORTIFIED BY THE
    AMERICANS IN THE REVOLUTION
    WITH FORTS MONTGOMERY AND
    CLINTON AND AN IRON CHAIN
    Location: ON PERKINS MEMORIAL DR. AT BEAR MOUNTAIN STATE PARK

  • JOHN BURROUGHS
    APRIL 3, 1837-MARCH 29, 1921
    AS A YOUNG MAN, THE POET-
    NATURALIST TAUGHT SCHOOL NEAR
    THIS SPOT. HERE HE WROTE
    HIS POEM "WAITING"
    Location: ON OLD 9W AT VLGE. OF HIGHLAND FALLS

  • ORANGE COUNTY
    ONE OF ORIGINAL COUNTIES
    OF PROVINCE OF NEW YORK
    ESTABLISHED 1683, BY GOV.
    THOMAS DONGAN, NAMED FOR
    WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE

  • REDOUBTS
    NUMBERS 1 AND 2
    ON HILLS ABOVE ARE REDOUBTS
    BUILT 1778-9, AS SOUTHERN
    DEFENSES OF AMERICAN
    STRONGHOLD AT WEST POINT
    Location: JUST OF US 9W AT WEST END OF HIGHLAND FALLS

  • ROAD TO SMITH'S CLOVE
    DURING THE REVOLUTION WAS
    USED BY TROOPS FROM THE
    CAMP IN SMITH'S CLOVE
    (NOW WOODBURY) TO FOREST
    OF DEAN AND WEST POINT
    Location: ON NYS 293 ABOUT 5 MIS. N.E. OF CENTRAL VALLEY

  • STONY LONESOME
    THIS ROCKY VALLEY, NAMED
    DURING THE REVOLUTION, WAS
    A PASS TO THE WESTERN
    DEFENSES OF WEST POINT
    AND WAS STRONGLY GUARDED
    Location: ON OLD 9W AT SOUTH END OF VLG. OF HIGHLAND FALLS

  • WASHINGTON VALLEY
    AT THE FOOT OF THIS VALLEY
    ON THE BANK OF THE HUDSON
    WAS THE MOORE HOUSE, USED
    AS HEADQUARTERS IN 1779 BY
    WASHINGTON WHEN AT WEST POINT
    Location: ON NYS 218 AT NORTHERN EDGE OF WEST POINT RESERVATION

  • [ARROW]
    DUNDERBERG
    "THUNDER MOUNTAIN" OF EARLY
    DUTCH SKIPPERS, LEGENDARY
    HOME OF DWERG, WHO SMOTE
    THEM WITH THUNDERSTORMS
    UNLESS THEY SALUTED HIM
    Location: ON PERKINS MEMORIAL DR. AT BEAR MOUNTAIN STATE PARK

  • [ARROW]
    DOODLETOWN
    THE VALLEY SOUTH WAS NAMED,
    ACCORDING TO LOCAL LEGEND,
    BECAUSE THE BRITISH PLAYED
    "YANKEE DOODLE" MARCHING
    THROUGH IT OCT. 7, 1777
    Location: ON PERKINS MEMORIAL DR. AT BEAR MOUNTAIN STATE PAR

  • [ARROW]
    ANTHONY'S NOSE
    THE STEEP HILL OPPOSITE
    WAS SO CALLED, WASHINGTON
    IRVING SAID, FOR THE BIG
    NOSE OF ANTHONY VAN CORLAER,
    DUTCH SLOOP SKIPPER
    Location: ON PERKINS MEMORIAL DR. AT BEAR MOUNTAIN STATE PARK

  • [ARROW]
    HESSIAN LAKE
    SO CALLED BECAUSE OF REPORT
    THAT BODIES OF HESSIANS IN
    BRITISH ARMY ATTACKING FORT
    CLINTON, OCTOBER 7, 1777,
    WERE THROWN IN ITS WATERS
    Location: ON PERKINS MEMORIAL DR. AT BEAR MOUNTAIN STATE PARK

  • [ARROW]
    THE TIMP
    THE CLIFF ON THE WEST END
    OF DUNDERBERG, SHOWING A
    PROFILE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON,
    WAS NAMED FOR A DUTCH WORD,
    "TIMPJE", MEANING "CAKE"
    Location: ON PERKINS MEMORIAL DR. AT BEAR MOUNTAIN STATE PARK

