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

Listings county-wide

(119 Markers)

Marker name Image Date designated Location City or Town Marker text
1 CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION ESOPUS US 9W AT WEST PARK Esopus, New York CHURCH OF THE

ASCENSION ESOPUS BUILT 1842

2 U+2192.svg 1 1/2 MILES WESTWARD IS "SLABSIDES" B'WAY & PARK LA., IN WEST PARK, Esopus, New York 1 1/2 MILES WESTWARD IS

"SLABSIDES", RUSTIC CABIN OF THE POET-NATURALIST, WHERE HE SPENT MUCH TIME

3 GENERAL WASHINGTON N.E. CORNER ZANDHOECK RD. & MILLBROOK AVE. Hurley, New York GENERAL WASHINGTON

WAS GIVEN A PUBLIC RECEPTION HERE ON HIS JOURNEY FROM WEST POINT TO KINGSTON, NOV. 16, 1782

4 OLD GUARD HOUSE US 209 Hurley, New York LIEUT. DAVID TAYLOR,

BRITISH SPY, WAS CONFINED IN THIS HOUSE AND HANGED ON AN APPLE TREE, OCTOBER 18, 1777

5 OLD MINE ROAD US 209. Hurley, New York ESOPUS-MINISINK TRAIL

INDIAN TRAIL CONNECTING DELAWARE VALLEY WITH HUDSON RIVER. USED BEFORE AND DURING REVOLUTION

6 VAN DEUSEN HOUSE US 209. Hurley, New York BUILT 1723

TEMPORARY CAPITOL OF STATE AFTER BURNING OF KINGSTON 1777.

7 ELMENDORF TAVERN SE CORNER MAIDEN LA. & FAIR ST. Kingston, New York MEETING PLACE

STATE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY 1777

8 FIRST KINGSTON ACADEMY SW CORNER JOHN & CROWN STS. Kingston, New York FIRST KINGSTON ACADEMY

FOUNDED 1774 BY TRUSTEES OF TOWN OF KINGSTON.

9 PLAN OF KINGSTON STOCKADE N. FRONT ST. & CLINTON AVE. Kingston, New York PLAN OF KINGSTON

STOCKADE (WILTWYCK) FORT (F) AND 1658 STREETS SITE OF OLD STOCKADE 1658

10 SITE OF OLD BLOCKHOUSE S.W. CORNER MAIN & FAIR STS. Kingston, New York SITE OF

OLD BLOCKHOUSE BUILT 1658

11 SITE OF BOGARDUS TAVERN N.W. CORNER MAIDEN LA. & FAIR ST. Kingston, New York SITE OF

BOGARDUS TAVERN FIRST MEETING PLACE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 10TH 1777

12 SITE OF TAPPEN HOUSE S.W. CORNER N. FRONT & WALL STS. Kingston, New York SITE OF

TAPPEN HOUSE OCCUPIED BY GEORGE CLINTON WHILE GOVERNOR OF STATE

13 VAN KEUREN HOMESTEAD ST. JAMES ST. BETWEEN PINE & CLINTON AVES. Kingston, New York VAN KEUREN HOMESTEAD

BURNED BY BRITISH OCT. 17, 1777. REBUILT AND OCCUPIED BY DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF ORIGINAL OWNER SINCE THEN.

14 COLONEL DEYO HOME NYS 55 E. OF TRAFFIC CIRCLE Lloyd, New York COLONEL DEYO HOME

ERECTED 1805 BUILT AND OCCUPIED BY COLONEL JACOB DEYO 8TH REGIMENT, NEW YORK STATE GUARD

15 ELTING HOMESTEAD MAIN ST., S. OF ELTING PL., IN HIGHLAND Lloyd, New York BUILT BY PHILIP ELTING 1817

WHO FOUNDED VILLAGE OF HIGHLAND ON HIS FARM WHICH WAS DEVISED BYT HIS GRANDFATHER ABRAHAM ELTING TO NOAH ELTING APRIL 1797

16 ELTING'S LANDING W. OF R.R., NEAR RIVER IN HIGHLAND Lloyd, New York BOMBARDED BY BRITISH 1777

NOAH ELTING'S FERRY 1793 HORSE DRAWN FLAT BOAT 1819 "DUTCHESS AND ULSTER", STEAM POWER FERRY EST. 1830

17 HIGHLAND LANDING E. END OF MAIN ST., HIGHLAND Lloyd, New York YELVERTON'S LANDING 1777

VALENTINE BAKER'S LANDING 1786 NEW PALTZ LANDING 1798 THE TOWN'S SHIPPING CENTER FOR A CENTURY AND A HALF

18 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CHURCH & GROVE STS., HIGHLAND Lloyd, New York ORGANIZED MAY 26, 1792, AS

THE PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGA- TION OF NEW PALTZ. PRESENT EDIFICE ERECTED 1844.

