"Near this spot survivors of the British Gunboat Simcoe buried their dead comrades left on board following the American Naval victory"

"Heart's Delight: Here in 1903, William H. Miner developed a 15,000 acre farm employing over 800 workers..."

"1815: Ober's Corners (now Sciota) settled by Joseph & Mary Wallingford Ober from Massachusetts. Ober built three mills."

Historical Marker for the Scott Home The two brothers Alexander and Ebenezer Ascher Scott moved with their families from Alburg, Vermont...

"A. Vantine Farm. Muron Regt. of 1000 men camped here prior to the Sept. 11, 1814 battle. They never reached Plattsburgh."

"Brick Tavern. Invading British camped Sept. 5, 1814"

"Gen. Burgoyne passed by water in June to Saratoga - His troops, building a baggage road, laid logs over a swampy spot near here."

"Benedict Arnold, for twelve September days, opposite Chazy readied his fleet and planned his strategy for the Battle of Valcour"

"Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Chase & Charles Carrol of Carrolton paused near here April 26 en route to Montreal as delegates of Congress"

"Near this spot, Pierre Huet de La Valinière, Sulpician missionary, built the first Catholic church in N.E. New York, 1790"

"Matthew Sax erected the first steamboat wharf between Whitehall, NY and St. Johns, Quebec, 1808"

"1763 Homestead site of Jean La Framboise, first settler in Clinton County..."

"Near this spot Capt. de Chazy, soldier of France, was killed by Mohawk Indians, 1666"

The blue and yellow signs that mark historic sites are so familiar that sometimes they simply blend into the landscape. As local history...