On June 13, 1825 General Lafayette Visited Kerr and Hull's Colombia Hall. Viewed Medicinal Springs, then departed for Pittsfield. — — Map (db m203368) HM
Thé Mohican Blessing Fountain was erected by the New Lebanon Garden Club
in 1941 to give thanks to the Mohican Indians for their gift of the healing waters
of the thermal mineral springs to all people forever. The Mohicans were the
original . . . — — Map (db m135096) HM
The Stockport Flats Reserve is a five-mile mosaic of landscapes with a rich diversity of plants and animals. Here you'll find tidal and non-tidal wetlands, floodplain forest, tidal flats, forested islands and an extensive tidal wetland at the mouth . . . — — Map (db m244941) HM
In 1900, electricity was a novel source of power
and light. This was also the dawn of the golden
age of amusement parks. Electrified passenger
rail line operators, some of whom generated their own
electricity, created "electric parks" as . . . — — Map (db m229674) HM
The Albany-Hudson Electric Trail crosses the ancestral lands of the Muhheconneok, "People of the Waters that are Never Still," Native Americans whose name refers to
the tidal Hudson River. Called Mahicans by early Dutch settlers and Mohicans by . . . — — Map (db m230282) HM
The Hudson River Valley was colonized by Dutch settlers in the first half of the 1600s. The stream in front of you - the Valatie Kill - draws its name, pronounced "vah-lay-sha," from the Dutch words "vaal" (falls), "je" (little), and "kill" (stream . . . — — Map (db m230280) HM
The Albany-Hudson Electric Trail follows the route of a thirty-seven-mile-long electrified rail line that connected its namesake cities from 1900 to 1929. This interurban line, which used electricity to power high-speed travel between cities and . . . — — Map (db m197984) HM
Boarding school attended by
about 120 students conducted
here in mid 1850's. Also site
of Hoag's Tavern coach stop on the Boston and Albany Turnpike. — — Map (db m148938) HM
Erected By
Village of Philmont
In Honor of Those
Who Served In
1917 - The World War – 1918
Died In Service
Miss Katheryne E. Greene · J. W. Isenhart · Guy Minkler · John W. Seery · Ralph Steitz · Albert . . . — — Map (db m158798) WM
Chittenden Hollow on west side of falls. Here
George Chittenden built 2nd cotton mill in the county. Later called Rossman Mills — — Map (db m242223) HM
Our Men Who Enlisted
Ray Barden · Elvin Barden · Joseph H. Beaugade · Robert M. Cook · Joseph Dunn · ★Charles Fuller · ★A. W. Henderson · Charles W. Hartman · Harold A. W Hartman · M. Laverne Harvey · Ezra Kern · Floyd D. Kern · . . . — — Map (db m146099) WM
For Conspicuous Gallantry-United States Army-101st Airborne Div.-He left his home in Spencertown and gave his life on the field of battle that others might live. Republic of Vietnam-August 19, 1970 — — Map (db m62740) WM
Prominent lawyer and leading
Federalist resided here 1759-
1789. He was a member of State
Assembly, delegate to the 1821
Constitutional Convention. — — Map (db m145520) HM
Col. David Pratt 1738-1828,
Revolutionary War veteran,
built this house in 1777.
Led petition for 1793 law
clearing local land titles. — — Map (db m145517) HM
Spencertown Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 2018
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m145533) HM
Through community generosity
The Friends of St. Peter’s
Leadership of Mary Zander
Benevolence of the
Ellsworth Kelly Foundation — — Map (db m145522) HM
In the dead of winter, when the Hudson River began to freeze, men eagerly awaited
the call to harvest ice. As the ice industry grew, workers from nearby cities, farmers,
and fishermen depended upon ice harvesting to supplement their incomes . . . — — Map (db m244912) HM
Prior to 1667 known as “Major Abram’s (Staats) Kill” and “Third Falls.” In 1823 called Stuyvesant Falls” and after 1845 “Kinderhook Creek” — — Map (db m56638) HM
Also known as Nutten Hooke,
Coxsackie Station. Early industrial area. Sites of ferry 1820, Cary Brick 1902, R&W Scott Ice Co., 1885. — — Map (db m132615) HM
The Albany-Hudson Electric Trail follows the route of a thirty-seven-mile-long
electrified rail line that connected its namesake cities from 1900 to 1929. This
interurban line, which used electricity to power high-speed travel between cities
and . . . — — Map (db m242396) HM
The history and landscape of the Stuyvesant Falls hamlet were shaped by the waters of Kinderhook Creek, which provided power for textile mills and the Albany-Hudson electric trolley line.
