Editing Tuxedo, New York (section)

===1700s===
[[File:AugustaFurnace 20230610 130941.jpg|thumb|left|Augusta Furnace Historic Marker]]
[[File:Southfield Furnace Ruin, NY - looking north.jpg|thumb|[[Southfield Furnace Ruin|Southfield furnace ruin]]]]
In the 18th century, ethnic English and German colonists settled in the area. The men mostly worked at the nearby [[Sterling Iron Works]] in the neighboring [[Sterling Forest State Park|Sterling Forest]], as did some of the Ramapough Mountain Indians. Several men from the Tuxedo area served in the [[American Revolution|Revolutionary War]].

In 1779 the rebel government built the Continental Road from Eagle Valley through the present-day [[Administrative divisions of New York (state)#Village|village]] of [[Tuxedo Park, New York|Tuxedo Park]] to what is now Route 17 near Warwick Brook Road. The first industry in Tuxedo was the Augusta Forge at the falls on the [[Ramapo River]], founded by [[Solomon Townsend]] in 1783, soon after the end of the war.

The town of Southfields (now part of the town of Tuxedo) was renamed Monroe in 1808. An iron forge was operated in this area, still known as Southfields; the [[Southfield Furnace Ruin|forge ruins]] are still visible. The oldest documented structure in Tuxedo is the Adam Belcher house. Dating from 1790, it is located in the Southfields area.