The Rondout Train Robbery

On June 12, 1924, the largest train robbery in U.S. history occurred near here. Bandits boarded the train in Chicago and forced postal clerks to surrender sacks containing more than two-million dollars in securities and cash. Local police apprehended the ...

Boone Expedition for Kentucky

Boone Highway / The Trading Path

From this spot where stood the

Old State House

was started an expedition of

frontiersmen under

Col. Richard Henderson,

for Kentucky, led by

Daniel Boone

March 17, 1776

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“And they marched away solemnly as

if going to the ends of the ...

Bennett College

Methodist. Begun 1874; reorganized as woman's college, 1926. Named for Lyman Bennett of Troy, N.Y. Campus 2 bl. S.

Marker is at the intersection of East Market Street and Dudley Street, on the right when traveling east on East Market Street. ...

New Lisbon

Servicing Travelers on the National Pike

“New Lisbon” was established by Quaker Caleb Pancoast in 1802, who saw both need and opportunity to service travelers along the length of the National Pike. He also welcomed all religious denominations into his home, ...

Clay Buchholz

Clay Buchholz was a member of the Greenville Drive's inaugural season in 2006. In 2007, he made his Major League debut with the Boston Red Sox, the first Drive player to make it all the way to the big leagues. ...

The Metropolitan Club

Landmarks of New York

Designed in Italian Renaissance style by McKim, Mead & White, this building, on a site formerly owned by the Duchess of Marlborough, was complete as a home for the Metropolitan Club in 1894. The club, whose first ...

New Cold Harbor

Where Two Battlefields Meet

Around this crossroads is bloody ground. To the right is the field of Gaines' Mill or First Cold Harbor, fought June 27, 1862, with 14,800 casualties. To the left is Second Cold Harbor, near which 17,00 fell, ...

Last Home of the Blessed Virgin, the Mother of Jesus Christ

Notice About The Shrine

This place is considered to be the last home of the Blessed Virgin, the Mother of Jesus Christ.

The Facts According to the Scriptures: St. John, in his Gospel, tells us that Jesus, before dying on the Cross, ...

Albemarle Paper

In 1916, the Dixie Paper Company opened a paper mill in the building of the closed Brown’s Island electric plant. By 1919, the mill was taken over by Albemarle Paper Company, which had been operating a paper mill just upriver ...

Babylon Town Hall

Built 1917-1918

Seat of town government

Until 1957. Served as town

and district court house

from 1918 to 1979

Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street and Cottage Row, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.

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