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 ...

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 ...

St. Mary’s County and U.S. Navy History

In 1942, the Department of Defense acquired land in St. Mary’s County and began construction of the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, a facility that would play a crucial role in testing airplanes used on World War II aircraft carriers. ...

Fort Hardy

British Supply Post 1755 – 63

Here Gen. John Burgoyne’s

defeated British troops

in the ruins of the fort

lay down their arms 1777

Marker is on Ferry Street (New York Route 29), on the left when traveling east.

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This is the Capital District

Historic New York

          The Capital District has long been important as a trading post, military objective and governmental center. Located near the juncture of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers, Albany has been the “crossroads” of ...

Bernhard Warkentin

This Victorian house was built for Bernhard and Wilhelmina Warkentin in 1886-87. Bernhard was born in 1847 in the Mennonite village of Altonau, Ukraine. His father was a prominent miller. In 1872 he came to the U.S. to find new ...

Ulysses S. Grant Died

“Lest we forget”

At this cottage on July 23rd, 1885

Died

Ulysses S. Grant

General U.S.A. 1866 – 1969

President U.S., 1869 – 1877

“Let us have peace”

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Erected by New York Division

Sons of Veterans

• 1916 •

Erected 1834

Quaker Meeting House built and used by the Orthodox Quakers 1834-54 by Hicksites 1854-1873 Grange Hall 1937

Marker is on Quaker Road 0.2 miles west of River Road (New York Route 251), on the left when traveling west.

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