19 REVOLUTIONARY DRILL FIELD 1775 US 9W S. OF TRAFFIC CIRCLE Lloyd, New York 9TH COMPANY THIRD

ULSTER COUNTY REGIMENT COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN PELEG RANSOM

20 ULSTER COUNTY NYS 55 AT W. ENTRANCE TO MID-HUDSON BRIDGE Lloyd, New York ONE OF ORIGINAL COUNTIES

OF NEW YORK STATE, 1683, RECEIVED ITS NAME FROM THE EARLDOM IN IRELAND OF JAMES, DUKE OF YORK.

21 U+2192.svg 1 1/2 MILE NYS 213 AT HIGH FALLS Marbletown, New York 1 1/2 MILE

SITE OF CLOVE REFORMED CHURCH ORGANIZED 1807. MOVED TO PRESENT SITE IN HIGH FALLS 1867

22 DAVIS TAVERN location Marbletown, New York FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE AND

AFTER THE REVOLUTION, THE PUBLIC BUSINESS OF THE TOWN OF MARBLETOWN WAS TRANSACTED HERE.

23 OLD DEPUY HOUSE 1939 NYS 213 AT HIGH FALLS Marbletown, New York BUILT IN 1797 BY S. AND A. DEPUY

WHO KEPT A TAVERN HERE.

24 OLIVER HOUSE US 209 AT MARBLETOWN Marbletown, New York IN ORIGINAL ANDREW OLIVER

HOUSE HERE, THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE MET FOR ONE MONTH, AFTER BURNING OF KINGSTON, OCTOBER, 1777.

25 SCHOONMAKER HOME NYS 213, E. OF HIGH FALLS, AT COXEN CREEK BRIDGE Marbletown, New York BUILT IN 1760 BY

CAP. FREDERICK SCHOONMAKER, REVOLUTIONARY OFFICER; HOME FORTIFIED AND USED AS PLACE OF REFUGE DURING THE WAR.

26 SITE OF COLONIAL CHURCH US 209 AT MARBLETOWN Marbletown, New York HERE STOOD THE EARLIEST

CHURCH IN THIS VICINITY, ORGANIZED 1737, BUILT 1746, THE FIRST MINISTER WAS (?)

27 TACK TAVERN US 209 AT STONE RIDGE Marbletown, New York HOME OF JOHANNES TACK,

WHERE COURT CONVENED AFTER BURNING OF KINGSTON BY THE BRITISH, OCTOBER, 1777. FIRST SCHOOL WAS NEARBY.

28 U+2192.svg DISCOVERY OF CEMENT 1939 NYS 213 AT HIGH FALLS Marbletown, New York DISCOVERY OF CEMENT

AT BRUCEVILLE, NATHANIEL BRUCE, BURNED IN A BLACKSMITH'S FORGE, SOME NATIVE ROCK AND DISCOVERED CEMENT IN 1818.

29 U+2192.svg JOHN BURROUGHSBY S. AND A. DEPUY CHURCH ST., S. OF NYS 213 IN HIGH FALLS Marbletown, New York JOHN BURROUGHSBY S. AND A. DEPUY

AMERICAN NATURALIST TAUGHT SCHOOL AT HIGH FALLS IN 1857 NEAR PRESENT BUILDING

30 U+2192.svg OLD STONE AQUEDUCT 1940 NYS 213 AT HIGH FALLS Marbletown, New York OLD STONE AQUEDUCT

BUILT IN 1825 BY D. & H. CANAL CO.; COMPLETED 1828; ENLARGED IN 1842 AND 1851; ABANDONED FEB. 23, 1899.

