Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park

Historical Significance

Dug by hand, mostly be Irish immigrants, the 66 mile D & R Canal was completed in 1834. 75 feet wide and 8 feet deep, the canal originally had 14 locks to raise and lower boat traffic.

Hard Fighting Near Leetown

The families who lived outside Leetown, Arkansas first heard shots fired on the far side of Little Mountain, the low wooded rise you see to the right. Half of the Confederate Army of the West was marching eastward on Ford ...

Pike County Revolutionary Soldiers

Charles Barker • Charles Love

William Beekman • Thomas McCann

Hugh Blackwell • Alexander McMillen

Reuben Bristol • Jacob Mowrer

Joshua Brooks • George Pennisten

John Brumley • John Peril

Charles Cissna • William Price

William Clark • Samuel Ridgway

Zachariah Cook • James Sargent

Benjamin Daniels • Snowden ...

Seven Days Battles

Savage's Station

Here, facing west, stretched the Union line in the afternoon of June 29, 1862. Brook's brigade was south of the road with Gorman's and Burn's brigades to the north. In a furious conflict Burn's line was broken but was ...

Covesville Apple Industry

In 1866 Dr. William D. Boaz established the first commercial apple orchard in Covesville. These orchards specialized in the Albemarle Pippin, which became one of the most prized and profitable apple varieties grown in Virginia. By 1890 the success of ...

La Doctora María Dolores Gonzáles

(1917-1975)

Side A:

Dr. Gonzales was a pioneer in bilingual and bicultural education. She developed educational materials for students in New Mexico and Latin America and trained teachers in the curriculum. Born in Pecos, “Lola” taught in the area for ...

Seven Days Battles

Golding's Farm

Half a mile northwest occurred the action of Golding's Farm at dusk on June 27, 1862, as the battle of Gaines's Mill, on the other side of the river, was ending. The Confederates, sallying from their defenses, attacked Hancock's ...

Washington Crossing the Delaware

A Bicentennial gift to the people of the United States from Citizens of the Bedford Indiana area and the Indiana Limestone Industry July 5, 1976.

Marker is on River Road (Pennsylvania Route 32) near General Washington Memorial Boulevard (Pennsylvania Route ...

Carroll County / Floyd County

(East Facing Side):

Carroll County

Area 458 Square Miles

Formed in 1842 from Grayson, and named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. New River runs through this county.

(West Facing Side):

Floyd County

Area 376 Square Mils

Formed in 1831 from Montgomery, ...

Bicentennial of General George Washington's Birthday

To commemorate

the Bicentennial of the birthday of

General George Washington

at this spot hallowed by his stroke

of military genius in the crossing of

the Delaware on Christmas night – 1776

and to remind us

that the triumphs of the Revolution

were made possible only by his ...