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French and Indian War Topic
By J. J. Prats, August 5, 2006
Fort Coombe Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| On Virginia Avenue at High Street, on the left when traveling north on Virginia Avenue. |
| | Fort Coombe, a Maryland stockaded fort of 1755–56 located north of this point. One of the frontier forts during the French and Indian War. The survey of the Mason and Dixon Line during 1763–68 placed it in Pennsylvania instead of . . . — — Map (db m833) HM |
| On Western Pike (Maryland Route 144) at Locher Road, on the left when traveling west on Western Pike. |
| | Lieut. Stoddert and twenty men erected and garrisoned a block house and stockaded fort near here on the property of Evan Shelby in 1755 after Braddock’s defeat. It was abandoned in 1756-7 after Fort Frederick was completed. — — Map (db m508) HM |
| On West Main Street (State Highway 34) at South Mechanic Street, on the right on West Main Street. |
| | General Edward Braddock in April 1755 (driven in his coach and six horses) crossed into Virginia near this point on his way to Fort Cumberland, after ten days’ conference with Benjamin Franklin and others in Frederick, Md., arranging for teams and . . . — — Map (db m1966) HM |
| On E. Potomac Street (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles east of Williamsport Pike (Maryland Route 63), on the right when traveling east. |
| | An important point during the French and Indian War 1753-1758.
George Washington
given authority to locate the "Federal City" at any point on the Potomac between Conococheague and the eastern branch. He inspected this site October 1790 but . . . — — Map (db m3911) HM |
| On Appalachian Trail, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
1749: Surveyor of Culpepper Co., Va.
1753-58: Officer in French and Indian War — — Map (db m145972) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 7) west of North Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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Built in 1756 on this house-lot Number Six under decree of the Great and General Court of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in compliance with urgent appeal from the homesteaders it served as sole refuge from their allied foes the French and . . . — — Map (db m118713) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 7) west of North Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built in March 1756, as westernmost stockade and blockhouse to protect Massachusetts from French and Indian attack. Defended on July 11, 1756 despite the scalping of three soldiers. — — Map (db m118714) HM |
| On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 2) east of Park Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Original Williams College building, completed in 1790 as a free school under bequest of Col. Ephraim Williams, killed at Battle of Lake George, Sept. 8, 1755, and for whom Williamstown is named. The free school became Williams College in 1793. — — Map (db m118584) HM |
| On Bay Road just from Turkey Farm Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The First Burial Ground is the presumed buying place of Norton's pioneer settler's.
William Witherell, who died in September 1691, is buried in the West end of the burial ground. When the land was passed to Nathaniel Witherell by his father,the . . . — — Map (db m52379) HM |
| On High Street (Massachusetts Route 1A) at Green Street, on the right when traveling south on High Street. |
| |
Brought from the siege of
Louisburg
by Nathaniel Knapp Jr. 1759
preserved by his son
Isaac Knapp
as a memorial to his father
and also to his brother
Jacob Knapp
who served at Bunker Hill
and was a member of the . . . — — Map (db m115543) HM |
| On Beach Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Original plot given by the first settler, Richard Tarr, who was buried here in 1732. Here lie most of the early settlers and many of the officers and soldiers of the French and Indian, Revolutionary and 1812 Wars. — — Map (db m48841) HM |
| On Turkey Hill Street at Arrowhead Way, on the right when traveling north on Turkey Hill Street. |
| | Near this site a child was killed and nine other persons taken in a Native American raid on October 7, 1695. All were retaken. — — Map (db m155516) HM |
| On Bernardston Road (U.S. 5), on the right when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | Six rods easterly stood Burke Fort the first and largest, and also the first building in Fall Town. Built in 1738/39 by John Burke it was six rods square and contained eight houses. Fifty persons took shelter here during the old French and Indian . . . — — Map (db m48254) HM |
