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An 1819 letter from superintendent Sylvanus Thayer complained to the Secretary War John C. Calhoun of the lawlessness of the local inhabitants in the highlands surrounding West Point. [8] As transportation technology improved and coal became the dominant source of energy consumption, the wildness of the highlands subsided and the hill people ...
Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785 – September 7, 1872) also known as the "Father of the Military Academy", [1] was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an early advocate of engineering education in the United States.
Thayer Monument is a white granite monument and statue of Sylvanus Thayer at the United States Military Academy, designed by sculptor Carl Conrads and unveiled on June 11, 1883. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Thayer is known as the "Father of the Military Academy" for the profound and lasting impact of his superintendency during the academy's early years.
The United States Military Academy (USMA, West Point, or Army [7]) is a United States service academy in West Point, New York.West Point was established as a fort during the American Revolutionary War, as it sits on strategic high ground overlooking the Hudson River 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City.
The United States Military Academy (USMA) is a federal service academy located at West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army. The Academy was formally founded in 1802 and graduated its first class in October of the same year. It is the oldest of the five American service academies. Due to the academy ...
Washington Road connects NY 218 to West Point via Washington Gate, while NY 218 proceeds north through Highlands. [3] NY 218 overlooking the Hudson River on part of the Storm King Highway in Cornwall. NY 218 winds north and northwest along the border of West Point, crossing through a section of the military academy.
The Thayer Hotel is a 151-room "Historic Hotel of America" property located 50 miles north of New York City on the banks of the Hudson River at 674 Thayer Road in West Point, New York on the campus of the United States Military Academy. It is named after Sylvanus Thayer, West Point class of 1808, the "father of the Military Academy." It ...
Brigadier general; military engineer; wrote Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. in 1891 and developed the Cullum number system [20] 17 1866 1871 Thomas Gamble Pitcher: 1845 Brigadier general; veteran of Battle of Harper's Ferry, Mexican–American War, and the Civil War [21] 18 1871