This congregation, originally
Ramapo Lutheran, was founded
by Palatine Germans on
June 14, 1715. For economic
reasons they had left the
Lower Rhine in Germany for
the mid-Hudson Valley, and
in 1713 about fifty finally
settled on the . . . — — Map (db m84073) HM
In 1924 author, economist,
philosopher, Ralph Borsodi
and family designed and
began construction of this
homestead, utilizing native
field stone, their own
and semi-skilled labor.
By 1934 they completed
"Dogwoods" and an enclave
of five . . . — — Map (db m84060) HM
The rivers surface is sea level, and the water is 120 feet deep in the channel. Below that is an old canyon 650 feet deep filled with mud and gravel. — — Map (db m54101) HM
The top of the mountain across the river is 909 feet above the Hudson River. One story about the mountain’s name says the “nose” was a rocky-ledge blasted away in 1846. — — Map (db m54100) HM
This 2,000 mile hiker’s path from Georgia to Maine goes over the top of Bear Mountain at 1,300 feet, and down to the lowest spot on the entire trail (120 feet) at the Bear Den. — — Map (db m52869) HM
Bear Mountain Bridge
The first highway bridge to span the Hudson River south of Albany
Begun March 24th 1923 – Opened Nov. 27th 1924
To all who
With thought labor and loyalty have
Contributed to the construction of
This bridge and . . . — — Map (db m48083) HM
It opened in 1924. At the time it was the worlds longest suspension-bridge at 2,257 feet. It was built by the Harriman family in 1910, and sold to NYS in 1940. — — Map (db m54099) HM
Four counties come together here. Your’e [sic] standing in Rockland and looking at Westchester across the river. North of the bridge is Orange County on this side, and Putnam on the other. — — Map (db m134171)
Fighting at Hessian Lake
You are walking part of the 1777 historic trail that retraces as nearly as possible the routes taken by the British army during the Revolutionary War.
On October 6, 1777, Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton landed . . . — — Map (db m47833) HM
Erected June 25 1921
When The British Attacked Forts
Clinton And Montgomery Oct. 6 1777
The First Fighting Occurred Over
The Outworks Located At This Point
Gen. Geo. Clinton Commanded the American Forces
Sir Henry Clinton Commanded the . . . — — Map (db m47777) HM
You are looking at the remains of Fort Clinton’s Outer Redoubt; it is all that survives of this Revolutionary War fort. Work on Fort Clinton began in July 1776 on the recommendation of American officers who were concerned that this high ground . . . — — Map (db m52689) HM
The finding of knives, net sinkers, arrowpoints, scrapers and chips, indicates that the level ground in front of you was used as a campsite by Indians while on hunting and fishing expeditions. Additional artifacts, that were found here and . . . — — Map (db m52868) HM
The land to the east of the tracks was the site of a naval annumition depot thru both World Wars and the Korean Conflict. It became NYS Parklands in 1965, and is a winter sanctuary for bald eagles. — — Map (db m54107) HM
Erected in Honor of
Joseph Bartha
Age 95
Trails Chairman 1940 to 1955
Water, shrub and rock always
called to him. His joyful mission
was to cut a path, blaze a tree and
lead countless others along happy
miles to the view from the . . . — — Map (db m202837) HM
A redoubt is a small enclosed, heavily armed fortification built to protect a strategic location. In 1776, fearing a possible assault by land, the Americans constructed the outer redoubt on this high piece of ground. It not only commanded the main . . . — — Map (db m52701) HM
Palisades Interstate Park
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 . . . — — Map (db m37133) HM
This drive and tower are dedicated by the Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park to the memory of
George Walbridge Perkins
Their first president 1900-1920 whose broad vision and tireless energy made possible the preservation of the . . . — — Map (db m65286) HM
You are standing on the site of Fort Clinton, which was built along with Fort Montgomery to prevent British ships from sailing up the Hudson River during the Revolutionary War. On October 6, 1777, the British captured both forts and destroyed them . . . — — Map (db m52724) HM
The CSX Railroad runs trains on the east coast from Maine to Florida & west to Chicago. It leases its tracks on the other side of the river to Amtrak for nationwide passenger service, as well as to Metro-North for commuters between Albany & NYC. You . . . — — Map (db m54102) HM
US Routes 6 & 202 cross the bridge and head south toward Peekskill. From a roadside overlook there’s a spectacular view looking back at Bear Mountain Park. — — Map (db m54103) HM
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done. — — Map (db m47775) HM
In 1777, the British attempted to divide the colonies by gaining control of the Hudson Valley. This campaign ended with the first overwhelming defeat of the British army and a turning point for the American cause. General Burgoyne planned to . . . — — Map (db m52698) HM
The Historic 1777 & 1779 Trails
You are walking part of the 1777 historic trail that retraces as nearly as possible the routes taken by the British army during the Revolutionary War.
