New York: Historical Society of Rockland County
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The ground at this intersection, "Historic Crossroads of the American Revolution," had long been a grassy triangle. In 1908 Charles E. Suffern gave the village this cannon, and the stone wall was built around it. Some residents, disliking the new triangle, …
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After crossing the Hudson,Commander-in-chief of theFrench army in America,General Jean-BaptisteRochambeau, encamped herewith his 5000 troops en routefrom Newport, R.I. toVirginia. Joining with Gen.Washington, the two armieshurried to Yorktown andforced the …
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For almost a century the Clarkstown Reformed Church shared the services of its pastor with the church at Tappan. In 1834 a full-time pastor was called and this building, on a site across the road, was purchased for him. It was enlarged in 1835. Replaced by …
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In 1798 Hendrick Van Orden, owner of a sandstone house on this site, sold the house and surrounding farm to Dr. Abraham Cornelison, who lived here 51 years. He became the first president of the Rockland County Medical Society in 1829. Isaac Pye purchased th…
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Rockland CountyCourt HouseOur forebears commitment to the rule of law was manifested in the first court house built in Tappan in 1691. In 1774 a small frame court house was constructed on this more convenient site, replaced in 1827 by a larger brick buildin…
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Early in the 19th centurythe Snedeker family's landingon the Hudson shore belowcame into use for local shipping.In 1845 the Snedekersestablished a shipyardwith marine railway forrepairing brickyard vesselsand a dock for scheduledsteamboats. The entireyard w…
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Erected by the
Rockland County Society
To commemorate the opening of the
Nyack Turnpike
Between Nyack and Suffern
The first direct highway across the County of Rockland and the first important public work undertaken therin by private enterprise.
The …
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Rockland Brink's RobberyOn October 20, 1981, a three-year crime spree in the New York Metropolitan area came to an end at this site. Members of the Weather Underground, a radical domestic terrorist group, robbed a Brink's armored car at the Nanuet Mall. Usi…
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At Joshua Hett Smith's home here, Sept. 22, 1780 Benedict Arnold betrayed the plans of West Point to British spy Maj. Andre.Historical Soc. Rockland County
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The "Towne of Orange" formed in the Tappan Patent grant of 1686-7 became the seat of provincial government of all Orange County, established in 1683, which then included this area, south of the mountains, set off as Rockland County in 1798. The name Orange …