Created in 2000, the Port Jervis Branch of the D & H Canal and Gravity Railroad Heritage Trail is a paved pathway that winds along a one mile section of the Delaware and Hudson Canal.  The trail is fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Skateboarding, cycling and walking are all permitted uses on the trail. 

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Point Peter at Elks-Brox Park offers a scenic vista that overlooks Port Jervis, New York, as well as the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Picnic tables and grills are also available here. This location adjoins the City’s Watershed Park and Recreation Area. A public campground is expected to open near the overlook area in Spring 2024.

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STEPHEN CRANE’S POND – Here at the home of his brother Edmund the author of The Red Badge of Courage lived and wrote in the early 1890s.
Text from historical marker.

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“STEPHEN CRANE’S POND – Here at the home of his brother Edmund the author of The Red Badge of Courage lived and wrote in the early 1890s.” Text from historical marker.

Located in Sullivan County’s Town of Forestburgh, the pond’s water still spilling over today’s dam once powered a sawmill and served as a source for harvesting ice. Both of those income producing uses were employed by Stephen’s favorite brother, Edmund, who was also an agent of the Port Jervis, Monticello and New York Railroad here at its Hartwood Station. Their brother, Port Jervis attorney, William Crane, and a partner purchased a large tract of property of which this is part and what continues to be the exclusive Hartwood Club. Stephen’s first notable series of newspaper stories took inspiration from this area and are collectively called “Sullivan County Tales and Sketches.”

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“THE ERIE DEPOT – Built in 1892, enlarged in 1912, this building served as the Delaware Division’s largest station until its closing in the mid 1970’s.” Text from historical marker dedicated July 4, 1988.

Today the privately owned depot serves as a professional office and business space.

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“THE ERIE DEPOT – Built in 1892, enlarged in 1912, this building served as the Delaware Division’s largest station until its closing in the mid 1970’s.” Text from historical marker dedicated July 4, 1988

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“THE CRANE HOUSE – The home of Judge William Crane from 1890-1901.  His brother Stephen visited from 1891 – 1896 creating some of his finest works.” Text from historical marker dedicated on April 30, 1984.  *Note:  While there is a great deal of circumstantial reason to believe Crane’s work was heavily influenced by his time living the in and affection for Port Jervis, there is no proof that Crane created some of his “finest works” such as “The Open Boat” or “Red Badge of Courage” at this site.

This historic building is located at 19 East Main St. at the intersection of Sullivan Ave.

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“THE CRANE HOUSE – The home of Judge William Crane from 1890-1901.  His brother Stephen visited from 1891 – 1896 creating some of his finest works.” Text from historical marker dedicated on April 30, 1984. This historic building is located at 19 East Main St. at the intersection of Sullivan Ave.  *Note:  There is no proof that Crane created some of his “finest works” such as “The Open Boat” or “Red Badge of Courage” at this site.

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The states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania meet at this geographic point near the confluence of the Delaware and Neversink Rivers. This site is located off East. Main St. in Port Jervis (U.S. Route 6) by the city’s southeast entrance directly where the bridge crosses the Neversink River. The Tri-State rock memorial is accessed by following along the Neversink through Laurel Grove Cemetery to its southern end near where the I-84 bridge passes overhead. Originally called “Carpenter’s.Point” by which Port Jervis was once known, this landmark is named after the enterprising post-Revolutionary War family who are said to have opened one of the area’s first stores, ran a ferry, and are buried here.  Click link that follows for a 2023 news story about this location.

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Orange Square Veterans Memorial Park.  Formerly the site of brass band concerts, this Civil War monument was dedicated in a epic Monday July 5, 1886 celebration.  Buried beneath the monument is a modest “time capsule”  that includes an article addressed for the occasion to future generations that had appeared in a Port Jervis newspaper.  While there is no hard proof, according to some, local folklore has it that it was at this location noted American author, Stephen Crane, may have gathered stories from veterans of the Civil War that would later be employed in his most famous novel, “The Red Badge of Courage.”

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