Seneca Indians

Historic New York

The Seneca Indians, “Keepers of the Western Door,” occupied this area since the formation of the Iroquois confederacy about 1550. Most numerous and most warlike of the Six Nations, they for a time dominated the tribes northward ...

The Richard J. Oglesby Mansion

A three time Governor of Illinois

A Major General in the Civil War

A United States Senator

Marker is at the intersection of West Williams Street and North Edwards Street on West Williams Street.

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Lincoln's Decatur Ally

Richard J. Oglesby was born in Kentucky, journeyed to Decatur as a young orphan, and later became one of Decatur's most prominentand best-loved citizens. Oglesby made a small fortune in the California Gold Rush and fought in both the Mexican ...

Schmidt's Sausage Haus und Restaurant

Schmidt's Sausage Haus

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on East Kossuth Street.

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Schuylerville World War I Monument

Honor Roll

To the men of

the Town of Saratoga

who served the American colors in

1917 – The Great World War – 1919

for Liberty and Humanity

*       *

In memory of those who

made the ...

Earliest Cemetery

Site of the

earliest

cemetery

at Saratoga

(Schuylerville)

Removal

1840

Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street (U.S. 4) and Burgoyne Street (County Route 338), on the right when traveling south on Broad Street.

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St. Mary’s County and U.S. Navy History

In 1942, the Department of Defense acquired land in St. Mary’s County and began construction of the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, a facility that would play a crucial role in testing airplanes used on World War II aircraft carriers. ...

The Nash-Jackson House

Originally located at the north-east corner of king Street East and Nash Road in the city of Hamilton, the house known as the Nash=Jackson House was built in 1818. The property on which the house stood, part of William Gage's ...

Grant Cottage

Entrance to cottage

on Mount McGregor.

Splendid panorama known

as “Grant’s Last View”.

Marker is at the intersection of Mount McGregor Road and Mountain Lane, on the left when traveling north on Mount McGregor Road.

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This is the Capital District

Historic New York

          The Capital District has long been important as a trading post, military objective and governmental center. Located near the juncture of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers, Albany has been the “crossroads” of ...