Historical Marker

Roosa Fort

On Town Rd. at Roosa Gap · Mamakating, New York · Sullivan

Inscription

Building Started Before Revolutionary War. Later Owned And Completed By Abraham Roosa Or Son Jacob Who Lived In Cabin On Hill

AddressOn Town Rd. at Roosa Gap

CityMamakating, New York

Callicoon, New York, NY

Built 1834 By Sam M. Young Followed In Turn By Turning Mill, Apple Brandy Distillery And Milk Manufacturing Plant

Callicoon, New York, NY

Site of First House In Youngsville Built of Logs, 1834 By Sam M. Young, First Settler For Whom The Place Is Named

Highland, New York, NY

Col. Joseph Brant Led 40 Mohawks And Tories Up This Ravine And Ambushed N.Y. And N.J. Militia Lying For Him On Hill To The West

Highland, New York, NY

Entrance To Battlefield Where July 22, 1779, N.Y. And N.J. Militia Attacked Mohawk And Tory Raiders of Minisink (Port Jervis)

Highland, New York, NY

On This Hill, July 22, 1779 N.Y. And N.J. Militia Were Decimated By Mohawk And Tory Raiders of Minisink, (Port Jervis) Under Brant