| New York (Washington County), Buskirk — Buskirk's Red Covered Bridge |
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Buskirk's Red
Covered Bridge
Rehabilitated in 2004.Built
Circa 1850 to Replace A
Previous Bridge Built in 1804.
This Crossing Served The
Great Northern Turnpike
Beginning In 1799.
— Map (db m13751) |
| New York (Washington County), Eagle Bridge — Homestead of Grandma Moses |
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Homestead of
Grandma Moses
Anna Mary Robertson Moses
1860 - 1961
World Renowned Painter
of Rural Life
— Map (db m13954) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Ann — Fort Anne First Baptist Church |
| | Site of the First Baptist Church of Fort Anne Village. Erected 1874, destroyed by fire 1955. This fragment of the bell which rang also as the town clock bears date of purchase. — Map (db m19854) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Anne — Fort Anne — "Gateway to North" |
| | Here stood five forts 1680 – 1777 on route between Lake Champlain & Hudson River. — Map (db m9278) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Anne — Half-Way Creek |
| | Used in French and Indian & Revolutionary Wars for transport of supplies. — Map (db m9283) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Anne — Old Well |
| | Used in Fort site. Built before the Revolutionary War by Queen Anne of England. — Map (db m9280) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Fort Edward — 1755 |
| | Great Carrying Place Fort Nicholson 1709 Fort Lydius 1731 Fort Lyman 1755 — Map (db m9270) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Fort Miller |
| | On the opposite side of the river Fort Miller built during French and Indian War. — Map (db m9297) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — NY-11˝ — 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 m9785) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Gen. Washington |
| | In the summer of 1783. General George Washington was in the township of Kingsbury, while on a tour of northern battlefields. — Map (db m9342) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Gen. Washington |
| | In the summer of 1783, General George Washington was a guest here at Sherwood’s House or Tavern, while on a tour of area battlefields. — Map (db m9348) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Jane McCrea |
| | Killed on 27 July 1777, a short distance to the south of this spot. Her death helped to defeat General Burgoyne at Saratoga. — Map (db m9235) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Jane McCrea |
| | ← Original burial place of Jane McCrea July 28, 1777 — Map (db m19743) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Major Robert Rogers |
| | Founder and Commanding Officer of Rogers' Rangers in the French and Indian War.
Author, in October of 1757 on this site, of the Rules of Ranging, which have been in use by the U.S. Army since that time.
Rogers' Rangers Standing Orders
1. Don't forget nothing.
2. Have your musket clean as a whistle, hatchet scoured, sixty rounds powder and ball, and be ready to march at a minute's warning.
3. When you're on the march, act the way you would if you was sneaking . . . — Map (db m18108) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Memorial to Jane McCrea |
| | Memorial to Jane McCrea massacred near this spot by the Indians July 27, 1777. Erected by the Jane McCrea Chapter, D.A.R. 1901 — Map (db m9237) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Northeast Bastion |
| | Near here was Northeast Bastion part of outworks Fort Edward 1755 — Map (db m9271) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Old Fort Edward |
| | This boulder marks the site of Old Fort Edward 1755 – 1780 Erected by the Jane McCrea Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1914 — Map (db m9266) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Old Fort House Museum |
| | This 1772 residence hosted Generals Schuyler, Washington, and Arnold. It also served as a courthouse and a tavern. Revolutionary War Heritage Trail — Map (db m11762) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Old Military Road |
| | Below here Old Military Road ran diagonally up this hill 1755 – 1777 — Map (db m15693) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Old Moat |
| | Remains of Old Moat part of outworks Fort Edward 1755 — Map (db m9346) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Progenitors of Independence |
| | This monument is dedicated to the members of the British expeditionary forces stationed at Fort Edward and Rogers Island during the French and Indian Wars. 1755 - 1763
-Progenitors of Independence- — Map (db m17793) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Rogers Island |
| | . . . — Map (db m17776) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Sixteen Soldiers |
| | This monument is erected to commemorate the sacrifice of the lives of Sixteen Soldiers who were massacred July, 1758, by a band of hostile Indians in the park which was then only a path in the wilderness. The sixteen soldiers, with a teamster, a certain John Quackendoss of Albany, N.Y. who through the intervention of an Indian Squaw escaped the cruel death, were securely bound and seated on the trunk of a fallen tree. In this helpless condition they were put to death by one of the Indians armed . . . — Map (db m9341) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — Smyth House |
| | Erected by Patrick Smyth about 1767 of timber taken from Fort Edward. The first tavern and scene of the first court in Charlotte County. Headquarters of Schuyler – Arnold – Burgoyne – Stark – 1777. Oldest house in Washington County Erected by the state of New York 1928 — Map (db m9357) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — The Grave of Duncan Campbell & Jane McCrea |
| | The Grave of Duncan Campbell & Jane McCrea are just within and to the left of this gateway. — Map (db m9343) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — The Island — ← |
| | Barracks Hospital Brick – kiln 1755 — Map (db m19856) |
| New York (Washington County), Fort Edward — The Patt Smyth House |
| | 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 in 1764, and when it was dismantled in 1772-1773, he salvaged lumber to build this fine house. In 1777, the British planned to sever New York from New England by occupying the Hudson Valley. When the Continental troops garrisoned Fort Edward in June, . . . — Map (db m11764) |
| New York (Washington County), Greenwich — Gen. Washington |
| | In the summer of 1783, General George Washington was in the township of Greenwich, while on a tour of northern battlefields. — Map (db m19742) |
| New York (Washington County), Hudson Falls — NY-10 — 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 m9783) |
| New York (Washington County), Hudson Falls — Gov. N. Pitcher |
| | Home site of New York State Gov. Nathaniel Pitcher 1828 Town Supervisor 1806 – 1810 Born 1777. Died 1838. — Map (db m15688) |
| New York (Washington County), Hudson Falls — Headquarters |
| | Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne
used this house as British
army headquarters, July
1777, before his surrender
at Saratoga, Oct. 17, 1777. — Map (db m18105) |
| New York (Washington County), Hudson Falls — Sandy Hill — 1810 - 1910 |
| | Name of this village until changed to Hudson Falls, 1910. The name Sandy Hill first used ca. 1792. — Map (db m16602) |
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