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New Jersey (Mercer County), Ewing Township — An Historic Crossroad
		Near this site, in the early morning hours of December 26, 1776, General George Washington divided his Continental Army of 2,400 men for a two-pronged, surprise attack on the Hessian garrison in Trenton. One column under the command of General Nathanael Greene, approached the city from the northwest by way of Pennington Road. The other column, led by General John Sullivan, marched down the Old River Road (Grand Avenue – Sullivan Way) and entered Trenton from the southwest. This brilliant . . . — Map (db m9877)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Ewing Township — Church Cemetery — at Ewing Presbyterian Church
		Thirty-five veterans of the Revolution lie buried here in this 1708 cemetery of the Ewing Presbyterian Church. — Map (db m9881)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Hamilton Township — 3 of 12 — Route of Washington’s March
		Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777 — Map (db m4251)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Hamilton Township — 4 of 12 — Route of Washington’s March
		Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777 — Map (db m4252)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Hamilton Township — 5 of 12 — Route of Washington’s March
		Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777 (Adjacent Marker, below original on obelisk): In Memory of all the deceased members of Hamilton Township Post 3525 Veterans of Foreign Wars — Map (db m4253)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Hamilton Township — 6 of 12 — Route of Washington’s March
		Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777 — Map (db m4256)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Hamilton Township — 7 of 12 — Route of Washington’s March
		Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777 — Map (db m4258)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Hamilton Township — 8 of 12 — Route of Washington’s March
		Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777 — Map (db m4260)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Hightstown — East Windsor Township Civil War Monument
		To the memory of the heroic volunteers of East Windsor Township who gave their lives as a sacrifice for their country and humanity in the suppression of the Great Rebellion of 1861-65. — Map (db m5431)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Hightstown — Hightstown
		Named for John and Mary Hight, who purchased 3,000 acres here in 1721. Their log house and mill once stood in this area. — Map (db m13170)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Hopewell Township — Mercer Airport
		Dedicated to the memory of General High Mercer a distinguished officer in the Continental Army who died from wounds received in the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777. From him, Mercer County, created in 1838, received its name. Dedicatory ceremonies held October 26, 1929, being the 250th Anniversary of the settlement of Trenton. — Map (db m10623)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Lawrence Township — First Town Hall — 1931 – 1944
		Joseph Scudder House c. 1779 — Map (db m9919)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Lawrence Township — John Moore’s Tavern — 1804 – 1817
		— Map (db m9920)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Lawrence Township — Lawrence House, 1840
		Home of the wheelwright and site of the wheelwright shop. Harvey Brearley’s store 1837 — Map (db m9918)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Lawrence Township — Maidenhead Church
		Organized during 1698, this Presbyterian congregation was among the earliest in America. Part of this church was built in 1764. — Map (db m9885)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Lawrence Township — Revolutionary War Site - Shabakunk Creek
		Under the command of Colonel Edward Hand a successful delaying action, fought at the Shabakunk Creek, prevented British forces fron reaching Trenton before nightfall where the Second Battle of Trenton took place at the Assunpink Creek January 2, 1777. — Map (db m9888)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Lawrence Township — 9 of 12 — Route of Washington’s March
		Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777 — Map (db m4262)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Lawrenceville — Revolutionary War Site
		Five Mile Run, location of skirmish January 1, 1777. Position of American advance party January 2, 1777. — Map (db m7268)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Mount Rose — The Historic Village of Mount Rose
		Originally known as Stout's Corner, Mount Rose emerged as a village in the 1820s. By 1880 it boasted a school, post office, sawmill and several shops. It was perhaps best known as a center of applejack whiskey production. Two distilleries operated here into the early part of the 20th century. The office building of the former Mount Rose Distillery still remains and was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. — Map (db m18264)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — Campsite of The Army of Louis XVI, King of France
