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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1394_lebanon-veterans-memorial_Lebanon-NJ.html
In memory and appreciation of our men and women who served and sacrificed defending America's Freedom.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRAL_mountainview-youth-correctional-facility_Lebanon-NJ.html
In 1913, the State of New Jersey acquired 747 acres to establish a farm colony to treat the mentally ill. During World War I, inmates from the reformatory at Rahway farmed the property to provide emergency food supplies for the war effort. After t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR8I_mountainview-youth-correctional-facility_Lebanon-NJ.html
Established in 1929, the facility promoted the farm school ideas of communal living and outdoor health. Like similar institutions of the era and in keeping with the ideals of juvenile reform, the facility originally had no fences to disrupt the ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKGY_agricultural-first_Lebanon-NJ.html
The nation's first artificially inseminated calf was born near here in 1939 on the Richard Schomp farm. This was a revolution in dairy breeding.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHKX_lebanon-reformed-church-cemetery_Lebanon-NJ.html
The German Rockaway now Lebanon Reformed Dutch Reformed Church was established in the area of Lebanon & Pottersville between 1731 - 1747. The exact date & location unknown.
Three buildings have stood upon this site, the first of which was a log…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEVT_bluebirds-on-the-road-to-recovery_Lebanon-NJ.html
Where did they go?Bluebirds were once common throughout the United States. However, over the last century their population has diminished due to loss of their natural habitat, overuse of pesticides and predators.
Compounding the problem is comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDE0_village-of-bissell_Lebanon-NJ.html
Formerly known as Apgar's Corners, this settlement was renamed in honor of the Asst. Post Master General of the United States, Wilson Bissell.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDDZ_taylors-mill-historic-district_Lebanon-NJ.html
English settler John Taylor established a gristmill c. 1760 approximately 0.7 miles downstream on Taylor's Mill Road. The mill supplied flour to American troops during the Revolutionary War and continued to operate into the early 20th century. Thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAZD_echo-hill_Lebanon-NJ.html
Established as a summer camp in 1936 by Robert and Hermia Lechner. Site developed through federal government's Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) programs.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAXZ_lebanon_Lebanon-NJ.html
Originally named "Jacksonville" after Andrew Jackson.Major stop on Easton-New Brunswick Turnpike from 1806. Town set off from Clinton Township in 1926.