Highland City Historical Markers

Anthony's Nose the Steep Hill Opposite was so Called, Washington Irving Said, for the Big Nose of Anthony Van Corlaer, Dutch Sloop Skipper... [click for more]

One of the Deadliest in Frontier Warfare, Between Militia and Brant's Tories and Mohawks, on Ths Hill July 22, 1779... [click for more]

Col. Joseph Brant Led 40 Mohawks and Tories Up this Ravine and Ambushed N.y. and N.j. Militia Lying for him on Hill to the West... [click for more]

On this Hill, July 22, 1779 N.y. and N.j. Militia were Decimated by Mohawk and Tory Raiders of Minisink, (port Jervis) under Brant... [click for more]

Entrance to Battlefield where July 22, 1779, N.y. and N.j. Militia Attacked Mohawk and Tory Raiders of Minisink (port Jervis)... [click for more]

The Mohawk Leader of Raid on Minisink (port Jervis) Camped here July 21, 1779. Pursuing Militia Camped 3 Miles Up this Same Brook... [click for more]

After Battle of Minisink Brants Raiders with Their Plunder Forded River here to Camp at Mouth of the Lackawaxen Creek Opposite... [click for more]

Built by John A. Roebling, Builder of Brooklyn Bridge, to Support D. & H. Canal Aqueduct by which Boats crossed Delaware, 1848-98... [click for more]

At the Foot of this Lane at Buttermilk Falls, was the Headquarters of Gen. Israel Putnam, Commander in the Highlands, 1779... [click for more]

Margaret Corbin, Heroine of the Battle of Fort Washington, Passed Her Last Days on the former Morgan Estate, Near Here... [click for more]

Doodletown the Valley South was Named, According to Local Legend, because the British Played Yankee Doodle Marching through It Oct. 7, 1777... [click for more]

Dunderberg Thunder Mountain of Early Dutch Skippers, Legendary Home of Dwerg, who Smote Them with Thunderstorms Unless They Saluted Him... [click for more]

Forest of Dean Iron Mine, opened before the Revolutionary War; Now a mile deep; Supplied ore for the Queensboro Furnace before 1777... [click for more]

Fort Clinton Below is Fort Clinton and North of Popolopen Creek Fort Montgomery, built to Defend Hudson, and Stormed by British October 7, 1777... [click for more]

Last Stand of American Militia, in the Defense of Forts Clinton & Montgomery Againist the British October 7, 1777... [click for more]

Hessian Lake so Called because of Report That Bodies of Hessians in British Army Attacking Fort Clinton, October 7, 1777, were Thrown in its Waters... [click for more]

This Narrow Part of the River was Fortified by the Americans in the Revolution with Forts Montgomery and Clinton and an Iron Chain... [click for more]

Iron Furnace Along Popolopen Creek, to the West, Stands Queensboro Furnace, built about 1770, Dismantled by British Army, October 7, 1777... [click for more]

April 3, 1837-march 29, 1921 as a Young Man, the Poet- Naturalist Taught School Near this Spot. here He Wrote his Poem Waiting.... [click for more]

One of Original Counties of Province of New York established 1683, by Gov. Thomas Donagan, named for William, Prince of Orange... [click for more]

Popolopen Gorge the Left Wing of British Force Assaulting Forts Clinton and Montgomery Marched through this Valley October 7, 1777... [click for more]

Numbers 1 and 2 on Hills Above Are Redoubts built 1778-9, as Southern Defenses of American Stronghold at West Point... [click for more]

During the Revolution was used by Troops from the Camp in Smith's Clove (now Woodbury) to Forest of Dean and West Point... [click for more]

This Rocky Valley, named during the Revolution, was a Pass to the Western Defenses of West Point and was Strongly Guarded... [click for more]

The Timp - The Cliff on the West End of Dunderberg, Showing a Profile of George Washington, was named for a Dutch Word, Timpje, Meaning cake.... [click for more]

At the Foot of this Valley on the Bank of the Hudson was the Moore House, used as Headquarters in 1779 by Washington when at West Point... [click for more]