Continental Army Encampment at Morristown

1777 1781

The Artillery Park

The artillery under Gen. Henry Knox and the artificers under Col. Jeduthan Baldwin were encamped on this hillside during 1779-80. The soldiers were housed in huts. The guns were parked along this road. The horses were pastured ...

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.

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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 ...

Veterans Memorial Park

(Towne Centre Park)

Dedicated Dec. 6, 1999

[Flagpole] Presented by

Fayette County Chapter 89

Disabled American Veterans

to honor all veterans

1992

City of Washington

Towne Centre Park

1992

Marker is at the intersection of Court Street and Fayette Street, on the right when traveling east on Court Street.

Courtesy ...

Polly Woods' Ordinary

Built in the early 1800's, this simple mountain cabin was operated as an inn, or "ordinary", from about 1830 until about 1850. Here the widowed Polly Woods catered to the "ordinary" needs of the weary mountain traveler -- a hot ...

Jacob Purdy House

George Washington’s Headquarters

in White Plains

Oct. 23-31, 1776

July 27 – Sept. 16, 1778

National Register of Historic Places

White Plains Historical Society

Marker is on Park Avenue, on the left when traveling west.

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The Judy Memorial Chapel

Built 1905

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

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Playas Siding

In 1902, Phelps, Dodge and Company built the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad to link El Paso, Texas with the copper mines of Bisbee, Arizona, and eventually, with several other mining towns throughout the region. Highway 9, New Mexico’s “Border ...

Ewell's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Army of Northern Virginia

Ewell's Corps

Rodes's Early's and Johnson's Divisions

July 4 Having withdrawn under orders from its previous positions the Corps formed line about daybreak on this ridge with its right a short distance south of the Hagerstown ...

Carpenters' Hall

. . . for the purpose of obtaining instruction in the science of architecture and assisting such of their members as should by accident be in need of support, or the widows and minor children of members . . .