Old Burying Ground

In use for nearly two hundred years, largely by the Blauvelt family, the earliest known burial was in 1722. The cemetery contains the graves of members of other early Bergen County families, veterans of the American Revolution and slaves. Some ...

Pvt. Benjamin B. Levy

22 Feb. 1845 - 20 Jul. 1921

Benjamin B. Levy, a young Jewish volunteer, received the Medal of Honor on 1 Mar. 1865, one of the first Jews so recognized. He entered service in the 1st New York Infantry in New ...

Baylor Massacre Millstone

“This millstone is the only visible marker of the Baylor Massacre in existence today. On September 28, 1778, a detail of Baylor’s Continental Dragoons camping at Haring’s Tannery in River Vale was betrayed into the hands of the British by ...

First Successful Colonial Tobacco Crop

In 1611 John Rolfe became the first Englishman to cultivate tobacco nearby at Varina Farm, on the James River. Rolfe planted seeds bred in Varinas, Spain, and experimented with curing methods to produce a tobacco milder than the native variety. ...

S. Batcheller Home

Built 1820's by Lumber Businessman Sherman Batcheller. Later owned by Lucian Degolia owner of large washboard and woodenware shop in back.

Marker is at the intersection of South Shore Road (County Route 7) and Del Golia Road, on the right when ...

Seven Days Battles

Glendale (Frayser's Farm)

Here stood the center of Longstreet's line of battle in the afternoon of June 30, 1862. The Confederates, coming from the west, attacked the Union line just beyond. The battle lasted all afternoon, with varying fortunes and much ...

Baylor Massacre Park

In memory of American soldiers killed during the Revolutionary War in the “Baylor Massacre” on September 28, 1778. Lt. Col. George Baylor’s 3rd Regiment of Continental Dragoons took quarters for the night on several nearby farms. Tories betrayed their presence ...

Creighton's Brigade

Geary's Division - Slocum's Corps.

Creighton's Brigade

Geary's Division - Slocum's Corps.

Col. William R. Creighton.

Nov. 25, 1863, 6 p.m.

5th Ohio - Col. John H. Patrick.

7th Ohio - Lieut. Col. Orrin J. Crane.

29th Ohio - Col. William T. Fitch.

66th Ohio - Capt. Thomas ...

Sunnyside School, Midway Baptist Church and Midway Cemetery Hist

The community building and spaces in the Sunnyside/Midway Historic District reflect rural Harris County in the 1920’s. Sunnyside School was built by local residents in 1921 to consolidate several one-room schools. It was used as an elementary and high school ...

Mount Olive Baptist Church

This church was founded in 1866 by Rev. James Smalls, its pastor for many years. The congregation, which built its sanctuary here on land owned by the Gospel Harp Society, grew to more than one hundred members by 1903. In ...