This bridge was built in 1880 by J.J. Daniels over Big Walnut Creek. It is a two-span with Burr Arch truss. It is 174 feet long, 16 feet
wide with a clearance of 13.5 feet. It stands on cut
stone abutments and a pier. Early bridges were . . . — — Map (db m161452) HM
In 1908, John and Anna Marie Eitel established John Eitel and Son Florist on 13 acres located in the Higgert Subdivision of Greencastle. In 1913 John’s son, Jacob Eitel opened a retail establishment on East Franklin Street. Relocating several times . . . — — Map (db m56271) HM
The year 1861 would prove to be a very eventful year for the young Eli Lilly. On January 31, 1861, a marriage license was issued to the 22-year-old Eli Lilly and his local sweetheart, Emily Lemon. Shortly after his marriage, Eli opened the door of . . . — — Map (db m56304) HM
A thriving business started with half a cow on east Anderson Street. In 1916 Grandma Edith Handy started milking a neighbor’s cow for half the milk and was unaware that she was opening a new business that would ultimately serve seven . . . — — Map (db m56399) HM
DePauw University was first named Indiana Asbury University. Within two decades after the founding of Greencastle, the Indiana Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church decided that the time had arrived to establish an institution of higher learning . . . — — Map (db m56438) HM
On October 23, 1933, the nation’s Public Enemy No. 1 John Dillinger and some of his gang (Harry Pierpont, Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd, Walter Dietrich, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, and George “Baby . . . — — Map (db m56363) HM
Indiana Historic Site and Structure
the
Julian Family Home
715 Crown Street
Greencastle, Indiana
1920 - - 1944
In this house once lived Elizabeth and James Julian and their six children – Percy, James, . . . — — Map (db m56306) HM
Side one
On January 27, 1870, Bettie Locke, Alice Allen, Hannah Fitch, and Bettie Tipton established first female Greek-letter college fraternity, Kappa Alpha Theta, at Indiana Asbury University. Fraternity fostered unity, promoted . . . — — Map (db m18832) HM
The early 1930's was a time for great chemical research productivity at DePauw. It was to this decade that William M. Blanchard, Dean of the University, hired Percy Julian as a research fellow. Blanchard had been Julian’s mentor during his . . . — — Map (db m56439) HM
In a lifetime of continual striving, Percy L. Julian succeeded against the prejudices and discriminations of his time to become a pathbreaking synthetic chemist, a successful industrial research director, and a wealthy businessman. He was born in . . . — — Map (db m56305) HM
Prevos as we knew it started as the Model Store in 1900 as a men’s haberdashery located at 12 E. Washington St., Greencastle, Ind. Owned by Samuel C. Prevo. From his second marriage to Emily Hogue from Clark County Illinois they had three . . . — — Map (db m56410) HM
Civil War Veterans
who died during the war
W. F. Boyd • J. W. Busby • W. Conklin
J. H. McGill • J. Singer
W. Ball • A. C. Batte • S. Baugh • G. Bealer • . . . — — Map (db m56560) WM
The Putnam County Playhouse was first established as Greencastle Summer Theatre in late 1961. Its first two productions, Blithe Spirit and Kiss and Tell were presented at the Junior High Auditorium. The organization was . . . — — Map (db m56371) HM
In Memory of
the Revolutionary Dead
of Putnam County
Erected by
Washburn Chapter
Daughters of the
American Revolution
1776 — 1915 — — Map (db m56264) HM
Putnam County
Remembers
Michael A. Ader • Fred Adkins • Levi F. Aker • Ralph E. Arnold • Homer B. Austin • Ralph D. Boone • Lee R. Collins • Dwight Ford • Millard E. Gibson • Andrew Hays • Clyde A. Hurst • Charles H. Lasley • Raymond E. . . . — — Map (db m18828) WM
Built in 1834 as the Putnamville Presbyterian Church, the brick structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and sits at the intersection of SR 243 and US Hwy 40, also known as the old National Road. It has been used . . . — — Map (db m56360) HM
We seldom pause to think of the peoples who long ago (some say 13,000 B.C. - 8,000 B. C.) Moved back and forth across this land. We know nothing, about these “Old Ones” and their times, they left no traces visible to us. They are known . . . — — Map (db m56415) HM
This war machine is a German built V-1, commonly known as a "Buzz Bomb." Adolf Hitler unleashed the V-1, precursor of the cruise missile, against London in 1944. It was a new German weapon, literally a "flying bomb." Officially it was simply FZG-76. . . . — — Map (db m6430) HM
The name Indiana means “Land of the Indians”. For untold centuries, some say millennia, the Indians moved across the land. It was their hunting ground. Permanent Indian settlements in Indiana were to the north and to the south. And then . . . — — Map (db m56396) HM
It is fitting that we pause to remember that a long time ago some most unusual people came out of the East into the wilderness of Indiana to settle in the backwoods town of Greencastle. Here, these pioneers would give freely of their intellectual, . . . — — Map (db m56412) HM
The Post-Civil War years in Greencastle were significant for women. Because they had proved themselves so capable at filling jobs usually held by men, new doors opened for them. In 1867 Indiana Asbury University (later renamed DePauw University) . . . — — Map (db m56372) HM
Dedicated to all who served
and died in World War II
Our Hallowed Dead
Smith M. Abbott • James F. Alexander • Donald Leon Anderson • Vernon Arnold • Harley Gene Ball • James Robert Best • Edgar Eugene Blaydes • Francis L. Boswell • . . . — — Map (db m201248) WM
Also known as Hamrick
Bridge, it was constructed
in 1880 by the Massillon
Bridge Company of Ohio. A
two-span using Howe Truss
construction it sits on cut
stone abutments and a pier.
