Borough of River Edge

Sections were once known as Kindermack, Steenrapie, Old Bridge and New Bridge. George Washington, in 1776, retreated across New Bridge and the hill above was fortified by the British in 1778. In 1780 the Americans encamped in town with the ...

Memorial to Three Milford Men

1639 1939

[ east side of the column ]

This Bridge Dedicated

On the 300th Anniversary

Of the Settlement Of

The Town of Milford

A Memorial to Three

Milford Men Who Were

Governors of the Colony

and

State Of Connecticut

[ north side of the column ]

Jonathan Law

Born 1672 ...

Lincoln Biography

The first published biography of Abraham Lincoln was printed in this building on Feb. 11, 1860. It was prepared from Lincoln's own notes, and served to introduce him to the public as a potential presidential candidate.

Marker is on W. ...

Battle of Cross Keys

Walker’s Flank Attack

After repulsing the initial Union attack, Confederate Gen. Isaac R. Trimble’s brigade heavily engaged two brigades of Union Gen. Louis Blenker’s division near here on June 8, 1862.

During the afternoon fighting, Col. James A. Walker’s demi-brigade consisting of ...

Washington Slept Here

"Monday, May 16th, 1791" wrote President George Washington in his diary as he recorded the date of his lodging in the Inn of Stephen Calfrey Pearce, 200 yards [note: direction stricken from marker] of this marker. Being forewarned, the Pearces ...

St Columba's Church

Kells Heritage Trail

Diarmuld MacCarroll, High King of Tara, is said to have granted the dun of Cenannus to St Columcille in the 6th century for the purpose of establishing a monastery. This may explain why in 804 the Columban community ...

Passaic Street

Originally known as

Paramus Road, one

of the first Colonial

roads in Bergen County,

frequently used by

Continental and British

armies in the

Revolutionary War.

Marker is at the intersection of E Passaic Street and Maywood Avenue, on the right when traveling west on E Passaic Street.

Courtesy ...

The St. Andrew Bay Saltworks

Between 1861 and 1865, the St. Andrew Bay Saltworks, one of the largest producers of salt in the South, contributed to the Confederate cause by providing salt, fish, and cattle for southern troops and citizens. A necessary preservative in those ...

Forney’s Corner

Jacob Forney III lived and operated a thriving mercantile establishment at Jacksonville from 1835-56 on the south-east corner of the square. He and his wife Sabina Swope Hoke were the parents of nine children.

1. Daniel Peter - b. Feb. 24, ...

Major General Winfield Scott Hancock

(Front):Major General

Winfield Scott Hancock

wounded

July 3, 1863.

(Back):Erected by

Comrades and Friends

Marker is on Hancock Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org