Home of Captain Martin John Burke,
b. 1816-d. 1847, graduated from West Point 1836; was killed in war
with Mexico Aug. 20, 1847. — — Map (db m138752) HM
Built by Eliphalet Kellogg. Had settlers' baking ovens. Indians captured children and tortured them. Kellogg was Revolutionary Patriot. — — Map (db m129051) HM
Home of Tyrannis Collins, militia captain under Gordon, raided by British & Indians. North of here all rebel men captured & houses burned — — Map (db m127153) HM
Banished from Scotland. British and Indians visited on eve of 1780 invasion. Angus saw demon apparition, hence Devil’s Lane - 1786. — — Map (db m127421) HM
Site of Home
Beriah Palmer
Supervisor Ballston 1790-01
Member of Assembly 1793-95
Member of Congress 1803-05
Surrogate Saratoga County
1808-12
— — Map (db m92683) HM
Late Federal style home of Edmond Hubbell and Mary Hubbell. Mr. Hubbell operated a woolen cloth manufactory on the Mourning Kill until ca. 1850 — — Map (db m127128) HM
Built log cabin here 1775. Revolutionary War patriot fought at Bemis Heights
Brick front built c. 1820
Later owned by Robert Speir. — — Map (db m127404) HM
The foundation at which you are now standing was probably built in the 1790's as the basis for a mansion owned by Henry Walton. We
have no pictures of the original building but can assume it looked somewhat like this picture from the late 1800's. . . . — — Map (db m134003) HM
Top Left This is an undated picture from the collection of the Theuner family. They owned the property for a short time in the 1920's. Note the porch lanterns, probably fueled by acetylene. This was the first house in town to have working . . . — — Map (db m134007) HM
In this area were located
many outbuildings, barns,
the servants' house, and an
outhouse. Nothing remains of
most of these except some foundations
but they attest to a thriving farm over
the years. Many of the surrounding fields
were . . . — — Map (db m202049) HM
Member of Assembly 1814
Speaker of Assembly 1815
State Senator 1819, 33, 34, 35, 45, 47
Candidate for Governor of N.Y. 1825.
Died here 1850 — — Map (db m127130) HM
Home of James Gordon
Colonel Revolutionary War
Member of Assembly, State Senator
First Supervisor Town Ballston
Member of Congress
Washington visited here 1783 — — Map (db m127216) HM
1721-1785 bought 900 acres
here 1772, some underwater
He & John Jr.were militiamen
fought at Saratoga. Son
married Mary Scribner 1773 — — Map (db m129053) HM
Built On Indian Trail In
Late 1700's. Larkin Family
Farm For Generations. Road
Paved By Prisoners From
Comstock Prison in the 1930's.
— — Map (db m92740) HM
Farms of Uriah Gregory, S. Sears & Nathaniel Booth - Daniel Larkin. Near here Davis Cheese factory and original Curtis Lumber Co. — — Map (db m130151) HM
Built c. 1780 on edge of
deep forest. Owned by John &
Lucy Tibbets. Often visited
by Indians. Later abandoned
& used for potato storage. — — Map (db m129239) HM
Settled Here-1771. Served
As Cpt. in Militia. Taken
By British. Wife, Phebe Was
Town Midwife. House Was
Social Center. He Died 1793.
— — Map (db m92681) HM
Site of water-powered forge shop and residence of Sylvester Blood (1785-1866) and wife, Loretta. Shop made scythes and axes until 1825 — — Map (db m127127) HM
This fireplace remains a mystery.
Why was it placed here, 3/4 mile from the
mansion? When was it built? Was it connected
to a building at one time? No one who has lived
on the property and who is still alive today
remembers anything other than . . . — — Map (db m235387) HM
Welcome!