It is 210 feet long, 16 feet
wide and 15 feet high. . . . — — Map (db m161458) HM
Runs northwest-southeast through this point. On September 30, 1809, Indiana Territorial Governor, William Henry Harrison, obtained for the United States almost three million acres from the Potawatomi, Delaware and Miami tribes. — — Map (db m18880) HM
This marker stands on the corner of four Townships on the Parke and Putnam Co. line, once the center of the thriving rural town of Portland Mills
Settled in the early 1800's
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Established 1838 - Relocated 1959 . . . — — Map (db m69402) HM
The Basking Ridge Oak stands in the churchyard of the Presbyterian Church in the center of Basking Ridge, New Jersey which was settled in 1720. The tree is associated with the stirring events of the American Revolution. In 1776 General Charles Lee . . . — — Map (db m188196) HM
George Rodgers Clark (1752-1818) was an American frontiersman and Revolutionary War leader. One of his other ventures was to try to make “coffee” from the seeds of this tree — making seeds available to Thomas Jefferson and other contemporaries. . . . — — Map (db m188197) HM
[north side] This Continental Flight 11 tragedy occurred in Putnam County on May 22, 1962, and changed America’s air travel forever. The Hopes and Dreams of the families of the Passengers and Crew were destroyed. Dedicated on May 22, 2010, . . . — — Map (db m188199) HM
This American sycamore is grown from one of the small number of seeds carried to the moon and back by Astronaut Stuart Roosa on the February 1971 Apollo 14 flight. The seeds were germinated by a US Forest Service scientist at NASA's manned space . . . — — Map (db m188195) HM
[side 1] Judicial seat of Putnam County since 1853, Unionville lies 1070 feet above sea level in a scenic region of wooded hills and rolling prairies. Unionville, first named Harmony, was the fifth site to be designated county . . . — — Map (db m179724) HM
Many believe that Johnny Appleseed is a fictional character, but he was real — John Chapman (1775-1845). He belonged to a mystical Swedish Religion and when his wife died at an early age he took that as a sign from God that he should spend the rest . . . — — Map (db m216956) HM
Service
For The
Union
In Honor Of
Crosby Post 302
G A R
Gift of William Andrew Ferris
[ left tablet ]
Dedicated to The
Honor and Sacrifice
Of Our Men and Women
Who Served Our Country
In
Spanish American War . . . — — Map (db m37555) HM
Dedicated to All From
Brewster / Southeast
Who Served in the Armed Forces
Of the United States of America
During Time of Conflict
September 30, 2007
Designed by John Degnan and John Folchetti
Committee
Denis Castelli – . . . — — Map (db m25314) HM
Here crossed Connecticut line, April 27, 1777, on march with his militiamen to aid in repelling British raiders at Danbury, CT. — — Map (db m139211) HM
Across this bridge, during the Civil War, Gail Borden Jr.’s New York Condensed Milk Company shipped condensed milk to the Union Troops. — — Map (db m24511) HM
Cobra
AH-1G/S/F Helicopter
Length: 53'
Weight: 8,404 lbs.
Payload: 2500 lbs.
Range: 359 miles
Cruise Speed: 138mph
• Although a 1966 model this helicopter was purchased by the US Army in November 1967.
• Cobra 318 arrived in Vietnam . . . — — Map (db m37453) HM
County Court House
Was built in 1814 and the jail was added in 1855. There was one hanging in 1844 and it is today the second oldest working court house in New York State.
Putnam County Bar Association 2001 — — Map (db m37288) HM
Organized in 1851 with land purchased in 1865. Agricultural exhibits and one half mile harness race track with grandstand operated until 1932. — — Map (db m69178) HM
Drew Ladies Seminary
Or Carmel Collegiate Institute was started by James Raymond in 1848. Daniel Drew took control in 1866 and began an expansion. Instruction ceased here in 1952.
