Sullivan’s Forces

Along north side of river

marched Sullivan’s forces

Expedition commanded by

Col. Peter Gansevoort & Lt. Col. William Butler

Sept. 20-21, 1779

Marker is on Kingdom Plaza (U.S. 20) 0.1 miles west of Balsey Road, on the right when traveling east.

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Freedom Hill Church

No Slaveholder can be a Christian!

A mile south of here is the site of Freedom Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church, a simple frame building that measured 27 by 36 feet and was dedicated in March 1848. When local residents sent a ...

Lebanon Reformed Church Cemetery

Circa 1760

The German Rockaway now Lebanon Reformed Dutch Reformed Church was established in the area of Lebanon & Pottersville between 1731 - 1747. The exact date & location unknown.

Three buildings have stood upon this site, the first of which was ...

Early History of Waterloo

1795 1927

350 feet west of this spot, Zalmon Disbrow, in 1795 first began clearing the forest on what was later the Dr. Gardner Welles Farm, military lot 97. Sept, 30, 1796 the first stage left Utica for Geneva, passing here ...

Famous Travelers Along the Turnpike

In its 82 year history, the Warm Springs Turnpike was used by many noted travelers. Daniel Boone, when an old man, used the road when he visited the sons of his boyhood friend Henry Miller at Mossy Creek Ironworks to ...

Shoshone Falls Project

Owned and operated by Idaho Power, the Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project located on the Snake River, is licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as Project No. 2778.

The reservoir provides recreation opportunities for boating, fishing, hunting and sightseeing. Public access ...

The First Memorial Day

Historic New York

Memorial Day

On May 5, 1866, the residents of Waterloo held the first complete,

community-wide observance of Memorial Day. They dedicated the entire day to honoring the Civil War dead in a solemn and patriotic manner. Throughout the village, flags, ...

Site of Marfa Army Air Field

During World War II, The U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) established a significant number of training airfields across the state of Texas. The USAAF Western Flying Training Command selected Marfa as the site for an advanced multi-engine flying school in ...

Site of Indian Trading Post

This is the place

where one of the

original Creek

Indian Trading Posts

stood in 1830.

Ladiga was Chief

of the tribe.

Marker is at the intersection of Public Square West (State Highway 21) and Ladiga Street Southwest, on the right when traveling south on Public Square ...

John Horace Forney

1829-1902

Graduate of West Point,

resigned from U.S. Army

to volunteer services

to State of Alabama.

Ably led Confederate forces

at Manassas, Pensacola,

Vicksburg, Mobile, Texas.

Marker is on Public Square West (State Highway 21) near Clinton Street Southwest, on the left when traveling south.

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