The 1777 trail represents the route taken by British . . . — — Map (db m48074) HM
The Historic 1777 & 1779 Trails
You are walking part of the 1777 historic trail that retraces as nearly as possible the routes taken by the British army during the Revolutionary War.
The 1777 trail represents the route taken by British . . . — — Map (db m47832) HM
The West Redoubt of Fort Clinton 1776 – 1777 ------- Defended with conspicuous bravery by a greatly outnumbered American Garrison under Brigadier General James Clinton ------- Captured by British Oct. 6, 1777 Destroyed Oct. 26, 1777 ------- . . . — — Map (db m52684) HM
Walt Whitman
1819 – 1892
To commemorate the gift in 1910 by
Mary Wilson Harriman
Making Possible The
Bear Mountain-Harriman State Park
Dedicated November 17, 1940 Jo Davidson, Sculptor
[ Marker next to the Statue ] . . . — — Map (db m47774) HM
On this spot in the 1970's, a garage was reborn as a refuge where rock-'n'-roll bands gave voice to a generation yearning for change. Back when music was captured on vinyl. Brooks Arthur's 914 Sound Recording Studios allowed musicians the freedom . . . — — Map (db m97018) HM
The
Blauvelt Lions
Honor
The Following Heros
Who Gave Their Life For
Their Country
Cpl. Manuel Lopez U.S. Army KIA 4/12/05
Capt. Phillip Esposito U.S. Army KIA 6/8/05
Cpl. Steve Vahaviolos U.S. Marines KIA 5/11/06
Spec. 4 Justin Garcia . . . — — Map (db m112066) WM
The main section and south
kitchen of this Dutch
sandstone homestead were
built c. 1790-1800, the
north addition c. 1840, on
land earlier owned by
David Bogert. The first
known occupant was
Garret I. Blauvelt. In 1853
the farm was acquired . . . — — Map (db m84058) HM
In 1731 Tunis Cooper built
the main section of this
sandstone farmhouse which
was inherited by his
son Abraham. Circa 1812
Rulof C. Van Houton purchased
the homestead and nearby
saw and grist mill. The
roof was raised and stone
east wing . . . — — Map (db m84069) HM
Jacob J. Blauvelt built the
main section of this sand-
stone home ca. 1780 on
the farm of his father,
Johannes J. Blauvelt. The
east wing was added soon
after. A west unit was
replaced by the present
frame structure ca. 1830.
By the 1806 . . . — — Map (db m84124) HM
This Dutch farmhouse on
the northwest corner of
the Tappan Patent contains
late 18th and early 19th
century construction features.
Johannes (1743-1828) was
a charter member of the
Greenbush Church. His son
David (Dauvum) began the
county's . . . — — Map (db m84125) HM
Jacob A. Blauvelt and family,
the first of 7 generations of
Blauvelts to live on this farm,
occupied a log structure
nearby early in the 18th century. Jacob's son, Johannes J.
Blauvelt, built the sandstone
south unit of this home, circa
1755. . . . — — Map (db m84123) HM
Lt. Col. Michael L. Murphy
USMC
Age 38
Was Killed On December 11, 2000
While Test Piloting The Mv-22
Osprey Helicopter
Semper Fi — — Map (db m112065) WM
Construction of this sandstone
farmhouse was started
c. 1788 by the Halstead
family. John Yeary bought
the property in 1791 and
built a sawmill, later
combined with a gristmill
on the nearby Pascack Brook.
