Fort Walker

Hastily built in 1861 to protect the S.C. coast

against Union attack, Fort Walker, commanded

by Col. William C. Heyward, bore the brunt

of the Union attack on November 7, 1861,

when after 4½ hours, with only 3 guns left

serviceable and ammunition almost gone,

...

The Forge

On this site stood

The Forge

where were made parts

of the chains

thrown across the Hudson River

during the American Revolution

1776 – 1779

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Erected by Quassaick Chapter

Daughters

of the

American Revolution

1901

Marker is on Forge Hill Road, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old Montgomery Fy. Rd.

A section of the old Montgomery Ferry Road ran N.W. from Geo. W. Collier’s house (Land Lot 104) & crossed Peachtree Road (below Palisades). This point, on the old rd. is S.W. of the site of the war-time house of ...

Nungesser and Coli's 1927 Flight

Ce monument consacré à la mémoire de Nungesser et Coli, héros de la guerre 1914-1918, et destiné à rappeler que leur "Oiseau Blanc" quitta le sol de France, pour la première liaison aérienne transatlantique, à Étretat le 8 mai 1927, ...

Forge Hill Road

Named for Brewster Forge of Revolutionary period. Soldiers, marching to New Windsor Camp, 1782 passed over this road.

Marker is at the intersection of Forge Hill Road (County Route 74) and 9W, on the left when traveling east on Forge Hill ...

Attack From Matthews Hill

Cannoneer's-Eye View

From the ridge beyond Stone House 15,000 Federals were swiftly advancing in this direction. Confederate Capt. John Imboden rushed four cannon into position here, to try to slow the Federal attack. Behind this slight rise the artillerists had some ...

King’s Ferry

Here the American and French armies, under Generals Washington and Rochambeau, crossed the Hudson River in August 1781 enroute to capture Cornwallis in Yorktown, Va.

N.Y.S. Organization Daughters of the American Revolution

Marker is at the intersection of N ...

Birthplace of Jeremiah John Snow / China Grove Plantation

Birthplace of Jeremiah John Snow. China Grove was the birthplace of the Reverend Jeremiah John Snow (1836–1892), a son of the third James Snow who lived here. He entered the Methodist Conference in 1863, and was a chaplain in the ...

The Furnace Legacy

Business in the Hanging Rock region blossomed in the 1850s, and the area became Ohio's first chief industrial center. Much of the iron produced here was used to build the nation's growing railroad system. The railroads, in turn, provided transportation ...

From Forest to Furnace

Hundreds of men labored cutting timber, working the furnace and driving teams of oxen hauling iron ore to the furnace. To fuel the furnaces, the forests were repeatedly cut, and the wood converted to charcoal. Each furnace required cutting 300 ...