31 BEVIER HOUSE 1935 SE CORNER HUGUENOT ST. & BROADHEAD AVE., NEW PALTZ New Paltz, New York BUILT BY LOUIS BEVIER,

THE PATENTEE, IN 1698. ELTING HOMESTEAD FROM 1740. THIS HOUSE HAS AN INTERESTING SUB-CELLAR

32 DEYO HOUSE 1935 HUGUENOT ST., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz, New York BUILT BY PIERRE DEYO,

ONE OF TWELVE ORIGINAL PATENTEES OF NEW PALTZ, IN 1692.

33 DIE PFALZ 1935 HUGUENOT & N. FRONT STS., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz, New York A FRENCH HUGUENOT VILLAGE

GOVERNED BY "THE DUSINE", A BODY OF 12 MEN CHOSEN ANNUALLY. FOR 100 YEARS THE ONLY FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

34 DUBOIS HOUSE 1935 HUGUENOT ST., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz, New York THE FORT BUILT IN 1705

BY DANIEL DUBOIS. SITE FIRST REDOUBT. THERE ARE PORT HOLES IN THE EAST END.

35 FREER HOUSE 1935 HUGUENOT ST., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz, New York BUILT 1720 BY HUGO FREER,

ONE OF TWELVE ORIGINAL PATENTEES OF NEW PALTZ. THE LOW HOUSE AFTER 1732.

36 HASBROUCK HOUSE 1935 HUGUENOT ST., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz, New York BUILT IN 1712, BY ABRAHAM, THE

PATENTEE, ONCE SOLDIER IN ENGLISH ARMY, FRIEND OF GOV. ANDROS. KITCHEN SCENE OF COCK FIGHTS.

37 JEAN HASBROUCK 1935 HUGUENOT & N. FRONT STS., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz, New York OUSEBUIULT IN 1712, BY

THE PATENTEE; NOW HOME OF THE HUGUENOT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SINCE 1899.

38 NEW PALTZ NYS 208, S. OF NEW PALTZ also same on NE CORNER MAIN & N. FRONT STS., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz, New York FOUNDED 1678. SIX HOUSES

BUILT BEFORE 1720 ARE ON HUGUENOT STREET, ON THE WALKILL RIVER, HOMES OF REFUGEES OF FRANCE.

39 SITE OF THE "OWL" CHURCH 1935 CO. RD. W. OF NEW PALTZ, 1 MI. S. OF NYS 299 New Paltz, New York ONFERENTIA CHURCH PARTY

ORGANIZED 1767, TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH CLASSIS OF NORTH AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND, JOINED PALTZ CHURCH, 1783

40 SITE OF WALLOON CHURCH 1935 HUGUENOT ST., W. OF N. FRONT ST., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz, New York BUILT OF LOGS, FIRST

CHURCH-SCHOOL, 1783, FIRST CHURCH OS STONE 1717. CALLED "OLD FRENCH CHURCH", PRECURSOR REFORMED CHURCH.

1799 HOUSE Huguenot Historical Society New Paltz, New York BUILT BY EZEKIEL ELTING AS A HOME

AND STORE. ORIGINAL GAMBREL ROOF DESTROYED IN 1888 BLIZZARD. 1968 PURCHASED BY LE FEVRE FAMILY ASSOC. MAINTAINED HHS AND LE FEVRE FAMILY.

41 STONE CHURCH - 1773 1935 HUGUENOT ST., NEAR BROADHEAD AVE., NEW PALTZ New Paltz, New York FIRST STONE CHURCH, 1717.

SERVICES IN FRENCH TO 1753, DUTCH LANGUAGE TO 1800. CHURCH CORNER STONE SEEN AT SOUTH WALL OF PORTICO.

42 ULSTER COUNTY NYS 32, S. OF PLATTEKILL, AT ULSTER-ORANGE CO. LINE Plattekill, New York ONE OF ORIGINAL COUNTIES

OF NEW YORK STATE, 1683, RECEIVED ITS NAME FROM THE EARLDOM IN IRELAND OF JAMES, DUKE OF YORK.

