The Founding of Burlington

West New Jersey Proprietors

To commemorate

The Founding of Burlington

in 1677 and the

Mooring of the ship 'Shield'

near this spot in 1678

This tablet is erected by the Society of

Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey

on the two hundred and fifieth

anniversary of ...

William Bartram Trail

Traced 1773-1777

In 1765 John and William Bartram, naturalists, began an extended trail from Savannah through Georgia and left a legacy of impressions.

Marker is on W. River Street near N. Barnard St., on the left.

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Mosby’s Midnight Raid

Col. John Singleton Mosby formed the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry “to weaken the armies invading Virginia by harassing their rear.” Near midnight on 8 March 1863, he led his horsemen undetected through Union lines to disrupt communications between Dranesville and ...

Charles A. Lindberg

On May 20, 1927, Charles A. Lindberg embarked on a daring trans-Atlantic flight from this spot. He arrived in France 33 hours and 30 minutes later, after flying 3,610 miles nonstop. This revolutionary flight between New York and Paris popularized ...

Columbia

Originally Wright's Ferry, founded by John Wright in 1726. An early center for turnpike, canal, and railroad activity, at an important Susquehanna River crossing. First bridge built in 1812.

Marker is at the intersection of Lincoln Highway (Pennsylvania Route 462) and ...

Battle of Minisink

July 22, 1779, 300 Tories and Indians led by Joseph Brant, Mohawk chief, were attacked near Lackawaxen by some 175 settlers. Brant was returning from raiding New York settlements. All but 25 of the patriots were killed. Brant escaped.

Marker is ...

Bowman Field

Built 1926. Long noted as Pennsylvania's oldest operating minor league baseball park and the nation's second oldest. The first professional game here was played April 27, 1926, between the Williamsport Grays and the Negro league Harrisburg Giants. Over the years ...

Free Library

The Burlington Library Association, chartered by King George II in 1757, established an early public library here.

Marker is on West Union Street 0.1 miles east of Wood Street, on the left when traveling east.

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Elizabeth City Parish

First visited by Englishmen May 10, 1607.

Fortified at Old Point by Captain George Percy, October, 1609.

Settled by Lord De La Warr, July, 1610;

Reinforced by Sir Thomas Dale, May, 1611;

The Rev. William Mease being the first minister.

Named ...

Battle of Bad Axe

After holding off his pursuers at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights (about 1½ miles south of present Sauk City) Black Hawk led his people over unfamiliar country toward the Mississippi. In the meantime, the Army alerted Fort Crawford at Prairie ...