Recovery No. 12 , April 24, 2004 NEW YORK ( a three – part Recovery ) State New York State Museum ( Adirondack Survey Exhibit ) Museum Albany, N.Y., ----------------------------------------------------- Albany, N.Y. Grove Cemetery Verplanck Colvin’s grave, and Colvin Plot 1. Coeymans, N.Y., ------------------------------------------------------- Chestnut Lawn Cemetery Mills Blake Burial site New Baltimore , N.Y. -------------------------------------------------- a Retro – Recovery - Report by Jim Schaller the Colvin family’s Mausoleum 2. 1889 Grove Cemetery Chestnut Lawn Cemetery Coeymans , New York Rt. 9-W New Baltimore, N.Y. On April 24, 2004, twelve members of the Colvin Crew gathered at 10:00 AM in the Members Room at the N.Y. State Museum - in Albany, N.Y. We had our meeting , over which Supt. Remele presided. Then, we toured the Museum exhibits – including the display on Colvin’s Signal Tower, and related Survey items . Kerm, and his wife Mary Ann – and four others had to leave early , so just six of us proceeded south to Coeymans, N.Y. - and the Grove Cemetery. 3. There we visited the Colvin plot - which contains Verplanck Colvin’s grave , as well as his mother, and father’s. We also saw the Colvin Mausoleum , and the Plaque set by “Friends of Verplanck Colvin” in 1992. From there, we drove west - to New Baltimore, N.Y. - to our last stop – the Chestnut Lawn Cemetery - and found Mills Blake’s headstone, and grave. Colvin Crew Recovery No. 12 , - Part 1 Colvin Crew members attending : the Kerm Remele (Supt.) Charles Hartnett ADIRONDACKS & Mary Ann Howie Wyman Exhibit Jim Schaller (Guide) C. Donald Carpenter Ralph Schlissler Richard Bennett & EMPIRE STATE PLAZA Dave & Pat Wells and the Shirley Ware Justin Rathman N. Y. STATE MUSEUM Albany , New York Exhibit on the Adirondack Survey a River Log Jam Replica Signal Station “ Mapping the Adirondacks ” Marker Bolts Replica Signal Replica Township Corner Stone Tower “ T / 7 & 8 / VC ” and descriptive sign Colvin Crew Recovery No. 12 Part 2 Grove Cemetery Coeymans , New York Colvin Mausoleum original and modern headstones for Verplanck Colvin’s Colvin Grave marker - for father - Family Verplanck Colvin Andrew J. Colvin Plot ( 1847 – 1920 ) (1808 – 1889) 1888 photo of the Grove Cemetery Coeymans Cemetery in Coeymans, N. Y. Andrew Colvin (lt.) , and ( google map / satellite image ) William H. Colvin ( of Chicago, Ill. ) (rt.). ( probably Andrew’s brother ) ( from the Adirondack Museum collection ) Colvin Crew at the Colvin family plot - April 24, 2004 - Grove Cemetery Coeymans, New York Colvin plot - Verplanck, and his parents Andrew, and Margaret Colvin . Blank headstone (Lt.) possibly meant for Verplanck’s brother James, or for Mills Blake ( both are interred elsewhere) . In the Colvin Plot - Grove Cemetery , Coeymans, N. Y. Colvin Crew News - Letter – Year End Report - 2004 COLVIN Recovery No. 12 family April 24, 2004 Monument New York State Museum (Albany) , inscribed : Colvin’s grave (Coeymans) , & Andrew J. Colvin Mills Blake’s grave (New Baltimore) ~~~~~~~~~~~ Margaret C.A. by Jim Schaller – trip leader Colvin ~~~~~~~~~~ James Colvin & Catherine Ver Planck ~~~~~~~~~~~ Rosina M. Alling “ IN MEMORIUM ” Grandfather John Colvin Grandmother Sarah Fuller Colvin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grandfather Johannes Ver Planck Grandmother Catherine Huyck Ver Planck ( Old stone in the Colvin Plot , perhaps inspired by , and / or erected by ~~~~~ the Colvin plot ~~~~~ Verplanck Colvin himself – Grove Cemetery in his Grandparents memory ! ) Colvin Crew Recovery No. 12 Part 3 Chestnut Lawn Cemetery (actually in Green Co. - New Baltimore , New York) MILLS BLAKE 1848 - 1930 Verplanck Colvin’s first assistant for the Adirondack Survey has an unassuming , and modest gravestone in the Chestnut Lawn Cemetery . ( Google map / satellite image) Mills Blake – in Albany, N.Y. at a later age - in the 1920’s Colvin Crew Recovery No. 12 April 24 , 2004 Mills Blake – (rt.) as seen with Verplanck Colvin – (lt.) N.Y.S. Museum at the Adirondack Survey’s headquarters - ( and Colvin’s home ) Grove Cemetery in Albany, N. Y. Chestnut Lawn Cemetery “ The Elms ” – Retro –Report testing survey instruments . & Postscript ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( photos of Colvin & Blake Respectfully Submitted and Mills Blake from the Adirondack Museum collection ) Jim Schaller 2019 Verplanck Colvin a Postscript - remembered … Memorial Plaque for Verplanck Colvin - 1992 Grove Cemetery, In 1992, a new group was formed - called the Coeymans, N. Y. “Friends of Verplanck Colvin”. by – “ Friends of Verplanck Colvin ” 1992 They had two new brass plaques made for ( Featured in the July 1992 issue of memorials - one at Colvin’s grave in Coeymans, the EMPIRE STATE SURVEYOR ) and the other at Beaver River Station - on the Stillwater Reservoir . IN TRIBUTE TO VERPLANCK COLVIN On May 9th, 1992 – with proper ceremony – 1847 - 1920 the first was set at the Colvin plot in the LAND SURVEYOR . FOUNDER AND CHAMPION OF THE NEW YORK STATE Grove Cemetery. FOREST PRESERVE AND THE ADIRONDACK PARK Attending were Lindsay Boutelle L.S., and Bob Foster L.S. ( from an article by Robert Prescott, L.S. in the EMPIRE STATE SURVEYOR magazine - July, 1992 ) A Bagpiper played at the dedication of the Colvin Plaque in 1992. ( from Nina Webb’s book: “ Footsteps Through The Adirondacks ” .