Colonel Patrick Ferguson Memorial

To the memory of

Col. Patrick Ferguson

Seventy-First regiment.

Highland light Infantry.

Born in Aberdeenshire.

Scotland in 1744.

Killed October 7, 1780

in action at

King's Mountain

while in command of

the British Troops.

A soldier of military

distinction and Honor.

This memorial

is from the citizens of

The United States of America

in token ...

House of History

Built in 1810 by

James Vanderpoel.

Purchased by the Columbia

County Historical Society

in 1925.

Marker is on Broad Street (U.S. 9), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Methodist Church of Asbury

Methodist Historic Site

The Methodist Church of Asbury, New Jersey, by official action of the Northern New Jersey annual Conference of the Methodist Church, is designated a Methodist Historic Site in recognition of the participation of Bishop Francis Asbury in laying ...

Major Ferguson Falls

The chaos of battle roared along this ridge top. Piercing the din of gunfire and wounded men's groans, Ferguson's silver whistle shrilled, rallying his Tories. Two horses were shot out from under him; Ferguson seemed to be everywhere at once. ...

Here Frazer Fell

Oct. 7th, 1777

His forces scattered

by Morgan’s riflemen.

Gift of J.W.Drexel

Marker is on Park Tour Road, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old U.S. Customs House & Post Office

Built of Petersburg granite and constructed between 1856 and 1860, the U.S. Customs House and Post Office was designed by Ammi B. Young, architect of the U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington D.C. The decision to add the third story ...

Fort Jay

This important example of military architecture is a dramatic reminder of the early defenses erected in New York Harbor to protect the City from invasion by sea. Like so many other early fortifications in this country, its star-shaped plan ...

Norris Family

It took 6 months for Leo and Mary Jane Norris to come to California by covered wagon. In 1852 Leo purchased 10,000 acres from Don Jose Maria Amador for $20,000 and one white horse. Their lands include most of present ...

Wallingford

Wallingford

This territory was purchased by the New Haven Colony in 1638 from Montowese, son of an Indian sachem. It was named after Wallingford, England, and was settled in 1670 by planters from New Haven and Stratford. Its boundaries originally encompassed ...

First New Jersey Cavalry

(Front or North Face):Maj. Myron H. Beaumont.

1st Brigade,

2d Cavalry Division

———

July 3, 1863.

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Erected by the

State of New Jersey

1888

(Left or West Face):Organized in

September 1861,

and served

to the end of

the war.

Participated in

97 engagements

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Losses

Killed in action 79.

Died of wounds Etc.

170, Died, prisoners

of war, 34. Missing,

supposed ...