The Frampton Lines

John Edward Frampton House

(Obverse): Remnants of a large earthwork originally more tha 100 yards long are still visible south,west and northwest of the Frampton House. This battery,constructed in 1861~62 by Confederate troops in the Department of S.C. and Ga., was ...

Bonner Shaft of the Gould & Curry Mine

Comstock Historical Marker No. 13

The Bonner shaft was named in honor of mine superintendent, Charles S. Bonner and began operations in the mid-1860s to explore the lower levels of the Gould & Curry Mine. This four compartment shaft reached ...

149th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

149th Reg't Pa. Vol's

July 3rd 1863.

2nd Brigade

3rd Division

1st Corps

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

Courtesy hmdb.org

Somerset Hills Airport

Site of the Somerset Hills Airport in operation from 1932 - 1981. An important airmail destination during aviation's pioneer days, it also was a U.S. Army Air Force flight instruction facility from 1941 - 1945

Marker is on Lord Stirling Road, ...

Hale & Norcross Mining Co.

Comstock Historical Marker No. 11

Founded in 1859, the Hale & Norcross contained about 400 feet of original Comstock Lode located between the Savage and Chollar Mines. In 1868, a fierce stock battle was waged for ownership over this property. ...

Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1938 that, in cases between citizens of different states, federal courts must apply state common law, not federal "general common law." Under Pennsylvania common law, Harry Tompkins of Hughestown lost ...

General Sullivan’s New York Campaign Trail

Routes of the armies of

General John Sullivan

and

General James Clinton

1779

An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggression of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, extending westward the dominion of the United States

Marker ...

Pere Marquette Historic Site

Designated as a landmark of the City of Milwaukee in 1972, commemorating the place where Father Marquette, French Jesuit missionary, explorer of the Mississippi Valley and Lake Michigan, camped with two companions on November 23-27, 1674.

Marker is at the ...

Hull's Rendezvous

Here, where the Shawnees were defeated by Clark's 1782 expedition, Dayton was founded, in 1796. Hull's army and other War of 1812 troops were mobilized at this point.

Marker is at the intersection of Webster Street and Deeds Park Drive, on ...

Ruins of Old Sheldon

Ruins of Old Sheldon

Prince William's Parish Church

Built 1745-55. Burned 1779 by

British. Rebuilt 1826. Burned

1865 by Federal Army. Named for

ancestral home of the Bull family

in Warwickshire, England.

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Annual Services

Second Sunday after Easter

Marker is on Old Sheldon Church Road north of Bailey ...