Brick Tavern Stand
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior.
Built 1828 — — Map (db m243380) HM
From 1833 until its closing in 1878, the Chemung Canal linked this area with the Erie Canal. The first of 51 locks was near this marker. — — Map (db m107561) HM
Born · August 29, 1843.
Montour Falls, New York (Havana)
Alderman
Elmira City Attorney 1865
Member of Assembly 1871 - 1872
Mayor of Elmira 1882
Lieutenant Governor 1883 - 1885
Governor 1885 - 1891
U.S. Senator 1891 - 1897 . . . — — Map (db m243387) HM
Mechanical Genius in 1880 aged 16 yrs. began business with his father and brother in a foundry 20x45 feet on this site. From his ingenuity and tireless efforts grew the Shepard Niles Crane and Hoist Corporation of this village — — Map (db m66958) HM
...the valley of tumbling waters, where a waterfall cascades 156 feet into the heart of an historic village...
Just 20,000 years ago, a glacier — nearly a mile high — covered this entire area. As it receded, the glacier left in its wake the . . . — — Map (db m146546) HM
Sp4 Ross Edward Bedient · Sgt Robert Allen Burke · PFC Gary Lynn Gascon · PFC Daniel Haley Love · SP4 Robert Joseph Pastore · Sgt John Edward Rarrick — — Map (db m243601) WM
The Eagle Protecting Her Chicks was chosen by the Odessa American Legion as the focal point of the Schuyler County Veterans Memorial
It pays tribute to our service men and women past and present and represents freedom, strength and courage. . . . — — Map (db m243599) WM
Tyrone Roll of Honor
Joseph Novak
Irwin Knickerbocker
denoted as having died in service
additional names were not transcribed
SPC Christopher J Scott
MP US Army
Born Nov. 17 1989
K.I.A. Sept 3. 2011 . . . — — Map (db m139680) WM
Each year on Friday after Labor Day, the Grand Prix Festival of Watkins Glen celebrates the community’s rich road racing history and the first post-World War II road race in the United States. The event is dedicated to the committee of the Chamber . . . — — Map (db m80033) HM
Honoring Our Naval Veterans William James DeSarno, a World War II U.S. Naval veteran and others, in true patriotism and appreciation, presents this memorial which is erected and dedicated to the honor and glory of all Schuyler County residents . . . — — Map (db m75158) WM
On this spot the green flag dropped for twenty-three
sports cars to start the first road race in the United States
after World War II. It was October 2, a beautiful, crisp
Saturday in 1948. The event, sanctioned by the Sports Car
Club, of . . . — — Map (db m80030) HM
In 1953 the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Corporation
moved the circuit to a spot six miles southwest of the
village, very close to where the circuit is presently located
and racing continued on public roads for three more years
In 1956 the 2.3 mile . . . — — Map (db m80032) HM
Morvalden Ells
Opened this Book of Nature as a Private Enterprise, July Fourth 1863 Now Watkins Glen State Park. A Scenic Wonder of the World
— — Map (db m69978) HM
