On Main Street (New York State Route 28) just west of High Street, on the right when traveling east.
Atkin, Earl Ballantine, Herbert Bartholomew, Carl Bee, Frank Bouton, Harold Bruce, John D. Sergt. Bruce, M. Linn Jr., 1st. Lt. Brushman, Fred Bush, Clarence *Calhoun, James D. Clement, Harry Clement, John Davis, William S. . . . — — Map (db m147379) WM
On New York State Route 30 at B W S Road 8, on the right when traveling south on State Route 30.
THE DELAWARE AND NORTHERN RAILROAD served these communities from 1905 to 1942. A gas-driven car known as "the Red Heifer delivered mail and transported passengers up and down the valley. Samuel R. Rosoff, known as Subway Sam for his work buiding . . . — — Map (db m180862) HM
On New York State Route 30 at B W S Road 8, on the right when traveling south on State Route 30.
You are at the Pepacton Reservoir, the largest reservoir by volume in the New York City Water Supply System. It is located in Delaware County along the northern edge of the Catskill Park, five miles south of the Village
of Margaretville and more . . . — — Map (db m180866) HM
On New York State Route 30 at B W S Road 8, on the right when traveling south on State Route 30.
"This was beautiful dairy land with crop land on the flats, pastures on the slopes which blended into steep forested mountainsides." Harry D. Archer The Damn Nuisance
IN ADDITION TO SHAVERTOWN, other hamlets now under the reservoir - . . . — — Map (db m180783) HM
On New York State Route 10, on the right when traveling south.
The Delaware Valley has been inhabited for thousands of years. At Chestnut Point, and in fields along the West Branch of the Delaware River, more recent local residents have found arrow points, pottery shards, scrapers and other artifacts left . . . — — Map (db m137644) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 10) east of Court Street, on the left when traveling east.
Chief Justice of the U.S. first studied law (1881-1882) near this spot with Judge W.M. Gleason while teaching School at Delaware Academy
Law Day May 1, 1959 — — Map (db m136222) HM
On New York State Route 19, on the left when traveling south.
Congregation formed 1822 promoting union with all
Christians. Gideon Frisbee leased this land to erect a
house of worship to trustees Newell Dodge, Putnam
Farrington, Daniel Frisbee, John Hammond and Clark Sloat later razed. The present church, . . . — — Map (db m137501) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 10) at Court Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Erected by the people of
Delaware County
In grateful remembrance of those
Who served their Country in the Civil War
And who have defended
The American Flag
(List of Battles)
Gettysburg
Antietam
Wilderness
Cold Harbor . . . — — Map (db m137663) WM
On Fitches Bridge Road at Delhi-South Kortright Road (County Route 18), on the right when traveling north on Fitches Bridge Road.
Built in 1870 by James Frazier & James
Warren, it originally spanned the
Delaware at Kingston Street in Delhi.
Replaced by an iron bridge in 1885, it was
moved by David Wright and a town crew to
this site known as Fitches Crossing. . . . — — Map (db m137499) HM
On Fitches Bridge Road near Delhi South Kortright Road, on the right when traveling south.
Placed on the State and National
Registers of Historic Places in 1999
Rehabilitated in 2001 by Delaware
County Department of Public Works.
Donated By Greater Delhi Area Chamber Of Commerce
— — Map (db m101315) HM
On New York State Route 10, on the right when traveling west.
This house built in 1804 by Gideon Frisbee, later judge, replaced the log inn where the first Delaware County courts convened 1797-1799. — — Map (db m93301) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 10), on the right when traveling west.
N.Y. Vol. Inf. organized in Delaware County. Mustered into the Union Army Sept. 27, 1862 at Camp Delaware located on the flats below Delhi. — — Map (db m93300) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 10) 0.1 miles east of Falls Mills Road, on the right when traveling east.
The anti-rent agitations of the 1830's and 1840's originated in the landowning system of colonial New York. Grants of extensive estates in the 17th and 18th centuries gave to the Van Rensselaers, Livingstons and other owners considerable power over . . . — — Map (db m136218) HM
On Bridge Street (New York State Route 30) 0.1 miles south of New York State Route 206, on the right.
Built in 1854 by Robert Murray
To Span 174 of the East Branch
at a Cost of $1,700. Restored in
1998 For $1,000,000 as a Tribute
to the Skills of the Past. — — Map (db m154887) HM
On Bridge Street (New York State Route 30) 0.3 miles north of River Road, on the left when traveling south.
Built 1854.
Has Been Placed on the National
Register of Historic Places
By the United States Department
of the Interior. May 20, 1999. — — Map (db m154888) HM
On Main Street, 0.1 miles east of Little Red Kill Road, on the right when traveling east.
Incorporated in 1913. Named to honor the Fleischmann family, long-time summer residents & benefactors Fleischmanns Museum of Memories — — Map (db m136224) HM
On Main Street, 0.1 miles east of Little Red Kill Road, on the left when traveling east.