| On Brattleboro Road (U.S. 5), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Site of the second fort and building in Fall Town, erected in 1739 by Samuel Connable. Its original timbers are still in the house on a knoll to the northwest. — — Map (db m48774) HM |
| On Huckle Hill Road just from West Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Lieutenant's son Ebenezer, later deacon of the church and first town treasurer, built a fort ten rods east of here in 1740/41. It was unsuccessfully attacked by Indians in 1746 during King
George's War. — — Map (db m48777) HM |
| On Northfield Road (U.S. 10), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built in 1740 on this site. The first Proprietor's Meeting in Fall Town was held here in 1741. The Lieutenant's son Eliakim was shot by Indians in 1747 while working west of the fort walls. — — Map (db m48011) HM |
| On Greenfield Road (U.S. 5) north of Main Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Indian land called Pocomtuck, settled by men from Dedham in 1671. Attacked by Indians, burnt, and abandoned in 1675. Reoccupied and attacked in 1704 by French and Indians, who took 47 lives, and carried off 112 captives to Canada, of whom 60 were . . . — — Map (db m48012) HM |
| On Albany Road at Old Main Street, on the left when traveling north on Albany Road. |
| | Site of the
Old Indian House
Built by
Ensign John Sheldon 1698
It stood for 144 years
testifying to the tragedy of
Feb. 29, 1703
its stout door
which kept at bay
the French and Indians
13 now safe in Memorial Hall . . . — — Map (db m141341) HM WM |
| On Eunice Williams Drive 0.5 miles from Leyden Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Eunice Williams, wife of the Reverend John Williams "The Redeemed Captive," was killed at this place on March 1, 1704, during the Deerfield massacre. — — Map (db m29069) HM |
| On East Hawley Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Site of the First Church of Hawley
Erected 1793
Reverend Jonathan Grout 1st Pastor
This memorial placed by the
sons and daughters of Hawley
August 10, 1935 — — Map (db m25876) HM |
| On Miller Falls Road (Massachusetts Route 63) just from S. Mountain Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Grave of Captain Richard Beers, killed by Indians on September 4, 1675. His monument is on the mountain-side above. — — Map (db m48779) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 10) just from Maple Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Here, enclosed by a stockade, the first settlement was made in 1673. Nine rods to the westward a fort was built in 1685 and eight rods southeast stood the Indians' Council Rock. — — Map (db m48015) HM |
| On Millers Falls Road (Massachusetts Route 63) just from Homer Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Two hundred and fifty yards eastward are the sites of three large Indian council fires. The Beers Massacre of September 4, 1675, took place in a gorge one-quarter mile to the northeast. — — Map (db m48780) HM |
| Near U.S. 10. Reported missing. |
| | Nathaniel Dickinson lived here nineteen years in a fortified house but was scalped and killed by the Indians on April 15, 1747, at Pachaug Hill. — — Map (db m42634) HM |
| On South Maple St., on the right when traveling north. |
| | Site of First Permanent Settlement in Shelburne, Mass. 1760 Martin Severance 1718 - 1810 Scout in French and Indian Wars Scout with Rogers Rangers Revolutionary soldier Marked by Dorothy Quincy Hancock Chapter, Daughters of the American . . . — — Map (db m59639) HM |
| On U.S. 20 just from Warren Road (Massachusetts Route 19), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Two miles distant on Indian Hill is the site of an Indian stronghold and storehouse for corn, Quaboag Old Fort, and of the Indian village of Ashquoach. — — Map (db m48776) HM |
| On U.S. 20 at Warren Road (Massachusetts Route 19) on U.S. 20. |
| | Four miles distant on the summit of East Waddaquodduck Mountain is Steerage Rock, a landmark on the Indian trail which became known as the Bay Path and a guidepost to the pioneer settlers of the Connecticut Valley from
Massachusetts Bay in 1636. — — Map (db m88553) HM |
| On North Lane (Massachusetts Route 9) south of Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Indian land called Norwottock. Settled in 1650 by families from Hartford. The Regicides Generals Goffe and Whalley were concealed for fifteen years in the Pastor's house. — — Map (db m48174) HM |