In 1795 the farm was
purchased by . . . — — Map (db m84059) HM
The 19th century mill pond and dam, sawmill, icehouse and farmhouse had outlived its productive days when Omley, Hansen and Hall of an American Scandinavian group discovered it in 1926. With the Depression, the summer community soon became . . . — — Map (db m44210) HM
This dam, constructed in 1995, replaced an original weakened stone and earthen dam built more than a century ago to create a recreational area for the St. Rita Parish of New York City. The Dutch called this stream, an easterly branch of the . . . — — Map (db m44281) HM
The Congers School opened in 1928 as a high school. Students came from as far away as West Nyack and Tappan, often traveling by train to the Congers Station. Centralization of Clarkstown’s schools resulted in the building of the Clarkstown . . . — — Map (db m44286) HM
In 1880 the fledgling Jersey City & Albany Railway Co. completed a track through this area on easements granted by Abraham and Mary Conger, large landholders and prominent citizens. In 1883 a new railroad timetable listed the stop as . . . — — Map (db m44285) HM
This tablet is erected in honor of the men of Congers New York who served in the World War Louis Behrens • Joseph E. Chasse • Frank Conklin • G.A.R. Cropsey • James Denton • Louis G. Didion • Arthur Douglas • Howard P. Eckhart • Ralph Eckhart • . . . — — Map (db m44318) HM
This farm homestead built c. 1836 was part of a 450-acre farm extending from Rockland Lake to the Hudson River. In 1891, this portion of the farm became the home of artist Arthur Bowen Davies, a pioneer in modern art in America, and his wife, Lucy . . . — — Map (db m44211) HM
This road was a main artery of travel through the county for more than two centuries, connecting Hudson River communities from New Jersey to Albany. Originally an Indian trail, it was gradually widened by fur traders, post riders, farm carts, . . . — — Map (db m44207) HM
Proclaimed by royal decree almost three centuries ago this onetime Indian trail wound its way northward through Long Clove to the Hudson River below. Kings Highway's original purpose was military as the English Crown feared invasion by the French . . . — — Map (db m84080) HM
The easterly section of this Dutch farmhouse was constructed by John Paul in the early 19th Century. Soon after the similar westerly addition was added resulting in a rare style of twin front door entrances. The structure, a frame of sawn heavy . . . — — Map (db m44282) HM
The Snedeker family occupied this portion of the Pond Patent from c. 1730 until 1909 – about 179 years. Part of this stone house was built c. 1747 by Tunis Snedeker’s son Johannes, a captain in the colonial militia. As patriots in the . . . — — Map (db m131428) HM
St. Paul’s was begun in 1891 to serve local ice & quarry workers. Land was donated by John McGuiness, quarry owners donated the brick. The 1st Mass was on Easter, 1894. The old post office, bought for $485, became the rectory. St. Paul’s School . . . — — Map (db m44288) HM
In Grand View Betty Friedan wrote
The Feminine Mystique. Its publication
in 1963 and the birth of the
National Organization for Women (NOW), which Friedan co-founded and headed
in 1966, helped reduce gender discrimination for millions of . . . — — Map (db m84113) HM
First African Methodist Episcopal Church in County established here 1846 on land purchased for $100 by black brick workers. Relocated after 1906 landslide. — — Map (db m171790) HM
Be it known that Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library in recognition of its significance in American History and culture was listed on the State Register of Historic Places on 13 June 1991 and on the National Register of Historic Places on 9 . . . — — Map (db m138317) HM
This monument is dedicated to those who lost their lives during the single greatest tragedy in the history of the Village of Haverstraw.
During a snowy evening on January 8, 1906 around 11:00 P.M., an unusual thaw occurred causing a landslide . . . — — Map (db m191470) HM
Lest We Forget
The Honored Dead
Louis W. King • John Cashman Oldfield • Michael James McGuire • Richard V. Brophy • James E. Hinshelwood • Joseph A. Craven • Thomas F. Lynch, Jr. • Harold Ferguson • Herbert Matlege Schaper • Leo B. Laders • . . . — — Map (db m36884) HM
Killed in Action in Afghanistan
Sgt Edward H Bolen
November 10 2010
Blauvelt New York
US Army
Maj Thomas E Kennedy
August 8 2012
New City New York
US Army — — Map (db m191464) WM
Killed in Action Desert Storm
Sn Gilbert A Fontaine
December 22 1990
Spring Valley New York
US Navy
SSg Tatiana Dees
January 7 1991
Congers New York
US Army — — Map (db m191461) WM
Composer Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and his wife, singer-actress Lotte Lenya (1898-1981) are buried here. Born in Germany, Weill achieved fame with The Threepenny Opera in 1928. After fleeing Nazi persecution, Weill and Lenya settled in New York . . . — — Map (db m83169) HM
Within these woods, in the early morning hours of September 22, 1780, American General Benedict Arnold and British Major John André plotted the surrender of the American fortress at West Point. While attempting to return to British lines, André was . . . — — Map (db m165783) HM
On this site in 1943, Thurgood Marshall, NAACP Legal Director and later US Supreme Court Justice, led the movement to end racial segregation in Hillburn schools. His petition prompted the New York State Commissioner of Education to close Brook . . . — — Map (db m129834) HM
Historic
Monsey Cemetery
We here highly resolve
that the men who fought
for freedom in the wars of
1776 – 1812 – 1861
Shall not have died in vain
At the coming and the setting
Of the sun
We shall . . . — — Map (db m32547) HM
Bayard Lane (named after
Blandina Bayard, an early
Ramapo settler) was the first
of the back-to-the-land
homestead communities
formed by Ralph Borsodi, the
economist who established
The Independence Foundation
to promote and finance . . . — — Map (db m84075) HM
The cobblestone barn, carriage
house and huge dairy barn were
the centerpiece of the 200-acre
country estate of Henry von L.
