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Located near the intersection of Ellicott and Main Streets in Batavia, this building was the headquarters for the management of Western New York State when it was still a wilderness frontier. Today the building houses a museum open to the public.
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Added: 28th August 2007
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This marker is located on Terminal Road (the road named for the Barge Canal era freight TERMINAL) in the hamlet of Crescent, NY, Town of Halfmoon in Saratoga County beside Route 9 and in front of two old Erie Canal era buildings.
CRESCENT
Named from Crescent Shape
of Mohawk River at this point.
Site of Indian Carry from
Mohawk River to Hudson River.
Site of Old Crescent Bridge.
State Education
Department 1939
Crescent:
Before the 1822 digging for the Erie Canal in Crescent it was a pretty sleepy little town with a few houses and mills on the Stenna Kill. After that farmers shipped hay, grain, produce and ice on the canal. There were brickyards shipping bricks, and molding sand was sent to foundries. A financier named Al Noxon built a block of stores, a hotel, a paint shop, the
Crescent Iron Foundry, and the Farmers Bank of Saratoga County. In 1847 Crescent had its own newspaper, The Crescent Eagle, and the Halfmoon Bridge Company opened a toll road across the river on the east side of the aqueduct. By 1870 Crescent had a drug store, dry goods, meat market, grocery, shoemaker, harness maker, two hotels, and a physician/surgeon. There was also a dry dock to build and repair canal boats. Other nearby industries were a sawmill, gristmill, iron foundry, malt house, grain elevator and feed mill, plaster lime & cement company, brickyards and a molding sand dealer.
There is an article about the Crescent Bridge, found HERE .
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Added: 6th September 2007
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Blenheim Covered Bridge
The Old Blenheim Bridge is located in the Town of Blenheim on State Route 30 in North Blenheim, Schoharie County, New York. It spans the Schoharie Creek and is "double-barreled" or has two separate lanes. At 232 feet in length between the stone abutments, this bridge has the unique distinction of being "the longest covered single span wooden bridge in the world" and one of only six remaining bridges in the world with two separated lanes. It is constructed of Long truss with a center arch. The bridge was built in 1854-5 by Nicholas M. Powers under contract for the Blenheim Bridge Company (inc. 1828) as a toll bridge and retired from use in 1931, and was listed as a National Historic Landmark on January 29, 1964; placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966; and is now a National Historic Engineering Landmark, 1984.
It's interesting to note that the bridge was not originally built in place over the Schoharie Creek as most folks would imagine, but rather was assembled at a site nearby, to insure the pieces all fit together correctly. Afterwards it was disassembled and erected in its present location across the creek. Ninety-four thousand board feet (127 tons) of lumber, 3,600 pounds of bolts and 1,500 pounds of washers were used in its construction. Nicholas Powers was paid $7.00 a day ($2,000 total) and the workmen received $1.00 a day. When the bridge was completed in 1855 it cost $6,000. During construction scoffers said that the bridge would fall due to its own weight with the removal of the falsework (falsework being the temporary scaffolding, also called "bents", made of heavy logs, which were used to support the bridge during construction). When the day came, Powers climbed to the roof and said, "If the bridge goes down, I never want to see the sun rise again!" People then said that the bridge would sag so much as to be useless. Powers replied that if this happened he would jump off. When the falsework was taken away the bridge settled only slightly, even less than Powers had calculated.
Local lore has it that while the stone abutments were being built one of the masons was sent to fetch a jug of rye whiskey. Before they got a chance to open the jug and imbibe the president of the bridge company, J. Dickinson, who was a "teetotaller" (it's an archaic term by today’s standard, a tetotallar being someone who practices and promotes the complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages) arrived unannounced to inspect the progress of the bridge. The masons were forced to hastily hide the jug in the first available spot which happened to be a niche in the abutment. As work proceeded at a quicker pace under the eagle eye of the company president, who wouldn't leave, the masons were forced to build up the stonework around the jug before it was rescued, and supposedly, it remains there to this day.
"The picturesque old bridge has had many adventures. It has been afire three times and is now insured like any ordinary house. Twice the roof caught fire from windblown sparks and embers from burning buildings in the village. And once, many years ago, when traveling tinkers went about mending pots and pans, carrying a small charcoal stove to heat their soldering irons, one of these tinkers went so sleep in the bridge and tipped his stove over. The hot coals ignited the wooden bridge but someone happened along in time to put the fire out and to sober up the "tinker" in the nearby river." – Schenectady Union-Star: Feb. 26, 1930
Old Covered Bridge - North Blenheim, NY
(Click Photo Above For More Images of Bridge)
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Added: 8th September 2007
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On the morning of Saturday, July 28, 1945 a B-25 bomber flying toward Newark airport in heavy fog struck the Empire State Building between the 78th and 79th floors.
