| New York (Albany County), Albany — 200th Anniversary of Albany Charter |
| | Tablet commemorating the
Two Hundredth Anniversary
of
Albany
As a chartered city
Settled about 1624:
Charter Granted by Gov. Dongan:
July 22 1606:
State Legislature Held Here Permanently Since 1797:
Early Names Of The City:
Fort Orange: Beverwyck: Wilemstadt:
First City Hall Erected Near Fort Orange About 1686. Second One North East Coner Broadway and Hudson
St. About 1705: Third One On This Site 1829: Burned 1880
Fourth On Present Building Erected 1883:
. . . — Map (db m5560) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — 200th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington |
| |
By his faith in God and man he built our nation
Erected in 1932 by the
New York State Commission
for the celebration of the
two hundredth anniversary of the birth of
George Washington
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor
Hon. Herbert H. Lehman, Lieutenant Governor
Hon. Frank P. Graves, Commissioner of Education
Charles J. Tobin, Chairman Albany, N.Y.
Arthur H. Wicks, Vice - Chairman Kingston, N.Y. — Map (db m8126) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — Albany - Capital of New York 200 Years |
| | In Honor of the 200th Anniversary of the
1797 City of Albany 1997
Serving as the Capital City of the State of New York
For twenty years, after the establishment of the State of new York in 1777, the State Legislature moved annually among New York City, Poughkeepsie, Kingston and Albany for its meetings. As the upstate population grew, its elected representatives lobbied to establish a permanent state capital in a central . . . — Map (db m5540) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — Albany Pump Station |
| | The original Quackenbush pumping sta.
engines pumped water from
Hudson River to reservoirs until
Dec. 1932. In Charge of Construction:
I.C. Chesbrough. Engineer; J.H. Mars,
Engineer For Pump Engine Constr.
1874
Designated as an Albany Historic Site
by
Common Council Jan. 15, 1981 — Map (db m4190) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — Fort Frederick |
| | Fort Frederick Governor Edmund Andros Made an Inspection in Albany in 1676 and Found Fort Orange, Located Near the Foot of Madison Avenue in Poor Condition. He Ordered a New Fort Constructed at a Site in the Center of State Street Just West of Lodge Street. After Being Reconstructed Several Times, the Fort Was Removed Following the Revolution in 1784. — Map (db m5248) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — Fort Frederick |
| | In the Middle of this Street To the East Stood Fort Frederick Goal of Burgoyne's Drive to Split the Colonies - 1777 — Map (db m5280) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — Fort Frederick |
| | Facing The River On an Eminence in This Broad Street Opposite St Peters Church Stood Fort Frederick. Built About 1676, Removed 1789 Gallows Hill to the South Fort Burial Ground to the North. — Map (db m5405) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — NY-21 — Gen. Henry Knox Trail |
| |
Through this Place Passed
Gen. Henry Knox
In the Winter of 1775 - 1776
To Deliver To
Gen. George Washington
At Cambridge
The Train of Artillery
From Fort Ticonderoga
Used to Force the British
Army to Evacuate Boston
Erected by
The State of New York
During the Sesquicentennial
of the American Revolution
— Map (db m23717) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — Glenn Curtiss Flight |
| |
From This Ground
Glenn Curtiss
Began The First Long
Distance Airplane Flight
Albany To New York
May 29, 1910.
— Map (db m13308) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — Joseph Henry — Pathfinder in Science |
| | Joseph Henry
Pathfinder in Science
Born in Albany
1797
Died in Washington
1878
[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 bell.
Joseph Henry
This experiment was made in 1838 while he was a teacher in the academy
[Right Panel]:
He discovered self induction and his contributions to . . . — Map (db m11749) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — Lincoln in Albany |
| | "I hold myself without mock modesty, the humblest of all individuals that have ever been elevated to the Presidency....You have generously tendered me the united support of the great Empire State." - Abraham Lincoln speaking to the New York Legislature on February 18, 1861.
President-elect Abraham Lincoln was greeted by a large, boisterous crowd on February 18, 1861, as he stopped in Albany on his way to his inauguration in Washington, D.C.
In his speech at the old State House, the . . . — Map (db m5191) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — Lincoln Mourned |
| | "The face had an expression of absolute content, of relief, at throwing off a burden such as few men have been called upon to bear --- a burden which few men could have borne." - Recollections of New York Secretary of State Chauncey M. Depew.
President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train arrived in Albany, N.Y. on April 25, 1865. Lincoln laid in state at the old State House where mourners passed by for about 12 hours the next day. It is estimated that 50,000 people stood in line to pay their . . . — Map (db m5192) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — New York State Office Building |
| |
New York State
Office Building
Cornerstone Laid By
Gov. Alfred E. Smith, 1928.
