NYS Historic Markers in Berne
- 5 MILES S - E
SITE OF DIETZ MASSACRE WHERE JOHANNES DIETZ AND HIS FAMILY WERE KILLED BY TORIES AND INDIANS SEPTEMBER 1781<br.>
- Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE
ESTABLISHED BY DANIEL SIMMONS IN 1825. SAID TO BE THE FIRST FACTORY IN THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE AXES FROM CAST STEEL.<br.>
- Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE
LATER CALLED BERNVILLE FORTIFIED DURING THE REVOLUTION. JOHN DIETZ FAMILY MASSACRED BY INDIANS<br.>
- Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE
FIRST IN TOWN OF BERNE BUILT IN 1878 AND MADE 495 POUNDS IN A SINGLE DAY<br.>
- Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE
OPENED 1817 BY HENRY ENGLE<br.> Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE
- DWELLING
BUILT ABOUT 1800 BY WILLIAM SHULTES<br.>
- Location: NYS 43, AT W. BERNE
- EARLY SETTLER
JACOB WEIDMAN, A SWISS, LOCATED ON FOXENKILL ON SITE OF BERNE VILLAGE ABOUT 1750. BUILT FIRST SAWMILL AND GRISTMILL<br.> Location: NW CORNER NYS 43 AND NYS 156 AT BERNE
- FIRST MILL
BUILT 1750 BY JACOB WEIDMAN STOOD NEAR HERE<br.>
- Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE
- FIRST STORE
STOOD ON THIS SITE OWNED BY JOHN FISHER<br.>
- Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE
- INDIAN
STOCKADE BUILT ON SITE OF BERNE VILLAGE<br.>
- Location: NYS 43, 1/4 MI. EAST OF BERNE
- JUSTICE OF
PEACE JACOB HOCHSTRASSER WAS FIRST SUPERVISOR AND JUSTICE OF PEACE OF TOWN OF BERNE<br.>
- Location: NYS 43, AT E. BERNE
- M. E. CHURCH
ORGANIZED AT REIDSVILLE 1830 BY REVEREND ROSMAN KELLY CHURCH REPLACED IN 1841<br.>
- Location: TOWN RD., AT REIDSVILLE
- MILL SITE
FOR CARDING AND FULLING MILL BUILT AT AN EARLY DATE BY MALACHI SHIPPLE WILLIAM H. BALL AND LYMAN DWIGHT<br.>
- Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE
- PIONEER
COL. JESSE WOOD OF LONG ISLAND SETTLED HERE ABOUT 1800. SERVED IN WAR OF 1812. DIED JULY 23, 1853 AT AGE OF 83 YEARS<br.>
- Location: NYS 156, .5 MI. N. OF BERNE
ORGANIZED 1763, FIRST PASTOR JOHANNES SCHUYLER 1767. OLDEST CHURCH IN COUNTY OUTSIDE OF ALBANY<br.>
- Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE
ORGANIZED 1763 BY REV. JOHANNES SCHUYLER OF SCHOHARIE LOG CHURCH 1765. FRAME 1786 WHICH WAS TAKEN DOWN 1830<br.>
- Location: NYS 43, AT W. BERNE
- SCHOOLS
IN 1812 THERE WERE 21 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TOWN OF BERNE AND 30 THE NEXT YEAR. IN 1816 THERE WERE 1710 PUPILS IN SCHOOL<br.>
- Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE
PREVIOUS TO 1828 CALLED CENTERVILLE BECAUSE IT WAS EQUI-DISTANT FROM THREE OF THE OTHER VILLAGES.<br.>
- Location: CO. RD., AT S. BERNE
- TOWN OF BERNE
FORMED MARCH 17, 1795, FROM RENSSELAERVILLE. TOWN OF KNOX TAKEN OFF IN 1822. JACOB WEIDMAN, FIRST SETTLER ABOUT 1750<br.>
- Location: NYS 43 AND NYS 85, AT MALLORY CORNERS
- WEIDMAN HOME
THE LARGEST HOUSE IN BERNE WITH TEN FIRPLACES BUILT BY PETER WEIDMAN IN 1800, STOOD ON THIS SITE<br.>
- Location: NYS 43, AT BERNE
CALLED MECHANICSVILLE 1830-34 BECAUSE SO MANY MECHANICS LIVED THERE.<br.>
- Location: NYS 43, AT W. BERNE
- WILLIS' STORE
ESTABLISHED IN 1800 BY MAJOR STEPHEN WILLIS STOOD HERE. HE ALSO HAD A POTASH FACTORY, TANNERY, WHISKEY STILL, AND SHOE FACTORY.<br.>
- Location: NYS 157, .5 MI. NE OF E. BERNE