| On Russell Street (Massachusetts Route 9), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Indian land called Norwottock. Settled in 1650 by families from Hartford. The Regicides Generals Goffe and Whalley were concealed for fifteen years in the Pastor's house. — — Map (db m48757) HM |
| | Before 1670 part of Hadley. Thrice attacked by Indians during King Philip's War. — — Map (db m48175) HM |
| | Early name Shawshin, originally a part of Cambridge, set off as a town in 1655. Named after Billerica in Essex. — — Map (db m48832) HM |
| On Boston Road just from River Street. |
| | Site of homestead of Captain Jonathan Danforth, pioneer of Billerica and famous surveyor. "He rode
the circuit, chain'd great towns and farms to good behavior; and by well worked stations he fixed their bounds for many generations. " — — Map (db m104020) HM |
| On Billerica Avenue just north of Hickory Lane, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Near this spot stood the John Rogers homestead, which was destroyed in the Indian massacre of 1695, and the entire family killed. — — Map (db m48838) HM |
| On Pawtucket Blvd at Island Road on Pawtucket Blvd. |
| | On Wickasee Island (now Tyngs Island) in the Merrimac dwelt Wannalancet, last sachem of the Pennacook Confederacy, and like his father Passaconway, a faithful friend to the English. — — Map (db m48022) HM |
| On North Main Street just from Coolidge Road. |
| | Settled in 1652 and called Boggastow, became a town in 1674. — — Map (db m48802) HM |
| On Water Row at Old Sudbury Road (State Route 27), on the left when traveling north on Water Row. |
| | One-Eighth of a mile north is the site of the Haynes Garrison House the home of Deacon John Haynes. Here the settlers by their brave defense saved the town when King Philip and his Indian warriors attacked Sudbury in April, 1676. — — Map (db m144281) HM |
| On Pleasant Street near Winn Street. |
| | Settled by men from Charlestown under Captain Edward Johnson. Named in 1642 after Woburn, Bedfordshire. Here was born and grew up together Colonel Loammi Baldwin, the Engineer, and Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford), Philanthropist and Scientist. — — Map (db m48764) HM |
| On Washington Street (Massachusetts Route 138). |
| | The north line of Ponkapoag Plantation second of the Apostle Eliot's Praying Indian towns, set apart by the Dorchester Proprietors in 1657. — — Map (db m48803) HM |
| On Main Street, in the median. |
| | Erected by the Town of Wareham in memory of her loyal sons 1904
There are also 5 panels of inscribed names — — Map (db m85572) WM |
| | John Tileston 1735 - 1826 Active patriot during the Revolution. Beloved master for more than seventy years of the North Writing School, now the Eliot School and teacher of many famous Bostonians. He lived and died on Margaret Street.To Those . . . — — Map (db m76592) HM |
| On Barre Road at Hardwick Road, in the median on Barre Road. |
| | He arrived in Hardwick about 1754 settling on a farm, now Upper Church Street. A lawyer, he was graduated from Harvard in 1732. Ruggles distinguished himself in the French and Indian War, thus becoming the highest ranked colonist of this time. He . . . — — Map (db m148232) HM |
| On Massachusetts Route 12 at Huguenot Road, on the left when traveling south on State Route 12. |
| | Up this road on Mayo's Hill, are the remains of a bastioned fort built by Huguenots driven from France by the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Their prosperous settlement was interrupted by Indian attacks in 1696, and finally abandoned in 1704. — — Map (db m48787) HM |
| On Harwood Street just from Old Webster Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | From this ford branched trails to Woodstock, Brookfield and Sturbridge. This way ran the Post Route established in 1672 "to goe monthly" from New York to Boston. Here, June 5, 1676, Major Talcott's Connecticut troops passed to join the final . . . — — Map (db m48784) HM |
| On Massachusetts Route 12 0.1 miles from Johnson Lane, on the right when traveling south. |
| | John Johnson and three children were killed by Indians in his house on this spot August 25, 1696. His wife was saved by her brother. — — Map (db m48785) HM |
| On Thompson Road at Lake Street, on the right when traveling south on Thompson Road. |
| | Site of Praying Indian town established by John Eliot and Daniel Gookin in 1674 and known as Chaubunagungamaug. — — Map (db m48783) HM |
| On Massachusetts Route 67 at Winter Street, on the right when traveling north on State Route 67. |
| | Here stood Fort Gilbert, built about 1688 to protect the second settlement of Brookfield from Indian raids. — — Map (db m48782) HM |