  • [ARROW]
    IRON FURNACE
    ALONG POPOLOPEN CREEK, TO
    THE WEST, STANDS QUEENSBORO
    FURNACE, BUILT ABOUT 1770,
    DISMANTLED BY BRITISH ARMY,
    OCTOBER 7, 1777
    Location: ON PERKINS MEMORIAL DR. IN BEAR MOUNTAIN STATE PARK

  • [ARROW]
    FORT CLINTON
    BELOW IS FORT CLINTON
    AND NORTH OF POPOLOPEN
    CREEK FORT MONTGOMERY, BUILT
    TO DEFEND HUDSON, AND STORMED
    BY BRITISH OCTOBER 7, 1777
    Location: AT INTRSCTN. US 6 & US 9W AT BEAR MOUNTAIN STATE PARK

  • [ARROW]
    POPOLOPEN GORGE
    THE LEFT WING OF BRITISH
    FORCE ASSAULTING FORTS
    CLINTON AND MONTGOMERY
    MARCHED THROUGH THIS
    VALLEY OCTOBER 7, 1777
    Location: ON PERKINS MEMORIAL DR. AT BEAR MOUNTAIN STATE PARK

County: ORANGE
Town: MINISINK, TOWN OF

  • FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
    CHURCH, WESTTOWN, N.Y.
    ORGANIZED MAR. 10, 1803.
    CHURCH ERECTED 1806, OPENED
    NOV. 30, 1807, REBUILT 1838
    REV. THOMAS GRIER FIRST PASTOR
    Location: ON NYS 84 AT WESTTOWN

  • KIMBER FORT
    AND MILL. GEORGE KIMBER, WIFE
    SARAH WESTFALL BOUGHT LAND
    1759. EARLY NEIGHBORS JAMES
    CLARK AND WIFE SARAH VAN
    AUKEN LIVED MILE WEST
    Location: ON NYS 84 AT UNIONVILLE

  • MASONIC LODGE
    SITE OF LODGE ROOM, "OLIVE
    BRANCH" LODGE, CONSTITUTED
    1803. MEETINGS HELD HERE
    IN 1811. LAST MEETING
    DEC. 3, 1822.
    Location: ON NYS 84 AT WESTTOWN

  • ORANGE COUNTY
    ONE OF ORIGINAL COUNTIES
    OF PROVINCE OF NEW YORK,
    ESTABLISHED 1683, BY GOV.
    THOMAS DONGAN, NAMED FOR
    WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE
    Location: ON NYS 84 AT NEW JERSEY-NEW YORK STATE LINE

  • PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    IN UNIONVILLE, N. Y. FIRST
    ORGANIZED BY REV. THOMAS
    GREIR MAR. 20, 1803. CHURCH
    BUILT 1825 REMODELED AND
    ENLARGED AFTER 1850
    Location: ON NYS 84 AT UNIONVILLE

County: ORANGE
Town: MONTGOMERY, TOWN OF

  • HOME OF
    JOHN NICHOLSON
    1743-1811
    WHO HELD MANY PUBLIC OFFICES
    AND SERVED AS COLONEL IN
    THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    Location: ON NYS 208 AT MAYBROOK

County: ORANGE
Town: NEW WINDSOR, TOWN OF

  • BREWSTER HOUSE
    BUILT 1762, BY DEACON SAMUEL
    BREWSTER, FOR HIS SON TIMOTHY.
    QUARTERS OF CHAPLAIN JOEL
    BARLOW OF AMERICAN ARMY
    CAMPED NEAR, 1782-83
    Location: ON TEMPLE HILL RD. ABOUT 2 MIS. NORTH OF VAILS GATE

  • CAMPS OF 1782-83
    NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
    WERE OCCUPIED BY TROOPS
    UNDER WASHINGTON, WAITING
    FOR THE END OF THE WAR
    OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    Location: ON TEMPLE HILL RD. ABOUT 1 MI. NORTH OF VAILS GATE

