John Wilkes Booth

The assassin of Lincoln stopped here at the house of Mrs. Surratt to secure ammunition on the night of April 14, 1865. He rode on to "T.B." and then to Dr. Mudd's who set his broken leg.

Marker is on Brandywine ...

The Winslow Bridge

This date medallion is from the Winslow Bridge that once spanned the Little Colorado River on historic Route 66 just east of Winslow. Because the river had always proved a daunting impediment to travelers, this bridge crossing became a strategic ...

Battle of Johnsonville

On November 4, 1864, Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate cavalry attacked and destroyed the river port of Johnsonville located ten miles west of here on the Tennessee River. Union losses included four gunboats, fourteen steamboats, seventeen barges, and roughly ...

Bartleyville

In 1861 the Wm. Bartley & Sons foundry was established here along the South Branch of the Raritan River. Workers made bridges, farm machinery, steam engines, and turbines. The High Bridge branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey gave ...

Brig. Gen. E. F. Paxton, C.S.A.

In this vicinity

Brig. Gen. E. F. Paxton, C.S.A.

Aged 35 years, of Rockbridge County, VA.

Was killed on the morning of May 3, 1863

While leading his command, the

Stonewall Brigade

in the attack on Fairview

Marker is at the intersection of Stuart Drive and Plank ...

Eppa Rixey Boyhood Home

National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Eppa Rixey was born on May 3, 1891. Rixey played for the Philadelphia Phillies (NL) and the Cincinnati Reds (NL) during a career that spanned 21 years. He was nicknamed "Jeptha" by a sportswriter ...

Hacklebarney

Hacklebarney or Budd Forge, built about 1763. Operations ceased after 1834. Hacklebarney Mine upstream furnished ore.

Marker is on State Park Road, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Bluebirds, On The Road To Recovery

Where did they go?

Bluebirds were once common throughout the United States. However, over the last century their population has diminished due to loss of their natural habitat, overuse of pesticides and predators.

Compounding the problem is competition from two non-native species, ...

The Presbyterian Church on the Green

The Morristown Green

The original wooden church was built in 1738 - 40 on land donated by Benjamin Hathaway and John Lindsley. With two enlargements it appeared as shown (at left) at the time of the American Revolution. It became a ...

Battle of Appomattox Station — 1865

Near this building stood the station of the South Side Railroad where, on April 8, 1865, three trains unloading supplies for the Army of Northern Virginia were captured by units of Sheridan’s Union cavalry under Gen. Geo. Custer. Significant for ...