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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLK2_loyalist-raid-of-1778_Newtown-PA.html
On Feb. 19, 1778, while the British occupied Philadelphia, some 40 armed Loyalists raided the tavern here. The fighting left 5 American soldiers dead, 4 wounded, 11 captured. Tailors here were making uniforms for use at Valley Forge, and 2,000 yar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLJO_stocking-works_Newtown-PA.html
Originally, the Newtown Hosiery Mill (a.k.a. The Stocking Works) operated out of this building at 301 South State Street. In 1884, the Excelsior Bobbin and Spool Works was founded by John B. Mawson in Yardley. In 1889, it was moved to Newtown afte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLIW_friends-meeting_Newtown-PA.html
Newtown Friends Meeting is an active place of worship for approximately 250 area Quakers. Newtown Meeting was co-founded by Quaker minister, sign painter and folk artist Edward Hicks, now highly acclaimed for his renditions of The Peaceable Kingdo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLFH_edward-hicks_Newtown-PA.html
Famed primitive artist. His subjects included farmscapes & Biblical scenes; he painted more than fifty versions of The Peaceable Kingdom, based on a prophecy of Isaiah. Also a coach & sign painter; a Quaker preacher. Lived here on Penn Street, 182…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML0K_columbus-500-celebration_Bristol-PA.html
This monument was erected by the citizens of the 140th legislative district in tribute to Christopher Columbus and those who followed him to America.
CelebrationWe celebrate the 500th anniversary of the 1st voyage of Christopher Columbus, whose…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYI_replica-of-the-spanish-garitas_Bristol-PA.html
This monument is a replica of the Spanish Garitas, or guardhouses, that lined the fortsof San Juan, Puerto Rico, and is dedicated tothe Puerto Rican people who have madetheir homes in Bristol.
In March of 1509 a shipcarrying Juan Ponce de Leon …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYC_harriet-ross-tubman_Bristol-PA.html
Harriet Tubman escaped from slaveryin 1849. She fled to Philadelphia where, as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, shemade 19 sorties into the South, liberatingover 300 slaves. Ms. Tubman also servedas a spy and nurse for the Union Armyduring…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKXN_canal-office_Bristol-PA.html
"A quiet little village at the southern end of the canal suddenly awakened to find itself a teaming river port swarming with canal boats, boatmen, mules, and river and coastal boats of all sorts."C.P. YoderDelaware Canal Journal
Bristol BoomsTh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKX2_the-tidal-lock_Bristol-PA.html
"Coal boats consigned to Philadelphia and adjacent ports were assembled in the river outside the tide lock in rows of up to twenty-one boats, three abreast, to be taken down the river by steamboats. The departure of these tows was scheduled to tak…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKX0_the-basin_Bristol-PA.html
[parts of quote illegible] "T___ ___ seemed to be a solid mass of boats."W.H. ____Mule ____
WaitingThe five acre Bristol Basin provided a place to wait. Located between Lock No. 1 and the Tidal Lock, the Basin stored boats waiting to continue o…