Schoharie County Militia
October 20, 1775
Served In Schoharie And
Mohawk Valleys Throughout
The Revolution
Commanded Expedition
Against Brant
Defended Upper Fort Against
Sir John Johnson in 1780
Died May 21 1819 Aged 85 Years . . . — — Map (db m62729) HM
Keyserkill to Catskill Creek
and Hudson River, connecting
Hudson, Schoharie, Mohawk,
Delaware and Susquehanna
valleys and the west.
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Hon. John M. Brown 1771-1823
First Historian Schoharie Co.
Capt. Thos. Machim, Engineer
Under Gen. Washington, And
Builder of the Great Chain.
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Central Bridge
Albany & Susquehanna RR
Station Opened in 1863.
New Business District
With Hotels, Merchants
And Industry Grew Here.
— — Map (db m175618) HM
Daniel W. Jenkins
1846-1901. Lived Here.
Central Bridge RR Station
Agent and Town Supervisor.
D. W. Jenkins Hose Company
Was Named in His Honor.
— — Map (db m176154) HM
Site of
Schoharie Junction
Schoharie Valley Railroad
Reg. Run 1-4-1867 - Last Run 9-17-1942
Length of Railroad - 4.2 Miles
Middleburgh & Schoharie Railroad
First Run 10-19-1868-Last Run 9-24-1936
Length of Railroad - 5.7 Miles . . . — — Map (db m31928) HM
1833-1861. 1st in class
West Point 1856. 1st Lt. Army
Corps of Engineers. Served
at Fort Sumter & 1st Battle
of Bull Run. Buried here. — — Map (db m276447) HM
Established March 17, 1797, as one of the six original towns that formed Schoharie County. Name was derived from a German Palatine settler, Jacob Kobel. — — Map (db m115741) HM
Dedicated
to the memory of
All Veterans
living & deceased
who served their
country
in all wars
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Veterans' Memorial "Centre" Park
renamed in honor of . . . — — Map (db m115802) WM
Methodist Episcopal Church
built 1858 under Rev. John
Davy on land given by Mattice
family. Dedicated March 1859.
Addition completed 1965. — — Map (db m259509) HM
Operated 1900-1966. Major
employer and milk processor.
Damaged by fire during 1933
milk strikes. Closure
affected local economy. — — Map (db m249441) HM
Built this house 1872. Town
supervisor & NYS Assemblyman,
moved to Dakota Territory.
South Dakota Constitutional
Convention delegate 1889. — — Map (db m259515) HM
More than 150 years ago, a New York City newspaperman – in describing a treacherous and breathtaking stagecoach ride through Conesville - reported that he could not be bribed to repeat the journey but for one thing: "the scenery, Sir, the . . . — — Map (db m306520) HM
Built for Susquehanna
Turnpike, destroyed 1874 flood.
Hotel across the way burned
1980. Store/post office here
built c. 1840 demolished 1994. — — Map (db m152370) HM
More than 150 years ago, a New York City newspaperman - in describing a treacherous and breathtaking stagecoach ride through
Conesville - reported that he could not be bribed to repeat the journey but for one thing: "the scenery, Sir, the . . . — — Map (db m249458) HM
More than 150 years ago, a New York City newspaperman – in describing a treacherous and breathtaking stagecoach ride through Conesville - reported that he could not be bribed to repeat the journey but for one thing: "the scenery, Sir, the . . . — — Map (db m306877) HM
Regional cookie variety made with chocolate, molasses and spices. So popular, judged at Schoharie County Fair as early as 1916. — — Map (db m199773) HM
The Presbyterian (Old Stone)
Church, Esperance, N.Y.
Organized May 2, 1823
Edifice Dedicated July 4, 1824
Sheldon Jackson Received As
Member Oct. 2, 1853. Remodeled
And Rededicated Jan. 14, 1897
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In honor
of all
Iown of Fulton
veterans.
A grateful community
remembers those who
served in the armed forces
during times of war and
peace. Their courage and
personal sacrifice defended
and preserved our freedom. — — Map (db m284568) WM
500 ft →
Site of Upper Valley Fort
House of John Feeck was
inclosed by log stockade
in Revolution. Inclosure
contained 4 blockhouses,
dwellings and earthworks — — Map (db m178074) HM
1777 Commemorating The Upper Fort which stood on the knoll 1966 Ft. S. 50° E. of this marker. Here on Oct. 17th 1780 was fired the first gun which signalled a warning enabling the fort below to prepare for the successful defense against the . . . — — Map (db m62412) HM
Founded in 1828 in a partition of the town of Middleburgh, Fulton is the largest town in the Schoharie County. It is rich in geological and cultural history.