Meyer Sr., founder and vice
president of White Laboratories,
which manufactured nationally
known drugs such as . . . — — Map (db m84085) HM
The country estate of
financier Thomas Fortune Ryan
and his wife Ida Barry Ryan
was built in 1901, replacing
an 1860s structure of
stockbroker David Groesbeck.
This 44-room mansion
contained a private chapel,
two bowling alleys and
electric . . . — — Map (db m84056) HM
In 1934 Ralph Borsodi
founded the School of
Living to teach and
demonstrate his principles of self-sufficient living.
In 1937 this building was
erected to house the School,
with space for resident students
and for seminars and . . . — — Map (db m84076) HM
This area received its name
from the Scots who came in
the early 1700s. Among those
buried here are tenant
farmers Clark and McDougall
as well as Blauvelt family
members, including
Revolutionary War veterans
Harmanus Blauvelt and . . . — — Map (db m84083) HM
In 1832 Jacob J. and Margaret (Remsen) Blauvelt built the main section of this Dutch Colonial-style farmhouse. Jacob was a farmer, inspector of common schools, a justice of the peace for the Town of Clarkstown and an officer in the 83rd Regiment of . . . — — Map (db m73064) HM
In Grateful Recognition
Of Those Who Served In The
Armed Forces Of The United
States Of America During
The Korean And Vietnam
Conflicts
Compatriots And Friends Of The
Stony Point Chapter SAR
Shatemuc Chapter DAR
November 11, . . . — — Map (db m32554) WM
Built on lands belonging to the Blauvelt Family from 1741 to 1970 when it was acquired by the Historical Society of Rockland County
Presented by Daniel De Clerque Chapter Daughters of the American Colonists — — Map (db m21380) HM
This cemetery, named after an early owner of the land, began in the 18th century as a family or community burial ground. Abandoned and forgotten, it was rescued by the Martinus Hogenkamp Cemetery Association. Several stones are inscribed in Dutch, . . . — — Map (db m44209) HM
In Grateful Recognition Of The Services
Of These Sons Of New City To Their Town,
Their Country And The World. 1917 – 1919
Anderson, Raymond • Bardon, Chris. S • Biehl, Henry • Blauvelt, William • Carnoghan, Fred G. • Carnoghan, G. M. • . . . — — Map (db m32555) HM
Founded 1734 New Hempstead Presbyterian called the English Church by Dutch Settlers. Rebuilt 1827. Washington’s troops camped on this ground. — — Map (db m44220) HM
Rockland County
Court House
Our forebears commitment to the rule of law was manifested in the first court house built in Tappan in 1691. In 1774 a small frame court house was constructed on this more convenient site, replaced in 1827 by a larger . . . — — Map (db m32552) HM
[ left plaque ]
Korea
Ablondi, Bruno • Augenblick, Ira • Baker, Philip T. • Brown, Robert A.
