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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DGD_crescent-mohawk-towpath-byway-halfmoon_NY.html
Crescent, also, Mohawk Towpath Byway, also, Halfmoon. . . Crescent . When the Erie Canal opened in 1825, the commercial focus in Halfmoon shifted to the village of Crescent where the longest aqueduct on the system carried the canal across the Moh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DEZ_van-den-bergh_Rexford-NY.html
Van Den Bergh. . . Property shown on 1767 survey . Continued ownership mid 1800's . Farmhouse c. 1834 . Family established ferry . across the Mohawk in 1707
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DEY_crescent_Waterford-NY.html
Crescent. . Named from crescent shape of Mohawk River at this point. Site of Indian carry from Mohawk River to Hudson River. Site of old Crescent Bridge.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DEV_halfmoon-academy_Waterford-NY.html
Halfmoon Academy. . Private school chartered 1851 to 1877. Transferred to District #1, Town of Halfmoon. A common school until 1951
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DEU_c-boughton-farm_Waterford-NY.html
C. Boughton Farm. . . 1850 Doctor and Assemblymen . C.S. Hawley later resided here . He founded the Halfmoon Academy . Sec. to Grover Cleveland . Fire Department namesake
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DES_crescent_NY.html
Crescent. . A major crossing of the Mohawk since the revolution, Crescent was an important commercial center during the Erie Canal Era.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DEB_shepherd-house_Rexford-NY.html
Shepherd House. . C. 1785 home of William (1768-1814) and Margaret MacIntosh Shepherd. Her brother John founder of MacIntosh Apple lived nearby 1777-1796
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DDV_hydroelectric-power-plant_NY.html
Hydroelectric Power Plant. . Under Chapter 532, Laws of 1922, the Superintendent of Public Works was authorized to develop the potential water power at the new Barge Canal dams located at Crescent and Vischer Ferry. All contract work at both plant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0D_charlton_Ballston-Lake-NY.html
Charlton. Est. 1792. Historic District Boundary. Thomas Brown settled here in 1786
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CWX_county-seat_Ballston-Spa-NY.html
County Seat. . The county seat moved from Ballston Center to Ballston Spa in 1817. This county complex was dedicated on 9/21/1968.
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