		Commanded by General de Rochambeau during their march to victory at Yorktown August 31, 1781 — Map (db m5382)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — Colonel John Haslet
		A Patriot of considerable distinction, Colonel John Haslet was the Commander of Delaware's first Continental Regiment. A native of County Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America in 1757. Haslet was a graduate of the University of Glasgow, and and ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church. He was commissioned as a Captain in the Pennsylvania Militia in 1758, and was a participant in the expedition against Fort Duquesne. He later settled in Delaware and began the practice of medicine. . . . — Map (db m5380)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — French Markets
		The Garden Club of Princeton a founding member of the Garden Club of America established the French Markets during World War I for French War Relief and later for The Club’s Civic Projects These markets have been held in the Spring and Autumn for more than eight decades The Garden Club proudly dedicates the restoration of this Park to the Princeton Community which faithfully supported the French Markets since their inception — Map (db m10620)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — Marines in the Revolution
		Dedicated to the Continental Marines Who Fought with General Washington's Troops During the Battle of Princeton January 3, 1777 — Map (db m5430)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — New Jersey Patriots
		In memory of those New Jersey Patriots who served on land and sea during the American Revolution, 1775 - 1783 And to Captain Daniel Neil who gave his life in the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777 while commanding the East Jersey Artillery under Brigadier General Hugh Mercer — Map (db m5383)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — Princeton Battle Monument
		Here memory lingers to recall the guiding mind whose daring plan outflanked the foe and turned dismay to hope when Washington, with swift resolve, marched through the night to fight at dawn and venture all in one victorious battle for our freedom. SAECVLA PRAETEREVNT RAPIMVR NOS VLTRO MORANTES ADSIS TV PATRIAE SAECVLA QVI DIRIGIS (translation: The ages pass away. We too, yet lingering, are hurried on. Oh Thou who guidest the ages, guard our land!) A nearby sign (see picture . . . — Map (db m5379)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — Princeton War Memorial
		Hold dear our sons and daughters who gave their lives in the World War for Freedom 1914 — 1918 — Map (db m5399)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — The Colonial Revival Garden
		Helen Hamilton Shields married Richard the Signer’s great-great-grandson Bayard Stockton in 1894. Intensely proud of the Stockton family’s history, she wished to “restore” the house and gardens to what she perceived as their former glory. Although the property was much reduced in size, she determined to reproduce what she thought Annis and Richard’s garden had been. Helen claimed to have uncovered a number of plants from that garden, although none could have survived two . . . — Map (db m10478)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — The Front Garden
		By the time the Commodore began to improve Morven in the 1850s, a picturesque, curvilinear landscape style was the mode. There was an attempt to make plantings appear “natural” and a varied terrain rather than a flat surface was preferred. The Commodore’s landscaping therefore featured a front lawn with irregularly placed trees and a small hillock in front of the house. The flowers and scrubs that are planted here now are known from 19th century descriptions and photographs. . . . — Map (db m10481)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — The Horse Chestnut Walk
		A path following the original alignment of the road and continuing the line of Nassau Street remained an entrance to Morven until the property was subdivided in 1891. For pedestrians it was the most direct route from downtown Princeton. Originally, it probably was lined by cherry trees, in which Annis Stockton hung lanterns to mark the way for guests at her Fourth of July party in 1783. At the end of the 18th century, her son, the Duke, replaced the cherries with horse chestnut trees. Two . . . — Map (db m10484)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — The House Front
		Richard Stockton, the son of the Signer, known as the Duke, made many changes around 1790 to 1800. He rebuilt the central section of the house and covered the building’s brickwork with a white lime wash. In the 18th and early 19th century, there were no foundation plantings. The present plantings and trees in front of the house, as well as the small hillock, represent the landscape created by his son, the Commodore, in the mid-19th century. Archaeology has shown that in the 18th century . . . — Map (db m10485)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — The King’s Highway