Guideposts 2002 — — Map (db m37446) HM
Elisha Cole
Came from Eastham, Mass. to Carmel in 1746, became the first pastor of the Baptist Church and served, along with 4 sons and a grandson in the Revolutionary War.
Allan Warnecke, Historian Town of Carmel 2001 — — Map (db m47550) HM
Patriot spy of the American Revolution. Was associated with Carmel. His farm was nearby and he is buried at Gilead. One mile from here. — — Map (db m37292) HM
To The Memory Of
Enoch Crosby (Harvey Birch)
Patriot Spy Of The American Revolution
June 5, 1750 – June 26, 1835
He Braved Danger And Death That This
Land Might Be Free To The Cause Of
Liberty He Offered His All. Without Hope
Of . . . — — Map (db m37556) HM
Gilead Cemetery
Placed on The
New York State Register Of
Historic Places
October 14, 1988
And on The
National Register Of
Historic Places
December 1, 1988
This Bronze Plaque
Is Dedicated by The
Town of Carmel And
The . . . — — Map (db m37535) HM
Those Resting Here
Who Gave Military Service
In the Revolutionary War
Enoch Crosby • Jos Coldwell • Wm. Colwell, Capt. • Wm. Drew • Seth Foster • John Frost • Jacob Ganong • Reuben Ganong • Caleb Hazen • Caleb Hazen, Col. • Eleazer Hazen, Capt. . . . — — Map (db m37536) HM
Hopkins Corners
Homestead of Addison J. Hopkins was in this area in the 1800's. Descendant of Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Mayflower Compact and Joseph Hopkins of Cape Cod one of Carmel's original settlers.
Placed here by Richard C. Hopkins . . . — — Map (db m37529) HM
The Wappinger Confederacy
The Wappinger Indians are a forgotten nation of eleven tribes and 15 other subtribes. Upon European contact, the Wappinger were living on the eastern side of the Hudson River, from the Bronx to Poughkeepsie and eastwards . . . — — Map (db m237841) HM
Served in Nathaniel Scribner’s Company of the 7th Dutchess County Regiment New York Militia in the Revolutionary War. This allowed him to purchase this farm in 1813. — — Map (db m54291) HM
M-60A3 Main Battle Tank
These tanks were used extensively
by the U.S. Marine Corps, and the U.S.
Army, in the Viet Nam and Gulf
Wars. Some of its characteristics are:
Weight Combat Loaded: 55 Tons
Main Gun: 105 Millimeter
Machine . . . — — Map (db m37449) HM
Court martial convoy passed here after the Benedict Arnold treason. They met George Washington at West Point and Andre was hanged at Tappan, NY on October 2, 1780. — — Map (db m54289) HM
In Memory Of
Those Who Made The
Supreme Sacrifice
From Our Community
In The Service
Of Our Country
Erected By
Marne Post 370
American Legion
1947 — — Map (db m37382) HM
Old Baptist
Revolutionary War Cemetery
Early church and burial site of more than a dozen Revolutionary War soldiers including patriot General James Townsend
Frank Del Campo, Supervisor Town of Carmel 1999 — — Map (db m47548) HM
Circa 1930s: expanded 1953 and served as town offices, justice court and police department until new town center was built in 2004. Kent recreation and Parks 2005. — — Map (db m69175) HM
Farmers Mill built in 1901. Used until 1946. Replaced an earlier building on Dean Road. Bought Jan. 1979 by Kent Historical Society. — — Map (db m69149) HM
Here Col. Henry Ludington of Dutchess County Militia drilled his regiment, and mustered them many times to march against the British. — — Map (db m526) HM
"Dedication"
To Honor All Men And Women
of
Putnam County, New York
Who Answered Our Nation's
Call To Duty and Service
In Time of War and Time of Peace
Always Keep Them in Your Heart and Prayers
for
All Gave Some – Some Gave . . . — — Map (db m37514) WM
Putnam County's First Park
Established 1971
Board of Supervisors
Edward S. Tuttle, Chairman – Southeast • Frank Barbarita – Kent • Kenneth Carlson – Putnam Valley • Albert Foshay – Carmel • Joseph Percacciolo – . . . — — Map (db m37526) HM
Sibyl Ludington rode horseback over this road the night of April 26, 1777, to call out Colonel Luddington's regiment to repel the British at Danbury, Conn. — — Map (db m525) HM
Sibyl Ludington
Rode horseback over this
road the night of April 26,
1777, to call out Colonal
Ludington’s regiment to
repel British at Danbury, Conn.
State Education
Department 1935 — — Map (db m37253) HM
Sybil Ludington
Revolutionary War Heroine
April 26, 1777
Called out the volunteer militia, by riding
through the night, alone, on horseback, at
the age of 16, alerting the countryside to
the burning of Danbury, Conn. by the British . . . — — Map (db m37252) HM
Sybil Ludington
Here ended her night ride
April 26, 1777 to summon
militia of Col. Ludington’s
regiment to repel British
raid at Danbury, Conn.
