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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Montgomery County, New York
Adjacent to Montgomery County, New York
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| | Third Mohawk Valley House
built by Sir William
Johnson. Important military
post and Indian Council
place of 1754-60 — — Map (db m46976) HM |
| | Used by Sir Wm Johnson 1742-
1774 between Fort Johnson and
Johnson Hall. A Bi-Centennial
in 1938 celebrated his
arrival in America. — — Map (db m5690) HM |
| | Of Gen. Van Rensselaer's
American Army, Oct. 19, 1780.
Also site of Palatine Church
1770 — — Map (db m137537) HM |
| | In October 1780 Sir John Johnson led an British raiding force of 875 men up the Schoharie Creek and then west along the Mohawk River, destroying almost every farm in their path. At Stone Arabia, the vanguard of his troops engaged Massachusetts . . . — — Map (db m120862) HM |
| | 1779
Clinton March
Colonel Lewis DuBois with
5th New York Regiment and
Artillery left Fort Plain for
Otsego Lake, June 25, 1779 — — Map (db m75282) HM |
| | Woman's rights leaders Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke here March 25, 1867 on universal suffrage. — — Map (db m136735) HM |
| | Home and place of refuge
built circa 1770 by Nicholas
Failing for his son Henry.
Later the home of
Col. Hendrick Frey — — Map (db m137277) HM |
| | "Let the Work of Our Fathers Stand" * * * * * On the Adjacent Hill Summit Stood Fort Plain, Erected 1776, and Its Blockhouse, Built 1780. Military Headquarters of the Mohawk Valley 1780 -1784 Gen. Washington Here July 30, 1783 * * * * * Erected by . . . — — Map (db m5282) HM |
| | ←
1776-1788
Northern limit of raid by Brant's Indians-Tories
16 killed - 60 captured
100 buildings burned
Aug. 2, 1780 — — Map (db m5286) HM |
| |
Fort Plain
Free Library Formed 1885 By
Women's Library Association
and Martha Bortle, Local
Educator. Chartered 1894.
— — Map (db m95733) HM |
| | In honor of the Patriots who labored and fought for the cause of American Liberty in the Mohawk Valley 1777-1783 — — Map (db m136882) WM |
| | Home of Nelson B. Greene
from 1885 to 1955. Managed
Mohawk Valley Register.
Artist, illustrator,
authored local histories. — — Map (db m132732) HM |
| | Grave of
Henry Seeber,
pioneer, patriot & Revolutionary soldier — — Map (db m130962) HM |
| | Site of first meeting place Palatine District Committee of Safety August 27, 1774 — — Map (db m131481) HM |
| | This is one of the oldest churches in the Mohawk Valley. Lutheran Palatine Germans built it in 1770 using limestone taken from the creek nearby. The construction cost $155,000 in 2008 dollars with funding donated primarily by the Wagner, Nellis, . . . — — Map (db m137547) HM |
| | First Frame of Text: Fort Plain Museum
Fort Plain, also known as Fort Rensselaer, was built 1778-79 on two-thirds of an acre of hilltop, an ideal strategic and defensive position. Families from nearby settlements retreated . . . — — Map (db m75301) HM |
| | Sand Hill
Dutch Reformed Church
First Built 1750
Burned in 1780 Raid
Rebuilt 1785 - Torn Down 1840 — — Map (db m75274) HM |
| | Sand Hill School
Site of the First School
Built in this Section
Before Revolution — — Map (db m75279) HM |
| | ‹——«««
Te-No-To-Ge
Largest Mohawk Indian Town
Visited By
Van Den Bogaert 1634
55 Houses - Over 1000 People — — Map (db m75281) HM |
| | A man came rushing from a house,
Saying, "Snub up your boat I pray,
Snub up your boat, snub up, alas,
Snub up while yet you may."
Mark Twain's satirical poem "The
Aged Pilot Man” highlights
characteristic of canal life as . . . — — Map (db m141379) HM |
| | Front 1884 - Original School was built on this land donated by John H. Starin.
1899 -First Class new Regents system.
Jan 8, 1923 - Destroyed by fire. Back
1924 - School built to replace original destroyed by fire.
