Spanish 18-Pounder

Spanish 18-pounder bronze smooth bore

gun cast in Lima, Peru, 1769

Captured by the United States Navy from the

Mexicans in California in 1847

Marker is on Blake Road near Maryland Avenue, on the left when traveling west.

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United States Marine Hospital

This building, designed by Robert Mills,

widely known architect was erected 1833

for the care of sick and disabled merchant

seamen. It served also as a teaching clinic

for the Medical College of South Carolina,

and after 1860 as a military hospital for

the Confederacy. Following ...

St. Joseph

Spanish 12-pounder bronze smooth bore

gun named St. Joseph

Captured by the United States Navy from the

Mexicans in California in 1847

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Tallmadge Circle (Public Square)

The historic Tallmadge Circle,

originally called the Public Square,

including the First Congregational Church

and the Old Town Hall,

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

May 6, 1971

by the United States

Department of the Interior

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Pohatcong Township Vietnam Memorial

In Lasting Memory Of

Pfc. Robert Franklin Bacon

A Company 1st Battalion 5th Calvary 1st Air Calvary Division.

Killed in Binh Duong Province, Republic of South Vietnam.

Born 7/3/45. Died 7/17/68.

Cpl. Albert Shiller

C Company 3rd Battalion 47th Infantry 9th Infantry Division.

Killed in Dinj Tuong ...

Woodland and Mississippian Indians

Woodland Tradition Indians, around 2,000 years ago, developed exotic mortuary cults, built burial mounds and effigy earthworks, and traded great distances for obsidian, copper, mica, and conch shells. They explored and exploited the caves of south central Kentucky where they ...

Springtown

The many springs flowing here attracted early settlers by the 1750's, and several mills were built along the Pohatcong Creek (some still stand).

In 1825, the Inn At Springtown became a stagecoach stop on the Trenton-Easton Road.

In 1881, the newly named ...

Paleo and Archaic Indians

Evidence of Native Americans in the lower Ohio Valley includes the Paleo Indians, who lived in this area near the end of the last Ice Age, about 13,000 years ago. Often called Big Game Hunters, they were efficient, nomadic, hunters, ...

El Neptuno

Spanish 12-pounder bronze smooth bore

gun named El Neptuno

Captured by the United States Navy from the

Mexicans in California in 1847

Courtesy hmdb.org

Portland Cement

This industry was born in the Lehigh Valley. David O. Saylor first made portland cement at Coplay in 1871. Here also was the first use of the rotary kiln process commercially Nov. 8, 1889. This region has continued to lead ...