Shafer Saddlery

On site of cabin used (1848) as first county courthouse.

This frontier saddler, erected 1870 of hand-cut limestone by John H. Shafer, had living quarters upstairs.

Since 1872 occupants have been attorneys, a newspaper, and many other tenants.

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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9473 War Memorial

Prisoners of War

Missing in Action

Never Forgotten

"He who sheds his blood

with me will always be

my brother

WWII

1941 - 1945

Dedicated to the over

6 million men and women

who answered their nation's

call on December 7, 1941

"A date which will live in infamy."

Franklin D. Roosevelt

December 8, ...

Home of Juan Bautista Alvarado

State Registered Landmark No. 348

Native of Monterey, Governor of California under Mexican rule December 20,1836 - December 20,1842. During his administration the increasing influx of Americans, and the Russian settlement at Fort Ross, began to be regarded as serious problems. ...

Site of the Court-House & Jail

Burned by the enemy 1780

Erected by

The Bergen County

Historical Society

1922

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

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Home of Jimmy Carter

U.S. Army

Rotterdam Housing Area

Home of Jimmy Carter

October 1952 - October 1953

James Earl Carter, Jr., President of the United States

1977-1981, and his wife Rosalynn, lived in Quarters

Number 7 when he attended Union College as a

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander.

Marker can be ...

U.S.S. Santa Fe CL-60

The officers and crew of the light cruiser, U.S.S. Santa Fe, dedicate this plaque to the memory of the gallant men who fought and served aboard her from 1942 to 1946.

Marker is at the intersection of San Francisco Street and ...

Under Two Flags

The Waterways

Both the Confederacy and the Union recognized the strategic importance of the Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal…and both sides fought for control.

The Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal (A&C) provided the Confederacy the means to avoid the coastal blockade ordered by President ...

Austin C. Shofner

Because Shofner and his compatriots brought home stark evidence of Japanese atrocities, the United States and their allies were compelled to alter their strategy in WWII. These reports of Japanese atrocities ignited an urgency to resolve the war against Japan ...

Father & Son Canal Builders

The Waterways

Marshall Parks, Sr.

1786-1840

The Dismal Swamp Canal, located about six miles west of here, officially opened in 1805. Dug completely by hand, its shallow depth limited navigation to flat boats and lighters manually poled or towed from ...

Church of the Redeemer

This was Lot 44 of the original town plan. A log church was built here in 1815. The Presbyterians used it, and built the present church in 1817. In 1856, a Catholic congregation bought the building, selling to the Northern ...