Jacob Van Aernam
1723 - 1813
Capt. 3rd Albany Regiment
Leader of Patriot forces
in the Helderberg region
during American Revolution
Lived on farm here — — Map (db m44020) HM
Built Circa 1840
By John L. Schoolcraft
U.S. Congressman 1848-1852
Albany Banker and Whig Leader
Delegate to the 1860
National Convention
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Purchased 1672 from Mohawks. Sold to Symon Veeder 1683 & Omie Lagrange 1686. Disputed by Patroons & reduced to 1000 acres by 1775 arbitration. — — Map (db m280783) HM
NY West Shore & Buffalo RR ran near here 1883. Freight and passenger service from Weehawken, NJ to Buffalo, NY. Later part of CSX system. — — Map (db m280779) HM
1763-1843. Began McKownville building inn, tavern, dam & barns nearby for opening of Great Western Turnpike 1800. Town Supervisor 1813-1824 — — Map (db m255234) HM
Vast Passages Explored as
Early as 1835. Acquired by
Northeastern Cave Conservancy.
Subject of Lore & Scientific
Research. Located Nearby.
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Knox School District #5 was
formed in 1822. This school
was built in 1898, restored
by Kiwanis, & placed on the
National Register in 2005.
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Moved from River Road - 1912
Moved from Troy Schenectady Road - 1988
Dedicated August 30, 1989
Friends of Pruyn House
& Town of Colonie — — Map (db m310867) HM
This barn is typical of 19th century barns in Colonie. It was used on the Buhrmaster farm near the Mohawk River and was relocated to this site in 1988. — — Map (db m310871) 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 . . . — — Map (db m23447) HM
Hosam Deen, pilot for U.S. CHECK, crashed his plane on this site on December 10, 1994, at 2:28 am. In doing so, he spared many lives in our community. This memorial is dedicated to him and his love for aviation. — — Map (db m256792) HM
The 182-acre farm of Casparus F. Pruyn was acquired from patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer II in 1825. Pruyn was land agent and manager of the patroon's vast estate in upstate New York. The house's "high style" of architecture reflects the influence . . . — — Map (db m246249) HM
In the 19th century, farm families preserved most meats by "smoking." The raw meats (like hams) were suspended above a slow-burning wood fire to flavor and "cure" the meat. Salted meats were smoked at temperatures high enough to dry them of . . . — — Map (db m310886) HM
Although the Pruyn family was an early owner of this property, the Henkes family lived here for nearly 90 years, the longest among its many occupants.
After the death of Casparus F. Pruyn in 1846, ownership of the Pruyn House property passed . . . — — Map (db m310875) HM
Built in the mid-19th century,
this utility building with
adjoining privy was used to store wood
for the fireplaces in Pruyn House.
The privy was used into the 1940's. — — Map (db m310866) HM
This one-room schoolhouse opened in 1910
and served the students in the vicinity of Verdoy
near the present Albany International Airport
into the 1950s. It was then used as a storage
facility. In 1996, it was donated to the Town
of Colonie and . . . — — Map (db m310846) HM
Farm of Casparus F. Pruyn
land agent for last Patroon
Purchased and restored by
the Town of Colonie, 1983
National Historic Register — — Map (db m310842) HM
Once called Ireland's Corners. Named in 1871 for Gen. John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun.
Commander of His Majesty's forces - French & Indian Wars — — Map (db m142982) HM
Once called Ireland's Corners, named in 1871 for General John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, Commander of His Majesty's forces during the French and Indian Wars. — — Map (db m306935) HM
Dedicated to those brave men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces in time of war and peace since 1775 in the cause of freedom and democracy. — — Map (db m306933) WM
Once a 99 Acre Farm of
VanRensselaer Tenant Farmer
Pvt. Peter Turner, 5th. Co.
Revolutionary War Soldier
Served: 1781 to 1783
A National Register Property
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The Ice Age
The earth has seen many long periods of global cooling commonly known as the Ice Age. At least four of these events have occurred during the last two million years. The last one began about 100,000 years ago. It is called the . . . — — Map (db m269246) HM
Delaware Tribe The Delaware Tribe of Indians is one of the descendant organizations of the Lenape (meaning "people") whose aboriginal homeland was centered along the Delaware and Hudson Rivers in the Northeastern United States.
At the top of . . . — — Map (db m308552) HM
In appreciation to General Henry Knox Commander of Artillery Continental Army American Revolution
Through this place in the winter of 1775-76 passed General Henry Knox to deliver the train of artillery captured at Fort Ticonderoga to . . . — — Map (db m306934) HM WM
In appreciation to those Native Americans who lived in this region traveling and hunting the Loudonville Esker for ten millenia while maintaining its pristine state. — — Map (db m306932) HM
[ Left Column ] Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War (1861-1865). As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. . . . — — Map (db m268793) HM WM
Al-Tro Park In the 19th and early 20th centuries the Hudson River Islands offered places of escape and amusement to residents of Albany and Troy. In the early 20th century, this was the location of Al-Tro Park, an amusement park on what was . . . — — Map (db m307514) HM
[Main Text] In the first half of the 17th Century, European settlements and exploration of northeastern North America increased, as did their contact with Native American peoples. The Mohawk Iroquois and the Huron of Canada were mortal . . . — — Map (db m268781) HM
Col. John Mills
Born
Jan25, 1782
Killed at Sacketts Harbor
May 29,1813
Albany Republican Artillery
Organized by
Col. John Mills
July 4, 1809
Remains removed to Albany
1844
Reinterred
May 30, 1880
Erected
by the State . . . — — Map (db m269693) HM
In Memory of Our Fallen Comrades 1861-1865
Chas. Fish · GrandJno. Flagel ·
Er'st Flake ·
I. Freeman ·
E. H. French ·
Jno. R. Frink ·
H. Gardner ·
G. T. Gates ·
Jas. Gillen ·
J. H. Gilson ·
J. S. Girling ·
S. E. . . . — — Map (db m269061) WM
Vietnam
James J. Angelides
Killed in action
September 16, 1966
Honor Roll
Men who served in the
World War from
Menands, N.Y.