| Near Headlands Road north of McGulpin Point Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Worlds collide in Mackinac’s “Middle Ground” Charles Michel de Langlade was an Odawa war chief, diplomat, fur trader and a French officer. He was one of the most influential people in the Great Lakes during the 1700s, due to his . . . — — Map (db m154700) HM |
| | This fort, built about 1715, put French soldiers at the Straits for the first time since 1701. French authority ceased in 1761 when the British troops entered the fort. On June 2, 1763, during Pontiac's uprising, Chippewa Indians seized the fort, . . . — — Map (db m7670) HM |
| Near Headlands Road north of McGulpin Point Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Nissowaquet, a legendary Odawa Nissowaquet (Nosawaguet, Sosawaket, La Fourche), Odawa chief; the name evidently comes from Nassauaketon, meaning “forked river,” the designation of one of the four Odawa bands; b. 1715; d. 1797. . . . — — Map (db m154698) HM |
| On Gratiot Avenue just north of Church Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built near here in 1686 by the French explorer Duluth, this fort was the second white settlement in lower Michigan. This post guarded the upper end of the vital waterway joining Lake Erie and Lake Huron. Designed to bar English traders from the . . . — — Map (db m41194) HM |
| Near Atwater Street south of St. Aubin Street. |
| | (front side):Chapman Abraham
During the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the British took Canada from France and with it possession of French forts in the western Great Lakes region, including Detroit. The post remained an important . . . — — Map (db m33485) HM |
| On Washington Blvd. at Jefferson Ave., on the right when traveling east on Washington Blvd.. |
| | The first permanent French settlement in the Detroit region was built on this site in 1701. The location was recommended by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who wished to move the fur trade center south from Michilimackinac. Cadillac's plan was . . . — — Map (db m21853) HM |
| Near River Drive near Stewart Avenue. |
| | Council Point
On April 27, 1763, Obwandiyag, an Odawa who was also called Pontiac, assembled a council of warriors from various tribes near this site. He urged them to fight to maintain control of their land and their way of life. For more . . . — — Map (db m88332) HM |
| Near Orleans Street near South Canal Street (Business U.S. 84). |
| | On bluff to south stood Ft. Rosalie, established by the French in 1716. Became nucleus of settlements from which the Miss. Territory was founded. Near this marker stood the French warehouse that was a center of bloodshed during the Natchez Massacre . . . — — Map (db m126870) HM |
| On Pierce Street at President Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Pierce Street. |
| | Near here, on May 26, 1736, French and Choctaw invaders under Bienville were soundly repulsed by Chickasaws defending the Ackia, Apeony, and Chukafalaya villages. Many French casualties occurred. — — Map (db m102783) HM |
| Near Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 107.9), 4.4 miles north of Old Canton Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | At the end of the French and Indian War in 1763, Great Britain gained control of the territory between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River except for the New Orleans area. The northern boundary of West Florida was first established at 31° . . . — — Map (db m87366) HM |
| On Wornall Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | English Side
A Frenchman, Pierre Esprit Radisson, wrote in 1659 of a nation” of extraordinary height and bigness” (the Osage) living up the Missouri River. Marquette and Joliet’s 1674 maps show the village of the Osage, and some of . . . — — Map (db m86416) HM |
| On State Highway 94 north of Lucille Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | [The plaque on the left when entering the memorial]
A Summary Chronology of the Life of Daniel Boone
-by Ken Kamper, Historian
Copyright © December 1999
Daniel Boone was born miles east of present Reading, . . . — — Map (db m133214) HM |
| On Lucille Avenue east of Alice Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| |
Daniel Boone and his fellow travelers—his sons' and daughters' families, other relations, friends and family slaves—came to Missouri in 1799. Boone was 65 years old and already famous in America and Europe, thanks to his . . . — — Map (db m133211) HM |
| On Pine Lake Road near South 30th Street. |
| | On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.
