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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYI_kings-highway-and-the-long-clove_Congers-NY.html
Proclaimed by royal decree almost three centuries ago this onetime Indian trail wound its way northward through Long Clove to the Hudson River below. Kings Highway's original purpose was military as the English Crown feared invasion by the French …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYH_sufferns-depot-1841-1941_Suffern-NY.html
As the gateway to the Ramapo Pass, Suffern became an important stop after the Erie Railroad laid its tracks from the Piermont Pier in 1841. In 1848, rails were extended from Jersey City to Suffern. From this period to the mid 20th century…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYG_suffern-grammar-school_Suffern-NY.html
A one-room schoolhouse, Suffern's first, was erected nearby circa 1853. In 1880 a five-room schoolhouse was built on this site. By 1901 a brick school was constructed for $25,000 to accommodate a growing student population. As more studen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYF_scotland-hill-burial-ground-1749-1859_Nanuet-NY.html
This area received its name from the Scots who came in the early 1700s. Among those buried here are tenant farmers Clark and McDougall as well as Blauvelt family members, including Revolutionary War veterans Harmanus Blauvelt and s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYE_memorial-park_Nyack-NY.html
This park was deeded to the Village by the Tappan Zee Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park Association in 1935. The 9 trees around the perimeter of the Park are in memory of the 9 Nyack families whose sons were killed in World War I. Charle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYD_cobblestone-farm_Suffern-NY.html
The cobblestone barn, carriage house and huge dairy barn were the centerpiece of the 200-acre country estate of Henry von L. Meyer Sr., founder and vice president of White Laboratories, which manufactured nationally known drugs such as Feen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYC_rockland-lake-and-hook-mountain_Valley-Cottage-NY.html
This road was formerly Main Street in the Hamlet of Rockland Lake. In the early 17th Century the Dutch named the local cliffs Verdrietige Hoek, or "Tedious Point," which referred to the area surrounding the natural ridge of the Palisa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYB_stephen-rowe-bradley-sr-park_Blauvelt-NY.html
Shortly before his death, community leader and benefactor Stephen Rowe Bradley, Sr. (b. 1836; d. 1910) expressed his intent to donate 212 acres of his land to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. His heirs implemented his wishes a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYA_ladentown-united-methodist-church_Pomona-NY.html
Built in 1865, this church was an outgrowth of the Wesley Chapel, located a few miles to the south. In 1862 a group of residents felt the need for their own church and were sent their first pastor, the Rev. George D. Carmichael, in 1863. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KY8_grand-view-on-hudson-birthplace-of-the-modern-womens-movement_Grand-View-on-Hudson-NY.html
In Grand View Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique. Its publication in 1963 and the birth of the National Organization for Women (NOW), which Friedan co-founded and headed in 1966, helped reduce gender discrimination for millions of …
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