		Originally, the road ran directly in front of the house, on a line that formed a continuation of the present-day Nassau Street. It more or less followed the route of a Native American trail between the Raritan and Delaware Rivers. In colonial times it became a King’s Highway, and from the mid-18th century until the Delaware and Raritan Canal opened in the 1830s, it was the main stage couch route between New York and Philadelphia. It also marked the county line between Somerset and Middlesex . . . — Map (db m10486)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — The Princeton Bell — (One of the very few relics left of the famous war vessel)
		This bell was especially cast for the U.S.S. Princeton, which was commanded by our late fellow-townsman, the illustrious Captain Robert F. Stockton, under whose patronage “The Princeton” was built. On February 28th, 1844, she was taken for a pleasure trip down the Potomac River, having on board President Tyler and his cabinet and other distinguished guests, invited by Captain Stockton to witness the performance of the vessel and her machinery. One of the guns, called “The . . . — Map (db m10621)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — The Wash House
		The lower right-hand of this building is an ice house, which probably dates to the 18th century. Ice was harvested from the pond on the Morven property. In the mid-19th century, Commodore Robert F. Stockton enlarged the structure for use as a wash house or laundry, and a dormitory for servants. Helen Hamilton Shields Stockton, who lived at Morven from 1891 to 1928, referred to it as the “slave quarters,” in an attempt to equate Morven with a southern plantation. The Stocktons . . . — Map (db m10487)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton — The West Wing
		The wing housing the kitchen and service quarters is the oldest part of the house, built by Richard Stockton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his wife, Annis, in the mid-18th century. It was raised in height in the mid-19th century. The porch at its rear would have been used as a work place in good weather, as would the service yard. While one or two servants may have slept in the upper story, it probably also housed children of the large Stockton families. In the 18th and . . . — Map (db m10488)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton Township — Burial Site of those who fell in the Battle of Princeton
		Near here lie buried the American and British officers and soldiers who fell in the Battle of Princeton January 3rd, 1777 Here freedom stood by slaughtered friend and foe, and ere the wrath paled or that sunset died, looked through the ages; then, with eyes aglow, laid them to wait that future, side by side. Alfred Noyes 1880 – 1958 — Map (db m10616)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton Township — Colonnade and Gravesite
		This colonnade was originally part of Mathew Newkirk’s home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Later called St. George’s Hall. The house was designed by Thomas U. Walter, who later designed the dome on the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D. C. In 1900, the colonnade was transported to Princeton, and became the entrance of the Mercer Manor, which formerly stood on the east side of the Battlefield. Upon the Manor’s demolition in 1957, the Institute for Advanced Study donated the colonnade to the . . . — Map (db m10153)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton Township — From Trenton to Princeton
		Following the Christmas night crossing of the Delaware River and the First Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776, George Washington’s army re-crossed the river back into Pennsylvania. The British and German troops reacted to their defeat at Trenton by abandoning posts at Mount Holly and Burlington and moving to Princeton. Taking advantage of the British confusion, Washington moved his whole force back to Trenton over the next week, assembling nearly 6,000 soldiers by January 2, 1777. With . . . — Map (db m10178)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton Township — General Hugh Mercer
		To the memory of General Hugh Mercer, the revered martyr of American Independence. Born in Scotland about 1720. Educated as a physician. Emigrated to America 1747. Was appointed by Congress June 5, 1776, a brigadier general in the American Army. Was mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton January 3, 1777, and died in the house now standing near this spot January 12, 1777. This tablet was erected by Mercer Engine Company No 3 of Princeton, N.J., October 1, 1897, at its semi-centennial celebration. — Map (db m10081)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton Township — Historic Portico Preservation and Rebuilding