43 ALTON BROOKS PARKER US 209, N. OF ACCORD Rochester, Ulster County, New York MAY 14, 1852 - MAY 10, 1926

PRINCIPAL OF THIS SCHOOL, 1870-71 CHIEF JUDGE OF THE NEW YORK STATE COURT OF APPEALS, 1897-1904 CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF U.S.; 1904

44 COLONIAL TAVERN US 209, S. OF ACCORD Rochester, Ulster County, New York SILES BOUCK, SCOUT TAKEN

IN INDIAN AND TORY RAID IN 1779, TO FORT NIAGARA, CAME BACK HERE, WHILE NEIGHBORS WERE HOLDING A MEETING

45 ROCHESTER CHURCH US 209, S. OF ACCORD Rochester, Ulster County, New York REV. NUCELLA PREACHED,

1695 LOG CHURCH BUILT, 1700 2 STONE CHURCHES, 1743, 1860, 2 OTHER CHURCHES BURNED PRESENT 6TH ON SAME SPOT

46 SITE OF INDIAN RAID US 209 AT PINE BUSH Rochester, Ulster County, New York SITE OF INDIAN RAID

IN COLONIAL CHURCH WHICH STOOD HERE, 1778, SETTLERS FORTIFIED THEMSELVES, AND SUCCESSFULLY FOUGHT OFF ATTACK OF INDIAN RAIDERS.

47 SITE OF TRAINING FIELD US 209, N. OF ACCORD Rochester, Ulster County, New York COLONIAL MILITIA, IN THE

FRENCH AND INDIAN AND REVOLUTIONARY WARS, MET FOR TRAINING IN A FIELD AT THIS PLACE

48 SITE OF COLONIAL FORT US 209 N. OF KERHONKSON Rochester, Ulster County, New York HERE ON DEYO'S HILL

STOOD A FORT PROTECTING EARLY SETTLERS FROM INDIANS

49 TOM QUICK FARM US 209, N. OF ACCORD Rochester, Ulster County, New York HOME OF TOM QUICK, BOUGHT

FROM HARMON HEKUN, INDIAN, 1676; QUICK WAS KILLED BY INDIANS AND HIS SON SLEW MANY RED MEN IN REVENGE. 1904

50 CREEKLOCKS CREEKLOCKS RD., CREEKLOCKS [Hamlet] Rosendale, New York ORIGINALLY WAGENDALL.

RENAMED 1825 WHEN DELAWARE AND HUDSON CANAL WAS BUILT. CANAL ENTERED CREEK HERE.

51 D. & H. CANAL NYS 213 W. OF ROSENDALE Rosendale, New York STARTED 1825, OPENED 1828.

IMPORTANT WATERWAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW YORK STATE, CONNECTING DELAWARE AND HUDSON RIVERS.

52 FORDING PLACE NYS 32 AT ROSENDALE Rosendale, New York USED BY GEN. CLINTON'S

FORCES, ON WAY FROM NEWBURGH TO DEFEND KINGSTON, FROM BRITISH RAIDERS IN OCTOBER, 1777.

53 FREER HOUSE NYS 32 S. OF TILLSON Rosendale, New York BUILT 1765 BY JACOB FREER,

GRANDSON OF HUGO FREER, NEW PALTZ PATENTEE; FIRST SETTLED BY FAMILY IN 1730 CALLED "HALF MOON".

54 GRIST MILL NYS 213 W. OF ROSENDALE Rosendale, New York OPERATED IN 1809 BY JACOB

LOW SNYDER, EARLY SETTLER; IN 1825 BY JUDGE LUCAS ELMENDORF. CEMENT GROUND HERE FOR D. & H. CANAL.

55 HOME OF ABRAHAM VAN WAGENEN CREEKLOCKS RD., CREEKLOCKS [Hamlet] Rosendale, New York HOME OF ABRAHAM VAN WAGENEN

AN ORIGINAL SETTLER, BUILT, 1725-1730.

56 JOPPENBERGH NYS 213 W. OF ROSENDALE Rosendale, New York JOPPENBERGH - JACOB'S MOUNT, NAMED

FOR COL. JACOBUS RUTSEN, FIRST SETTLER, IN 1680

57 LEFEVRE HOUSE location Rosendale, New York BUILT 1780; SINCE 1810

HOME OF LEFEVRE FAMILY, DESCENDANTS OF SIMON, NEW PALTZ PATENTEE, CALLED BLOEMENDAL.