In fact, Vroman's Nose - perhaps the most prominent geological features of the entire . . . — — Map (db m284303) HM
Town Of Fulton Veteran's Honor Roll
Francis X. Abbott · Franklin W. Adams 9 · Jeff Almy 10 · Rodney Ammons 6 · Leland Anthony 6 · Richard Armisto · James Armlin · ★Morelle Armlin · Philip Armlin · Robert Armlin · Ronald Armlin · Victor . . . — — Map (db m284567) WM
Gilboa Settlement
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Cotton Mill 1840-1869, Tannery
Church & Cemetery Stood On
Ground now Covered by Reservoir
Of New York City Water Supply
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This root system of the Gilboa Fern Tree
(Eospermatopteris) was found by Kristen
VH Wyckoff after the flood of 1996. It was
dragged out of the banks of the Schoharie
Creek by Lester Parker and donated
to the Town of Gilboa. — — Map (db m259517) HM
Formed in 1848 from portions of the towns of Blenheim
and Broome, the Town of Gilboa is the southernmost town
in Schoharie County.
Settlement began in 1764 by Matthew
and Jacob Dise. Other families from New England to continue the . . . — — Map (db m153137) HM
This exhibit is the only visible proof of the other, ancient world that lies hidden beneath the landscape.
380 million years ago, Gilboa was located on the shore of the inland Catskill Sea. This was a tropical world, situated about twenty . . . — — Map (db m153153) HM
History of the Long Path
During the 1930s, a plan was developed by Vincent J. Schaefer of the Mohawk Valley Hiking Club and others to connect the southern New York hiking trails with the Adirondack hiking trail system. This proposed trail . . . — — Map (db m179658) HM
Formed in 1848 from portions of the towns of Blenheim and Broome, the Town of Gilboa is the southernimost town in Schoharie County.
Settlement began in 1764 by Matthew and Jacob Dise. Other families came from New England to continue the . . . — — Map (db m179642) HM
Portland Cement Assocation
Safety Trophy Awarded To
North American Cement Corporation
Howes Cave N.Y. Plant For A
Perfect Safety Record in 1930. — — Map (db m145445) HM
Near this spot Catherine Merckley
on October 18, 1780, fleeing on
horseback from the Indians, was
shot and scalped by Seths Henry
This marker erected by
Capt. Christian Brown Chapter D.A.R.
and by others who in youth dwelled . . . — — Map (db m144114) HM
Noted CT gravestone carver.
Carved nearly 500 stones 1785-1815 while
living in E. Haddam. Moved to Sharon, NY
circa 1816. His work found here.
Lawyersville & Saugerties. Trademark
was a winged face with a long nose.
Moved back to CT in 1819 . . . — — Map (db m254704) HM
First Christian meeting place
in the settlement of Dorlach.
Erected circa 1760, through
the Lutheran ministries of
Rev. Peter N. Sommers — — Map (db m143958) HM
Meeting hall as of 1866. Also home to Order of the Eastern Star chapter 348 as of 1905. Building acquired by Jefferson Historical Society in 2017. — — Map (db m205535) HM
The mill stones were salvaged
from ruins of old mill at west end
of village by Charles R. Hubbell
in 1968. They were donated to the
Town of Jefferson by his daughter
and husband, Shirley and Carl
Anderson in memory of her father
Charles R. . . . — — Map (db m137630) HM
Founded in 1803, the town was named after Thomas Jefferson,
then President of the United States.
Except a small portion taken from Harpersfield in Delaware County- the entire town was carved from the town of Blenheim, one of the six . . . — — Map (db m137598) HM
• 1777•
This Boulder Marks
The Site East of Which
Stood "The Middle Fort"
(Fort Defiance) One Of
The Bulwarks Of Defence
Of The Settlers Of The
Schoharie Valley During
The Revolutionary Period
Erected By Schoharie Chapter . . . — — Map (db m50599) HM
Hops are the cone-shaped, vine-growing green flowers dried and brewed to make beer,
In the 1860's Hops became a dominant export as part of the "hop belt" in upstate NY.
The community revolving around a day's hard manual labor followed by . . . — — Map (db m249499) HM
War route of Revolution. Panther Creek to Charlotte and Susquehanna Rivers thence to Niagara. Used by the British invaders Oct. 1780 — — Map (db m130263) HM
Built 1880 By Middleburgh &
Schoharie RR. 5 - Mile Line
Est. 1867 Ceased Operation
In 1936. Depot later Moved
Here & Rail Yard Became Park.
