Near Broadway at Woodbine Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
On June 5, 2005 a construction project across from the Schuyler Flatts Cultural Park unknowingly disturbed an undocumented cemetery. Archaeologists from Hartgen Archaeological Associates investigated the scene, uncovering 13 sets of human remains. . . . — — Map (db m268619) HM
On Empire State Trail south of Fourth Street, on the right when traveling south.
Al-Tro Park In the 19th and early 20th centuries the Hudson River Islands offered places of escape and amusement to residents of Albany and Troy. In the early 20th century, this was the location of Al-Tro Park, an amusement park on what was . . . — — Map (db m307514) HM
On North Ridge Road at Section 75, on the left when traveling north on North Ridge Road.
[ Left Column ] Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War (1861-1865). As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. . . . — — Map (db m268793) HM WM
Near Schuyler Lane, on the right when traveling north.
[Main Text] In the first half of the 17th Century, European settlements and exploration of northeastern North America increased, as did their contact with Native American peoples. The Mohawk Iroquois and the Huron of Canada were mortal . . . — — Map (db m268781) HM
On North Ridge Road at Section 75, on the left when traveling north on North Ridge Road.
Col. John Mills
Born
Jan25, 1782
Killed at Sacketts Harbor
May 29,1813
Albany Republican Artillery
Organized by
Col. John Mills
July 4, 1809
Remains removed to Albany
1844
Reinterred
May 30, 1880
Erected
by the State . . . — — Map (db m269693) HM
Near Schuyler Lane, on the right when traveling north.
During the colonial wars (1689 - 1763), Albany with its strategic Mohawk and Hudson river transportation routes was the starting point for invasions of French-held territory in the Great Lakes, Canada, and the Champlain Valley. In response, the . . . — — Map (db m268740) HM
On North Ridge Road at Section 75, on the left when traveling north on North Ridge Road.
In Memory of Our Fallen Comrades 1861-1865
Chas. Fish · GrandJno. Flagel ·
Er'st Flake ·
I. Freeman ·
E. H. French ·
Jno. R. Frink ·
H. Gardner ·
G. T. Gates ·
Jas. Gillen ·
J. H. Gilson ·
J. S. Girling ·
S. E. . . . — — Map (db m269061) WM
On Broadway (New York State Route 32) at Brookside Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Broadway.
Vietnam
James J. Angelides
Killed in action
September 16, 1966
Honor Roll
Men who served in the
World War from
Menands, N.Y.
Edward J. Anderson ·
D. Leo Anderson ·
William g. Anderson ·
William Ball ·
Arthur E. Bates · . . . — — Map (db m268613) WM
Near Broadway south of 4th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Hudson River Island and I-787 overlay - This section of Interstate Route 787 and the Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail are located on several islands that used to exist along the west bank of the Hudson River. Some of the channels of the Little . . . — — Map (db m307540) HM
[Left Side]
In September 1609 when Henry Hudson sailed up the river, which was later named for him, he did not arrive in an empty land. Native people had been living on the Upper Hudson River for more than 12,000 years.
The people that . . . — — Map (db m268721) HM
Near Broadway (New York State Route 32), on the left when traveling north.
A plot of land was set aside north of this lane to serve as a burial ground for the Schuyler family.
Colonel Philip Schuyler's gravestone dated 1758 is the earliest and grandest of the remaining stones a stone tablet set on pillars. He was the . . . — — Map (db m268621) HM
Near Broadway (New York State Route 32) west of Cemetery Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
A Fine Farewell as President Chester A. Arthur is Laid to Rest
In 1864, the president's father, Revered William Arthur, purchased a plot for his family in this South Ridge area of Albany Rural Cemetery then known as Sunset Lawn.
The first . . . — — Map (db m285981) HM
Saint Agnes Cemetery has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 2008 — — Map (db m62357) HM
Near Broadway (New York State Route 32) at Schuyler Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Oldest Schuyler house in America. Erected prior to 1660. Rebuilt 1670 by Richard van Rensselaer member of the patroon’s family. Purchased in 1672 by Philip Pieterse Schuyler and owned by that family for more than two and a half centuries. Early . . . — — Map (db m268883) HM
Near Schuyler Lane at Second Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
The story of Schuyler Flatts begins with the land. Amidst rich natural resources fed by the flow of the Hudson River, this fertile flood plain offered people an attractive place to settle. Thousands of years of continuous occupation has made this . . . — — Map (db m269635) HM
Near Schuyler lane at Second Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
As you read this sign, imagine what the area was like a little over 250 years ago. To the east stood the Schuyler family home with its great barn, with the military road running between it and the west bank of the Hudson River. To the west was a . . . — — Map (db m269109) HM
On Cemetery Avenue at South ridge Road, on the right when traveling north on Cemetery Avenue.
”...
Classical form stands in deliberate contrast to the cemetery's carefully designed, irregular landscape.” - Eugene J. Johnson, renowned author and professor, reflection upon visiting the house
[ Main Text . . . — — Map (db m268813) HM
On Empire State Trail, on the right when traveling south.
This was once the site of Troy Steel and Iron Company's blast furnace on Beeaker or Hillhouse Island. This island no longer exists; the tidal waters forming several islands on the west shore of the Hudson River were mostly filled in the 1960's with . . . — — Map (db m226374) HM
On Broadway (New York State Route 32) at Brookside Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Broadway.
Dedicated February 26, 1956
to the memory of
those men of Menands
who gave their lives
in the service of their country.
World War I
John G. Jenkins ·
Edward G. Rossell
World War II
Hiland G. Batcheller Jr. ·
Donald Gough ·
James . . . — — Map (db m268608) WM
