Portal:Hudson Valley/Did you know/27
- ... that marks remain on the Sloat House (pictured) in Sloatsburg, New York, from the accidental shooting death of John D. Sloat's father, who became the first burial in Old Sloatsburg Cemetery?
- ... that the former Monroe, New York, got its name because an early owner supposedly painted it in a checkerboardpattern to attract travelers?
- ... that the Village Diner in Red Hook was the first diner in New York to be listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places?