Old Plank Road

Schoharie to Albany

Followed this Route

Chartered 1849

Abandoned 1867

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (New York Route 146) and Schoharie Plank Road East, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.

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The First Japanese Cherry Trees

The first Japanese Cherry Trees, presented to the City of Washington as a gesture of friendship and good will by the City of Tokyo, were planted on this site, March 27, 1912.

Marker is on Independence Avenue east of West ...

The Plank Road Foreman

This statue of a Plank Road Foreman is dedicated to the establishment of the City of High Point and in honor of the men and women who worked in local industries and businesses that made it famous.

In the 1840’s and ...

In Search of Peace

For Those Who Served in

Peace and War

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Brigadier General Enoch Poor

Born in Andover, Mass. June 21, 1736, Enoch Poor settled in Exeter, becoming a successful merchant and ship-builder. In 1775 he was appointed colonel in the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment. Poor was at Stillwater, Saratoga and Monmouth, and served under ...

Railroading In High Springs

This old passenger depot, built c. 1910, is all that remains of the vast railroad complex located southwest of downtown that made High Springs a bustling railroad center for nearly 50 years. In 1895 the Plant Railroad System chose the ...

Peckuwe Shawnee Memorial

The Shawnee village of Peckuwe stood on this site until August 8, 1780. This village was inhabited by the Peckuwe and Kispoko Divisions of the Shawnee Tribe.

The Shawnee, along with the other tribes in Ohio, often placed a large cedar ...

Springfield

Springfield received name from abundant springs gushing from limestone boulders. Town with its stores, shops and hotel, built around plaza. Once boasted 2,000 inhabitants. Believed founded by Donna Josefa Valmesada, Mexican woman of means with reputation for aiding Americans in ...

The B.Y.N. Co. Ticket Office/La billettetereie de la compagnie B

[English:]

This structure, built in 1900, is all that remains of a larger complex that included a warehouse and dock. At the time of the gold rush and for years afterwards, the riverfront was the transition point between Dawson City and ...

Patriots of African Descent

who served, suffered and sacrificed

during the Valley Forge encampment,

1776-1778

"Throughout these historic and hallowed campsites were courageous Black patriots who participated in the nation's bitter fight for independence."

Charles L. Blockson, Historian

Dedicated by

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, ...