Bridgewater Township Historic Monument

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Early History

The Lenni Lenape Indians settled along the Raritan River, utilizing the river for food and transportation, while cultivating the flood plains by planting corn and a variety of other crops.

Heavy barges hauled goods to the mills along ...

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Historic North River Crossing

After his victory at the Battle of McDowell on May 8, 1862, Gen. Stonewall Jackson made plans to attack another Federal force in the Shenandoah Valley. Earlier he had ordered Col. John D. Imboden to burn ...

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Bridgewater During the War

The town of Bridgewater was a center of Confederate logistical activity during the Civil War. It also sent one company of infantry, the Bridgewater Grays, to the 10th Virginia Infantry Regiment, which fought in most of ...

Bridgewater Mills

In the late 1790's the river flowed swiftly around these islands. The Bridgewater Mills, a water powered saw and grist mill and an iron foundry, where the first bar iron was made in Canada, were located here. The Mills were ...

Bridgewater Veterans Memorial

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Veterans

Memorial

In Memory of the Veterans

I Know Who You Are

I Know Where You Were

I Know What You Did

But I Don’t Know

The Pain You Went Through ...

Bridgewater World War I Monument

Honor Roll

Adams, Ernest J. • Adams, Leon D. • * Adams, Lester W. • Adams, Royal L. • Atwood, Harland • Atwood, Leon A. • Ayer, Melvin C. • Baker, Harold • Becker, Levi • Biathrow, Phillip • Bradley, Clifford ...

Bridgewater College

Founded near this site in 1880, the college is now located 4.3 miles east in the town of Bridgewater. This liberal arts college is affiliated with the Church of the Brethren. It grew out of the Spring Creek Normal School ...

Bridgewater WW II Memorial

Honor Roll World War II

Andrew Antoni • Kenneth Berry • Alfred W. Burch • Jos H. Burch • Everett J. Beardsley • Lewis G. Beardsley • William J. Beardsley • Fenner E. Brownell • Harold Carlson • Peter Dineen • ...

Bridgewater WW I Memorial

Dedicated to those who gave their lives and in honor of those who left their daily tasks among us to serve our country in the World War 1917-1918

In Memoriam

John Sheskey • Joseph C. Wellwood

Honor Roll

William Anderson • Lewis C. Beardsley ...

Bridgewater College

Founded near this site in 1880, the college is now located 4.3 miles east in the town of Bridgewater. This liberal arts college is affiliated with the Church of the Brethren. It grew out of the Spring Creek Normal School ...