— Map (db m8024) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — Site of Martin Van Buren Residence |
| | Martin Van Buren
1782 - 1862
resided at 92 State Street
on this site
while serving as 9th Governor of
the State of New York 1828 - 1829
He is famed for his distinguished career as boy-lawyer, surrogate, judge, state senator, Attorney General, United States Senator, Governor Of New York State, Secretary of State under President Andrew Jackson, Vice-President and later 8th President Of the United States, 1837 - 1841 — Map (db m5439) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — The Erie Canal / Albany Basin |
| | The Erie Canal.
This site marks the east
end of the canal, opened in
1825. It carried products
and people between the
Hudson River and Lake Erie
Albany Basin.
For nearly 100 years boats
entered the Erie Canal at
nearby Lock 1, bringing
work, tradition and fame
to the State’s capital. — Map (db m5174) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — U.S.S. SLATER — (DE-766) |
| | Time: The Second World War, 1942
During the “dark days” of 1940, after the German conquest of France and prior to the U.S. involvement in World War II, England stood alone against the threat of Nazi world domination. An island nation, England was totally dependent upon ships to bring here the food and supplies she needed to defend herself. The Nazis used their U-Boats to sink those ships in an attempt to strangle England by sea. The United States supplied England during . . . — Map (db m18188) |
| New York (Albany County), City of Albany — The Elms — Home of Verplank Colvin |
| | Surveyor of the Adirondack wilderness and state lands from 1872 to 1900.
Champion of the N.Y. Forest Preserve — Map (db m15237) |
| New York (Albany County), City of Cohoes — Juncta |
| | Junction of the Original
Erie and Champlain Canals
First Settlement and Name
of Cohoes. Site of the
First Post Office. — Map (db m6161) |
| New York (Albany County), Cohoes — Camp Van Schaick |
| | Continental Army, Northern
Department under command
General Philip Schuyler
General Horatio Gates
Aug. 15 - Sept. 8, 1777 — Map (db m7665) |
| New York (Albany County), Cohoes — Camp Van Schaick |
| | Encampment of the Northern
Department Continental Army
August 9-September 8-1777
from this place August 9-1777
Gen. Ebenezer Learned
with his Massachusetts Brigade
marched to relieve
Fort Stanwix — Map (db m7666) |
| New York (Albany County), Cohoes — Egberts & Bailey Mill |
| | First building erected for the
manufacture of knit goods by
power in America, 1836. First
power knitting machinery
applied in Cohoes, 1832 — Map (db m11392) |
| New York (Albany County), Cohoes — First Power Mill for the Manufacture of Knit Fabrics |
| |
First Power Mill
- for the -
Manufacture of Knit Fabrics
————————
Erected in 1843, By Egberts & Bailey
Inventors of the Power Knitting
Machine in 1832.
· · · · ·
Hand operated knitting machines were
invented by Rev. William Lee of England
in 1589 and were condemned by Queen
Elizabeth and the British Parliament.
Constant attempts to apply power to
these machines failed until the . . . — Map (db m11350) |
| New York (Albany County), Cohoes — Sightseeing / Cataract House, Cohoes Falls, N.Y. |
| | Sightseeing
Dutch visitors left the first written accounts of the Great Falls of the Mohawk River at Cohoes during the 1640s. Generations of sightseers, poets, and artists followed to look at the falls, hear their roar, and feel the spray.
The Cataract House opened above Cohoes Falls in 1860. Rebuilt and enlarged after a fire, it was operated by William Gwynn from 1867 until 1912. It burned to the ground soon after that.
Cataract House, Cohoes Falls. N. Y.
The Attractions. . . . — Map (db m11612) |
| New York (Albany County), Cohoes — Van Schaick Burial Plot |
| |
First Settlers of Cohoes
And Owners of Half Moon
Patent Buried Here
— Map (db m7249) |
| New York (Albany County), Cohoes — Van Schaick Mansion |
| | 1735 - 1927
Van Schaick Mansion
Home Of
John G. Van Schaick
and his Wife Anna Patriot Americans
Built by Anthony Van Schaick
Son of Goosen Gerritsen original patentee
Headquarters
August 18-September 8-1777
Northern Department Continental Army
General Philip Schuyler
General Horatio Gates
Here was planned the Saratoga Campaign
And here August 19-1777
General Gates assumed command
From this place August 15-1777
General Benedict Arnold and his force . . . — Map (db m7250) |
| New York (Albany County), Colonie — Boght Church |
| |
Site of the Reformed Dutch
Church of the Boght
1st Church North of Albany
Organized by the Classis
Of Albany, Feb. 22, 1784
— Map (db m24730) |
| New York (Albany County), Colonie — Dalessondro Boulevard |
| | In December of 1944, near Kalterherberg, Germany Technical Sergeant Peter J. Dalessondro of the 9th Infantry Division, at great personal risk, intrepidly fought against overwhelming enemy attack to save his company from defeat. His singlehanded efforts earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Captured by the Germans and imprisoned for six months, Sgt. Dalessondro returned to the Capitol District a hero and continued to serve his county and community as a six term member of the New York State Senate. — Map (db m21881) |
| New York (Albany County), Colonie — NY-19 — Gen. Henry Knox Trail |
| |
Through this Place Passed
Gen. Henry Knox
In the Winter of 1775 - 1776
To Deliver To
Gen. George Washington
At Cambridge
The Train of Artillery
From Fort Ticonderoga
Used to Force the British
Army to Evacuate Boston
Erected by
The State of New York
During the Sesquicentennial
of the American Revolution
— Map (db m23749) |
| New York (Albany County), Colonie — Loudoun Ferry Road |
| |
1755 Constructed as Military Road from
Albany to Lake George by Provincial
Troops from New York, New England
and New Jersey under command of
Major General William Johnson
———
Named in honor of Major General
John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun.
