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During the American Revolutionary War, in 1777, Jane McCrea was a 17 year old Loyalist living at the farm of her older brother, Col. John McCrea at Fort Edward, NY to be close to her fiancé, Lt. David Jones, a loyalist serving with British General Burgoyne's army. On July 27th of that year, while she was visiting the home of Mrs. McNeil, the two women were captured by Indians allied to the British. Since both women were under the protection of General Burgoyne, they were reasonably sure nothing would happen to them. Their captors separated into two bands, each with one of the women. When Mrs. McNeil, a cousin of General Simon Fraser's, arrived with her captors at the British camp, she wondered where Jane was, since she had departed ahead of Mrs. McNeil. Shortly thereafter, the first party of Indians returned to the camp with a fresh scalp lock. It seems an argument had ensued over Jane McCrea, and to settle the argument, she had been killed. Other reports however state she was accidentally killed by friendly fire as the Indians made off with her. She was buried three miles south of Fort Edward. Though a Tory sympathizer, her death, and those of others in similar raids, inspired some of the resistance to Burgoyne's invasion leading to his defeat at the Battle of Saratoga. But the effect expanded later as reports of the incident were used, almost as propaganda, to excite rebel sympathies during the war, especially before the Sullivan Expedition in 1779. The story had become a part of American folklore when James Fennimore Cooper described some similar events in his novel "The Last of the Mohicans". Later on, 1852, McCrea's remains were removed and re-interred at the Union Cemetery in the Town of Fort Edward. McCrea's remains were exhumed in 2003 and researchers were surprised to find that McCrea's skull was missing, and her bones were commingled with those of another Revolutionary-era woman, Sara McNeil, a landowner and a cousin of British Gen. Simon Fraser. The bodies were exhumed again in 2005 in order to provide separate graves for both women.
This Marker is posted outside the Broadway (Route 4) entrance to the Union Cemetery in Fort Edward.
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Added: 9th September 2007
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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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Before there was refrigeration, salt was important for its food-preservation qualities. In America's early years, Syracuse in Central New York State - aka "Salt City" - was the nation's largest producer of salt. The postcard above shows rows of shallow evaporating pans. The sloped covers on the extreme left and right of this picture would be slid to cover the pans if it rained. See salt - very possibly from Syracuse - being used at the Fulton Fish Market in NYC in the mid-thirties at the 3:18 mark on Manhattan Waterfront. Also see the film White Wonder for an overview of the salt industry today (modern evaporating at 5:17).
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Salt City and The Erie Canal
The original Erie Canal was deliberately routed to pass through what today is Syracuse, NY because of the large salt deposits that were already being harvested there by 1825 when the canal was completed. Syracuse's salt trade benefitted from the canal for two reasons: Low transportation costs, and the Erie made it more profitable for farmers all along the canal corridor to raise hogs than to grow wheat, which had been their principal crop before the canal was built. Pork required large amounts of salt for preservation. See video
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Added: 1st December 2007
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Produced by Key Systems, this 20-minute film starts slowly; but includes some wonderful details of the 1906 earthquake and fire, and of the interurban trolley line under the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Added: 25th December 2007
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