NYSED 1932 – Kent
Town Historian 2008 — — Map (db m71040) HM
Sybil Ludington
Daughter of Col. Ludington
Rode from her home here April 25,
1777, to call militia to repel
Tyron’s raid on Danbury, Conn.
NYSED 1932 – Kent
Town Historian 2008 — — Map (db m71042) HM
In Memory
Those who Served our Country Buried in Farmers Mills Area Cemeteries
* Died in That Service
James Ballard CW •
Chas. Bates CW •
Wm. H. Brown CW •
* Webster Brundage CW •
* Alex. C. Clauson CW •
Alonso C. Collins CW • . . . — — Map (db m69166) HM WM
You are looking at the ruins of the boring mill, one of West Point Foundry’s vital centers and among the earliest buildings in the foundry complex. A large, two-story structure, the boring mill served several functions. The first floor was used for . . . — — Map (db m71312) HM
You are looking at the ruins of the boring mill, one of West Point Foundry’s vital centers and among the earliest buildings in the foundry complex. A large, two-story structure, the boring mill served several functions. The first floor was used for . . . — — Map (db m71319) HM
Water descended from Foundry Brook to Battery Pond, then by elevated flume into a giant water wheel that turned the foundry’s gears and cranes, feeding air to the hot furnace fires. In the 19th century, Waterpower was power. — — Map (db m71329) HM
This serene site was once the bustling lifeline to the West Point Foundry, an industrial marvel and a technological powerhouse of its day. On the Waterfront Just after the War of 1812, President James Madison designated Cold Spring as one of . . . — — Map (db m44564) HM
( East Side Marker : ) The landscape abundant forest and untamed waterpower that drew Gouverneur Kemble to open West Point Foundry in 1818 underwent dramatic changes over its decades of operations. The area’s woodlands were denuded to . . . — — Map (db m71318) HM
General George Washington in frequent visits to the American troops encamped nearby during the War of the Revolution drank at this spring and gave it its name Cold Spring. — — Map (db m47504) HM
A distinguished citizen Founder of West Point Foundry Twice member of Congress First Senior Warden of this church Honored and beloved by the community — — Map (db m47530) HM
Water and Power West Point Foundry was one of America’s great early ironworks. An internationally renowned center of innovation and manufacturing, it’s been called the Silicon Valley of its day. Shortly after the War of 1812, President James . . . — — Map (db m168263) HM
Dedicated in honor of the men of Cold Spring, Nelsonville and North Highlands who answered the call of their country in the World War * Died in Service * Percy W. Arnold • George A. Casey, D.S.C. • J. Harvey Hustis • Edward Burns • Charles . . . — — Map (db m44905) HM
West Point Foundry’s 1911 closing was a blow to Cold Spring, although many found work with the Hudson River Railroad and other industries. With the influx of new businesses in the Hudson Valley following World War II, the village began to enjoy a . . . — — Map (db m71314) HM
Paying tribute to those victims and heroes of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. This project is sponsored by the Lower Hudson-Long Island Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc. in partnership with the USDA Forest Service and . . . — — Map (db m47529) HM
Killed in Action --------------- World War II Martin E. Adams Edward Budney H. Ellis Bowden Gerald Dale Warren Eitner W. Russell Farrell Ralph Fleming Arthur Gilman Walter Glanville Thomas Lutz Stanley Matthews Anthony Nastasi Allen W. Olsen . . . — — Map (db m44907) HM
This magnificent building is the only freestanding structure remaining at the preserve from the foundry years, rising alone from the forest cover. Yet as the photo below shows, West Point Foundry was a massive complex of industrial shops, railways . . . — — Map (db m168356) HM
A writer describing this military establishment observes: “During my visit I learned that since the [Civil] war began over three hundred cannon have been manufactured here for our government – the Parrott gun exclusively – to . . . — — Map (db m71303) HM
The school was built in 1830 for immigrant apprentices at the West Point Foundry, enlarged for workers’ children in 1867, and incorporated into the Philipstown school system until 1891. William H. Taylor, a former foundry superintendent (pictured . . . — — Map (db m71315) HM
View to Constitution Island preserved by authors Susan Warner & Anna Warner who wrote the hymn “Jesus Loves Me.” c. 1819-1915 George E. Pataki, Governor — — Map (db m44527) HM
This tree is dedicated on the 50th Anniversary of World War II to those veterans of that conflict who attended St. Mary’s. June 1993 — — Map (db m47533) HM
Putnam County
Named for General Israel
Putnam, commander of
American forces in the Hudson Highlands
during the American Revolution. — — Map (db m37131) HM