		The preservation and rebuilding here of this historic portico were due to the leadership of the architects of New Jersey in commemoration of the centennial year of the American Institute of Architecture in 1937. Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-88) was its architect. He was one of the founders of the American Institute of Architects and became its second president. His best known work is the dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This portico was created in 1836 for the . . . — Map (db m10619)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton Township — 10 of 12 — Route of Washington’s March
		Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777 — Map (db m4263)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton Township — 11 of 12 — Route of Washington’s March
		Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777 — Map (db m4264)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton Township — 12 of 12 — Route of Washington’s March
		Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777 — Map (db m4265)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton Township — Site of Moulder’s Battery
		At the height of the January 3, 1777 Battle of Princeton, British forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood, attacked aggressively, forcing the American brigades to fall back. The Americans rallied around a small artillery battery, lead by Captain Joseph Moulder. Moulder’s Battery consisted of “two guns handled by some twenty boys recruited from Philadelphia’s dock area,” supported by the Delaware Militia company of Captain Thomas Rodney. With great skill and . . . — Map (db m10168)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton Township — The British Occupation of New Jersey
		With New York City in British hands, Forts Washington and Lee on the Hudson River (North River) fell to British attack November 16 & 19, 1776, respectively. General George Washington moved his army south through New Jersey, crossing the Delaware River into Pennsylvania. The British Army and German auxiliaries followed, reaching Princeton on December 7th and Trenton on December 8th. With the American Army temporarily out of reach, British and German troops fortified and garrisoned towns . . . — Map (db m10156)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton Township — The Mercer Oak
		The Mercer Oak was named for Brigadier General Hugh Mercer, who fought and was mortally wounded in the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777. The white oak is believed to have been here at the time of the American Revolution. A legend says that Mercer was bayoneted and was laid beneath this tree, refusing to leave the battle until victory was secured. He was actually wounded just uphill, behind enemy lines. Later recovered by his aids, Mercer was carried to the Thomas Clarke House, where he . . . — Map (db m10155)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton Township — This is Hallowed Ground
		Across these fields in the early light of the third of January 1777, Washington’s Continentals defeated British Regulars for the first time in the long struggle for American Independence. In the memorial grove beyond you, those who fell in the Battle of Princeton, both American and British, lie buried. The historic portico in which you stand was re-erected her to mark the entrance to the tomb of these unknown soldiers of the Revolution. Funds for the rebuilding of this portico were . . . — Map (db m10618)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Princeton Township — Thomas Clarke House
		In 1772, Thomas Clarke, a Quaker farmer purchased 200 acres of land from his brother William. The land, then part of West Windsor, had been in the Clarke family since 1696. Thomas replaced an existing structure with the main house that stands today. He lived here with at least two of his sisters, Hannah and Sarah, until his death in 1802. Sarah inherited and remained in the house until her death in 1840. Her nephew, John H. Clarke, enlarged the east wing which included a new kitchen. The house . . . — Map (db m10173)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Robbinsville Township — U.S. Army Parachute Test Platoon
		This plaque is to honor New Jersey's paratroopers and to commemorate the U.S. Army Parachute Test Platoon which trained here during the summer of 1940. This training was the beginning of the elite military paratrooper units, including the 82nd Airborne Division, who have served our country proudly in war and in peace. — Map (db m21981)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Stoutsburg — Province Line Road
		In 1664, the Duke of York sold New Jersey, or "Nova Caesaria" to Lord Berkley and Sir George Carteret. East Jersey: Carteret's Trustees sold a "Half" in 1682 to twelve associates, thereafter proprietors of East Jersey. West Jersey: Berkley sold a "Half" in 1673 to associates of the Society of Friends, thereafter proprietors of West Jersey. Location of a line between the "Halves" persisted in convention. Although not final, the Keith Line of 1687 permanently influenced the . . . — Map (db m16862)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville — 200th Birthday of George Washington — 1732 - 1932
