Robert Erskine F.R.S.

In memory of

Robert Erskine F.R.S.

Geographer and Surveyer

for the Army of

The United States

Son of the Revd Ralph Erskine

Late Minister at Dunjermine

in Scotland

Born

September 7th, 1735

Died

October 2nd, 1780

Aged 45 Years

and 25 Days

Marker is on Chicken House Road, on the left when traveling south. ...

Boone Tract

In 1753 Lord Granville granted 640 acres on Bear Creek to Squire Boone who sold it in 1759 to his son Daniel. This was a part of the original Boone tract.

Marker is on Wilkesboro Street (U.S. 64), on the left ...

Brownlee Ferry

Guiding Oregon Trail emigrants and a party of prospectors who had discovered gold in Boise Basin, Tim Goodale opened a new miners' trail through here in August 1862.

A gold rush followed that fall, and John Brownlee operated a ferry here ...

Robert Erskine

“The Forgotten General”

Born 1735 in Scotland

Died 1780 at Ringwood

Friend in need for Washington

Geographer and Surveyer General

for the American Army in the

Revolutionary War

A true and faithful Christian patriot

Erected by the New Jersey Society of the S.A.R.

1952

Marker is on Chicken House Road, ...

Historic Marker of Battle Pass

At this point the old Porte Road or Valley Grove Road intersected the line of hills separating Flatbush from Brooklyn and Gowanus. In the Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776, this pass was barricaded in front by Dongan Oak ...

One of the “Big Four”

Here is the home of S. H. Newberry, who, with three others, composed the “Big Four” in the Virginia Senate. These four men united to defeat objectionable measures of the Readjuster Movement.

Marker is on Stony Fork Road (U.S. 52) near ...

Site of Jacobs School #143

In 1863 the Sussex County Levy Court formally approved the creation of a new school district to serve the needs of local citizens. A frame schoolhouse was constructed on this site on land provided by Thomas Jacobs. Measuring twenty feet ...

Hoover Historic Site / Hoover’s West Branch

Marker Front:

The Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, located in nearby West Branch, honors a distinguished son of Iowa, citizen of the world, and the 31st president of the United States. Established in 1965, the Site’s foundations were laid earlier when ...

Blades United Methodist Church

Formerly known as Cannon's Chapel, the first church building was constructed in the early 1870's on East High Street (then known as Concord Road). The Church was incorporated on July 16, 1877. In 1887, the Trustees of the Church purchased ...

Liberation of Patmos

Capt. Terence Bruce Mitford

[Marker text printed in both Greek and English scripts:]

Erected by the Community of Patmos

to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Liberation of the Island, 10 February 1944

by Terence Bruce Mitford

Captain, Special Boat Services

February 2004

Marker is at the ...