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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29KD_fort-wagner_Fort-Plain-NY.html
Stone Section of House
Was Stockaded Home Of
Lt. Col. Peter Wagner
Palatine Regt. Tryon
County Militia - 1750
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2992_ancient-salt-springs_Fort-Plain-NY.html
1739
Ancient Salt Springs
Nearby David Linsey
Discovered The Spring From
Which Village was Named
Source of Pioneer Supply
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25HA_james-mereness_Ames-NY.html
Local Doctor Who Was Active
In Anti-Slavery Movement
Reportedly Hid Freedom
Seekers In His Nearby Home
As Part Of Underground RR
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X2U_amos-clayton-historical_Esperance-NY.html
1875-1942
AKA "Amy" or Island Hermit.
Peddler Who Walked Great
Distances, Danced For Pennies.
Inspired Many Local Tales
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WW3_burton-house-historical_Esperance-NY.html
This 1834 Side Hall Federal Style House
Was The Home of Judah and Susan Burton
The Child of Judah and Eunice Burton
For Whom The Hamlet of Burtonville
Was Named
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U9A_transportation-is-king-modernization-historical_Fultonville-NY.html
Transportation is King The world kept changing, and the Erie Canal along with it. Completed in 1825, the Canal has been rebuilt - or enlarged - twice. The original Erie Canal, known as Clinton's Ditch, was only 40 feet wide and four feet deep. New…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U99_then-and-now-historical_Fultonville-NY.html
Although basic principles of operation remain the same, locks along the Erie Canal have changed over the years. The canal's first locks, products of careful stonework by masons, measured 15 feet wide and 90 feet long. The concrete lock that you se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U8E_dam-thats-not-a-bridge-historical_Fultonville-NY.html
Mighty floods sweep down the Mohawk almost every spring. Builders of the original Erie Canal recognized the river's power and laid out their artificial waterway well above flood levels. Barge Canal engineers dredged river channels and replaced sto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U4T_chuctanunda-terrace-site-historical_Amsterdam-NY.html
Native Americans have been visiting the site for nearly 5,000 years, drawn to this location by the rich resources of the Mohawk River and the Chuctanunda Creek North, and the animals and plants that flourished on their banks.The site was visited m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T3E_hurricana-stock-farm-historical_Amsterdam-NY.html
1880
Hurricana Stock Farm
Created By Stephen Sanford,
Gentleman, Industrialist, Entrepreneur,
Philanthropist. Hurricana Boasted Winners In
Nearly Every Stakes Race at Nearby Saratoga, As
Well as The 1916 Kentucky Derby and the 1923
Englis…