Born in 1732, into a Virginia planter family, he learned the morals, . . . — — Map (db m133632) HM |
| On New Hampshire Route 119 west of Templeton Turnpike, on the left when traveling west. |
| | This veteran Captain of the French and Indian War, born in Woburn, Mass., settled here about 1765 as an original proprietor of Monadnock No. 4, now Fitzwilliam. After the Battle of Lexington, he recruited several companies to form the Third New . . . — — Map (db m136527) HM WM |
| On New Hampshire Route 119 at Templeton Turnpike, on the left when traveling south on State Route 119. |
| | In honor and memory of Brigadier General James Reed Born at Woburn, Mass. Jan. 8, 1723 Died at Fitchburg, Mass. Feb 13, 1807 One of the proprietors of Monadnock No. 4, and a founder of this town. A leader in its civil and religious life. . . . — — Map (db m152116) HM WM |
| On New Hampshire Route 12 0.9 miles north of Upper Walpole Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m66284) HM WM |
| On Prospect Street (U.S. 3) at Portland Street (U.S. 2), in the median on Prospect Street. |
| | On the site of the
Meetinghouse of the Pioneers
Erected 1784 the Town of
Lancaster builds this
monument in memory of
her citizens who served
in the wars of the Country
“Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori”
CIVIL . . . — — Map (db m157329) HM WM |
| On Darthmouth College Highway at Horse Meadow Road on Darthmouth College Highway. |
| | Born in Boston and a veteran of the 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga. As a known participant in the Boston Tea Party, for his own and his children’s safety, he walked to North Haverhill in early 1774. He later served in the Northern Army under Gen. Gates . . . — — Map (db m77798) HM |
| On Dartmouth College Highway 0.2 miles south of S. Court Street. |
| | The rivers’ junction two miles north was rendezvous for Rogers Rangers after their destruction of St. Francis, Que., Oct. 4, 1759. Pursuing Indians and starvation had plagued their retreat and more tragedy awaited here. The expected rescue party . . . — — Map (db m77799) HM WM |
| On North Main Street 0.2 miles north of U.S. 202, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Around this house was erected in 1746 the first stated garrison in Concord to protect from the French and Indian enemy the families of Rev. Timothy Walker, Capt. John Chandler, Abraham Bradley, Samuel Bradley, John Webster, Nathaniel Rolf, Joseph . . . — — Map (db m115939) HM |
| | Woodwell's Garrison, 1744, Captured April 22, 1746 Stockade on opposite side of the road — — Map (db m78995) |
| On Main Street (New Hampshire Route 12) north of Olcott Lane, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This tablet commemorates the successful defense of the fort on this site by Captain Phineas Stevens and his company of rangers against a large war-party of French and Indians April 7-10 1747 — — Map (db m66278) HM |
| On Main Street (New Hampshire Route 12) north of Olcott Lane, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In 1744 the settlers at No. 4 (now Charlestown) built a great log fort enclosing many of the town's dwelling. The fort, northernmost in the Connecticut Valley, was besieged in 1747 by a large force of French and Indians, who were beaten off by the . . . — — Map (db m74584) HM WM |
| On Pascack Road at Wierimus Lane, on the left when traveling north on Pascack Road. |
| | Built about 1796 by John H. Banta on a tract bought in 1755 where he had an earlier house. Banta was a carpenter and farmer who enlarged his homestead to 395 acres. At the time of the French and Indian War he served as a captain in the Bergen . . . — — Map (db m22251) HM |
| On Musconetcong River Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Born in this Village of New Hampton, Lebanon Township, NJ in 1736.