58 MEETING HOUSE GRIST MILL RD., TILLSON Rosendale, New York FRIENDS CHURCH, BUILT

IN1800. PHEBE TILLSON WAS THE FIRST RECOMMENDED MINISTER.

59 NEWKIRK TAVERN NYS 32 AT MAPLE HILL Rosendale, New York BUILT IN 1781 BY

GERRIT NEWKIRK. A FAMOUS HOSTERLRY.

60 PERRINE'S BRIDGE NYS 32 S. OF TILLSON Rosendale, New York ERECTED IN 1850. ONE OF

THE FEW OLD COVERED BRIDGES STILL STANDING IN NEW YORK STATE.

61 PETRUS VAN WAGENEN SW CORNER CREEKLOCKS RD. & MAIN ST., BLOOMINGTON Rosendale, New York ONE OF ORIGINAL SETTLERS

OF WAGENDALL, OCCUPIED BY VAN WAGENEN FAMILIES, BUILT THIS HOUSE IN 1726-1730.

62 REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH CHURCH ST., W. OF MAIN ST., BLOOMINGTON Rosendale, New York REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH

FIRST ORGANIZED 1797, BURNED 1846, REBUILT ON PRESENT LOCATION, 1847.

63 ROSENDALE CEMENT NYS 213 W. OF ROSENDALE Rosendale, New York ROSENDALE CEMENT DISCOVERED HERE IN 1826.

FIRST COMMERCIAL MILL OPERATED HERE 1826 BY WATSON E. LAWRENCE, CALLED LAWRENCEVILLE.

64 RUTSEN HOUSE NYS 32 AT ROSENDALE Rosendale, New York FIRST HOUSE BUILT IN TOWN

BY JACOBUS RUTSEN IN 1680. JACOBUS RUTSEN HARDENBERGH GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON.

65 SITE OF DE WITT HOUSE NYS 32 AT BLOOMINGTON Rosendale, New York BUILT 1736; DESTROYED 1930;

HOME OF COL. CHARLES DE WITT, MEMBER PROVINCIAL CONGRESS CALLED CROCODILE INN,ABOUT 1800.

66 SITE OF DE WITT MILL NYS 32 AT BLOOMINGTON Rosendale, New York ERECTED 1750 BY COL. CHRALES DE WITT. FLOUR GROUND HERE FOR AMERICAN ARMY IN THE REVOLUTION.
67 SITE OF TAVERN E. OF NYS 32 IN MAPLE HILL Rosendale, New York SITE OF TAVERN, FIRST CHURCH

ERECTED HERE IN 1797, REFORMED CHURCH OF BLOEMENDAL BURNED 1846, REBUILT 1847, AT NEW LOCATION AT BLOOMINGTON

68 SNYDER HOME CO. RD. AT COTTEKILL Rosendale, New York COMMUNITY FIRST SETTLED

1755 BY JACOB SNYDER, HOUSE ERECTED 1788; HOME OF CHRISTOPHER SNYDER, REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER.

69 TAWAERI TAQUI SPRINGTOWN RD., TILLSON Rosendale, New York NORTHWEST CORNER OF

PATENT GRANTED TO THE HUGUENOT SETTLERS OF NEW PALTZ, IN 1677, IS ONE HALF MILE WEST.

70 TILLSON HOME Rosendale, New York FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1778.

HOME OF JOB TILLSON, SCOUT IN REVOLUTIONARY ARMY AT 12 YEARS. COMMUNITY NAMED IN HONOR OF FAMILY.

71 WAGENDALL CREEKLOCKS RD., CREEKLOCKS Rosendale, New York ON THIS FARM IS HOME OF

JACOB AARTSEN VAN WAGENEN, BUILT 1669, FIRST SETTLER, AND HOME OF JOHANNES VAN WAGENEN, BUILT 1775.

72 WHITE'S MILL CO. RD. AT WHITEPORT Rosendale, New York BUILT 1830 BY HUGH WHITE,

SUPPLIED CEMENT FOR CROTON RESERVOIR, WHITEPORT NAMED TO HONOR HUGH WHITE.

