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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4MK_the-lay-of-the-land_Morristown-NJ.html
The Watchung Mountains belong to a chain of ridges running from New Brunswick to West Point. They shielded the army from the British in New York City and helped protect the roads from Philadelphia to New England by way of West Point.
Located in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LZ_the-upper-redoubt_Morristown-NJ.html
No records exist from historical times to tell us exactly what the fortifications here looked like. Archaeological evidence reveals the location of walls and ditches. The stones you see mark the inside of the walls and form an outline of the redou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LY_morristown_Morristown-NJ.html
Morristown was a village of about 70 buildings in 1777.
General George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, brought his tired troops to Morristown for rest and reorganization in January 1777. They had just completed successfu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LV_fort-nonsense_Morristown-NJ.html
To protect his army and supplies from a British attack, General George Washington ordered the construction of a small fortification on the hill overlooking Morristown during the Spring of 1777. This became known as the "upper redoubt" and included…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J5_this-morristown-green_Morristown-NJ.html
This Morristown Green was given by the trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown to the trustees of the Morristown Green in 1816 to be held in trust.
"For the use and enjoyment of the public and to remain as a common forever."
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/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/HM3GP_arnold-tavern_Morristown-NJ.html
Site of Col. Jacob Arnold's Tavern. It was used as Washington's Headquarters January - May, 1777. Troops were in Lowantica Valley.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3GO_the-green-1715_Morristown-NJ.html
Site of Morris County's two earliest court houses. The Green, purchased in 1816 from the Presbyterian Church, owned and continuously administered by the trustees of the Morristown Green.