Skene Memorial Library Fleischmanns, New York has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior honoring its centennial 2001 — — Map (db m147157) HM
On New York State Route 23 at New York State Route 30, on the right when traveling east on State Route 23.
Native of Strathspey, Scotland.
Revolutionary War soldier.
Moresville's first settler-1786.
Magistrate, postmaster,
millwright, tavern & hotel owner.
Village called Moresville until 1874 — — Map (db m132113) HM
On New York State Route 10, on the left when traveling south.
Hamden: The Early Years
The Town of Hamden was organized in 1825
In its early years, butter was it's most valuable
commodity particularly during the Civil War years.
The size of a typical family farm was 80 to 100 acres
and supported 8 to . . . — — Map (db m137618) HM
On New York State Route 10 at Basin Clove Road on State Route 10.
Side A
Hamden Covered Bridge Built in 1859 and placed on the state and national registers of historic places in 1999. Side B
Built in 1859 by Robert Murray to span 128' of the west branch at a cost of $1,000. Restored in 2000 . . . — — Map (db m93306) HM
Near New York State Route 10, on the left when traveling south.
For nearly one hundred fifty years, the Hamden Covered Bridge has stood as a testament tot the ingenuity and resilience of both Delaware Country structures and the engineers who built them. The story of the Hamden Covered Bridges original . . . — — Map (db m137657) HM
On New York State Route 10, on the left when traveling south.
The New York & Oswego Midland Railroad was incorporated in 1866.
The route chosen stretched from Oswego on Lake Ontario to Jersey City, NJ. When the panic of 1873 hit, the Midland entered bankruptcy. In 1880, a new group of investors bought . . . — — Map (db m137623) HM
On Front Street east of Read Street, on the left when traveling east.
This memorial
is dedicated to
two young men, who
willingly gave their lives
to protect our freedom
Lieutenant
Cameron N. Hall
U.S. Navy
4-29-77 · 8-15-07
Staff Sergeant
Justin R. Whiting
U.S. Army . . . — — Map (db m122147) WM
On New York State Route 10 south of Sands Creek Road, on the right when traveling south.
The Largest Community in the valley was Cannonsville, a center of commerce and civic life. Presbyterian Baptist and Methodist Churches served both spiritual and temporal needs. The Cannonsville Community House hosted dances, lectures, and . . . — — Map (db m137637) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 97) west of Pennsylvania Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Memorial
to those who served
in the
World War
Edmund J. Cotter Jr. Andrew Dunn
John L. Dunn Charles Esolen
Edward Guinan Ambrose McGranaghan
Edmund McGranaghan Eugene McGranaghan
Thomas McGranaghan Aloysius Meyer . . . — — Map (db m122205) WM
On New York State Route 97 north of the bridge over East Branch of the Delaware River, on the left when traveling north.
The Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (New York State Route 97) follows the Upper Delaware River through the western parts of Delaware, Sullivan, and Orange Counties. This unique highway connects the rafting and bluestone village of Hancock to the . . . — — Map (db m122138) HM
On Read Street at Education Lane/Wildcat Drive, in the median on Read Street.
In memory of
all those
who gave their lives
and to those who
served their country
in time of war
——————————
This flag pole
presented to
Hancock Central School
by . . . — — Map (db m122148) WM
On New York State Route 23 at Colonel Harper Road, on the right when traveling west on State Route 23.
This stone marks the location of the first house erected in the Town of Harpersfield in 1771 by John Harper for whom this town was named. It was burned in 1777 by the Indians and Tories under Brandt and Butler. — — Map (db m159037) HM
On New York State Route 30, 0.6 miles north of E Hubbell Hill Road (County Road 36), on the right when traveling north.
Family compound occupied
by farm, mills, stores
and homes since Milow and
Polly (Faulkner) Hubbell
settled here in 1848.
Listed on State and National Registers of Historic Places — — Map (db m24676) HM
On New York State Route 30, on the right when traveling north.
Built for Kelly Brothers
for easier cow care.
Meade family ran dairy
farm through 1963.
Reconstructed 1988
State and National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m132124) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 30) just east of Fair Street, on the right when traveling east.
While the Flood Buy-Out Program allowed many families to relocate out of the floodway, it also permanently changed the community.
More than six acres of land in the heart of Margaretville, mostly on Main Street, became vacant. Local residents . . . — — Map (db m147303) HM
On Main Street west of Bridge Street, on the right when traveling west.
Hamlet developed in 1840s. First hotel opened at this site 1845. Village named for Margaret Livingston when it incorporated in 1875. — — Map (db m132230) HM
Three Hudson Valley Dutch
families arrived in 1763 to
settle the Delaware Valley
where the Lenni Lenape
first hunted and fished. — — Map (db m132108) HM
On Mill Brook Road at Davis Road, on the right when traveling east on Mill Brook Road.
