Hon. Silas Wright

During his youth Silas Wright came to Sandy Hill, now Hudson Falls, to learn to be a lawyer, serving his clerkship in this small building. This was the law office of Hon. Henry C. Martindale, a judge of the ...

Music Please, Maestro

In December 1849, an unusual event occurred for the lawyers who traveled on the Eighth Circuit. Mrs. Jane Martin Johns had recently moved to Decatur with her husband. She had set up temporary residence in the Macon House when her ...

Milwaukee River Flushing Pump

1888

This pump, designed by Edwin Reynolds (1831-1909) and built by the Edward P. Allis Company, is the major component of one of the earliest water-pollution control systems. It was capable of pumping more than a half billion gallons of ...

Temple for Our History

[National Archives Building] Make No Little Plans

You’re standing at the National Archives Building, the first permanent repository for the original records of the federal government. They include the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, displayed ...

Major General Jesse Lee Reno

1823-1862

El Reno namesake born in Wheeling, West Virginia. Reno was a 1846 graduate of West Point Military and thrice decorated hero of 1846 war with Mexico. He was promotoed to Brigadier General at the start of the Civil War. Reno ...

Yukon Czech Hall

(Bohemian Hall)

Established in 1899 by early Czech settlers who were members of Sokol Karel Havli?ek Lodge and Western Fraternal Life Association Lodge Jan Žižka Np. 67. Original structure replaced in 1925. Focal point of Czech, social and musical functions in ...

Canal Square

Site of grist, lumber & knit-

ting mills dating to 1783.

John Short’s Saloon hosted

canal travelers here in 1832

where Central Ave. now runs.

Marker is at the intersection of N Central Avenue and William Street, on the right ...

Harmanus Schuyler Mansion

Site of

Harmanus Schuyler

Mansion

Washington, Schuyler and

Clinton were entertained

here in 1783.

Marker is at the intersection of Hudson Avenue (U.S. 4) and Bunce Lane, on the right when traveling south on Hudson Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Schuyler Mansion

The

Schuyler Mansion

Erected 1762

The Home of

Major General Philip Schuyler

of the American Revolution

Patriot * Soldier * Statesman

* 1733 1804*

Acquired by the State of New York 1911

Restored and Dedicated

October 17, 1917

Marker ...

William Simmons House

(Front text)

This house, built in 1930, is typical in materials and methods of construction of those built on the S.C. Sea Islands from the end of the Civil War to the mid-20th century. It was built on land bought ...