73 BARCLAY HEIGHTS US 9W, S. OF BARCLAY ST., IN SAUGERTIES Saugerties, New York NAMED FOR HENRY BARCLAY

1778-1851, EARLY SETTLER WHO FOUNDED TRINITY CHURCH, UTILIZED LOCAL WATER POWER AND GREATLY PROMOTED INDUSTRY.

74 BRICK CHURCH LIVINGSTON ST., W. OF NYS 32, SAUGERTIES Saugerties, New York BUILT 1827. USED FOR WORSHIP

UNTIL 1852. THEN SOLD FOR USE AS AN ACADEMY. LATER KNOWN AND USED AS BURHANS BLACKSMITH SHOP

75 BRINK HOMESTEAD CO. RD., 1-1/2 MIS. S. OF MT. MARION Saugerties, New York OWNED CONTINUOUSLY BY FAMILY

OF CORNELIUS LAMBERTSEN BRINK, PURCHASER, 1688, OF SECOND LAND GRANT IN TOWN. ART OF ORIGINAL HOUSE REMAINS.

76 FLATBUSH REFORMED CHURCH OF SAUGERTIES, N. Y. NYS 32, 1-1/2 MIS. S. OF GLASCO Saugerties, New York FLATBUSH REFORMED CHURCH

OF SAUGERTIES, N. Y. ORGANIZED JUNE 9, 1807. BUILDING ERECTED 1808.

77 GLASCO TURNPIKE NYS 212, E. OF WOODSTOCK Saugerties, New York ROAD FROM EARLY GLASS WORKS

ON THE UPPER SAWKILL, TO SHIPPING POINT ON HUDSON ABOVE RONDOUT. NAMED FOR SIGN ON COMPANY'S WAREHOUSE.

78 INDIAN CAVE NYS 32, SO. OF KATSBAAN Saugerties, New York HOME OF "NACHTE JAN", LAST

INDIAN OF REGION. FRIEND OF CORNELIUS PERSEN, OFTEN WARNED HIM OF ATTACKS BY INDIANS AND TORIES.

79 KATSBAAN CHURCH CO. RD., 8 MIS. N. OF KATSBAAN Saugerties, New York ERECTED 1732 KNOWN AS

"DE STEENEKERK OP DE KATS BAAN." REBUILT 1867. IN NORTH WALL ARE STONES WITH NAMES OF BUILDERS.

80 KIERSTED HOUSE MAIN ST., E. OF WASHINGTON AVE., SAUGERTIES Saugerties, New York KIERSTED HOUSE OF PRE-REVOLUTIONARY DAYS.

HOME OF DR. CHRISTOPHER KIERSTED, FIRST PHYSICIAN IN TOWN, RENDERED SERVICE DURING REVOLUTIONARY WAR

81 KING'S ROAD NYS 32, 100 YDS. N. OF THRUWAY ENTRANCE NO. 20 Saugerties, New York OLDEST HIGHWAY IN TOWN, 1703.

FIRST KNOWN AS "FOOTPATH" TO ALBANY, THEN AS THE "QUEEN'S HIGHWAY", LATER AS THE OLD KING'S ROAD."

82 LUTHERAN CHURCH US 9W AT WEST CAMP Saugerties, New York ORGANIZED IN 1710 BY THE

PALATINES. FIRST PASTOR REV. JOSHUA KOCHERTHAL. FIRST CHURCH NEAR SITE OF PRESENT CHURCH

83 MYER HOMESTEAD CO. RD., 1-1/2 MIS. S. OF NYS 32 Saugerties, New York LAND DEEDED 1724 TO

CHRISTIAN MYER, PROMINENT PALATINE SETTLER; EIGHTEEN DESCENDANTS SERVED IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR

84 MYNDERSE HOUSE MYNDERSE ST., S. OF US 9W, IN SAUGERTIES Saugerties, New York JOHN PERSON, PATENTEE 1712,

BUILT GRIST MILL AND EST'D FERRY ACROSS ESOPUS CREEK. DEEDED TO DAUGHTER OF MYNDERT MYNDERSE. ADDITION BUILT 1743

85 POST TAVERN SITE MAIN ST., W. OF PARTITION ST., SAUGERTIES Saugerties, New York USED AS PATRIOTS MEETING

PLACE DURING REVOLUTION. ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION SIGNED HERE. RELIGIOUS SERVICES HELD HERE 1815-29.