		In commemoration of the two hundredth birthday of George Washington These eagles and this tablet were placed here by the New Jersey Society of the Colonial Dames of America — Map (db m7275)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville — An Historic Site
		During Colonial times this was the landing for the ferry to Pennsylvania. The building that was then located here served as a home for the ferryman and a Tavern for those who waited to cross the river. Washington and his Continental Army crossed here to attack Trenton on Christmas night in 1776. A covered bridge was built in 1834 ending the need for a ferry. This year also saw the Delaware and Raritan Canal completed during the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. The present building was . . . — Map (db m24669)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville — Bicentennial of General George Washington's Birthday
		To commemorate the Bicentennial of the birthday of General George Washington at this spot hallowed by his stroke of military genius in the crossing of the Delaware on Christmas night – 1776 and to remind us that the triumphs of the Revolution were made possible only by his training and experience gained in the Colonial Wars — Map (db m7276)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville — Crossing of the Delaware
		This tablet is erected by the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey to commemorate the Crossing of the Delaware by General Washington and the Continental army on Christmas night of seventeen hundred and seventy six. — Map (db m7247)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville — Ferry Site
		At this site before 1748, a ferry was first owned and operated by Garrett Johnson. It was used to transport the artillery from Pennsylvania to New Jersey the night Washington crossed the Delaware, December 25, 1776. At that time, it was operated by James Slack. This ferry is a full scale authentic reproduction of the type seen on the Delaware River in the 18th century. — Map (db m7327)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville — Retreat and Counterattack – 1776
		General George Washington, after losing New York to the British, led his rebel army in retreat through New Jersey and on Sunday, December 8, 1776 crossed the Delaware River into Pennsylvania. He commandeered every available boat along the river so that Lord Cornwallis’s army would be unable to pursue him to attack Philadelphia and capture the Continental Congress. Directly across from this point, near the Pennsylvania shore, is the island behind which Washington hid the Durham and ferry boats . . . — Map (db m7326)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville — The Christmas Night Crossing — December 25-26, 1776 — Washington Crossing State Park
		“I am determined, as the night is favorable, to cross the River, & make the attack upon Trenton in the Morning.” General George Washington After a series of defeats in New York in 1776, General George Washington’s Continental Army retreated across New Jersey and, on December 8th, escaped across Delaware River into Pennsylvania. The British, unable to find boats, could not pursue Washington further so went into winter quarters; leaving a chain of outposts throughout New . . . — Map (db m7274)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville — The Site of Washington’s Crossing
		General George Washington and 2400 Continental soldiers crossed the icy Delaware River from Pennsylvania and landed at this spot on Christmas night 1776 on their way to attack the British mercenary force of Hessian soldiers at Trenton. The last of the rebel soldiers, horses, and 18 cannon landed from the Durham and ferry boats in the pre-dawn hours of December 26 and assembled in a snowcovered field next to the nearby Ferry House. They made a surprise attack on Trenton at dawn, killing or . . . — Map (db m7329)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville — Washington Crossed the Delaware
		Near this spot Washington and his army crossed the Delaware on the night of December 25, 1776 Erected by New Jersey State Society Daughters of the American Revolution Washington Crossing Park, New Jersey — Map (db m7246)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville — Washington Crossing
		Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1961 — Map (db m7264)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville (Hopewell Township) — Continental Lane
		Road over which Washington’s army began its march to Trenton December 26, 1776. — Map (db m10378)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville (Hopewell Township) — Johnson Ferry House
		This farmhouse is the only existing structure within the park that witnessed the Crossing of the Continental troops on December 25-26, 1776. It was built around 1740 by Rutger Jansen, a Dutchman from Flatbush, Long Island, on a tract of 490 acres that he purchased along the Delaware River. His son, Garret, inherited the house and property and, with his wife Judith and their 12 children, established a thriving plantation and ferry business. The dutch name Jansen was Americanized to Johnson. By . . . — Map (db m10374)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville (Hopewell Township) — Prelude to Victory
