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
- 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.
- Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE
LATER CALLED BERNVILLE
FORTIFIED DURING THE
REVOLUTION. JOHN DIETZ
FAMILY MASSACRED BY INDIANS
- Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE
FIRST IN TOWN OF BERNE
BUILT IN 1878 AND MADE
495 POUNDS IN A SINGLE DAY
- Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE
OPENED 1817 BY
HENRY ENGLE
Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE
- DWELLING
BUILT ABOUT 1800 BY
WILLIAM SHULTES
- 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
Location: NW CORNER NYS 43 AND NYS 156 AT BERNE
- FIRST MILL
BUILT 1750 BY JACOB
WEIDMAN STOOD NEAR HERE
- Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE
- FIRST STORE
STOOD ON THIS SITE
OWNED BY JOHN FISHER
- Location: NYS 156, AT BERNE
- INDIAN
STOCKADE
BUILT ON SITE
OF BERNE VILLAGE
- 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
- Location: NYS 43, AT E. BERNE
- M. E. CHURCH
ORGANIZED AT REIDSVILLE
1830 BY REVEREND ROSMAN KELLY
CHURCH REPLACED IN 1841
- 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
- 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
- Location: NYS 156, .5 MI. N. OF BERNE
ORGANIZED 1763, FIRST
PASTOR JOHANNES SCHUYLER
1767. OLDEST CHURCH IN
COUNTY OUTSIDE OF ALBANY
- 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
- 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
- Location: NYS 43, .5 MI. W. OF BERNE
PREVIOUS TO 1828 CALLED
CENTERVILLE BECAUSE IT
WAS EQUI-DISTANT FROM
THREE OF THE OTHER VILLAGES.
- 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
- 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
- Location: NYS 43, AT BERNE
CALLED MECHANICSVILLE
1830-34 BECAUSE SO MANY
MECHANICS LIVED THERE.
- 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.
- Location: NYS 157, .5 MI. NE OF E. BERNE