86 SAWYER'S MILL US 9W N. OF SAUGERTIES AT BRIDGE Saugerties, New York STOOD ON THIS SITE 1663.

SAUGERTIES DERIVED ITS NAME FROM THE DUTCH WORD "DE ZAAGERTJES".

87 SCHOONMAKER HOMESTEAD MAIN ST., W. OF MYNDERSE ST. IN SAUGERTIES Saugerties, New York ELDER KATSBAAN CHURCH, MEMBER

OF GENERAL COMMITTEE OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION. OCCUPIED CON- TINUOUSLY BY DESCENDANTS. PRE-REVOLUTIONARY HOUSE.

88 SETTLERS CAPTURED NYS 212, E. OF WOODSTOCK Saugerties, New York JUNE 10, 1780, NEAR THIS

SPOT, PETER SHORT AND PETER MILLER WERE CAPTURED BY TORIES DISGUISED AS INDIANS AND TAKEN TO CANADA

89 TAVERN SITE NO. OF NYS 32, AT KATSBAAN Saugerties, New York TAVERN SITE KEPT BY CHRISTIAN FIERO.

PUBLIC MEETING PLACE DURING REVOLUTION. FIRST TOWN MEETING HELD HERE APRIL 16, 1811

90 ULSTER COUNTY US 9W AT ULSTER-GREENE CO. LINE Saugerties, New York ONE OF ORIGINAL COUNTIES

OF NEW YORK STATE, 1683, RECEIVED ITS NAME FROM THE EARLDOM IN IRELAND OF JAMES, DUKE OF YORK.

91 WEST CAMP US 9W AT WEST CAMP Saugerties, New York SETTLED 1710 BY PALATINES

FROM THE RHINELAND FOR PRODUCTION OF NAVAL STORES. BUILT CHURCH AND SCHOOL DURING FIRST WINTER.

92 SITE OF NEW FORT OFF CO. RD., 1 MI. S. OLD SHAWANGUNK CHURCH Shandaken, New York 23 INDIANS KILLED, 13

CAPTURED. 23 CAPTIVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN RELEASED. 3 SOLDIERS KILLED, SEPT. 5, 1663

93 ULSTER COUNTY Shandaken, New York ONE OF ORIGINAL COUNTIES

OF NEW YORK STATE, 1683 RECEIVED ITS NAME FROM THE EARLDOM IN IRELAND OF JAMES, DUKE OF YORK.

94 ABRAM BEVIER US 209 AT NAPANOCH Wawarsing, New York ABRAM BEVIER WHOSE HOUSE STOOD HERE, HAD

A SMALL CANNON, WHICH THE INDIANS FEARED, AND WHICH MADE HIS HOME OF FORT FOR SETTLERS IN RAID OF 1781.

95 BEVIER HOUSE US 209 AT WAWARSING Wawarsing, New York AUG. 12, 1781, INDIANS

RAIDING RONDOUT VALLEY FIRED HOUSE OF CORNELIUS BEVIER, BUT FLAMES WERE PUT OUT BY NEGRO WOMAN SLAVE.

96 CORNELIUS DEPUY HOUSE US 209, N. OF WAWARSING Wawarsing, New York ATTACKED BY INDIANS, AUG. 12,

1781. GARRET VAN WAGENEN, 16, SHOT THE LEADER, AND SCARED THE OTHERS AWAY.

97 HOME OF JOHANNES G. HARDENBERGH US 209, 1 MI. S. OF KERHONKSON Wawarsing, New York ERECTED 1762. NEW YORK

RECORDS DEPOSITED HERE OCT. 12, 1777 BEFORE KINGSTON WAS BURNED BY THE BRITISH

98 OLD MINE ROAD US 209, N. OF SPRING GLEN Wawarsing, New York ESOPUS - MINISINK TRAIL

INDIAN TRAIL CONNECTING DELAWARE VALLEY WITH HUDSON RIVER. USED BEFORE AND DURING REVOLUTION

99 SITE OF LONG HOUSE US 209 AT WAWARSING Wawarsing, New York AT FOOT OF HIGH BLUFF STOOD

INDIAN COUNCIL HOUSE DESTROYED BY CAPT. KREGIER, AUGUST 31, 1663

100 SITE OF FIRST MILL US 209 AT WAWARSING Wawarsing, New York SITE OF FIRST MILL HERE, ON VERNOOY KILL,

WAS FIRST MILL, BROUGHT FROM HOLLAND AND SET UP EARLY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BY CORNELIUS VERNOOY.

