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Title	Washington's Encampment Historical marker
Description	Washington's Encampment historical marker: This property on lot 13 in the 1727 division of the Kakiat Patent was part of the DeClark farm from which the name Clarkstown originated. In August 1780 General Washington and his troops encamped here on an ancient Indian village site. In 1880 the first train of the fledgling New York & Albany Railroad crossed the farm land below where a station platform was built.
Subject.TGM	Photographs Historical markers
Subject.Local	Washington's Encampment
Location	West Nyack - Rockland County - New York
Format.Original	photograph; b&w; 4 x 2 1/2 inc. (10 x 6 cm.)
Resource Identifier	wny_058
Type	Still Image
Relation	John Scott Collection
Publisher.Digital	Library Association of Rockland County
Date.Digital	2001-10-27
Format.Digital	image/jpeg
Holding Institution	West Nyack Library
Contact Information	65 Strawtown Rd. West Nyack, N.Y. 10994 (845)358-6081 http://www.westnyacklib.org
Rights	Prior written permission is required for any use of the images in this collection from the Holding Institution.

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