The Hessian Military Hut

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

The Dyckman Farm and the War

By the late 18th century, the Dyckman family owned approximately 250 acres, one of the largest farms in northern Manhattan. Their original home was located at the Harlem River, north of present ...

The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

On this site French Troops under Le Comte De Rochambeau encamped August 29, 1781 en route to meeting Gen. George Washington and achieving their victory at Yorktown, American independence was assured there in Virginia by the defeat and surrender of ...

Patriots Massacred in the Hancock House

In commemoration of

the patriots massacred

in the Hancock House

March 21, 1778.

Erected

by the Patriotic Order

Sons of America

of Salem County

July 2, 1932.

Marker is at the intersection of Front Street and Locust Island Road, on the left when traveling south on Front Street.

Courtesy ...

The Henry Haus Blacksmith and Wagonmaker Shop

1897-1950

Henry Haus, a native of Switzerland, came to Pope Valley in 1889 at the age of 16. He opened his blacksmith shop in the adjacent wooden structure in 1897, caring for the needs of this valley until 1950.

In 1899 he ...

The Mud March

In Jan. 1863, after the Federal defeat at the First Battle of Fredericksburg on 13 Dec., Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside sought to restore the army’s morale by crossing the Rappahannock River at Banks’s Ford two miles south and attacking ...

Anchor of the American Line

Artillery and infantry positions along this bluff commanded the road to Albany. This defense line forced the British army to fight on American terms.

Marker is on Park Tour Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

To The Memory of Mike Tovey

Wells Fargo Messenger

Michael (“Mike”) Tovey, Wells Fargo Messenger was killed and DeWitt Clinton Radcliff, stage driver injured on this spot, June 15, 1893, by a lone bandit who attempted to hold up the regular six-horse stage on the old Ione ...

The Old Maple

Here stood the old maple

tree under whose branches

the pioneers met in 1885 and

chose the name "Vancouver"

for this city.

Marker is at the intersection of Powell Street and Carrall Street on Powell Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Manse

Erected 1859 for Hannah Killingley Walford, widow of Edmund W. Briggs, agent for London Unity Insurance Company, William A. Freret, architect.

Purchased 1871 by the Prytania Street Presbyterian Church for use as the minister’s residence. The bay containing the minister’s ...

The Coal Miner

By Lawrence Whitaker

This statue presented to the citizens of this community by the district schoolchildren and dedicated to the men of the mines who by their labor and loyalty have helped to make Windber one of the best towns in ...