1953 . . . — — Map (db m131480) HM |
| |
General Nicholas Herkimer (1728–1777), one of the first American-born generation of the Palatine Germans who settled the Mohawk Valley, leading farmer-trader of
the Valley, and hero of the Battle of Oriskany, built
Herkimer Home in . . . — — Map (db m4269) HM |
| | Canal buoy boats were originally constructed in
the 1920s and 1930s to service buoys on the Barge
Canal. Since the Barge Canal followed natural rivers
and lakes for much of its length, as opposed to the
mule-drawn dug canal, navigation buoys . . . — — Map (db m141373) HM |
| | Sir William Johnson (1715-1774), Indian trader, statesman, diplomat and Colonial Empire Builder, in 1763 built Johnson Hall, the center of his estate and the scene of many Indian conferences.
Coming from Ireland in 1738, Johnson traded with the . . . — — Map (db m64987) HM |
| | The Mohawk Valley was a principal pass to the interior between the Adirondack Mountains and the Allegheny Plateau. Here dwelt the Mohawks, one of the Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy who barred the white man's advance westward. In the seventeenth . . . — — Map (db m64988) HM |
| | The Mohawk Valley was a principal pass to the interior between the Adirondack Mountains and the Allegheny Plateau. Here dwelt the Mohawks, one of the Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy who barred the white man's advance westward. In the . . . — — Map (db m75968) HM |
| |
Site of
Sammons Home
Burned During Revolution And Sampson Sammons and His Three Sons Taken Prisoners. Jacob And Frederick Were Taken To Canada But Escaped After Much Suffering — — Map (db m67056) HM |
| | Historic New York
Site of The Battle of Oriskany,
August 6, 1777
Oriskany Battlefield
(Eight miles west of Utica)
The Battle of Oriskany was one of the bloodies
engagements of the American Revolution. British and
Indians here ambushed . . . — — Map (db m4267) HM |
| | Locks Open the Way
The Erie Canal originally scaled some 700 feet in elevation changes along its route from Rome, New York to Buffalo. This was accomplished by building a series of 83 locks to accomodate changes in water levels. These . . . — — Map (db m129907) HM |
| | By the Numbers
5,900 Square Miles
Six thriving Counties
More Than 500,000 Residents
Homeland of the Iroquois
For centuries, the ancestral homeland of the Native American Iroquois included the Mohawk Valley region. French, . . . — — Map (db m129846) HM |
| | The Burning of the Valleys
Aimed at disrupting supply lines and devastating the crops that fed troops during the
Revolutionary War, the Burning of the Valleys was a ruthless campaign waged against civilians
and led by the British Army, . . . — — Map (db m129849) HM |
| | Feeding an Army
A plentiful source of wheat and dairy, the Mohawk and Schoharie Valleys have long been vital farmlands. They were the targets for the British during the revolutionary War because they were important sources of food for the . . . — — Map (db m129909) HM |
| | The Valley and the War
The Mohawk Valley region played an important
role during the Revolutionary War, which lasted
from 1775 through 1783. Given the significance
of the Mohawk Valley and the Hudson River
in connecting New
England . . . — — Map (db m139814) HM |
| | Dedicated to the sons and daughters of the Town of Glen who served their country in World War II and the Korean Conflict.
(Names not transcribed) — — Map (db m131443) WM |
| |
First home built here
1751 by John E. Van Epps
pioneer settler in
Fultonville then known
as Van Epps Swamp
— — Map (db m67054) HM |
| | Amsterdam residents met in this building Nov. 9 1836 to form Amsterdam Anti-slavery Society, Mong. Co.'s 1st stand against slavery — — Map (db m131485) HM |
| | First church in Hagaman. In 1835, erected as Presbyterian North. In 1855, became dutch Reformed. — — Map (db m131487) HM |
| |
Cemetery-1774
Owned by Joseph Hagaman,
For Whom Village of Hagaman
Was Named. Cemetery Restored
In 1927. 7 Revolutionary
Soldiers are Buried Here
— — Map (db m76623) HM |
| |
Abandoned For Many Years.
Restored by Lewis E.