Died in Winchester, VA July 6, 1802.
Military Service
French and Indian War
Revolutionary War
Battle of Quebec, Canada Captured 1775
Distinguished himself in the Battle . . . — — Map (db m17920) HM |
| On Stockton Street at Bayard Street on Stockton Street. |
| | A Patriot of considerable distinction, Colonel John Haslet was the Commander of Delaware's first Continental Regiment. A native of County Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America in 1757. Haslet was a graduate of the University of Glasgow, and . . . — — Map (db m5380) HM |
| |
1702 The Proprietors of East and West Jersey relinquish the government of the provinces to Queen Anne, and New Jersey becomes a Royal Colony.
1714 Hunterdon County forms from the northern portion of Burlington County with the Assunpink . . . — — Map (db m4242) HM |
| On Barrack Street just from Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built in 1758 for British troops of the French and Indian War. Hessians were quartered here before the Battle of Trenton. — — Map (db m3756) HM |
| On Barracks Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | Built in 1758 for British troops of the French and Indian War. Hessians were here at the Battle of Trenton. — — Map (db m28026) HM |
| On Barracks Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| |
"We entered the town with them pell-mell, and here succeeded a scene of war of which I had often conceived but never saw before. The hurry, fright, and confusion of the enemy was [not] unlike that which will be when the last trump . . . — — Map (db m127001) HM |
| On West State Street 0.2 miles west of Barrack Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Settled in 1679, Trenton looks back on more than 300 years of tumultuous history. Scene of the two Battles of Trenton in 1776 and 1777 and New Jersey’s State capital since 1790, Trenton embarked on the path that turned the city into a center of . . . — — Map (db m3852) HM |
| | During the French and Indian War (1754-63) British troops were initially quartered (housed) in private residences. After a wave of protests from the colonists, the Provincial Assembly in 1758 authorized the construction of barracks, for 300 men . . . — — Map (db m93944) HM |
| | Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Baron von Steuben was born September 17, 1730 in Magdeburg, Prussia (Germany) to a military family. Reared in the rigorous military school of Frederick the Great, von Steuben served with distinction in the . . . — — Map (db m7259) HM |
| On Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike (County Route Alt 511) at Morris Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike. |
| | A big house was built here in 1756 to protect the settlers from the anticipated attacks of the French and Indians. — — Map (db m62866) HM |
| | In 1750, several families left the Congregational Church of Mansfield, CT relocating to New Jersey with William Marsh, their spiritual leader. Building a log meeting house here, they associated with the Baptist faith in 1750. As the church . . . — — Map (db m26434) HM |
| On Pequest Road 0.1 miles north of Sutton Road. |
| | In 1735, Royal Governor Jonathan Belcher ordered Sussex County's Government and Courts to be moved from Log Gaol to the tavern - house of Thomas Woolverton (1717-1760). Justice of the Peace and Tax Collector, until a permanent Courthouse was erected . . . — — Map (db m27284) HM |
| | Built about 1650.
Bell House – has housed nine generations of same family.
Minisink Village – white men and Indians lived together.
Minisink Island – in river to the west.
Westbrook Fort – during French and . . . — — Map (db m27279) HM |
| On Main Fredon Road (County Route 610) 0.3 miles east of Maple Avenue (County Route 521). |
| | Casper Shafer, a German emigrant settled this area circa 1742. By 1750, he built this stone house, later fortifying it with a stockade during the French and Indian War. His first grist mill, built 1743, was located upstream, replacing it in 1764 . . . — — Map (db m26448) HM |
| On Main Street near Walpack Flatbrook Road (Old County Road 615), on the left when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | Wallpack Township, formed in 1731 out of Hunterdon County, included the present townships of Montague, Sandyston and the former Pahaquarry.
