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MARKER MONDAY📍 🗺 Discover the hidden histori

MARKER MONDAY📍 🗺
Discover the hidden histories all around you through this week’s fun and fascinating submissions from all across New York! Thanks to everyone who submitted!
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Then/Now Racoon Saloon Built as Farmers’ Hotel i

Then/Now
Racoon Saloon
Built as Farmers’ Hotel in 1827, the Raccoon Saloon has had a front row seat to the changing times of Marlboro and the surrounding Hudson Valley. From the widow’s walk that still adorns its rooftop, one could imagine seeing the steamers that once trafficked the river or looking down, see Old Man’s Kill, the creek where herring made their upstream trek each spring to find a gathering of raccoons ready to make them into a meal. It was this tradition that gave the business its namesake.

Marker Monday! 📍 🗺 Marker Monday is back wit

Marker Monday! 📍 🗺
Marker Monday is back with some great submissions from all around the state. Thanks to everyone for their submissions and for shedding light on the fascinating stories throughout your regions!

MARKER MONDAY📍 🗺 Gallows, plane crashes, anc

MARKER MONDAY📍 🗺
Gallows, plane crashes, ancient trees, and more! This week’s markers share a lot of fascinating history, so thanks to everyone for their submissions and don’t forget to stop and discover all the great markers in your area! Take a photo, send it in, and get featured each Monday 📸

MARKER MONDAY📍 🗺 New week, new markers. Ther

MARKER MONDAY📍 🗺
New week, new markers. There’s a fascinating story to be found in every corner of the state. Thank to you everyone who submitted these awesome finds! Don’t forget to stop and see the markers around your area. So many fascinating histories hidden in plain sight! 📸📬

New York City Window Washers 📸 by Inge Morath (

New York City Window Washers
📸 by Inge Morath (1958)

Then/Now Cornwall, New York A former site of indu

Then/Now
Cornwall, New York

A former site of industry on Cornwall’s Moodna Creek where both a flour mill and piano factory once lined the shore. Little remains from the top engraving, but ruins of the stone abutment from the old bridge still lay hidden beside the waterfall. And though it’s difficult to see in this image, the house perched at the center of old the Cornwall image still stands hidden behind some pines.

Marker Monday! 📍 🗺 Marker Monday is back wit

Marker Monday! 📍 🗺
Marker Monday is back with some great submissions from all around the state. Thanks to everyone for their submissions and for shedding light on the fascinating stories throughout your regions!

Then/Now Ardonia School A look back at simpler tim

Then/Now
Ardonia School
A look back at simpler times when children would attend school in a one-room schoolhouse. After the school closed in 1956, this building managed to survive by being repurposed as the Town Hall and then as the current headquarters for the Plattekill Police Department. While the steeple remains, the bell is long gone. Evidently, it’s currently housed in the New Jersey Space Museum.. 🤔

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