Commander in Chief of His Majesty's
Forces in America, French and Indian War
———
1776 General Henry Knox's Train
of Artillery crossed here
to aid General George Washington
in the . . . — Map (db m24514) |
| New York (Albany County), Colonie — The Boght |
| |
The Boght
Settled On and After
1704 By The
Vischer Weaver Witbeck
Lansing Powell Runkle
Dunsbach Lieverse Staats
Roff Godfrey Van O Linde
Groesbeck Van Vranken Fero
Van De Mark Van Denburgh
Johnson Pollock Storms
Fonda and Clute Families
The Boght was part of the
Van O Linde Grant of Land
Given by the Mohawk Indinans
1667 to Hilletje Van Olinde
Interpertress
Of the Province
The Highway In Front Is The
Old Manor Road Northern
Boundary Line of The . . . — Map (db m24731) |
| New York (Albany County), Colonie — The Erie Canal |
| | For nearly a century, canal boats were pulled by mules and horse over this portion of New York State's famed Erie Canal.
One of the slowest and most crowded parts of the waterway started to the north of the Flatts at Maplewood. Here Began the Tortuous series of 21 locks that raised the canal up to the Mohawk Valley and around the 70 foot cliffs of the Cohoes Falls. Situated between this traffic to the north and Albany's busy lumber district to the south, the stretch of the Erie Canal through . . . — Map (db m14742) |
| New York (Albany County), East Berne — Anti-Rent Riots |
| | More Leased Land in Berne than any other Town in Albany County Led to Serious Outbreaks After 1840 — Map (db m4351) |
| New York (Albany County), Latham — NY-20 — Gen. Henry Knox Trail |
| |
Through this place passed
Gen. Henry Knox
in the Winter of 1775 - 1776
to deliver to
Gen. George Washington
at Cambridge
the train of artillery
from Fort Ticonderoga
used to force the British
Army to evacuate Boston
Erected By
The State of New York
during the Sesquicentennial
of the American Revolution
— Map (db m23447) |
| New York (Albany County), Town of New Scotland — Site of the Battle of Clarksville |
| | On Dec.3, 1839, during the Anti-Rent Wars, Sheriff Artcher and his posse marched from Albany to Clarksville. They met their first resistance here. — Map (db m4365) |
| New York (Albany County), Voorheesville — The Tory Cave |
| | Caves are formed when limestone is dissolved by flowing water. In the ceiling at the back of the cave you can see a large, natural chimney where water has seeped into the rock from above. As limestone dissolves, calcite is deposited to from flowstone, seen inside the chimney. Flowstone formations, known as stalactites and stalagmites, are created slowly over hundreds of years. Unfortunately, early cave explorers removed most of these formations.
In vain they search!
From out a hidden . . . — Map (db m12728) |
| New York (Albany County), Voorheesville — Tory Cave 1777 |
| | Jacob Salsbury, a spy
during Burgoyne Invasion,
found refuge from settlers
in a cave against
the cliffs nearby. — Map (db m5135) |
| New York (Albany County), Watervliet — Civil War Parrott Rifle |
| |
10 Pounder Rifle
From Watervliet Arsenal Designed
By Robert P. Parrott and Cast at
The West Point Foundry.
Used by the Union Forces These
Guns were Mounted on Carriages
Made at Watervliet Arsenal Where
Ammunition was also Made. This Is
One of Four Parrott Rifles Excavated
At the Site of Interstate 787.
— Map (db m7299) |
| New York (Albany County), Watervliet — Erie Canal |
| | Completed 1825 Terminus at
Hudson River. Locks called
Sidecut allowed entry to
navigable waters — Map (db m12214) |
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