Battle of Hickory Point

In September, 1856, a band of Proslavery men sacked Grasshopper Falls (Valley Falls) and terrorized the vicinity. On the 13th, the Free-State leader James H. Lane with a small company besieged a party of raiders in log buildings at Hickory ...

Hickory

(Keystone Marker)

Venice - 6

Hickory

Originally

"Hickory Tavern"

Founded

1797

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 50) and Burgettstown Road (Pennsylvania Route 18), on the right when traveling west on Main Street.

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Hickory Town

Site across the river of Zeisberger's "Middle Town," later called Hickory Town. Here his noted dispute with Wangomen took place in 1767. Here too ended Indian paths from the south, by which trade goods were obtained.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Hickory Run Boulder Field

Hickory Run State Park

Hickory Run Boulder Field

has been designated a

National Natural Landmark

This site possesses exceptional value as an illustration of the nations' natural heritage and contributes to a better understanding of the environment.

Marker can be reached from Pennsylvania Route 534. ...

Old Hickory Tavern

Birthplace of Hickory

To the rear of this spot stood a log house known in 1799 as Hickory Tavern. This tract of 640 acres was surveyed by Col. Christopher W. Beekman on June 8, 1779 and was granted to William McMullen ...

Hickory Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery

(Front text)

This church, founded by 1869 with Rev. G.D. Kinard as its first pastor and 22 charter members, was admitted to the Barnwell Association that year. The congregation first met in a brush arbor, then built a log church ...

Hickory Neck Church

Hickory Neck Church was built about 1740. Militia opposing the British camped here on April 21, 1781. A few miles north is the foundation of an ancient stone house, dating possibly from about 1650.

Marker is on Richmond Road (U.S. 60) ...

Hickory Corners

Hickory Tavern was a regular stop in the early 1700'S

for coaches on The King’s Highway.

Marker is at the intersection of Pattenburg Road (New Jersey Route 614) and Bloomsbury Road, on the right when traveling south on Pattenburg Road.

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Hickory Grove Cemetery

One of the oldest known cemeteries associated with African Americans in Northeastern PA. Established in 1807 in Waverly, then known as Abington Center, the cemetery is the burial ground for many fugitives from slavery who came to the area via ...

Hickory Hill House

1842

A very early Madison sandstone house this farm dwelling was presumably constructed for John G. Hicks, a New Yorker. In 1854 James P. Falkner, a speculator, bought the house hoping to develop "Mendota Village" around it. His assets were wiped ...