The Battle of Newtown

(Front Plaque):Near this site

Sunday August 29, 1779 was fought

The Battle of Newtown

between

Continental troops commanded by

Major General John Sullivan

and combined force of

Tories and Indians under

Colonel John Butler

and

Joseph Brant

avenging the massacres of

Wyoming and Cherry Valley

destroying the Iroquois Confederacy

ending attacks on our settlements

and ...

Bloomsbury

A mile north is Bloomsbury, estate of the pioneer, James Taylor, ancestor of Presidents James Madison and Zachary Taylor. He was a member of Spotswood's expedition over the mountains in 1716.

Marker is at the intersection of Constitution Highway (State Highway ...

Newberry County World War I Monument

West Side

Erected in grateful recognition of the service of the sons of Newberry County who at the call of their country enlisted in the World War, and to the memory of those who sealed with their lives their devotion to ...

Battery E, PA, Vol.

- Knap's -

[Front Side]

Battery E, PA, Vol.

- Knap's -

Geary's Div. Hooker's Com.

[Right Side]

1861

to

1865

[Back Side]

Wauhatchie - Missionary Ridge

Lookout Mountain - Ringgold

[Left Side]

Erected

1895

Marker is on Hawthorne Street north of Ivy Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jacob Richard Stoker

1820-1893

“His heart was finer metal than any gold his shovel ever brought to light”. Gallant Mex. War veteran fought in principal battles. Came California, ’49, Jackass Hill, ’50. Built famous cabin, intimately associated there with Mark Twain and Gillis’ Bros. ...

The Battle of Newtown

August 29, 1779

To protect the village of Newtown, about 600 Native American warriors, 200 loyalists, and a handful of British soldiers erected and camouflaged a half-mile-long breastwork of logs in the village overlooking a creek, hoping to surprise Sullivan's men ...

Mark Twain Cabin

[Seal of Rotary International]

This cabin was first built in 1922 to commemorate the famed author’s presence in Tuolumne County during the winter of 1864-65. Sam Clemens had come over the mountains from Virginia City, Nevada, to San Francisco with his ...

Robinson's Tavern

Near here stood ancient Robinson's Tavern. Here Meade wished to concentrate his army in the Mine Run Campaign, November 1863, but one corps, coming up late, disarranged his plans. Here Ewell, moving east from Orange in the Wilderness Campaign, camped ...

Chase County & The Bluestem Pasture Region of Kansas

The vast prairie which surrounds this site is typical of the Bluestem pasture region more commonly known as the Flint Hills. Named for its predominant grasses, the area extends from Oklahoma almost to Nebraska in a narrow oval two ...

Boltonville Church

Boltonville, Wisconsin

Yankee settlers organized the Free Will Baptist Society of Boltonville on February 22, 1872, and built this church which was dedicated June 3, 1873, at a cost of $2,103.80. In the 1880s, the building was home for a Sunday ...