Town Hall and Jail

Here stood the first municipal building in Trenton, 1809 – 1837. Later used as a public school, the present building, erected 1850, was the first school house to be built from public funds in the Trenton of that day.

Marker is ...

Morris-Jumel Mansion

This Georgian country seat was built by Colonel Roger Morris in 1765. Colonel Morris, a Loyalist, left the house when he returned to England at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. From September 14 through October 18, 1776, the ...

Major General John Fulton Reynolds

(Left Side):Major General

John Fulton Reynolds

United States Volunteers

Born September 21, 1820

Killed July 1, 1863

(Right Side):Cadet U.S.M.A. July 1, 1837; Brevet Second Lieut. 3d U.S. Artillery July 1, 1841; Second Lieut. October 23, 1841; First Lieut. June 18, 1846; Captain March 3, ...

John Fitch’s Gun Shop

During the Revolution, Fitch manufactured guns for the Continental Army at this site. In 1786, he built the first boat in America to be propelled by steam. His last steamboat made regular Trenton – Philadelphia runs on the Delaware in ...

John Ross Home

This comfortable two-story log house was the home of Cherokee Chief John Ross from boyhood until he went west over the "Trail of Tears," losing his Indian wife enroute. Although only one-eighth Indian himself, Ross was the elected "Principal Chief" ...

John Sevier Farmstead

Marble Springs was the farmstead of John Sevier. Tennessee’s first governor (1796–1801 and 1803–1809). While Sevier used the farm as a retreat where he entertained guests, it was originally a frontier station used by immigrants on the trace from the ...

John Burroughs

April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921

As a young man, the poet-

naturalist taught school near

this spot. Here he wrote

his poem “Waiting”.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Veterans Way, on the left when traveling south on Main Street. ...

"The Great Chief Justice"

Born in Fauquier County, John Marshall was admitted to the bar there in 1780 following service in the Revolutionary army. In 1783 he married Mary Willis Ambler and lived the remainder of his life in Richmond where until 1797 he ...

"Hoboken and This is No Jokin"

Hoboken, a tent town in this area, began in early January, 1853 after floods had halted business in Sacramento City. River steamers landed here and hundreds of teams loaded supplies for the mining camps. An election held with 1000 electors ...

Major Peter Jaquett

Sacred to the memory of

Major Peter Jaquett,

a distinguished officer of the Revolution Army, who died at his residence, Long Hook Farm, near this city, September 13th, A.D. 1834, in the 80th year of his age, having been born on the ...