Old Union Methodist Church

A log church was built here in 1789 on land donated by Joseph Dickinson. The church was named "Dickinson's Chapel" in his honor. Francis Asbury and many other pioneers of American Methodism conducted services here. Levi Scott, a native of ...

John Twohig Lived on These Grounds

Here he entertained Robert E. Lee and other famous men. He was known for his Christianity, hospitality, and charity to the poor and orphans. He blew up his store to keep the powder and shot from the enemy during Vasquez's ...

Manahawkin Skirmish

1776-1781

Manahawkin Skirmish

December 1781

On this ground, Capt. Reuben Randolph led the Manahawkin militia (Company 5, 2nd Monmouth) against a force of British loyalists that was twice as large and commanded by the notorious Capt. John Bacon. During the action, Lines Pangborn ...

Fort Coombe

Fort Coombe, a Maryland stockaded fort of 1755–56 located north of this point. One of the frontier forts during the French and Indian War. The survey of the Mason and Dixon Line during 1763–68 placed it in Pennsylvania instead of ...

Cavalry Engagement

On 15 Nov. 1863, Col. William H. Boyd reconnoitered with a Federal cavalry and artillery detachment south from Charlestown (in present-day W.Va.) toward New Market. The next day, the force encountered Maj. Robert White’s cavalry command just north of Mount ...

Falls Monthly Meeting of Friends

1683 - 1933

The first Falls Meeting House

built here in 1690

on 6 acres given by

Samuel Burges

The second House, 1728

The third, present, house, to left, 1789

The fourth, present, house, to right, 1841

Here

William Penn

Life Along the Canal

Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River

The building and operation of the 108-mile Delaware & Hudson Canal provided a multitude of jobs not only for Dutch and English settlers but for Irish and German immigrants. The area hummed with activity. Laborers ...

T-33A Shooting Star

The two-seater T-33 was developed as a variant of Lockheed's P-80 fighter which had a high accident rate until more training with an onboard instructor reversed that trend. In service for over 50 years, the T-33, known as the Shooting ...

Rude's Hill

Jackson at Rude’s Hill

This old house photographed during the early 20th century and still standing about 600 yards north on the west side of the Valley Pike, was occupied

at the beginning of the Civil War by a Lutheran minister, Rev. ...

Early Meeting House

Clark's Mills Meeting House, built by Thomas Clark about 1762, where preached the Rev. John Brainerd, stood on site of Clark Burying Ground. Thomas Clark, builder of the church, Thomas, Adrial, and Parker Clark, Revolutionary soldiers, are buried here.

Marker is ...