Caputo, Louis • Cervene, Sam J. • Cook, Jr., Henry Wm. • De Freese, Samuel W. • De Groat, Roland • Duhaime, Louis S. • Freytag, Peter D. • . . . — — Map (db m32549) WM
[ east side ]
In Memory Of
Those Law Enforcement Officers, Residents Of Rockland County
Who Dedicated And Sacrificed Their Lives In The Line Of Duty
Constable John Cahill – Aug. 19, 1905 Haverstraw Village Police Department . . . — — Map (db m32551) HM
[ inscription on the granite base ]
Erected By The People Of Rockland
County In Grateful Appreciation
Of The Noble Sacrifice Of These
Sons And Daughters Who Gave Their
Lives In The World War 1914-1918
Greater Love Hath No . . . — — Map (db m32548) WM
Early in the 19th century the Snedeker family’s landing on the Hudson shore below came into use for local shipping. In 1845 the Snedekers established a shipyard with marine railway for repairing brickyard vessels and a dock for scheduled steamboats. . . . — — Map (db m33212) HM
Erected by the Rockland County Society to commemorate the establishment of the New Hempstead Presbyterian Church as the second religious organization in the present County of Rockland, New York. This church was founded a few years after 1713, when . . . — — Map (db m44223) HM
In 1826 Gilbert and Phebe
Johnson, prominent Ramapo
landholders, deeded five
acres and a small
farmhouse, rear wing of
present house, to their son
Daniel. He added the two
and one-half story east
section in 1836. His son,
Erastus, completed . . . — — Map (db m84061) HM
Erected by the
Rockland County Society
To commemorate the opening of the
Nyack Turnpike
Between Nyack and Suffern
The first direct highway across the County of Rockland and the first important public work undertaken therin by private . . . — — Map (db m33648) HM
A Bench by the Road
There is no place you or I can go, to think about or not think about, to summon the presences of, or recollect the absences of slaves; nothing that reminds us of the ones who made the journey and of those who did not . . . — — Map (db m130327) HM
Capt. John Green
1772-1842. Sloop Master and a founder of Nyack Steamboat Company 1826.
Trustee of Nyack Turnpike. Owned this house ca. 1819.
William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2021
807 — — Map (db m212745) HM
Ca. 1830 a group of local residents of Dutch Reformed faith began holding private religious services in Nyack. They built their first small church on this site in 1836 and in 1853 incorporated as The First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Nyack. . . . — — Map (db m44226) HM
At this crossroads stood the home of the Edward Hesdra Family. This home is believed to have been a link in the underground slave railway, c1855. — — Map (db m18690) HM
This building, home of Empire Hook and Ladder Company no. 1 has, in recognition of its architectural significance, and under the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, been listed on the National Register of Historic Places . . . — — Map (db m44313) HM
Birthplace and boyhood home of the eminent realist painter Edward Hopper (1882-1967). The Hoppers’ forebears came from Holland in 1652, and the artist’s grandfather built this house in 1858. After graduating from Nyack High School, Hopper moved to . . . — — Map (db m44206) HM
This park was deeded to the
Village by the Tappan Zee
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Park Association in 1935.
The 9 trees around the
perimeter of the Park are in
memory of the 9 Nyack families
whose sons were killed in
World War I.
Charles . . . — — Map (db m84084) WM
The Tappan Indians, from time immemorial, occupied these lands fronting on the river shore. Here, in summer, they lived upon the fish and oysters which the waters produced in abundance. In the Algonkian dialect, spoken by them, they called this . . . — — Map (db m44310) HM
This nonsectarian cemetery was dedicated on June 27, 1848 before a crowd of 3,000 people. The establishment of the cemetery reflected a transition from small family or religious cemeteries. Oak Hill Cemetery has been enlarged several times and . . . — — Map (db m18274) HM
Placed by the Rockland County Society to mark the oldest building dedicated to God’s service now standing in the County of Rockland, New York ----- this ----- “Old Stone Church” was erected in the year 1813 by a newly organized Society of the . . . — — Map (db m44304) HM
Rockland Brink's Robbery
On October 20, 1981, a three-year crime spree in the New York Metropolitan area came to an end at this site. Members of the Weather Underground, a radical domestic terrorist group, robbed a Brink's armored car at the Nanuet . . . — — Map (db m33649) HM
Camp Shanks
Orangeburg, New York
May 8th, 2005
60th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and the Return Home for Those Who Left Here to Fight For Freedom and to Help Make This World a Safer Place. It Has A Feeling and Emotion That We, the . . . — — Map (db m112064) WM
Camp Shanks
Bataan Road
April 8, 2017
In Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Bataan Death March and In Honor of the American and Filipino Troops Whose Courage and Fortitude Inspired the Nation and the 1.3 Million Soldiers Who Embarked . . . — — Map (db m112063) WM
Burial grounds used by
the first settlers of this
northern part of the
Tappan Patent, among them
the Smith and Blauvelt
families. The earliest of
216 recorded graves is
1744 but prior interments
were made. There are
14 Revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m84064) HM
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