101 ULSTER COUNTY US 209, S. OF SPRING GLEN Wawarsing, New York ONE OF ORIGINAL COUNTIES

OF NEW YORK STATE, 1683, RECEIVED ITS NAME FROM THE EARLDOM IN IRELAND OF JAMES, DUKE OF YORK.

102 "DOWN RENT" WAR S. OF NYS 212, AT LAKE HILL Woodstock, New York REBELLION AGAINST "THREE

LIFE" LEASES CAUSED RIOTS HERE BY FARMERS DISGUISED AS INDIANS, 1845, AND LED TO ABOLISHMENT OF SYSTEM.

103 BAEHR'S STORE NYS 212, AT BEARSVILLE Woodstock, New York CHRISTIAN BAEHR, A GERMAN

PEDDLER, FOUNDED STORE ON SAWKILL, IN 1839. EARLY IN TANBARK INDUSTRY, IT GAVE NAME TO HAMLET BEARSVILLE.

104 BLUESTONE QUARRY CO. RD., NE OF WOODSTOCK Woodstock, New York THE CALIFORNIA QUARRY, ON

OVERLOOK MOUNTAIN, NORTH, WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST OF THESE INDUSTRIES WHICH FLOURISHED, 1839-1900.

105 ELIAS HASBROUCH N. OF NYS 212 AT LAKE HILL Woodstock, New York CAPTAIN IN AMERICAN ARMY,

1775-1783; AT QUEBEC WITH GEN. MONTGOMERY; BURIED HERE. HIS HOUSE IN KINGSTON WAS BURNED BY BRITISH, 1777.

106, 107 GLASCO TURNPIKE CO. RD., NE OF WOODSTOCK,

also CO. RD., N OF WOODSTOCK

Woodstock, New York ROAD FROM EARLY GLASS WORKS

ON THE UPPER SAWKILL, TO SHIPPING POINT ON HUDSON, ABOVE RONDOUT. NAMED FOR SIGN ON COMPANY'S WAREHOUSE.

108 GLASS FACTORY 1/2 MI. N. OF SHADY Woodstock, New York GLASS FACTORY

BRISTOL (SHADY) 1825-1856. ONE OF EARLY INDUSTRIES IN CATSKILLS; MADE WINDOW GLASS AND DOMES FOR WAX FLOWERS, STILL FOUND IN WOODSTOCK.

109 OLD WOODSTOCK MILL SE CORNER NYS 212 AND NYS 375 Woodstock, New York GRIST MILL, 1788-1925

ALSO RUN AS CARDING MILL, 1836 AND LATER, BY JOSHUA NASH.

110 OLD ZENA MILL CO. RD., N. OF ZENA Woodstock, New York OPERATED PRIOR TO 1750 BY

MAJOR JOHANNES HARDENBERGH. GRANTED TO EPHRAIM VAN KEUREN, LATER RUN BY CAPT. WILLIAM SWART AND WILHEMUS HOWE.

111 SITE OF NEWKIRK HOUSE NYS 212, AT VILLAGE CENTER IN WOODSTOCK Woodstock, New York ONE OF THE EARLIEST HOUSES

IN WOODSTOCK, OCCUPIED 1777 BY BARRET NEWKIRK, LATER BY JACOBUS ELTINGE.

112 TANNERY BROOK NYS 212, W. OF WOODSTOCK Woodstock, New York TANNERS, USING HEMLOCK BARK,

RAN MILLS HERE, 1830-1870. HIDES WERE BROUGHT IN SHIPS UP THE HUDSON TO KINGSTON.

113 ZENA - WAGHKONK CO. RD. AT ZENA Woodstock, New York ZENA WAS CALLED WAGHKONK OR

AWAGHKONK, INDIAN FOR LOW MEADOWS OR MARSH; DUTCH TRANSLATED IT VAN DAAL, OR VALLEY; ENGLISH VANDALE

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