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This is an incomplete list of New York State Historic Markers in Rockland County, New York.

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Marker name Image Date designated Location City or Town Coords Marker text
1 "'76 HOUSE" Old76House 2007 02.jpg 110 Main St Tappan, New York Where Major John André, British Spy, Plotter With Benedict Arnold To Deliver West Point, New York, Was Confined Before His Execution
2 DeWint House DeWintHouse house 2007 02.jpg 20 Livingston Avenue Tappan, New York Washington's Headquarters and the oldest surviving structures in Rockland County. Used Sept 28 - Oct 2, 1780 during The Trial Of John André, British Spy, Plotter With Benedict Arnold.
3 GENERAL LAFAYETTE Western Hwy. In Tappan Orangetown, Town Of, New York Lived Here In A House On The Bogart Farm In 1780. Opposite Is Spring Used By Continental Army Camped On The West Ridge
4 THE MANSE Westwood-old Tappan Rd., W. Of Greenbush Rd., In Tappan Orangetown, Town Of, New York Built 1726, Dominie Samuel Verbryck Lived Here During Revolution. He Was Friend Of Washington. He Founded Rutgers College, N. J.
5 TRIAL OF ANDRE Main St., North Of Washington St. In Tappan Orangetown, Town Of, New York The British Spy, Andre, Was Found Guilty, In The Dutch Church Which Stood, In 1780, On The Site Of The Edifice
6 TURN LEFT AT LIGHT On Us 9W At Oak Tree Rd. Orangetown, Town Of, New York Dewindt House George Washington Headquarters Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 1780
7 WASHINGTON'S CAMP Western Hwy. & Washington Ave. In Tappan Orangetown, Town Of, New York On The Ridge West, 1782, The American Army, After Its Return From Yorktown, Encamped Under Generals Washington And Greene
8 ARROW On Us 9W At Oak Tree Rd. Orangetown, Town Of, New York 2 Miles De Windt House George Washington Headquarters Set. 28 - Oct. 2, 1780
9 ARROW Summit Ave. & Old Tappan Rd. In Tappan Orangetown, Town Of, New York Andre Monument On The Hill South Is The Site Of The Gallows Where Major John Andre, British Spy, Was Hanged, And Buried, On Oct. 2, 1780.
10 "WORK I" In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York A British Redoubt Mounting A Twelve-pound Cannon Was Located Here, July 1779.
11 AMERICAN BLOCKHOUSE In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York Here Stood An Unfinished American Blockhouse Which Was Burned By Its Defenders On May 31, 1779, When The British Seized The Point
12 BUCKBERG MOUNTAIN Buckberg Mt. Rd., 1/2 Mi. S. Mott Rd. Stony Point, Town Of, New York Here Generals Washington And Wayne, Surveyed The British Fort On Stony Point And Planned The Victory Of July 15–16, 1779.
13 BUCKBERG MOUNTAIN ROAD Buckberg Rd., W. Of Us 9W Stony Point, Town Of, New York In 1776-1783, This Was An Important Military Route Over The Dunderberg To Doodletown, Forts Clinton And Montgomery And West Point.
14 CHRISTIAN FEBIGER In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York A Dane, Colonel Of The Second Regiment Of The Light Infantry Under Wayne, Led The Main Body In The Right Column
15 COLONEL BUTLER In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York Of Pennsylvania, Led The Left Assaulting Column Of Americans Up The Steep Slope At This Point
16 DOODLETOWN Us 9W At Doodletown Rd. Stony Point, Town Of, New York Half A Mile Up This Road Is Doodletown, Pioneer Hamlet Through Which The British Army Marched To Attack Ft. Clinton, 1777.
17 FRANCO-AMERICAN ARMY In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York En Route To Capture Cornwallis At Yorktown, In Virginia, Crossed King's Ferry In August, 1781.
18 GENERAL WAYNE In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York Was Wounded By The British Grapeshot Leading The Right Column Up The Slope Near This Point.
19 KING'S FERRY In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York Below This Hill Is Located The Western Terminus Of Historic King's Ferry Of The American Revolution, 1776-1783.
20 LIEUT. KNOX In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York At The Head Of The Forlorn Hope Of The Left Column Entered The Main British Redoubt At This Point
21 MAJOR MURFREE In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York With Massachusetts And North Carolina Companies Engaged British Outpost Here By Firing To Cover The Two Flank Movements
22 MILITARY ROAD In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York Leading To The Central British Redoubt Followed This Route, 1779
23 SIX STATES In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia And North Carolina, Gave The Men Of The Light Infantry.
24 THE FINAL COMBAT In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York A Hand To Hand Melee, American Bayonets Against British Musketry And Cannon, Took Place In The Central Redoubt Here.
25 THE FIRST ROAD Us 9W & Main St., In Stony Point Stony Point, Town Of, New York Across Hudson Highlands From Stony Point To Central Valey, Made About 1760, Via Cedar Ponds Followed This Road
26 THE INNER LINE In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York Of The British Abatis Of Tree Trunks And Sharpened Stakes Ran From The North To The South Shore Of The Point Here.
27 THE LARGER BODY In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York Of Americans, In The Right Coluymn, Under Gen. Wayne, Crossed The Marsh And Cove To The South To Scale British Works
28 THE LEFT COLUMN In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York Of The Americans Divided Here, At Mud Bridge, The Main Body, Under Colonel Butler, Marching Around The North Shore
29 THE MAIN GATE In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York Of The Central British Redoubt Was Located Here, 1779.
30 THE OUTER LINE In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York Of The Abatis Of Felled Trees And Pointed Stakes Made By The British Garrison Crossed Here From Shore To Shore
31 TWO COMPANIES In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York Of The Seventeenth British Regiment Of Foot Were Stationed Here At The Time Of The Assault, July 15, 1779.
32 WORK "H" In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York A British Redoubt Mounting A Twelve-pound Cannon Was Located Here, July, 1779.
33 ARROW On Park Rd., E. Of Us 9W Stony Point, Town Of, New York Stony Point Battlefield July 16, 1779
34 ARROW On Park Rd., E. Of Us 9W Stony Point, Town Of, New York Stony Point Battlefield July 16, 1779
35 ARROW Us 9W, 1/4 Mi. No. Of Vlge. Stony Point Stony Point, Town Of, New York Stony Point Battlefield July 16, 1779
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