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Boundaries

Four counties

come together here.

Your’e standing in Rockland

and looking at Westchester

across the river.

North of the bridge is

Orange County on this side,

and Putnam on the other.

Marker is on New York Route 9 W, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Aaron Burr Rock

 

In 1806

Aaron Burr while passing

through Chester a prisoner

dismounted on this rock and

appealed in vain to the

citizens for help.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Gadsden Street, on the right when traveling ...

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Blackwater Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to All Veterans

Past Present & Future

WWI • WWII • Vietnam

Harold Dean Waller • Vietnam

James Paul Barton • Vietnam

John Wesley Dial • World War II

Aubrey Embrey • World War II

Glenn Alley • World War II

Charles H. Schuster • World War ...

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Shoal Harbor

First known as Strawberry Hill, Home of Thomas Whitlock, the first permanent settler of record in New Jersey under British Rule, who scouted the land in 1663. Shoal Harbor was an early sailing port and center for fishing and agriculture.

Marker ...

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The Right Wing at Stockbridge

On the night of Nov. 15, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman's army [US] camped near Stockbridge on its destructive March to the Sea. The Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) camped between Stone Mountain ...

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National Historic Landmark - Baltimore Basilica

Has been designated a

National Historic Landmark.

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America.

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Bear Mt. Bridge

It opened in 1924.

At the time it was the

worlds longest

suspension-bridge

at 2,257 feet.

It was built by the

Harriman family

in 1910, and sold

to NYS in 1940.

Marker can be reached from New York Route 9 W, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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St. James Baptist Church

This church, founded in 1886 by former members of First African Baptist Church, is one of the oldest surviving institutions remaining from the town of Mitchelville, a freedmen’s village established here by the United States Army in 1862. The present ...

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Salisbury Confederate Memorial

In memory of

Rowan’s

Confederate Soldiers

that their heroic deeds,

sublime self-sacrifice

and undying devotion

to duty and Country

may never be forgotten

1861 – 1865

[ Left of Monument: ]

Soldiers of the

Confederacy,

Fame has given you

an imperishable crown.

History will record

your daring valor,

noble sufferings and

matchless achievements

to the honor and

glory or ...

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American Hotel - Auburn, California

Historical Landmark

Site of American Hotel

One of the early hotels

Burned 1855 – Rebuilt 1857

Burned 1905 – Not Rebuilt

Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street and Sacramento Street, on the left when traveling north on Washington ...

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