Wreck Of The Metropolis

Steamer ran aground, Jan. 31, 1878, killing 85. Tragedy prompted improvements in the U.S. Lifesaving Service. Remains are 3/5 mi. SE.

Marker is at the intersection of Ocena Trail (State Highway 12) and Albacore Street, on the right when traveling north ...

The Wreck of the Huron

Near this spot, Nov. 24, 1877, the U.S.S. "Huron" ran ashore with loss of ninety-eight lives.

Marker is at the intersection of Virginia Dare Trail (State Highway 12) and East Bladen St, on the right when traveling north on Virginia Dare ...

The Ard Godfrey House

Built in 1848, the Ard Godfrey House is the earliest frame house still standing in Minneapolis. An example of Greek Revival architecture, it originally occupied a site in the vicinity of Main and Second Streets Southeast.

Ard Godfrey, a millwright, moved ...

Park of Artillery

Artillery Brigade Cantonment

commanded by General Henry

Knox hutted near this site

during second winter encamp-

ment of Continental Army in

1779 – 1780.

Morris County Heritage Commission

Marker is on Mendham Avenue (County Route 510), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937 / The Standard Oil Company

John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937

Born at Richford, New York, John D. Rockefeller moved to the Cleveland area with his family at age 14. He began his business career as a bookkeeper in 1855. From modest beginnings he became one ...

Fawcitt House Site

Delegates walking to Carpenters' Hall (to your left) for meetings of the First Continental Congress in 1774 passed an aging wood house at this site. The two-story house was built about 1706 for bodice-maker Nathan Fawcitt.

The Fawcitt House, like ...

7th West Virginia Infantry

7th West Virginia

Infantry

The end of charge

July 2, 1863.

Marker can be reached from Wainwright Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Continental Congress

The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New yorkers, New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.—Patrick Henry, Carpenters' Hall, 1774

In 1774 the American colonies felt threatened. Their grievances against Great Britain were being ignored. Was ...

Folck's Mill

Confederate Raid

Late in July 1864, Confederate Gen. John C. McCausland led his two cavalry brigades (about 2,800 men) northward into Pennsylvania and Maryland to capture Chambersburg and Cumberland and either collect a ransom or burn the towns. McCausland burned Chambersburg ...

Entrance to Cemetery of the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent Society

The society has been in continuous existence since its organization in 1822. It was chartered 1834. Its charities are administered to the needs of the community without regard to creed or race.

Marker is on Gadsden Street, on the right when ...