Textile Mills
Kinderhook Creek drops . . . — — Map (db m242402) HM
This Park, a Bi-Centennial Eagle Scout Project developed by Keith Monthie
in cooperation with Town of Stuyvesant, and Chemetron Corp.
Dedicated in 1976
Stuyvesant Falls---1823 Also called "Third Falls" - 26 feet high,
Lower Falls, below the . . . — — Map (db m242403) HM
Why is It Called the Albany-Hudson Electric Trail?
The "AHET" name honors the trail's history as well as its present day use. The 36-mile rail-trail follows the route of an electric trolley that operated from 1899 to 1929 running from . . . — — Map (db m242409) HM
Gallatin organized 1803 and included Ancram. Taghkanic organized 1803 as Granger and included Copake. Both taken from Livingston — — Map (db m145467) HM
Why is It Called the Albany-Hudson Electric Trail?
The "AHET" name honors the trail's history as well as its present-day use. The 36-mile rail-trail follows the route of an electric trolley that operated from 1899 to 1929, running from . . . — — Map (db m230786) HM
Gov. Glynn Square and War Memorial Garden est. 1994 Site of Union School 1876 – 1929 Marker donated by Andrew Earl Boy Scouts Veterans Day Run 2006 — — Map (db m56672) HM
On this site stood the Valatie Union School. ca. 1876 – 1929. Gov. Martin H. Glynn, as well as the many who served & died in both World Wars, attended here. Governor Glynn [1913 – 1914], was a Congressman, State Comptroller, . . . — — Map (db m56673) HM
National Register c 1826 Nathan Wild 1790–1867, a founder of Valatie and its textile mills, one of the nations’ earliest industrial villages. — — Map (db m37861) HM
Why is It Called the
Albany-Hudson
Electric Trail?
The "AHET" name honors the trail's history as well as its
present-day use. The 36-mile rail-trail follows the route
of an electric trolley that operated from 1899 to 1929,
running from . . . — — Map (db m229754) HM
The Hudson River Valley was colonized by Dutch settlers in the first half of the 1600s. The stream in front of you - the Valatie Kill - draws its name, pronounced "vah-lay-sha," from the Dutch words "vaal" (falls), "je" (little), and "kill" (stream . . . — — Map (db m230194) HM
Built c. 1871 on the site of earlier inns dating back to the 18th century. Also believed the site young Martin Van Buren tried his first court case. — — Map (db m37862) HM
The Valatie Santa Claus Club was founded on Christmas Eve, 1946. Veterans of World War II pooled their discharge pay to bring gifts to every child in Valatie. These Santas and their successors prove the truth of the statement made by the New . . . — — Map (db m56722) HM
Honor Roll Men of the Village of Valatie who proved their country’s worth in the World War * Delmar Berlin * Harry Klomps * JohnW. McConnell Jesse Adriance • J. B. Agar • H. K. Avery • E. J. Beaupre • F. H. Berlin • A. Brignull • E. E. Brignull • . . . — — Map (db m59187) HM
“Valatie, from the Dutch Vaaltje meaning “Little Falls,” was settled about 1665 as part of the Kinderhook Seettlement. The original inhabitants were Mohigan, an Algonquian Indian people. The Dutch established grist and lumber . . . — — Map (db m37865) HM
The history and landscape of the village of Valatie, Dutch for "little falls," were shaped by the waters of Kinderhook Creek and the Valatie Kill, which provided power for textile mills for over a century.
The Textile Industry
Before . . . — — Map (db m229413) HM
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