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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149P_sections-of-the-old-stone-road_Kingston-NY.html
? ? ? ? ? These two grooved sections of bluestone were once part of the "Stone Road" which was installed on the dirt roads that ran from the bluestone quarries in the Catskills, not far from Kingston, to the waterfront on the Rondout where the st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149O_chambers-pear-tree_Kingston-NY.html
This Bartlett pear tree commemorates the original tree planted by Thomas Chambers, who in 1652 settled in this vicinity, which later became known as Rondout and Kingston. Upon his death, he was buried under this tree with a simple bluestone slab t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149H_new-york-states-heritage-area-system_Kingston-NY.html
What is a Heritage Area? A Heritage Area has a mission to Preserve its historic resources, Educate the general public as to these resources and their roles in the development of local government, provide varieties of Recreation for the visitor to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149G_rondout_Kingston-NY.html
Once a handful of homes and storehouses known as Kingston Landing, this area grew rapidly with the D and H Canal. Shipyards, foundries, stone quarries and brick yards sprouted along the Rondout Creek attracting Irish and German immigrants. The wat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149F_sampson-opera-house_Kingston-NY.html
Originally built in 1875, as a mansard-roofed commercial building, this structure housed stores, a saloon, and on its third and fourth floors, an "opera house" for stage productions. After a fire ten years later, the fourth floor was eliminated. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149E_the-west-strand_Kingston-NY.html
This row of nineteenth buildings is all that remains of a once thriving river port commercial center. The Mansion House at the corner of Broadway, once a 100 room stage stop and hotel, offered modest accommodations to travelers and canallers. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149D_the-rondout-creek-suspension-bridge_Kingston-NY.html
Between the 1840's and early 1920's ferries were used to transport people and vehicles across the Rondout Creek. The last was a chain ferry affectionately nicknamed the "Skillypot", Dutch for tortoise, apt for both its appearance and speed. This b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149C_island-dock_Kingston-NY.html
This man-made island was designed and constructed in 1848 by a local engineer, James McEntee, to store the coal shipped by D and H Canal from Pennsylvania. The coal was transferred by steam-operated elevators to river barges for shipment to New Yo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149B_the-delaware-and-hudson-canal_Kingston-NY.html
The Rondout Creek at this site provided the tidewater terminal for the D and H Canal, a constructed water-way of 108 miles, completed in 1828. Starting at Honesdale, Pennsylvania, hundreds of flat canal boats carried millions of tons of coal, timb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13DE_kingston-operation-desert-storm-memorial_Kingston-NY.html
Dedicated toKingston's ownDefenders of Freedom To the men and women of Kingstonwho served us so proudly inthe armed forces during "Operation Desert Storm"We are forever grateful and proud. Presented by: ? ? ? Citizens of Kingston ? ? ? ? ? ?…
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