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Officers Row

When the U.S. Army arrived in 1849 to establish a new post on the western frontier, few of the officers could afford to bring their families out to such a remote and lonely command. A thriving community of soldiers, officers, ...

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Birthplace of Roger Atkinson Pryor

Nearby is Montrose, the birthplace of Roger Atkinson Pryor, born 19 July 1828. Pryor practiced law before becoming a journalist and briefly owned newspapers in Richmond and Washington, D.C., in the 1850s. He served his Virginia district in the U.S. ...

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Third Volunteer Brigade

Artillery Reserve

Army of the Potomac

Artillery Reserve

Third Volunteer Brigade

Capt. James F. Huntington

1st New Hampshire Battery

Capt. Frederick M. EdgellJuly 2d and 3d Engaged on Cemetery Hill.

1st Ohio Battery H

Lieut. George W. NortonJuly 2d and 3d Engaged on Cemetery Hill.

1st Penna. Batteries F ...

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Basking Ridge

A log Hospital for

Continental Army soldiers

was located on the

slope of this ravine.

A frame Presbyterian Church

stood at the top

of the hill near the famous

oak and burial ground.

Marker is on N Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Hickory Corners

Hickory Tavern was a regular stop in the early 1700'S

for coaches on The King’s Highway.

Marker is at the intersection of Pattenburg Road (New Jersey Route 614) and Bloomsbury Road, on the right when traveling south on Pattenburg Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Bellewood Park

From 1904 – 1916 the Lehigh Valley Railroad

operated one of the largest amusement parks in the east on these hills.

Marker is on Pattenburg Road (New Jersey Route 614), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Collins Park

This park was given to the City of Barnwell

by the Robert O. Collins Family in 2000.

It was once the site of the home of

William Gilmore Simms and his wife,

Emma Hertzog Simms. The property,

purchased by Joseph Allen Porter in 1919,

remained ...

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Keeper’s Dwelling

Absecon Lighthouse

The light from Absecon Lighthouse first beamed out across the Atlantic Ocean in 1857. At that time, the Lighthouse consisted of the original keeper’s dwelling, a thirty-foot connecting passageway and the tower. In 1903, adding a two-story addition to ...

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Turkey Town Monument

Chief Turkey-Turkey Town Valley Expedition-May We Never Forget

The surrounding area and this well was part of Turkey’s Town, once a capitol of the proud Cherokee Nation. Chief Turkey was the principal chief during the late 1700’s.

On October 25, 1864, the ...

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Honor Roll - Marshall County Indiana

[ Front ]

This Memorial dedicated to those from Marshall County who gave their all in the service of their Country

- - - 1917 - - - World War I - - - 1918 - - -

[ Column One ]

William E. ...

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