For 29 Years John Monahan Raised And Lowered
The Railroad Crossing Gates At This Site, Until The Tracks Were
Elevated in 1938.
During His Long Career He Saved Seven Lives. The LIRR Gave Him Several
Medals Including a Hero's Service Button. — — Map (db m152199) HM
The Rockville Cemetery and
Bristol and Mexico Monument
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 2015
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m143540) HM
Isaac Denton deeded a 99'x 165' plot of land here in 1790 for the construction of a 20'x 30' Methodist meeting house. The congregation was formed in 1785 by the Rev. Philip Cox, who rode a 300-mile to serve his many Long Island congregations.
A . . . — — Map (db m143256) HM
On December 31, 1836, after a long and difficult Atlantic Oceam crossing firom Liverpool,
England, the 279-ton, three-masted, American-ownd barque Mesico finally arrived at the
mouth of New York Harbor. The temperature in New York City was . . . — — Map (db m143539) HM
The thee-masted, 450-ton American ship Bristol left Liverpool, England on October 15, 1836 with a cargo of 250 tons of iron bars, 50 tons of coal, 2,000
bushels of wheat, and dry goods. It had 95 passengers aboard, most of them Irish . . . — — Map (db m243379) HM
