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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7L7_the-patt-smyth-house_Fort-Edward-NY.html
Fort Edward lay on the shipping route between New York City and Canada via the Hudson River and Lakes George and Champlain. The British colonial government fortified it in 1755 during the French and Indian War. Patt Smyth came to oversee the fort …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7L5_old-fort-house-museum_Fort-Edward-NY.html
This 1772 residence hostedGenerals Schuyler, Washington,and Arnold. It also servedas a courthouse and a tavern.Revolutionary War Heritage Trail
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7KT_joseph-henry_Albany-NY.html
Joseph HenryPathfinder in ScienceBorn in Albany1797Died in Washington1878[Left Panel]:I arranged around one of the upper rooms in the Albany Academy a wire of more than a mile in length throvgh which I was enabled to make signals by sounding a bel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7K0_freedom-road_Highland-Falls-NY.html
The route traveled by the52 American hostages fromStewart Airport to WestPoint after their releasefrom captivity in IranJanuary 25, 1981.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JY_streetroad-cemetery_Ticonderoga-NY.html
One of the earliest common burying grounds of historic Ticonderoga. Memorialized here are many first settlers, early doctors and supervisors, the town's first State Senator, veterans of the Revolutionary, 1812, and Civil Wars. Last burial of a Civ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JW_stony-point-battlefield-state-historic-site_Stony-Point-NY.html
On the night of July 15-16, 1779, Brigadier General Anthony Wayne of Pennsylvania led the American Light Infantry in a midnight assault against a British force that had occupied Stony Point. Approximately one hour later, the garrison had been capt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JK_commerce-and-the-hudson-river_Stony-Point-NY.html
The Hudson River has always been a major avenue of New York State's economy. During the 19th century, many industries, large and small, sprang up along its shores. To the south of Stony Point, beds of rich clay near Haverstraw Bay were utilized to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JI_the-lighthouse-at-stony-point_Stony-Point-NY.html
In the 19th century, improved navigational aids were required, as the number of commercial vessels increased. In 1825, the Erie Canal was opened, allowing ships to sail from the Great lakes to the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Hudson River, a tidal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JF_kings-ferry_Stony-Point-NY.html
Below you, between Stony Point and Verplanck's Point on the opposite shore, the Hudson River narrows to a width of three-quarters of a mile. All travelers, Continental Army troops, supplies, communications, both military and civil, passing between…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JE_hamilton-grange_New-York-NY.html
1757 * A.B., A.M., L.L.D. * 1804StatesmanSoldier * Administrator * LawyerCaptainLt. Col. Staff of General WashingtonMajor GeneralMember of CongressMember of New York LegislatureDelegate to the Constitutional ConventionFirst Secretary of the Treasu…
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