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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J3_fort-nonsense_Morristown-NJ.html
This stone marks the site ofFort Nonsensean earthwork built by theContinental Army in thewinter of 1779-80
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J2_congaree-river-bridges_Columbia-SC.html
This river took its name from the Congaree Indians, a Siouan tribe which occupied the valley until the Yamassee War in 1715. The first wooden bridge here was completed in 1827. It was burned to delay the advance of Sherman's Army in 1865, rebuilt …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J1_gervais-street-bridge_Columbia-SC.html
The first bridge at Gervais Street was a covered wooden structure built in 1827 by the Columbia Bridge Company. It remained until 1865 when Confederate soldiers burned it and other bridges to delay the advance of Sherman's troops. Rebuilt in 1870,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J0_harnessing-water-power_Columbia-SC.html
Downstream from where the current Gervais StreetBridge now stands, Dr. Frederick W. Green owned and operated a lumberyard, and ran a grist mill to grind flour and corn. A native of New England, Green came South in the 1830s. Water from the canal r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4IZ_the-french-are-coming_Morristown-NJ.html
General George Washington and Colonel Alexander Hamilton are advised at Morristown by the Marquis de Lafayette that the French are coming to support the American cause.
May 10, 1780
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4IY_campfield-house_Morristown-NJ.html
Home of Jabez Campfield, where Alexander Hamilton courted Betsy Schuyler in 1780. Her uncle, Surgeon General of the Continental Army, Dr. John Cochran, quartered here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4IX_hancock-station_Hancock-MD.html
The Cumberland Extension of the Western Maryland Railway reached Hancock by December of 1904. The Hancock Station was a combination passenger and freight station that was constructed in 1904-1905.Passenger service was discontinued in theearly 1950…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4IW_signal-beacon-and-the-old-sow_Summit-NJ.html
1776Here in the time of the American Revolution stood the Signal Beacon and by its side the cannon known as the "Old Sow" which in time of danger and invasion summoned the patriotic "Minute Men" of this vicinity to the defense of the country and t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4IV_battle-of-springfield_Union-NJ.html
At this site during the Battle of Springfield on June 23, 1780, the Americans, consisting of Continental Dragoons and the militia of this and surrounding neighborhoods, under Colonel "Light Horse" Harry Lee, Colonel Matthias Ogden, and Captain Geo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4IU_last-british-thrust-into-new-jersey_Millburn-NJ.html
The last and deepest thrust towards Morristown and Washington's supplies was stopped here by the American militia on June 25, 1780. After a punishing retreat, the British never entered New Jersey again in force.