If disappointed by the quality of the images, remember that this isnt a re-enactment; and the people arent actors.
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Added: 9th September 2007
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The area west of the Genesee River (which flows from Pennsylvania generally northward across New York State to Lake Ontario at Rochester) was then the 3.3 million acre tract known as the "Holland Land Purchase" (HLP). It's headquarters was housed in a building that's only a few hundred feet from this sign in downtown Batavia, NY (keyword "holland")
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Added: 14th September 2007
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Mount Ut-Say-An-Tha
Mount Utsayantha, which got its name from the legend of a local Indian maiden, Utsayantha – which means "beautiful spring", is located just southeast of the Village of Stamford, NY, along the eastern edge of Delaware County at the intersection of Routes 10 and 23.
In 1882 a carriage road and a wooden observation tower were constructed on top of the mountain, and were opened to the public on July 4th of that year. In 1889, nearly 20 acres of the summit was purchased by Dr. S.E. Churchill – one of Stamford's prominent leaders of the time – and deeded to the Village of Stamford upon his death in 1917. During Stamford's heyday, it was known as the "Queen of the Catskills" boasting many hotels and boarding houses for the summer tourists. A carriage ride to the top of Utsayantha Mountain was a favorite activity, and in 1924 alone over 6,000 visitors were recorded at the summit.
The view from the Tower is magnificent. On a clear day one can see the peaks of the Catskill Mountains, the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts, the Green Mountains in Vermont, and the peaks of the Adirondacks, and of course the breathtaking view of Stamford. Over the years there has been a series of observations towers at the top of the mountain. The existing observation building was dedicated in June of 1926. In 1934 the State erected a 68-foot steel fire tower that was manned by observers until 1989 when it was officially closed by the NYS Dept. EnCon. The road to the summit and the steel fire tower are currently open to the public, and the park is being developed and restored.
The Marker is located at the intersection of Main Street (Route 23) and Mountain Ave. in Stamford. (The road changes names as it leaves the village limits to "Tower Mounatin Road")
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Added: 11th October 2007
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3 Duanesburg Markers
These three markers are located in front of the Christ Episcopal Church at the intersection of Duanesburg Churches Road and the Great Western Turnpike (US Route 20) in Duanesburg, New York.
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
State Education
Department 1932
William North (1755 - January 3, 1836) was a United States Senator representing the state of New York. North was born in Fort Frederick, Pemaquid (part of Bristol, Maine), in 1755, where he attended the common schools. He moved with his mother to Boston, Massachusetts and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. After the war he settled in Duanesburg, New York. He married Mary Duane, daughter of James Duane, on October 14, 1787 and had six children. He was elected to the New York State Assembly several times. North was appointed as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Sloss Hobart and served from May 5, 1798 to August 17, 1798, when a successor was elected and qualified. He was appointed adjutant general of the Army with the rank of Brigadier General 1798-1800. He was a member and speaker of the State assembly in 1810. He died in Duanesburg, New York and is interred in the crypt under Christ Episcopal Church.
JAMES DUANE
Born 1732 Buried Here 1797
In Continental Congress
Provincial Convention
Mayor of New York, State
Senator, Federal Judge
State Education
Department 1932
After his parents died, young James Duane (b Feb. 6, 1733 [date does not match that on the marker]; d Feb 1, 1797) became the ward of Robert Livingston, who was known as the 3rd Lord of the Manor. He completed his early education at Livingston Manor, then read law in the offices of James Alexander. He was admitted to the bar in 1754. Then in 1759, James married Maria Livingston, the eldest daughter of his former guardian Robert. He was Clerk of the Chancery Court of New York in 1762, State Attorney General in 1767 and Indian commissioner for the Colony of New York in 1774. During the American Revolution When the British occupied New York City in 1776, he was forced from his home. He withdrew his wife and family to the relative safety of her father's home at Livingston Manor on the Hudson. Duane served in the New York state Senate from 1783 to 1790. He first became the Mayor of New York City by appointment in 1784, serving until 1789. He was a delegate to the New York convention that ratified the Federal Constitution. In 1789, President Washington named him the first judge of the United States District Court for New York.