		You might well imagine that General George Washington stood where you are now stand as he patiently watched his force of 2400 troops march up from the boats on the river over the road in the immediate foreground. Through his officers he would direct the assembly and assignments of the units of Gen. Greene’s and Gen. Sullivan’s divisions on Colonial Lane, on your left, and the assembly field beyond the road to ferry landing. During the landing Washington would frequently return to the . . . — Map (db m10375)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville (Hopewell Township) — Site of Crossing
		[Marker Front]: View of the Delaware River at the site where Washington crossed from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, Christmas Night, 1776, with 2400 men, artillery and supplies. The troops marched nine miles to attack the Hessians stationed at Trenton. The “Battle of Trenton”, December 26, 1776, resulted in a major victory for Washington’s army. [Marker Reverse]: Units of Washington’s Army that crossed the Delaware River December 25, 1776 Washington’s . . . — Map (db m10379)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Titusville (Hopewell Township) — The March to Trenton — December 26, 1776 — Washington Crossing State Park
		“The troops marched with the most profound silence and good order. They arrived by two routes at the same time, about half an hour after daylight, within one mile of the town. The storm continued with great violence …” Colonel Henry Knox, Continental Artillery December 26, 1776, 4 a.m. – After completing the Christmas night crossing of the Delaware River, George Washington’s Continental Army, in desperate need of a victory, began an arduous nine-mile march to . . . — Map (db m10450)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — “… a Town laid out called Lamberton …” [1773]
		Historically, Lamberton was the loose-knit fishing village and port that extended along the left bank of the Delaware River from Ferry Street to Riverview Cemetery. The heart of the community lay between Landing and Lalor Streets, exactly where the park atop the tunnel is located today. The settlement was named for the family of Thomas Lambert, who established the first plantation here around 1680. The location of Lambert’s house is uncertain, but it probably lay close to . . . — Map (db m4389)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — “The Whole Art, Secret and Mystery of Manufacturing Sturgeon”
		For several thousand years the waters of the Delaware River supplied fish to Native Americans living along the riverbank. Colonial Immigrants and modern Americans followed suit, catching fish for their own local consumption and for sale in domestic and overseas markets. With the relatively small catches in the river today, it is hard to appreciate the volume of fish along the Delaware in the 17th and 18th centuries. At certain times of the year, even far upstream here at Trenton, the waters . . . — Map (db m4394)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — “Trenton Ready for War …….”
		Trenton contributed mightily to the national war effort in World War I and World War II, mobilizing men and women to fight and to sustain those doing the fighting, and stepping up production in those factories providing materials critical to the military. Cemeteries, parks and public places in the city and surrounding area pay abundant testimony to the many who gave their lives during the two world wars, The War Memorial, completed in 1932, celebrates the memory of soldiers and sailors who gave . . . — Map (db m4309)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — 17th Century Trenton Timeline
		(see the individual stones photographed below) — Map (db m4210)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — 18th Century Trenton Timeline
		(see the individual stones photographed below) — Map (db m4242)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — 19th Century Trenton Timeline
		(see the individual stones photographed below) — Map (db m4245)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — 20th Century (and later) Trenton Timeline
		(see the individual stones photographed below) — Map (db m4246)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — A Natural Magnet for Native Americans
		Cast your gaze downstream and try to imagine a landscape unaltered by European settlement and the Industrial Age. It is difficult today to appreciate the abundance of natural resources that once surrounded the mouth of Crosswicks Creek even as recently as 150 years ago. In Roebling Park, along Watson’s Creek, some sense of the richness of this natural habitat can be gained, but this is a pale vestige of what was available to Native Americans in the freshwater tidal wetlands between Trenton and . . . — Map (db m4379)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Abraham Hunt House
