On Alplaus Ave. at Bruce Drive, on the right when traveling west on Alplaus Ave..
Formerly “Aal Plaats” from Dutch meaning “place of eels.” French and Indians camped at Alplaus Creek on the eve of Schenectady Massacre 1690. — — Map (db m125364) HM
On Sacandaga Road (New York State Route 157), on the right when traveling north.
Dutch Word Meaning
Beechdale. DeGraff House
Where 40 Schenectady
Militia Fought Off French-
Indian Raiding Party
Town of
Glenville
— — Map (db m104952) HM
On Wolf Hollow Road at Hatcher Ave., on the right when traveling north on Wolf Hollow Road.
First Church In
Glenville
Built 1785, here stood the "Church at the Woestina" (Church in the Wilderness). Removed to Rotterdam 1812. — — Map (db m105176) HM
On Mohawk Turnpike/Amsterdam Road (New York State Route 5) at Wolf Hollow Road, on the right when traveling west on Mohawk Turnpike/Amsterdam Road.
Here About 1790 Harmanus
Vedder Established A Ferry
Which Bore His Name Until
1835 When The Ferry Rights
Were Bought By J. Hoffman
— — Map (db m105177) HM
On Touareuna Road, on the right when traveling west.
Site of archaic Algonkian village. Its corn pits yet remains. Through this vale ran a great and ancient path, trod by many races. — — Map (db m130339) HM
On Sacandaga Road (New York State Route 147), on the right when traveling north.
New York
Sacandaga Road
Cut Through The Primitive
Forest By Early Settlers
Along An Indian Trail
Leading To The Sacandaga
Region And Canada.
— — Map (db m104957) HM
Near Freeman's Bridge Road, on the right when traveling north.
Farm of John F. Seeley, 19th Century broom corn grower, broom manufacturer. First bridge erected here in 1855 by Volney Freeman — — Map (db m125398) HM
On Sacandaga Road (New York State Route 147), on the right when traveling north.
1748 1929
In Memory
Of The Men Who Were Killed
In This Ravine In
The Beukendaal Battle
On July 18, 1748
By The Canadian Indians
John A. Bradt
Johannes Marinus
Peter Vrooman
Daniel Van Antwerpen
Cornelis Viele, . . . — — Map (db m102619) HM
On West Glenville Road at Lovers Lane, on the left when traveling east on West Glenville Road.
Here, about 1770, Harmanus Van Vleck cleared a tract and built his house in the dense forest, yet haunt of the wolf, bear, and panther — — Map (db m127352) HM
On Hoffman's Hill Road near Wolf Hollow Road, on the right when traveling north.
New York
Wolf Hollow
A Fault And Displacement
Of 1000 Feet In Earth's
Surface Rocks. Here, In
1669, The Mohawks Ambushed
Their Algonkian Invaders
— — Map (db m105189) HM