Harrower in 1927. Cared
For by Town of Amsterdam
— — Map (db m76646) HM |
| |
Has Been Placed on The
National Register of
Historic Places in 2002
By the United States
Department of the Interior
William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2013
— — Map (db m76606) HM |
| | Village of Hagaman Korean War
June 27,1950 - Jan 31,1955
Vietnam War
Feb 28, 1961 - Aug 31, 1964
(In Vietnam Combat Zone)
Aug 5, 1964 - May 7, 1975
Persian Gulf War
Aug 2, 1990
Let no one say anywhere anytime that those who . . . — — Map (db m131488) WM |
| | John Smith developed his
farmstead on Otsquago Creek
in 1834. It stands today as
an example of a prosperous
farm in the 19th century — — Map (db m141370) HM |
| | From ca. 1866-ca. 1907
fine and fancy wool goods
were spun, carded, woven and
finished in a four-story
stone mill on the creek — — Map (db m132664) HM |
| | In Memory Of
1st Lt. Roy A. Schuyler
Co. B, 311th Inf.
Killed Sept. 26, 1918
at Bois de Grand Fontaine
Buried at St. Mihiel Cemetery
Age 28 Years
Prt. Simon P. LeRoy
Co. C, 80th Inf.
Killed Oct 14, 1918
at . . . — — Map (db m137344) WM |
| |
Grave and Site of Home of
Volkert Veeder
Montgomery County Delegate
To Constitution Ratification
Convention at Poughkeepsie
17 June - 26 July 1788
— — Map (db m66809) HM |
| |
Stone Section of House
Was Stockaded Home Of
Lt. Col. Peter Wagner
Palatine Regt. Tryon
County Militia - 1750
— — Map (db m120445) HM |
| | Home of Maj. John Frey
Hendrick Frey location at foot of hill 1689
British fort nearby, 1701-1713 — — Map (db m137581) HM |
| | Residence of John Frey, Montgomery County delegate to Constitutional Ratification Convention at Poughkeepsie 17 June - 26 June 1788. — — Map (db m137583) HM |
| | Here was the most dangerous naviable rapid in the Mohawk River. Before the canal, boatmen would cooperate going upriver — — Map (db m131434) HM |
| | Built in 1795 by the Spraker family. Once famous as a river and turnpike tavern — — Map (db m131435) HM |
| | Lutheran Church 1792
Also site of log church 1729
Settled by Palatines 1712 — — Map (db m131499) HM |
| | Lies east of road. Col. Brown's American battalion defeated Oct. 19, 1780 — — Map (db m131498) HM |
| | The majestic Mohawk Valley has been the scene of many key events which have helped to shape the character and destiny of New York State and the nation. This was once the home of the proud Mohawks, one of the main tribes of the powerful six-nation . . . — — Map (db m84167) HM |
| |
Home of Webster Wagner
Palatine Bridge
Inventor of Sleeping Car 1858
Palace Car 1867
— — Map (db m63091) HM |
| |
18th Century Home
Built by John Gunsaulis This
Typical Colonial Plank Home
Is Notable for Unique Chimenys,
Original Features, Privy and
Imposing Size North of the Mohawk
— — Map (db m46975) HM |
| |
1922-1954
Thomas & Edith Healey's
Summer Resort & Dance Hall
Site of 1855 Sawmill, Dam & Pond — — Map (db m40865) HM |
| | Where according to tradition Washington stayed over night on his
visit through the valley — — Map (db m130986) HM |
| |
Organized 1790. Previous
services held in barn of Jacob
Dievendorf. First pastor
Rev - J. R. H. Hasbrouck.
— — Map (db m41375) HM |
| | Mighty floods sweep down the Mohawk almost every spring. Builders of the original Erie Canal recognized the river's power and laid out their artificial waterway well above flood levels. Barge Canal engineers dredged river channels and replaced stone . . . — — Map (db m97601) HM |
| |
Home of Enoch Ambler
Inventor of First
Mowing Machine
Patent Signed by Pres.