		Colonel Rall was entertained on Christmas night 1776 in the house owned by Abraham Hunt which stood on this spot. — Map (db m3657)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Black Soldiers and Patriots
		Dedicated to the memory of the Black soldiers and patriots both free and enslaved who served in the American Revolution 1776 – 1783 — Map (db m4149)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Briar Patch
		1952-1983 “Oldest known black bear to live in captivity” Nothing is lost that leaves a memory — Map (db m4575)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — British Light Dragoons
		This meeting house was occupied by the British Light Dragoons December 1776 — Map (db m3832)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — C. Edward Murray
		-1863- -1943- Quartermaster General of New Jersey and a founder of this memorial Good citizen and good friend whose generosity to every worthy cause made him beloved Dedicated by his friend Walter Evans Edge Governor of the State of New Jersey — Map (db m4018)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Cadwalader Park
		A Bicentennial commemorative site recognizing America’s 200th year of liberty Cadwalader Park Named for General Thomas Cadwalader, Trenton’s Chief Burgess in 1746. Promoted by Edmund C. Hill in 1884. Authorized by City Council in 1888 following a public poll. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted of New York, nationally known park designer. Property acquired piecemeal, finally totaling over 100 acres. Park was completed in 1901. One of America’s outstanding municipal parks. — Map (db m4127)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Canals and Railroads – Arteries to the Heart of Industrial Trenton
		As the United States began to feel the full force of the Industrial Revolution and expand its own manufacturing and commercial base, cities like Trenton that were blessed with an advantageous location were in the forefront of transportation developments. By the 1830s and 1840s, Trenton was fast emerging as an important node in the regional canal and rail system. Both the Delaware and Raritan Canal and the Camden and Amboy Railroad were chartered by the New Jersey legislature on the same day, . . . — Map (db m4298)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Capt. James Olden Paxson
		Born 1835 in Trenton. He was the son of Stacy A. Paxson, a former New Jersey state treasurer. At the outbreak of the Civil War he joined Company D, 48th New York Infantry Volunteers (Die-No-Mores), which was made up of men from Trenton, and was commissioned a first lieutenant on July 24, 1861. His regiment participated in campaigns throughout Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. He was wounded on July 18, 1863, at the storming of Fort Wagner, fighting alongside Negro troops of the 54th . . . — Map (db m4470)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Capt. Joseph A. Yard
		Born March 23, 1802, in Trenton. Captain Yard was involved in the export and manufacture of bristled brushes, which proved to be lucrative, but lost his fortune in 1835 due to the wars in Europe. He later was appointed principal keeper of New Jersey State Prison, occupying what is still the warden’s house, at Cass and Second Streets. He served in the New York State Assembly in 1849 and 850 and as warden of the Albany State Penitentiary. In the Mexican War he was a captain in Company G, 10th . . . — Map (db m9892)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Catherine Verducci Ford
		Mrs. Ford has dedicated more than 40 years of her life to serving the people in her community, especially the youth of Chambersburg, through her involvement in various groups and organizations. No one exemplifies this commitment to the community more than Catherine Verducci Ford. Dedicated April 17, 1994 — Map (db m4200)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Charles Hewitt
		Born Dec. 18, 1824, in New York City. Early in life he was principal and teacher of mathematics at the grammar school of Columbia College. He left Columbia in 1845 to join the Cooper Iron Works in Trenton. Responsible for various inventions that benefited the iron industry, he developed a process of rolling gun barrels which resulted in the manufacture of the Trenton-Springfield rifle. Active in area business he held an interest in the Trenton Iron Works, New Jersey Steel & Iron Co., Trenton . . . — Map (db m4467)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Church of the Sacred Heart
		(To the right of the front door): A Bicentennial commemorative site recognizing America’s 200th year of liberty Church of the Sacred Heart New Jersey’s oldest Catholic parish Successor of St. John’s 1814 (To the left of the front door): Church of the Sacred Heart Dedicated June 30, 1889 And its parish buildings have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m4060)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Cooper & Hewitt ….. Iron & Steel