As Duane established an extensive and profitable law practice he acquired by purchase and inheritance the 50,000 acres of wilderness that is his namesake, the Town of Duanesburg (NY). Duane's early attempts to settle these lands were thwarted by agents of Sir William Johnson who circulated unfavorable reports about the land, as they were attempting to develop Johnson's holdings. Later Duane succeeded in contracting with 16 German families to begin farming/renting the land. Duane had plans to make Duanesburg the capitol of New York, but the citizens of Albany had other and more compelling ideas. Duane never lived in Duanesburg where he had already built the Christ Episcopal Church and had just begun to build a home on his estate when he died in Schenectady, New York. He is buried in the crypt beneath the Christ Episcopal Church in Duanesburg.
CHRIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Built 1732 Consecrated 1793
By Bishop Samuel Provoost
A Glebe of 80 Acres Presented
By James Duane for Rectory
State Education
Department 1932
After the retirement of Judge James Duane, one of his first thoughts was for a church, "Cemetery Lot" or "Square", having failed to become the head of Duanesburg village, he dedicated it to the uses of the church, and in its center he built the present house of worship. At a meeting of the rector and inhabitants of the town of Duanesburg on Tuesday, September 22, 1783, Judge James Duane, conveyed the church and the ground on which it is erected for the public worship of Almighty God according to the rites and sacraments of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The church was admitted to the Diocese of New York in 1789. The parish had a difficult existence for some years previous to 1795. In 1811 a tower and spire was added to the building and a few changes were made in the interior.
The Christ Episcopal Church has been documented in the Historic American Building Survey
Christ Episcopal Church
Duanesbsurg, New York
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The Poughkeepsie Bridge (sometimes known as the "Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge" or the "Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge") is a steel cantilever single track
railway bridge spanning the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie, New York on the east bank and Highland, New York on the west. It was completed in 1889 and went out of service after cathing on fire in 1974. It is expected to reopen in 2009 as a pedestrian bridge.
The Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge was the first bridge to be built over the Hudson River from the ocean all the way up to Albany. It was a technological wonder.
Opened in 1889 soon after the Brooklyn Bridge opened, it is not only higher above the water than the Brooklyn Bridge, and founded deeper in the water, but also
longer. When it opened, its promoters claimed it was the longest (6,767 feet) bridge in the world.
The rehabilitated bridge is expected to open in the fall of 2009, in time to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson sailing up his namesake river. When
completed, the bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979, will tie rail trails on both sides of the river, creating a 35-mile trail. The
bridge, now owned by Walkway Over the Hudson, would be turned over to the state after construction, a way to ensure that it's always available to the public and
takes advantage of state expertise in park management.
The photo above shows the Poughkeepsie Bridge as seen from the Mid-Hudson (highway) Bridge. The view is to the North. Poughkeepsie is out of view to the right.
Highland, NY is on the left.
Poughkeepsie Bridge; Highland to Poughkeepsie, NY
(Click Photo for many more Photos of Bridge)
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Added: 17th November 2007
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Swarts Tavern
The "Old Stone House" Was built about 1772 and used for many years as a tavern. During Sir John Johnson’s second raid on the Schoharie and Mohawk Valleys the building was set on fire by Indians on October 17, 1780 while the family was in the safety of the Old Stone Fort located a short way away. Patriot Soldiers put out the fire. Building later owned 1803 by Peter P. Snyder and in 1833 by Lodowich Fries
Here was the scene of Schoharie County’s only duel, fought between Philip Schuyler 2nd (who was the grandson of Revolutionary War General Philip J. Schuyler) and his neighbor Josiah Clark. In the bar room, a quarrel ended in Clark's challenge and Schuyler named rifles and demanded immediate satisfaction on the flats in the rear of the Tavern. Seconds (trusted representatives from each party of the duel) were chosen, rifles carefully examined and loaded for their deadly work and the party repaired to the flats. It is said both were in an alcoholic haze but upon the order to fire, both rifles blazed forth and Clark fell to earth and his friends rushed to his side. Badly frightened by the sight, Schuyler fled to the Tavern but Clark soon revived, not a mark could be found upon him and it appears that he had collapsed from fright. In later years it leaked out that the seconds had carefully refrained from loading the rifles with anything other than plenty of powder and well rammed hornet's nest wadding.
Swarts Tavern is now a private residence located along Route 30 in the Village of Schoharie, NY.
Swarts Tavern - Schoharie, NY
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Added: 3rd November 2007
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