Gates Headquarters

Saratoga

Oct. 7, 1777

Headquarters

of

General Horatio Gates

The gift of

George M. Pullman

Marker is on New York Route 32, on the left when traveling west.

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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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Judge William Duer

?

Site of home

Judge William Duer

statesman and patriot

Marker is on Duer Street, on the left when traveling east.

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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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Sunken Road Walking Trail

On December 13, 1862, Union troops poured out of Fredericksburg to attack Confederate forces behind the town. The heaviest blows fell here at Marye's Heights. For eight hours Union troops repeatedly charged the heights only to be slaughtered by the ...

Fort Vrooman

Site of

Fort Vrooman   1689

Fort Saratoga   1702

Rebuilt by Philip Livingston   1721

Fort Clinton   1746

Rebuilt and named for Governor

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 4 and Schuyler Street, on the left when ...