We invite you to enjoy Anchor Diamond Park at Hawkwood, a
246-acre, forever-wild preserve held in partnership between
Saratoga PLAN and the Town of Ballston. A generous gift from
the will of Mr. Frank Schidzick to the Town of . . . — — Map (db m140710) HM
Oldest recorded grave 1785. Graves of 20 Revolutionary
War veterans including Gen. Samuel Clark, elected first
Supervisor of Town of Malta — — Map (db m129006) HM
Native American history here. Remains of two c. 1800 dwellings on Rice Hall Farm and artifacts from Robert Kopp, Sr. Early 20th century blacksmith shop.
Designated a Malta landmark 2006 — — Map (db m238368) HM
On the ground here are the remains of the windmill (pictured) that, in the early 1900s, provided the power to pump water from the man-made pond on your left to the house which stood behind you. Because of this system, the house was the first one in . . . — — Map (db m284370) HM
Vast land patent issued 1708
by Queen Anne included this
area. Boundary dispute with
Iroquois Nation resolved 1768.
Settlement began nearby 1771. — — Map (db m135376) HM
Built c. 1933 by Robert Kopp for his farm formerly owned by the Hall-Dunning family. Adapted for office use 1989 by James Robbins for David R. Meager, owner since 1978.
Designated a Malta landmark 1994 — — Map (db m202862) HM
Up the hill from this site,
Reverend Ball built his log
cabin in 1770. From his
house, he had a good view
of the lake and approaching
Indians. A church and
Revolutionary War Fort
was built nearby. — — Map (db m188576) HM
Purchased December 10, 1808 by pioneer James Weeks, is being farmed by the eighth generation of the Weeks-Ruhle-Roerig Family. Designated a Malta Landmark 1997 — — Map (db m213920) HM
War comes to "Balls Town"
In the early morning hours of October 17, 1780, flames licked the night sky over the burning homes of settlers along Middle Line Road in the present day towns of Ballston and Milton. This was the result of an attack . . . — — Map (db m265126) HM
Congregation formed 1771 by Rev. Eliphalet Ball. Fourth house of worship built 1859. Church burned in Oct 1993 Steeple saved. Rebuilt to the glory of God in 1994 — — Map (db m127033) HM
Birthplace
Major-Gen Abner Doubleday
Ballston Spa June 26 1819
Founder of Baseball 1839
A Civil War Hero at Battle
of Gettysburg 1863
— — Map (db m65261) HM
Born on June 26, 1819 in Ballston Spa, N.Y. he resided in his childhood at a home located at the corner of Washington and Fenwick, a few blocks from here.
He attended schools at Auburn and Cooperstown, NY. He was an 1842 graduate of the . . . — — Map (db m64584) HM WM
Given by Michael Dunning. Parade ground for militia training in the Revolution. Preserved as village green for grazing, horse races and other town festivities. — — Map (db m129066) HM
An early community ca. 1780 shared by Malta & Ballston Townships. ME. church built 1809. Nearby was a hotel, a tavern, by 1837 a R.R. stop — — Map (db m127123) HM
Here in 1800
A Bathing Green, Bath House
And Mineral Spring Were
Used By Visitors From Six
Boarding Houses and Five
Private Summer Homes.
Here In 1900
Shoppers Going to Front St.
And Workers Walking Through
The Tunnel . . . — — Map (db m65729) HM
Joseph LaRue, 1731-1810,
acquired 200 acres here
in 1776. Attorney and farmer,
served as a county justice
of the peace, 1792-1802. — — Map (db m244618) HM
Brothers James, Sam, & Wm. McCrea built near here 1771. James and Sam fought for Rev. War. Wm. sided with British. Sister Jane martyred 1777. — — Map (db m127211) HM
C.1830. Type of structure
rare in this area. Owned by
Philip Riley & heirs 1857-
1971. Home of Robert R. and
Melinda A. Allen since 1974. — — Map (db m129060) HM
Originally Barker's Hollow settled in 1796 by David & Samuel Barker, who established several waterpowered saw & grist mills, a tannery & shoe shop on this site. — — Map (db m131132) HM
Great Sacandaga Lake
Created in 1930 as the
Sacandaga Reservoir. Ten
communities were lost or
partially lost to the
rising waters.
