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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E5L_lakes-to-locks-passage_Schuylerville-NY.html
Lakes to Locks Passage. The Great Northeast Journey. . Victory . The Village of Victory sits perched on a bluff above the Hudson River, It owes its location to the highest waterfall on Fish Creek, the best waterpower site on the the creek's cou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E56_crescent-aqueduct_NY.html
Crescent Aqueduct. . These stone remnants mark the northern end of the aqueduct which carried the Erie Canal over the Mohawk River between 1825 to 1915
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E3D_dovegat-house_Schuylerville-NY.html
Dovegat House. . Site of headquarters General Burgoyne during advance and retreat of British Army
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E36_1755_Schuylerville-NY.html
1755. . East of this site was Fort Hardy. In excavating for the Champlain Canal basin 1822, such numbers of human skeletons were found that it is believed here was the cemetary of the French garrison.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E34_the-first-baptist-church_Mechanicville-NY.html
The First Baptist Church. Site of. Founded in 1762 by a group . from Rhode Island. Burial . site of Elder-Lemuel Powers . father of Abigail Fillmore .
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E2Y_col-elmer-ellsworth_Ballston-Spa-NY.html
Col. Elmer Ellsworth. . Born nearby April 11, 1837. Commanded Fire Zouaves. First Union Officer to die in Civil War. "Mourned as a son" by Abraham Lincoln.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E26_champlain-canal_Schuylerville-NY.html
Champlain Canal. . Advocated in 1792 by Philip Schuyler. Built 1823 to transport goods to market. Schuyler family owned farm on this site.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DXD_milltown-usa_Mechanicville-NY.html
Milltown USA. . First friction matches, 1811; Champlain Canal, 1823; S & R RY 1835; linen thread mill, 1850; power dam, 1885; rail yards, 1892; book paper mill 1904.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DWL_pioneer-farm_Ballston-NY.html
Pioneer Farm. . Built c. 1780 on edge of deep forest. Owned by John & Lucy Tibbets. Often visited by Indians. Later abandoned & used for potato storage.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DWF_centennial-barn_Ballston-NY.html
Centennial Barn. . Built by barn raising in 1900 on C. Van Vorst Farm. Later run by David Garrison. Origin of BH-BL Rotary-1950. Known as Laur Lin Dee Farm.
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