Erected in 1902 by E.A. Marks & W. Alton
Last restoration completed in 1992
Funded by community donations
Listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
This plaque donated by the Town of Hardenburgh — — Map (db m167259) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 30) just east of Fair Street, on the right when traveling east.
The cost of the Flood of '96 was high. Ten people died in the Catskills. Dozens lost their homes. The lives of thousands more were disrupted for months. Across Delaware County, the State and Federal governments paid more than $20 million in . . . — — Map (db m147368) HM
Th East Branch of the Delaware of and its many tributaries- - the Binnekill, Bush Kill, Plattekill, Mill Brook, Dry Brook, Bull Run, Batavia Kill, Red Kill and others
are central to the history of the Village of Margaretville and the wider Town . . . — — Map (db m132228) HM
This stream-crossed valley beneath 3,200-foot Pakatakan Mountain has been attracting travelers since the Lenni Lenape found good hunting and fishing here hundreds of years ago. The first European settlers arrived in the region in 1763, and a small . . . — — Map (db m132158) HM
Near Burroughs Memorial Road, 0.7 miles west of Fairway Drive, on the right when traveling west.
John Burroughs was buried at his "boyhood rock" on the mountainside where he spent much of his life. This red sandstone boulder was one of his favorite places to rest. Here, in the shade of an ironwood tree, he could observe nature and appreciate . . . — — Map (db m218058) HM
On New York State Route 30 at Bridge Street, on the right when traveling north on State Route 30.
In 1852, John B. Gould purchased a "tin shop” in this original structure built in 1840. His son, Jason "Jay” Gould, born in Roxbury in 1836, became a partner with his father in the shop at age 16. The younger Gould was sent to New York . . . — — Map (db m133799) HM
On New York State Route 30 north of Lake Street, on the right when traveling south.
Helen Gould, daughter of the financier Jay Gould became enchanted with the village of Roxbury where her father was born and raised. In 1894 she purchased the property next to the Gould Family church which she had helped to build. Ms. Gould . . . — — Map (db m180669) HM
On Main Street (Route 30) north of Bridge Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Roxbury Historic District is a concentration of buildings chronicling the
evolution of a rural Catskills village and is listed on the National Register of Historic
Places. The District includes Greek Revival and Italianate residential . . . — — Map (db m180678) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 30) at Lake Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
The Dutch Reformed Church in Roxbury was organized in 1802. In the following years, two church buildings were destroyed by wind and
one by fire. In the 1890s Jay Gould promised aid for a stone church but died before any agreement had been made. So . . . — — Map (db m180671) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 30) at Spruce Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
A prominent Greek Revival style building in
the Main Street Historic District, the Methodist church was built in 1858. In
1869 the church society built the present commodious parsonage on the lot adjoining the church.
The church building was . . . — — Map (db m180673) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 30) at Lake Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
The Roxbury Central School (RCS), is a Tudor Revival style building symbolizing the period of centralization in the development of the New York educational system. The facility was designed by Albany architect Harold O. Fullerton. Built as a . . . — — Map (db m180677) HM
On Burroughs Memorial Road, 1.5 miles south of Hardscrabble Road, on the right when traveling south.
Nature writer John Burroughs
spent summers from 1910-20
in this 1860s farmhouse.
Famous visitors included
Henry Ford and Thomas Edison.
National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m218055) HM
Routes of the Armies of
General John Sullivan
and
General James Clinton
1779
An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, extending . . . — — Map (db m92998) HM
On Maywood Lane north of Depot Street (New York State Route 35), on the right.
This Plaque Is Dedicated
To The Memory of the First
Settlers of Sidney Center,
Jacob and Martha Bidwell
Settled 1792
Donated by Rotary Club of Sidney, N.Y. — — Map (db m149559) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 23) at Railroad Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed, a democracy in a republic, a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect . . . — — Map (db m147280) WM
On Main Street (New York State Route 23) at Mountain Ave., on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Property on top of this
mountain was donated to the
Village of Stamford in 1917
by the estate of Dr. Stephen
Churchill for use as a park
Elevation 3,214 Feet — — Map (db m5402) HM
On Route 10 (New York State Route 10) near Taylor Road (County Route 45) when traveling north. Reported missing.
Named after Indian maiden
famous in Indian legend
on trail from Schoharie To
Delaware and Susquehanna
Rivers. Headwaters of Del. — — Map (db m205910) HM
On Delaware Street (County Route 10) at Griswold Street, on the right when traveling east on Delaware Street.
Near here, on 16 May 1785 Elizabeth North, fording the river on horseback, was the first of the settlers to reach their new home. — — Map (db m149323) HM
Located 530 ft. Northeast surrounded by distinctive stone slab fence. Family burials 1835-1906 and three possible unknown burials. — — Map (db m207454) HM
On Gardiner Place at North Street, on the right when traveling north on Gardiner Place.
Entered on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S Dept. of Interior as a component of Gardiner Place Historic District — — Map (db m149315) HM
