Van Horne’s Grist Mill
Approximately 100 yards to the west once stood
Van Horne’s Grist Mill
as located on
Robert Erskine’s Map
and mentioned in
Thomas Paine’s “Crisis” paper.
One detachment of the Patriot Garrison retreating from Fort Lee, left the main body and passed the grist mill on a direct route to Hackensack Nov. 20, 1776.
Marker is at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Lakeview Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Grand Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