  • CAMPS OF 1782-83
    NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
    WERE OCCUPIED BY TROOPS
    UNDER WASHINGTON, WAITING
    FOR THE END OF THE WAR
    OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    Location: ON US 9W AT SO. END CITY

  • CAMPS OF 1782-83
    NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
    WERE OCCUPIED BY TROOPS
    UNDER WASHINGTON, WAITING
    FOR THE END OF THE WAR
    OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    Location: ON NYS 32 ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF NEWBURGH

  • CLINTON FARM
    GOVERNOR GEROGE CLINTON,
    COMMANDER OF MILITIA IN
    NEW YORK IN REVOLUTION
    OWNED A FARM HERE
    ABOUT 1770-1780
    Location: ON SO WATER ST. SBOUT 1/2 MI. SOUTH OF NEWBURGH

  • EDMONSTON HOUSE
    BUILT 1735. USED WHEN
    ARMY CAMPED TO NORTH,
    1782-83, BY GENERALS
    ST. CLAIR AND GATES AND
    AS MEDICAL HEADQUARTERS
    Location: ON NYS 94 ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF VAILS GATE

  • FALLS HOUSE SITE
    HERE, OCT. 1777, GEN. GEORGE
    CLINTON RALLIED TROOPS AFTER
    FALL OF FORTS CLINTON AND
    MONTGOMERY, TO DEFEND
    HUDSON VALLEY FROM BRITISH
    Location: ON NYS 207 ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES EAST OF LITTLE BRITAIN

  • FORGE HILL ROAD
    NAMED FOR BREWSTER FORGE
    OF REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD.
    SOLDIERS, MARCHING TO
    NEW WINDSOR CAMP, 1782
    PASSED OVER THIS ROAD
    Location: ON US 9W ABOUT 2 1/2 MIS. SO. OF NEWBURGH

  • HIGBY HOUSE
    HOME OF DR. MOSES HIGBY, WHO
    REMOVED FROM DANIEL TAYLOR,
    BRITISH SPY, A SILVER BULLET
    WITH MESSAGE FROM SIR
    HENRY CLINTON TO BURGOYNE
    Location: AT INTERSECTION OF UNION & CEDAR STS. AT NEW WINDSOR

  • MURDERER'S CREEK
    OLD NAME OF STREAM, GIVEN
    BECAUSE OF SLAYING OF A
    SETTLER NAMED STACY AND
    HIS FAMILY, BY INDIANS IN
    THE UPRISING OF 1650
    Location: ON US 9W ABOUT 2 1/2 MIS. SO. OF NEWBURGH

  • TEMPLE HILL
    IN THE BUILDING THAT STOOD
    HERE, IN 1783, WASHINGTON BY
    A STRRING APPEAL, PREVENTED
    MUTINY BY THE TROOPS, OVER
    HARDSHIPS AND LACK OF PAY
    Location: AT TEMPLE HILL MONUMENT ABOUT 2 MIS. N. VAILS GATE

  • TEMPLE HILL
    AT THE MONUMENT, IN 1782-83
    STOOD THE TEMPLE, A LARGE
    WOODEN BUILDING ERECTED BY
    SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN
    ARMY, FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS
    Location: AT TEMPLE HILL MONUMENT ABOUT 2 MIS. N. VAILS GATE

  • [ARROW]
    TEMPLE HILL
    TWO MILES NORTH, MEETING
    PLACE OF AMERICAN ARMY, 1782-
    83, WHERE WASHINGTON, BY A
    FERVENT ADDRESS, AVERTED A
    MUTINY DUE TO DISCONTENT
    Location: ON NYS 32 AT VAILS GATE

  • [ARROW]
    AMERICAN CAMPS
    HERE IN 1782-83 WERE THE
    HUTS OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE
    SECOND MASSACHUSETTS BRIGADE
    OF WASHINGTON'S ARMY,
    AWAITING PEACE WITH ENGLAND
    Location: ON NYS 94 AT VAILS GATE

  • [ARROW]
    MACHIN'S BATTERY
    OF TWELVE GUNS, WAS PLACED
    ON THE SOUTH END OF PLUM
    POINT, TO SUPPORT THE
    CHEVEAUX-DE-FRIZE TO
    POL