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 ...

United Church

First built in 1873 as

The Second Baptist Church

Federated in 1947, became

United Church Presbyterian

in 1952

Marker is on Hudson Avenue (U.S. 4), on the right when traveling south.

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Jack Berry's Town

Largest post Revolutionary Seneca Indian village occupied this site 1780-1840

Marker is on Clinton Street (New York Route 354) 0.1 miles east of Union Road (New York Route 277), on the right when traveling east.

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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 ...

Mann Manor

This Property Has Been

Placed On The

National Register

Of

Historic Places

By The United States

Department Of The Interior

Marker is on West Main Street west of South Floral Avenue, on the left when traveling west.

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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.

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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 ...