The Delaware River forms the western boundary and the Old Mine Road, supposedly built by Dutch miners . . . — — Map (db m49024) HM |
| On Greenwich Church Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland in 1733.
His Scothch-Irish parents brought family here to Greenwich Township in 1747.
Never married and died in Hunterdon Co., Nov. 4, 1796 and buried in this churchyard.
Always a Soldier, from Private to . . . — — Map (db m19466) HM |
| On State Street at Eagle Street, on the left when traveling east on State Street. |
| | Fort Frederick Governor Edmund Andros Made an Inspection in Albany in 1676 and Found Fort Orange, Located Near the Foot of Madison Avenue in Poor Condition. He Ordered a New Fort Constructed at a Site in the Center of State Street Just West of Lodge . . . — — Map (db m5248) HM |
| On Cohoes-Crescent Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Prior to the construction of the New York State Barge Canal
and dam at Crescent, the Mohawk River was shallow and
fordable most of the year. For centuries, Native Americans
had crossed at this place. In 1755, during the French and
Indian War, a . . . — — Map (db m138984) HM |
| On Van Schaick Avenue at Delaware Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Van Schaick Avenue. |
| | 1735 - 1927
Van Schaick Mansion
Home Of
John G. Van Schaick
and his Wife Anna Patriot Americans
Built by Anthony Van Schaick
Son of Goosen Gerritsen original patentee
Headquarters
August 18-September 8-1777
Northern . . . — — Map (db m7250) HM |
| On Crescent Road (County Route 159) at New Loudon Road (New York State Route 9), on the right when traveling east on Crescent Road. |
| |
1755 Constructed as Military Road from
Albany to Lake George by Provincial
Troops from New York, New England
and New Jersey under command of
Major General William Johnson
———
Named in honor of Major General . . . — — Map (db m24514) HM |
| On Old Niskayuna Road at Osborne Road (New York State Route 378), on the right when traveling north on Old Niskayuna Road. |
| | Once called Ireland's Corners. Named in 1871 for Gen. John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun.
Commander of His Majesty's forces - French & Indian Wars — — Map (db m142982) HM |
| On Kings Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Military road during the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. — — Map (db m127558) HM |
| On Sherman-Westfield Road (County Route 74) south of Fort Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The French Portage built by
Celoron in 1749 and rebuilt in 1753
descended the bank and crossed
Chautauqua Creek — — Map (db m57177) HM |
| On East Lake Road (New York State Route 5) east of North Portage Road (New York State Route 394), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Waterways to the Interior
Rivers and lakes served as the superhighways of the 18th century. Many rivers and lakes in the Colony of New York either bordered New France (Canada), or connected the bordering water bodies to . . . — — Map (db m57233) HM |
| On South Portage Road (New York State Route 394) at South Gale Street, on the right when traveling south on South Portage Road. |
| | Built by Celoron in 1749 when
he explored and claimed this
region for France. Followed an
Indian Trail and crossed the
highway at this point in 1753. — — Map (db m57155) HM |
| On South Portage Road at South Gale Street, on the right when traveling south on South Portage Road. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m57171) HM |
| On Highland Avenue (New York State Route 14), on the left when traveling north. |
| | 1741-1821
served in Sullivan-Clinton
Campaign and was a pioneer
in Millport, dedicated by
Boy Scouts of Millport — — Map (db m77929) HM |
| | This wasn't always the quiet, peaceful place you find today. Point au Fer was once an important strategic military post.
The northern half of Lake Champlain used to be controlled by the French. On June 6, 1760, during the French and Indian War . . . — — Map (db m48732) HM |
| | In 1774, a two-story white stone garrison was built here by the British, fortified by American Gen. John Sullivan with entrenchment and stockade in 1776 and destroyed by fire in 1805. British occupation 1774 - 1775 and 1776-1796. American . . . — — Map (db m49069) HM |
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