This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior .
Circa 1793 — — Map (db m5580) HM
in honor of
Mr. & Mrs. W.W. Christman
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"I Give, Bequeath, Devote, Devise,
Shelter to Every Bird That Flies"
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Dedicated by
The Mohawk . . . — — Map (db m7152) HM
The Eastern New York chapter of the Nature Conservancy purchased the original 97 acres of this sanctuary in 1970 from Lansing and Lucille Christman, son and daughter-in-law of the late William W. Christman. William (Will) Christman devoted his . . . — — Map (db m13904) HM
Society of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church
Org. 1795 By Rev. McKinney
1st Ministers: Rev.
McMaster, Wylie, & Ramsay.
Present Edifice Built 1836
— — Map (db m41320) HM
Site of post office & store established about 1820 by Lemuel Eaton and run for years. He brought the mail each Saturday on horseback from Amsterdam. — — Map (db m29760) HM
Lived Near Here In 1800s.
French Settler Accused Of
Witchcraft By New England
Settlers. Killed By Silver
Bullet Shot Through Her Window
— — Map (db m109404) HM
The boundaries of
the County Forest Preserve are the same
as they were when Elkanoh Rockwell
leased this land from James Duane in 1794.
Duane held 50,000 acres in the area
then known as Duane's Bush. He divided
his land into hundred acre . . . — — Map (db m42061) HM
Home, Erected 1784
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William North
Born 1755 Died 1836
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Soldier Throughout The
Revolution
Aide De Camp To Baron Steuben
Adjutant General Of The Provisional . . . — — Map (db m27494) HM
Michael Righter
1718-1804 Buried Here
First Permanent Settler of
Duanesburg Who Lived In
Small Cave Near Here ca 1765
Before Building a Log Cabin
— — Map (db m109359) HM
Near site of old
Sherburne Tannery
Est. by John Sherburne
about 1790. After clearing
land the business brought
him over $100,000. — — Map (db m66740) HM
Site of Herrick Farmhouse
In 1791 Stephen Herrick leased 90 acres of forest land from James Duane. At the time, Duane owned most of the town which he had subdivided into hundreds of farm lots.
Herrick's annual rent was 13 Spanish . . . — — Map (db m211294) HM
Known as Duane's Bush in the late 18th Century, the Schenectady County Forest (in which you are standing) constitutes No. 92 of the 100 "Great Lots" formed by James Duane when he divided and sold his 50,000 Acres in 100-acre parcels.
According . . . — — Map (db m211417) HM
William North
Born 1755 Buried here 1836
Aide to Steuben in 1779
General in U. S. Army
Son in law of James Duane
Assemblyman and Speaker — — Map (db m5518) HM