Andrew Jackson in 1834
Heritage & Genealogical Soc. of Montg. Co
— — Map (db m68671) HM |
| | Although basic principles of operation remain the same, locks along the Erie Canal have changed over the years. The canal's first locks, products of careful stonework by masons, measured 15 feet wide and 90 feet long. The concrete lock that you see . . . — — Map (db m130952) HM |
| | Transportation is King The world kept changing, and the Erie Canal along with it. Completed in 1825, the Canal has been rebuilt - or enlarged - twice. The original Erie Canal, known as Clinton's Ditch, was only 40 feet wide and four feet deep. New . . . — — Map (db m130951) HM |
| |
1739
Ancient Salt Springs
Nearby David Linsey
Discovered The Spring From
Which Village was Named
Source of Pioneer Supply
— — Map (db m119962) HM |
| | Covered By Clinton's Army
In 1779 On March To Join
Gen. Sullivan at Tioga — — Map (db m70855) WM |
| | Site of Mohawk Iroquois
village, 1635-1646 documented
by Dutch trader, H. Van Den Bogaert
and French Jesuit, Issac Jogues
1984 archaeological excavation — — Map (db m145087) HM |
| | The CanalWay Trail: Sprakers
Welcome to the Canalway Trail System, offering hundreds of miles of scenic trails and numerous parks for walking, bicycling, cross-country skiing and other recreational activities. The Canalway Trails parallels . . . — — Map (db m137088) HM |
| | Route of Gen. Clinton’s American Army of 2000 men, 500 wagons, 200 batteaux, portage Canajoharie-Otsego Lake 1779 — — Map (db m130960) HM |
| |
Flint Homesite Robert Flint - Pioneer and Lieutenant French and Indian Wars, Cornelius Flint - Soldier Revolution
— — Map (db m48399) HM |
| | This tablet marks the site of the home of Col. Jacob Klock
meeting place of
the Tryon County Vigilance Committee
June 16, 1775 July 10-11, 1775
and first and second town meetings of St. Johnsville.
Battle of Klocks Field Oct. . . . — — Map (db m137565) HM |
| | Fort Klock was built as a fortified farmhouse in 1750, during the unsettled times of the French & Indian Wars. The two-foot-thick limestone walls have loopholes on every side so people inside can defend themselves. A small spring in the cellar could . . . — — Map (db m120450) HM |
| | Johann Jacob Zimmerman home
Founder of village in 1725
1757 Zimmerman's mill
Revolutionary War fort
turnpike tavern site 1800 — — Map (db m137532) HM |
| |
The Stone Dwelling 500 Feet South
Was Built By Johannis Klock In 1750,
And Was Used As A Fort And Place Of
Refuge During The Revolutionary War
The "Battle of Klock's Field"
Was Fought Near Here To The West
~~~
This Tablet Placed Aug. . . . — — Map (db m120447) HM |
| | 500 feet north on hill. 1750
St. John’s Reformed Church,
school and cemetery. Site of
Mohawk Valley pioneers and
Revolutionary War soldiers. — — Map (db m137555) HM |
| | On October 19, 1780
British forces were defeated
in Revolutionary War battle
ending their raid of Mohawk
and Schoharie valleys — — Map (db m137551) HM |
| | Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m137586) HM |
| | Transferred to Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park by Alonzo Smith Post No. 356 G.A.R Dept. of N.Y. C.W. Scudder, Com., C. W. Lambert, Adj. 1922
This gun was in active service during the Civil War — — Map (db m137988) WM |
| | Dedicated in
grateful tribute to
the men and women
of St. Johnsville
who served in
the armed forces
of our country — — Map (db m137564) WM |
| | 1st U.S. Male to win 24 hr.
Nat’l Championship 3 times
1996 147.1 Miles
2000 157.9 Miles
2002 138.6 Miles 2002 48 hrs. 231 Miles — — Map (db m137535) HM |
| | Organized 1711. Built 1788.
Listed on the National Register
of Historic Places 1977.
Reformed church services
were held here until 1990. — — Map (db m136701) HM |
| | Site of home of
Frederick Getman.
Came to America in 1710.
Naturalized on November 22,
1715.
Purchased 600 acres of land
in Stone Arabia Patent
and settled here in 1720.
His sons and descendants
were prominent in early
civil and military . . . — — Map (db m136702) HM |
| |
Canal Builder
"James Shanahan Lock"
Lock 12 so designated 1989.
In 1864 he built 1st Bridge
over Hudson River at Albany.
Sup't NYS Canals 1878-1897
— — Map (db m47447) HM |
| | Built 1795 by Col. Fredrick Vischer replacing house which was burned in the Valley Raid of 1780 — — Map (db m131355) HM |
| | The Mohawk Valley has had a long history as a transportation corridor between the eastern seaboard and the Midwest. In colonial times, both Native Americans and European settlers used the Mohawk in its natural state. Flooding often halted travel in . . . — — Map (db m142250) HM |
| | In honor and in memory of the sons and daughters of Tribes Hill who served their Country in World War II.
Charles Brownell, Lawrence Quackenbush, John Schilling are denoted as having died in service.
further names were not . . . — — Map (db m137655) WM |
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