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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYI_kings-highway-and-the-long-clove_Congers-NY.html
Proclaimed by royal decree almost three centuries ago this onetime Indian trail wound its way northward through Long Clove to the Hudson River below. Kings Highway's original purpose was military as the English Crown feared invasion by the French …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYH_sufferns-depot-1841-1941_Suffern-NY.html
As the gateway to the Ramapo
Pass, Suffern became an
important stop after the Erie
Railroad laid its tracks from
the Piermont Pier in 1841.
In 1848, rails were extended
from Jersey City to Suffern.
From this period to the mid
20th century…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYG_suffern-grammar-school_Suffern-NY.html
A one-room schoolhouse,
Suffern's first, was erected
nearby circa 1853. In 1880
a five-room schoolhouse
was built on this site. By
1901 a brick school was
constructed for $25,000
to accommodate a growing
student population. As
more studen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYF_scotland-hill-burial-ground-1749-1859_Nanuet-NY.html
This area received its name
from the Scots who came in
the early 1700s. Among those
buried here are tenant
farmers Clark and McDougall
as well as Blauvelt family
members, including
Revolutionary War veterans
Harmanus Blauvelt and s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYE_memorial-park_Nyack-NY.html
This park was deeded to the
Village by the Tappan Zee
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Park Association in 1935.
The 9 trees around the
perimeter of the Park are in
memory of the 9 Nyack families
whose sons were killed in
World War I.
Charle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYD_cobblestone-farm_Suffern-NY.html
The cobblestone barn, carriage
house and huge dairy barn were
the centerpiece of the 200-acre
country estate of Henry von L.
Meyer Sr., founder and vice
president of White Laboratories,
which manufactured nationally
known drugs such as Feen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYC_rockland-lake-and-hook-mountain_Valley-Cottage-NY.html
This road was formerly Main Street
in the Hamlet of Rockland Lake.
In the early 17th Century the Dutch
named the local cliffs Verdrietige
Hoek, or "Tedious Point," which
referred to the area surrounding the
natural ridge of the Palisa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYB_stephen-rowe-bradley-sr-park_Blauvelt-NY.html
Shortly before his death, community
leader and benefactor Stephen Rowe
Bradley, Sr. (b. 1836; d. 1910)
expressed his intent to donate 212
acres of his land to the Palisades
Interstate Park Commission. His
heirs implemented his wishes a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYA_ladentown-united-methodist-church_Pomona-NY.html
Built in 1865, this church was an outgrowth of the Wesley Chapel, located a few miles to the south. In
1862 a group of residents felt the
need for their own church and were
sent their first pastor, the Rev.
George D. Carmichael, in 1863. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KY8_grand-view-on-hudson-birthplace-of-the-modern-womens-movement_Grand-View-on-Hudson-NY.html
In Grand View Betty Friedan wrote
The Feminine Mystique. Its publication
in 1963 and the birth of the
National Organization for Women (NOW), which Friedan co-founded and headed
in 1966, helped reduce gender discrimination for millions of
…