Edward J. Anderson ·
D. Leo Anderson ·
William g. Anderson ·
William Ball ·
Arthur E. Bates · . . . — — Map (db m268613) WM
Hudson River Island and I-787 overlay - This section of Interstate Route 787 and the Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail are located on several islands that used to exist along the west bank of the Hudson River. Some of the channels of the Little . . . — — Map (db m307540) HM
A Fine Farewell as President Chester A. Arthur is Laid to Rest
In 1864, the president's father, Revered William Arthur, purchased a plot for his family in this South Ridge area of Albany Rural Cemetery then known as Sunset Lawn.
The first . . . — — Map (db m285981) HM
Saint Agnes Cemetery has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 2008 — — Map (db m62357) HM
Oldest Schuyler house in America. Erected prior to 1660. Rebuilt 1670 by Richard van Rensselaer member of the patroons family. Purchased in 1672 by Philip Pieterse Schuyler and owned by that family for more than two and a half centuries. Early . . . — — Map (db m268883) HM
The story of Schuyler Flatts begins with the land. Amidst rich natural resources fed by the flow of the Hudson River, this fertile flood plain offered people an attractive place to settle. Thousands of years of continuous occupation has made this . . . — — Map (db m269635) HM
As you read this sign, imagine what the area was like a little over 250 years ago. To the east stood the Schuyler family home with its great barn, with the military road running between it and the west bank of the Hudson River. To the west was a . . . — — Map (db m269109) HM
On June 5, 2005 a construction project across from the Schuyler Flatts Cultural Park unknowingly disturbed an undocumented cemetery. Archaeologists from Hartgen Archaeological Associates investigated the scene, uncovering 13 sets of human remains. . . . — — Map (db m268619) HM
During the colonial wars (1689 - 1763), Albany with its strategic Mohawk and Hudson river transportation routes was the starting point for invasions of French-held territory in the Great Lakes, Canada, and the Champlain Valley. In response, the . . . — — Map (db m268740) HM
[Left Side]
In September 1609 when Henry Hudson sailed up the river, which was later named for him, he did not arrive in an empty land. Native people had been living on the Upper Hudson River for more than 12,000 years.
The people that . . . — — Map (db m268721) HM
A plot of land was set aside north of this lane to serve as a burial ground for the Schuyler family.
Colonel Philip Schuyler's gravestone dated 1758 is the earliest and grandest of the remaining stones a stone tablet set on pillars. He was the . . . — — Map (db m268621) HM
...
Classical form stands in deliberate contrast to the cemetery's carefully designed, irregular landscape. - Eugene J. Johnson, renowned author and professor, reflection upon visiting the house
[ Main Text . . . — — Map (db m268813) HM
This was once the site of Troy Steel and Iron Company's blast furnace on Beeaker or Hillhouse Island. This island no longer exists; the tidal waters forming several islands on the west shore of the Hudson River were mostly filled in the 1960's with . . . — — Map (db m226374) HM
Dedicated February 26, 1956
to the memory of
those men of Menands
who gave their lives
in the service of their country.
World War I
John G. Jenkins ·
Edward G. Rossell
World War II
Hiland G. Batcheller Jr. ·
Donald Gough ·
James . . . — — Map (db m268608) WM
Built in 1903, a second room
was added in 1941,
and the school closed in
1960. The first New Salem
school was built about 1823. — — Map (db m276309) HM
New Salem once known as
"Punkintown." Legend says
a sow & her litter could live
in the "punkins" that grew
here because they were so big. — — Map (db m279158) HM
Original part built c. 1816. Revolutionary War Captain. Served 3 area churches from 1794-1825. His descendants lived in home until 1922. — — Map (db m136073) HM
Land leased From Patroon
c.1779. Original House Is
Stone. Wood Sections Added
Later. Occupied by The
Allen Family over 100 Years.
— — Map (db m97288) HM
Built by Capt. Thomas Rogers
c.1820. Home of Aaron Hotaling.
owned for over 50 years by the
family of Arthur Pound, state
historian, poet & author. — — Map (db m142764) HM
Presented to the Town of New
Scotland, by the citizens of the
Town of New Scotland, with
stones gathered by the youth
of the town. Dedicated to
those who served and consecrated
by those who gave their lives
defending this flag and . . . — — Map (db m142767) WM
In Memory of
those Pioneer Geologists
whose researches in the
Helderbergs from 1819 to 1850
made this region classic
ground. Among them
Amos Eaton · the John Gebhards Sr. & Jr. · James Hall · William W. Mather · Lardner Vanuxem · James . . . — — Map (db m291636) HM
Baptist Church formed as "First Church of Rensselaerville." Proposed first Am. Baptist Missionary Society and Natl. Baptist Assembly, 1801. Church built, 1846. — — Map (db m241630) HM