Enoch Crosby (1750–1835) was a modest shoemaker turned American spy and soldier during the American Revolution. Crosby was recruited by John Jay (a stateman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States) to be a full-time spy, where he gained entry and the trust of those intwined in Loyalist and British circles. Crosby was repeatedly captured by Americans who believed him to be a Loyalist but always escaped to continue his work.
Location of Historical Marker: In front of the Historic Putnam County Court House (40 Gleneida Avenue, Carmel).
Location of Burial Site: Gilead Cemetery, 29 Mechanic Street, Carmel
Benedict Arnold Flight
General Benedict Arnold served the cause of the American Revolution until 1779, when he shifted his allegiance to the British. His plan to surrender American-controlled West Point to the British during the Revolutionary War was thwarted labeling him forever more as a traitor. Here you can hike the same escape route that Benedict Arnold took. The path is a moderate level trail (one mile in length) containing several steep hills and sections of rocky, uneven terrain lasting approximately 1.5 hours. You will be able to enjoy the beautiful scenic views of the majestic Hudson River and West Point, our Nation’s first military academy founded in 1802.
Location: Historical marker is on Route 9D, about 1.4 miles south of Garrison post office.
Prince Cornwall (Historical Marker and Burial Site)
Prince Cornwall (born around 1750) a long-time resident of Kent, NY who lived to the age of 104, was once enslaved and gained his freedom following his military service under General George Washington in the Revolutionary War.
Location: 1118 North Horsepound Road, Kent
Sybil Ludington Statue and Burial Site
Sybil Ludington “the female Paul Revere” sketched her name in history as a heroine of the American Revolutionary War. On April 26, 1777, at the age of 16, Ludington, the daughter of Colonel Henry Ludington of the Colonial militia, is said to have made an all-night horseback ride of 40 miles to rally militia forces in neighboring towns after the burning of Danbury, Connecticut, by British forces. Troops from New York and Connecticut engaged the British the next day in the Battle of Ridgefield, and the British retreated.”
Commemorative sculpture was made in her honor by Anna Hyatt Huntington and was erected along the shores of Lake Gleneida in Carmel, NY, in 1961.
Location of Statue: Lake Gleneida, 15 Gleneida Avenue, Carmel
Location of Burial Site: Maple Avenue Cemetery, 1062 NY-311, Patterson
