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Rockland County, NY
Rockland County map
form NY State web site
Points of Interest
7 (Seven) Lakes
in Harriman and Bear Mountain state parks,
in Rockland and Orange Counties.
Seven Lakes to the Hudson Good website, directions, photos
The area that would become Rockland County was originally inhabited by Algonquian-speaking Indians, including Munsees, or Lenni Lenape. In 1609, Henry Hudson, thinking he had found the legendary "Northwest Passage", sailed up the river that would one day bear his name and anchored near the area that is now Haverstraw before continuing to disillusionment at Albany. The area was originally settled by the Dutch. A number of unique Dutch-style red sandstone houses still stand, and many placenames in the county reveal their Dutch origin.
During the American Revolution, when control of the Hudson River
was viewed by the British as strategic to dominating the American territories,
Rockland saw skirmishes at Haverstraw, Nyack and Piermont, and significant
military engagements at the Battle of Stony Point, where General "Mad" Anthony
Wayne earned his nickname. George Washington had headquarters for a time at
John Suffern's tavern, the later site of the village of Suffern.
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rockland County real estate offices
Rockland County Genealogy and History
Cities / Towns / Villages
Related Links
- Rockland FreeShare
- Rockland's ORIGINAL Freecycle Group
- Rockland County, NY
- When Freecycle strayed from its grassroots by contracting with Waste Management Inc., we joined hundreds of former freecycle group owners and became Freeshare. We're Green - We're Local - We're UNOWNED.
- RocklandNY-Freecycle: Free Internet Recycling group
- Rockland County, NY
- Description:: Countywide internet based recycling group
- NYS Office of Parks
- Bear Mountain State Park*
- Blauvelt State Park*
- Bristol Beach State Park*
- Harriman State Park*
- Haverstraw Beach State Park*
- High Tor State Park*
- Hook Mountain State Park*
- Minisceongo Tidal Wetland Area
- Nyack Beach State Park*
- Palisades State Park*
- Piermont Marsh Tidal Wetland Area
- Rockland Lake State Park*
- Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site*
- Tallman Mountain State Park*
All facilities denoted with an * are managed by NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP).
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