— — Map (db m131535) HM
Built 1820's by Lumber Businessman Sherman Batcheller. Later owned by Lucian Degolia owner of large washboard and woodenware shop in back.
— — Map (db m45746) HM
These bluffs command the Hudson River and valley below-General
Burgoyne's only route to Albany.
The Hudson Valley here is wide. But in 1777 a huge swamp called the
Great Vly clogged the approach from the north.
General Gates planned to use this . . . — — Map (db m253251) HM
This army's artillery had been captured by the British during the summertime retreat. But old bronze cannons shipped from France and new iron cannons cast at the Salisbury Furnace in Connecticut made up for the loss.
Soldiers were terrified of . . . — — Map (db m253433) HM
In mid-September 1777 you would have seen American soldiers cutting down thousands of trees to build log walls. They also dug earthworks to add extra strength. A Continental Army officer wrote
that "the woods round us are cut...down to form an . . . — — Map (db m253146) HM
Colonel Tadeusz Kościuszko was the "young
Polish engineer [who] was skillful enough"
to see the defensive possibilities here on
Bemus Heights.
Military engineers under Kościuszko's
orders planned defenses which would
use every . . . — — Map (db m253066) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m9792) HM
The many American cannons set here atop Bemus
Heights in 1777 could hit the Hudson and the river
road. These defenses blocked the only route for the
British Army to reach Albany. Rough terrain on the
other side of the Hudson prevented a large . . . — — Map (db m253063) HM
Families and communities throughout the Thirteen Colonies found themselves on opposing sides. Most people who lived here on the battlefields of Saratoga in 1777 sided with the United
States. Many tried to stay neutral.
Jotham Bemus lived under . . . — — Map (db m253399) HM
Despite having fought against the Americans in the
French and Indian War, France was willing to covertly help the fledgling United States. Massive secret shipments of "unofficial" aid arrived in North America throughout 1777.
The French set . . . — — Map (db m253198) HM
After winning the September 19th battle at Freeman's Farm, General Brgoyne ordered his army to dig in about a quarter mile north of here. He hoped that reinforcements would soon come north from New York City.
Weeks passed but no help came. Time . . . — — Map (db m210705) HM
Joseph died 1804 and Abigail
died 1791 local innkeepers
and unfortunate parents of
Joseph, convicted traitor
& spy who was hung in 1782 — — Map (db m128976) HM
Built by barn raising in 1900 on C. Van Vorst Farm. Later run by David Garrison. Origin of BH-BL Rotary-1950. Known as Laur Lin Dee Farm. — — Map (db m129241) HM
School District #9 - 1865-1962
Harmony Hall built 1892
by Patrons of Industry
Farmers Club organized 1903
Harmony Community Center 1989 — — Map (db m126929) HM
Earliest recorded Burial: Elisha Hawley - Born 1780 Died 1797. This plot of ground set aside as a burial ground by Jeremiah Smith from his farm (small lot #4, 200 acres of the 5,000 acre tract). Smith purchased this land on November 3, 1774 of the . . . — — Map (db m126542) HM
Burials from 1776. Incorp. 1848. Some stones relocated from Presbyterian Church 1878. Revolutionary War, Civil War, other veterans buried here. — — Map (db m126835) HM
Presbyterian church founded
by Scottish settlers - 1792.
Present Victorian-Gothic
structure dedicated in 1881.
Cemetery established 1778.
National Historic Site 1998
— — Map (db m62717) HM
5,000 acre tract once a hamlet of mills & trades located on the Alplaus Kill. Little Troy School Dist. #7 New Stage Road bridge 1967 — — Map (db m126945) HM
Founded 1895 by John S. Hawley as the Charlton Industrial Farm School for Troubled Boys. Burned April 2, 1938. Rebuilt for young women in 1955. — — Map (db m126841) HM
