Sections of the “Old Stone Road”

          These two grooved sections of bluestone were once part of the “Stone Road” which was installed on the dirt roads that ran from the bluestone quarries in the Catskills, not far from Kingston, to ...

Chambers Pear Tree

1652 - 2002

This Bartlett pear tree commemorates the original tree planted by Thomas Chambers, who in 1652 settled in this vicinity, which later became known as Rondout and Kingston. Upon his death, he was buried under this tree with ...

Crescent Park Looff Carousel

Has been designated a National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America

1987

National Parks Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker is on Bullocks Point Ave., on the right when traveling north. ...

Escape!

Despite the prison's island location, a few Civil War prisoners tried to escape-in the end, always unsuccessfully. Among them was Pvt. Charles Sawyer, a Union deserter who widened this narrow musketry "loophole" (opening to the right), supposedly by piling hot ...

Alfred Johnson and John B. Morin

Erected in Honor of

Alfred Johnson, U.S.N.

and

John B. Morin, U.S.M.C.

The first from Attleboro

to die in action

World War II

November 15, 1942

In the South Pacific area

December 15, 1942

On Guadalcanal Island

Dedicated to their memory by their fellow citizens

November 7th 1943

Marker is at ...

Home of Clara Pendleton Blanchard

1843-1931

For 40 years Clara sailed, first with her father at age nine, then with her husband, Captain William Blanchard, aboard 13 vessels in all. She enjoyed one of the longest documented lives at sea and sailed to all parts of ...

Hardee Hall

Named in honor of Lieut. General William Joseph Hardee (USMA 1838), CSA. A Corps commander during the Atlanta Campaign, he fought a delaying action on Depot site during the retreat. Later, he commanded the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and ...

New York State’s Heritage Area System

What is a Heritage Area? A Heritage Area has a mission to Preserve its historic resources, Educate the general public as to these resources and their roles in the development of local government, provide varieties of Recreation for the ...

Sampson Opera House

Freeman Building

Originally built in 1875, as a mansard-roofed commercial building, this structure housed stores, a saloon, and on its third and fourth floors, an “opera house” for stage productions. After a fire ten years later, the fourth floor was ...

The West Strand

This row of nineteenth buildings is all that remains of a once thriving river port commercial center. The Mansion House at the corner of Broadway, once a 100 room stage stop and hotel, offered modest accommodations to travelers and ...