Continental Army Honored Dead

In memory

of the soldiers of the

Continental Army

who suffered and died in this

building used as a military hospital

from

Dec. 1776 to April 1777 and

Sept. 1777 to April 1778

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High Bridge and the Railroad

The High Bridge Branch of the Central Jersey Railroad of New Jersey

Columbia Trail – A 7-mile Hunterdon County Greenway, from the Borough of High Bridge, north to the Morris County line.

Opened in July of 1876, the High Bridge Branch was ...

Camp Crittenden

Established August 10, 1867. Named Camp Crittenden by Generals Orders No. 57 Department of California, September 30, 1867, in honor of Thomas S. Crittenden, Col.32nd U.S. Infantry Major General U.S. Volunteers. Camp abandoned June 1, 1873. Established to protect settlements ...

The People of the New Windsor Cantonment

Approximately 7,500 soldiers of the Continental Army, who came from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states, Canada, and even Europe, lived at New Windsor Cantonment. Although most were in their twenties, the soldiers ranged in age from their early teens to ...

Pond Town

Pond town, named for its proximity to several ponds, had beginnings as a relay station for the stagecoach line which ran from Hamburg to Preston. Some say white men were living in the area as early as 1808, certainly by ...

Florida Hammock Trail

This trail leads through hammock land. The word hammock was an Indian term. This is the way the land looked when it was the free domain of the Indians, the home of wildlife and birds.

The land had to be cleared ...

Old City Well

This artesian well was drilled in 1880. It provided an unlimited supply of pure water and became a gathering place for Camilla’s citizens. When a water system was installed, the City Well lost its usefulness. Through the efforts of the ...

Sgt. Ronald M. Randazzo

Desert Storm

So we do not forget to honor Sgt. Ronald M. Randazzo and the men and women of Desert Storm 1991.

Give not one inch of our most sacred land to the enemies of freedom, but give all of lifes precious ...

Destruction of Dunlawton Plantation

In January 1836, during the second Indian War, the Indians burned Dunlawton Plantation. Only the brick walls, the chimneys and the heavy iron machinery were left. The Plantation was not rebuilt until the 1840's.

The war cost the United States ...

Rutherford Trace

The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept. 1776, passed near-by along Hominy Creek.

Marker is on Asheville Highway (U.S. 19/23).

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