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and Proper Interpretation of the Fishkill Encampment and Supply Depot

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N.Y. Revolutionary War Encampment Faces Development, Preservation Magazine, May 5, 2008
By Sarah Amtower
A strip mall may take over the site of an important Revolutionary War supply depot in Fishkill, N.Y. Of the depot's 70 acres listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, 18 acres are slated for new development...

Paving over history
Published in the New York Times New York Region Opinions page, December 9, 2007
By Mara Farrell
It’s a beautiful thing to have a Revolutionary War site like the Fishkill Encampment and Supply Depot, a nationally registered landmark, in your town. But when the military camp — where thousands of George Washington’s troops were stationed to keep the British from moving past New York City and capturing the Hudson River — is also home to the heavily trafficked Route 9 corridor, pleading for its survival can sometimes feel like a never-ending battle...

Fishkill historic site should be preserved
Southern Dutchess News, November 14, 2007
By Nate Binzen
Pretty soon, you can expect all the wooded land between the historic Van Wyck House and the Maya Café on Route 9 in Fishkill to be covered in a brand new shopping center, despite the facts that the entire property is within the Fishkill Supply Depot site listed on the National Register of Historic Places...

Shopping area once supplied, housed fledgling army - FISHKILL DEPOT
Poughkeepsie Journal, Wednesday, December 13, 2006
By Lauren Giordano
There are 70 acres just off Interstate 84, exit 13 in the Town of Fishkill, known to most people as the Dutchess Mall or, more recently, Home Depot. What most people don't know is the vast history those acres hold. The site was once known as the Fishkill Encampment and Supply Depot, used extensively during the Revolutionary War...

Letter to Poughkeepsie Journal by Timothy Binzen
Printed in Poughkeepsie Journal, December, 2006
In New York State, a municipal government can request that the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) comment on a proposed construction undertaking under SEQRA (the State Environmental Quality Review Act). One result of this comment can be that in order to receive a construction permit, a project proponent must show that a development will not impact significant archaeological resources, that are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places...

Letter to Poughkeepsie Journal by Martin Byster
Printed in Poughkeepsie Journal, December 21, 2006
Crossroads is within the 70 acre Fishkill Supply Depot on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974 to recognize its “historical and archaeological significance” and encourage its preservation...

Letter to Poughkeepsie Journal by Michael Boyjian
Printed in Poughkeepsie Journal, November 24, 2006
Fishkill must implement innovations that will promote its rich historical past. One way is to work with local businesses along Route 9 in the area of what was once the Fishkill Supply Depot, an important American Revolution encampment that rivaled similar locations at Valley Forge and Morristown...

Historical group seeks state review of depot - Fishkill land target of developers
Poughkeepsie Journal, Thursday, November 30, 2006
By Leigh Gomez

Fishkill depot defenseless against mall
Times Herald-Record, September 16, 2006
By Michael Randall
Fishkill —- What a way to treat a historic site. The Fishkill Encampment and Supply Depot was a pretty important place back in 1776. Historians say George Washington's army might not have won the American Revolution without it. But 230 years later, it's not only largely forgotten, it's all but disappeared...

Historians against plaza on Route 9 - Critics say site was American Revolution hub
Poughkeepsie Journal, Monday, July 10, 2006
By David Paulsen
FISHKILL —- A developer's plans to build a retail plaza on Route 9 south of Interstate 84 has sparked objections from local historians, who say the land should be preserved for its historical ties to the American Revolution...

Revolutionary War site is in jeopardy - Letter by Mara Farrell
Poughkeepsie Journal, Monday, July 11, 2006
Once again commercial development in the Town of Fishkill threatens the remains of a precious and unique heritage that dates back more than two centuries to the Revolutionary War...

Defending What's Left of a Revolutionary Site
New York Times, June 16, 2006
By Fernanda Santos
Shortly after he took command of the Continental Army in 1775, at the onset of the Revolutionary War, George Washington ordered the construction of a military camp and storage yard south of the Fishkill Creek, on a 70-acre parcel that now spans both sides of Route 9, near Interstate 84, in the Town of Fishkill...

Plaza is proposed in Fishkill - 8-acre parcel across from Route 9 is seen as possible site
Poughkeepsie Journal, Saturday, May 13, 2006
By Craig Wolf
FISHKILL —- Land that has long lain undeveloped near the Dutchess Mall during its long period of decline is suddenly of interest...