Hunterdon

19 historical markers in New Jersey

Amwell Church

Site of the first Presbyterian Church built in 1738.

Coryell's Ferry - Lambertville -

Lambertville from north between NJP, NJ

While quartered at Keith's House in Pennsylvania, in December, 1776, General Washington crossed to the Jersey side, and from Goat Hill...

Flemington Raid

Flemington from Ringoes, NJ

Dec., 1776, Captain John Schenck and his men attacked a raiding British party, under Captain [sp.

Frenchtown

Frenchtown, NJ

Town takes its name from the many French families that followed Paul Henri Mallet-Prevost, a Swiss refugee from the French Revolution who...

Kingwood Tavern

A log tavern on this site ca.

Lambertville

1726, Coates' Ferry; 1733, Coryell's Ferry.

Landis House

Built 1750 by Henry Landis. Lafayette stayed here while a patient of Dr.

Law Office

Flemington, NJ

Samuel Southard, U.S. Senator, N.J. Governor, & Sec.

Lebanon

Settled by Germans from the Palatinate in 1707.

Lebanon

Originally named “Jacksonville” after Andrew Jackson.

Marshall House

Lambertville, NJ

From about 1817 to 1834, home of James Wilson Marshall, who discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in California in 1848.

Mount Airy

Village Grew Up Around Holcombe’s Storehouse. Built In 1743.

Musconetcong

Indian name adopted for mountain and stream.

Old York Road - 1764

Route of the Swift Sure Stage Coach Line from New York to Philadelphia.

Old York Road - 1764

One mile west lies Centerville, halfway, overnight stopping point of travellers on the route of the Swift Sure Stage Coach Line.

Ringo's Tavern

Ringoes, NJ

Site of Tavern owned by Ringo Family, 1738-1779.

Solitude

Patriots imprisoned loyalist Pennsylvania Governor John Penn and Crown Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Chew here during the Revolutionary...

Union Forge

A group of forges here, known as Union Forge, cast cannon balls for Washington's army and sent them in wagons to Trenton, Brunswick, and...

Vigilant Society

The Alexandria Vigilant Society, 1818-1927, one of oldest in the state, pursued horse thieves and insured its members against loss.

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