Historical Markers and War Memorials in Wurtsboro, New York
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Wurtsboro is in Sullivan County
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From ca. 1856 to 1898
This building served
as the toll collector’s
office for the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company
William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2018 — — Map (db m193739) HM
Killed and scalped here
during French and Indian War,
while on way from visiting
his daughter at Minisink,
to his home in Rochester — — Map (db m118472) HM
Served on Committee of Safety.
Dispatched by General. George Washington
in 1777 to gather intelligence
on British and Loyalist
activities. Lived near here. — — Map (db m193745) HM WM
Minisink Indians traveling between the Delaware and Hudson Rivers followed the valley which they called Shawangunk ("southward"). Later the name was applied to the mountains to the east. Colonists early in the 18th century used this same level . . . — — Map (db m118474) HM
Site of Yaugh House and spring, famous as a stopping place for hunters and travelers in this valley in 18th century; important survey corner. — — Map (db m30530) HM
Named for Maurice Wurts, president and one of the founders of Delaware and Hudson Canal. It was built to haul coal to Tidewater. — — Map (db m98339) HM
Named in honor of Maurice
Wurts, of the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Co.,who had
a mercantile business here
for a short period, 1828 — — Map (db m193741) HM
To Honor
the Men and Women of
the
Community of Wurtsboro
Who Answered
Their Country’s Call
( small plaque)
Erected by
Wurtsboro Fire Dept.
1955 — — Map (db m193743) WM