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First building burned by
Sir John Johnson and his Army
including Indians and Tories
who destroyed
Schoharie Valley
October 17th, 1780. — — Map (db m255650) HM
Site of the successful test of a smoke screen generator
by scientists from G.E., June 24,1942. 50,000 prototypes
were used by the military in World War II. — — Map (db m130224) HM
Site of Stone Store. Land purchased by Thomas Danforth from a Livingston. The store built in 1833 was in operation from 1840 to 1930 when a dance hall was added to building. Torn down in 1970. — — Map (db m131403) HM
Timothy Murphy was Schoharie County's Revolutionary hero. Owner of one of the first double-barreled rifles, he was a sharpshooter known to the Indians as the magic man whose gun would shoot without reloading. As a member of Morgan's Rifles, Murphy . . . — — Map (db m130215) HM
Through its production of food and grain, the Schoharie Valley played a vital role during the American Revolution. Feeding troops in the Continental Army, the area became known as "The Breadbasket of the American Revolution.” It is also known . . . — — Map (db m145129) HM
Broome was one of the six original towns in Schoharie
County and was established in 1797. The first settlements in
Broome were made before the American Revolution.
First known as Bristol, the town name was changed in 1808 in honor . . . — — Map (db m142473) HM
Glacial Movement
Vroman's Nose is a classic example of a "scour and pluck" formation As the Wisconsin glacier moved across the hills it yanked large chunks of bedrock to loosen or "pluck them off slowly causing the formation of the cliffs on . . . — — Map (db m252630) HM
Longest single span wooden bridge in world. Built by Blenheim Bridge Company, incorporated 1828. Last of its kind in this region. — — Map (db m46984) HM
Built in 1854, it is the longest single-span covered bridge in the world. The covered portion of the bridge is 232 feet long, the trusses are 228 feet long, and the span between abutments is 210 feet. The two lanes are 26 feet wide. . . . — — Map (db m192748) HM
The Divinest of Them All
The eastern bluebird, the state bird of both New York and Missouri, has long been a symbol of happiness, good health and hope in North America. The bluebird was a popular feature of Native American art and folklore . . . — — Map (db m178492) HM
Fifer in Wadsworth Brigade in Connecticut Militia 1776-1777. Captured by Brant while serving in Captain Alexander Harper’s company of New York militia and prisoner in Canada 1780-82. Brigadier General 1805-14. Member of Assembly from Schoharie . . . — — Map (db m132092) HM
Even before the American Revolution, settlers realized the value of the Schoharie Valley's rich farming land. With the development of the land came the need for power to run grain and lumber mills. The first use of water power in the valley dates . . . — — Map (db m255651) HM
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Manor House
Built by John Lansing
about 1800. Justice of
N.Y. Supreme Court, 1790-1801;
Chancellor 1801-14. Owner
part of Blenheim Patent. — — Map (db m11892) HM
Erected 1854 - 1855 by
Nicholas Montgomery Powers
Famous bridge builder
Born Pittsford, Vermont, August 30, 1817
Died Clarendon, Vermont, 1897
This bridge, 232 feet in length, the
longest covered single-span wooden
bridge in the . . . — — Map (db m46983) HM
Old Blenheim Bridge
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935.
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating and illustrating
the history of . . . — — Map (db m192761) HM
The "Queen of Covered Bridges", the Old Blenheim Bridge was built in 1855 by Nichols Montgomery Powers, a master bridge
builder from Vermont who made history by constructing the world's longest wooden single span covered bridge, here in . . . — — Map (db m192764) HM
Schoharie Creek, the same life force that has been the source of this valley's bounty, can also become the cause of destruction when
extreme weather events occur.
The Old Blenheim Bridge endured the test of time, surviving major storms and . . . — — Map (db m192772) HM
Over time the covered bridge took on a persona of its own. There was a tollbooth, collecting a penny for those walking and
twelve cents for horse teams. The bridge actually employed a toll keeper who lived in a small house next to the bridge. . . . — — Map (db m192768) HM
The loss of their beloved bridge mobilized the citizens of Blenheim. The recovery committee developed a vision of the community's future with the reconstructed bridge as its centerpiece. Supported by the Town of Blenheim and Schoharie County, . . . — — Map (db m192773) HM
The first European settlements in Blenheim were made by Dutch and German Palatines sometime before 1761.
Taking its name from the 40,000-acre Blenheim Patent given to forty men by King George III in 1769, the town was officially . . . — — Map (db m178083) HM
Carolyn Olendorf, born Richmondville 1874. Graduated Women's Medical College of PA 1899. Practiced medicine in Schoharie County for 43 years. Buried here. — — Map (db m206058) HM
