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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KXY_blauvelt-norris-burr-house_Blauvelt-NY.html
The main section and south
kitchen of this Dutch
sandstone homestead were
built c. 1790-1800, the
north addition c. 1840, on
land earlier owned by
David Bogert. The first
known occupant was
Garret I. Blauvelt. In 1853
the farm was acquire…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KXX_shady-side-farm_Spring-Valley-NY.html
In 1826 Gilbert and Phebe
Johnson, prominent Ramapo
landholders, deeded five
acres and a small
farmhouse, rear wing of
present house, to their son
Daniel. He added the two
and one-half story east
section in 1836. His son,
Erastus, complet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KXV_shanks-village_Orangeburg-NY.html
On this site many of
the Camp Shanks barracks
were converted into
housing for World War II
veterans and their families.
Providing living quarters
for about 4,000 people,
it became the largest
veterans' student housing
complex in the natio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KXU_clausland-cemetery_Orangeburg-NY.html
Burial grounds used by
the first settlers of this
northern part of the
Tappan Patent, among them
the Smith and Blauvelt
families. The earliest of
216 recorded graves is
1744 but prior interments
were made. There are
14 Revolutionary War
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KXT_camp-shanks_Tappan-NY.html
Site of one of the largest
U.S. Army staging areas
and embarkation points in
the United States during
World War II. More than
1.3 million men and women
passed through the camp
enroute to Europe. The
camp was 2 1/2 miles long
by one mile w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KXS_bayard-lane_Montebello-NY.html
Bayard Lane (named after
Blandina Bayard, an early
Ramapo settler) was the first
of the back-to-the-land
homestead communities
formed by Ralph Borsodi, the
economist who established
The Independence Foundation
to promote and finance th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KXR_school-of-living_Montebello-NY.html
In 1934 Ralph Borsodi
founded the School of
Living to teach and
demonstrate his principles of self-sufficient living.
In 1937 this building was
erected to house the School,
with space for resident students
and for seminars and lectures
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KXJ_sneden-house_Piermont-NY.html
Home, c. 1800 of
John Sneden, Jr. (1770-1821),
shipbuilder on the Slote,
grandson of famed Dobbs-
Sneden ferrywoman Molly
Sneden and son of patriot
John Sneden. John, Jr.
married Phebe Gesner of
prominent shipbuilding
family. Their 6th so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KXH_haring-homestead_Chestnut-Ridge-NY.html
Construction of this sandstone
farmhouse was started
c. 1788 by the Halstead
family. John Yeary bought
the property in 1791 and
built a sawmill, later
combined with a gristmill
on the nearby Pascack Brook.
In 1795 the farm was
purchased b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KXG_torne-brook-farm_Sloatsburg-NY.html
This elegant mansion of
eclectic styles was built
in the early 1870's by
Charles T. Pierson. His
grandfather, Jeremiah H.
Pierson, founded the
Ramapo Iron Works which
operated nearby from 1795
to 1851. Charles T. Person
opened the …