		Trenton initially developed as a center of iron and steel production as a result of the efforts of Peter Cooper, the well-known inventor, industrialist and philanthropist from New York City. In the mid-1840s, as Cooper began to turn his attention to the large-scale manufacture of wrought and cast iron, he saw Trenton as a key element in an emerging industrial complex that ultimately sprawled across the Middle Atlantic region and beyond. Iron ore mined around Andover in the New Jersey Highlands . . . — Map (db m4295)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Daniel Budd Bodine
		Born April 16, 1814, in Tuckerton, NJ. He operated country general stores throughout Burlington and Monmouth Counties before moving to Trenton. He served as Chancery Court clerk of New Jersey from 1851 to 1856 and served as mayor of Trenton from 1877 to 1879. He was part-owner of several lumber and coal businesses, including Grant & Bodine and Bodine & Bullus (both were on Perry Street near the canal feeder). He helped found the State Street Methodist Church, serving as the . . . — Map (db m9891)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Delaware and Raritan Canal — 1830 – 1935
		The State Street Locks were located here. The canal was 42.9 miles long and there were 14 locks between Bordentown and New Brunswick via Bound Brook. The feeder extended 21.6 miles from Raven Rock. The main stream was 75 feet wide and 8 feet deep. The company, incorporated in 1830, opened the waterway on June 26, 1834. Maximum freight traffic in 1866 was 2,857,244 tons (chiefly coal going to New York Harbor). — Map (db m10075)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Dorothea Dix
		Pioneered to establish this first mental hospital in New Jersey in 1848. She was later Chief Nurse in the Union Army. — Map (db m4129)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Douglass House
		Circa 1766, Home of Alexander Douglass, Quartermaster in Washington’s Army, who fought in the Battle of Assunpink, Jan. 2, 1777. Here on that date General Washington held the Council of War. Washington’s idea was to leave campfires burning on the south bank of the Assunpink allowing his men to move out toward Princeton under the cover of darkness, leaving the enemy on the opposite bank unaware. Many military historians deem this the boldest plot in American military history. The successful . . . — Map (db m3746)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Dr. John Manners
		Born April 8, 1786, in Hunterdon County, N.J. A graduate of the College of New Jersey (Princeton University), he studied at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department (1812) under Dr. Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Later he studied law, with an eye toward politics. Upon passing the bar, he argued cases in New Jersey courts before the Supreme Court of the United States. He was elected to the State Senate in 1850 and served as its president in 1852. He was . . . — Map (db m4468)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Ellarslie
		A Bicentennial commemorative site recognizing America’s 200th year of liberty Ellarslie Fine example of Italianate villa designed by John Notman about 1846 for Henry McCall, Paper Manufacturer, was later home of Ion Perdicaris — Map (db m4068)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Emlen House
		A Bicentennial commemorative site recognizing America’s 200th year of liberty The Emlen House Built 1796 Occupied by the Emlen Family for ninety years “The Old Stone Tea House” in the nineteen-twenties — Map (db m4065)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Europeans at the Falls of the Delaware
		The lands adjoining the Falls of the Delaware River were a natural location for early European settlement, just as they had been a focus of native American occupation. The Falls were little more than a stretch of fast-running shallow water between present-day Trenton and Morrisville, but the rocky river bed could be forded here, causing several colonial regional routes to converge on this spot. The heads of tide and navigation also lay just downstream, leaving the left bank of the river ripe . . . — Map (db m4233)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Ferries across the Delaware
		Two ferries across the Delaware River in the Trenton area date from the late 17th century – the Yardley Ferry and the Trenton or Middle Ferry. Two more – the Upper and Lower Ferries – were added later in the 18th century. The Yardley Ferry, four miles above the falls, was established in 1683 and formalized through an act of the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1722. It operated into the mid-1830s. The Trenton or Middle Ferry, which may have been in place as early as 1675, crossed the . . . — Map (db m4385)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Firemen’s Memorial
		Dedicated to the Fire Department of the City of Trenton Volunteer Department Organized February 7, 1747 Paid Department Established April 4, 1892 Re-dedicated 1961 (Second Plaque): Memorial to the members of the Trenton Paid Fire Department who sacrificed their lives in the “line of duty” Charles Wood · August 6, 1896 Charles Tindall · July 19, 1899 John Henry · August 14, 1899 Lt. Charles Howell · May 12, 1906 John McGowan · November 19, . . . — Map (db m3983)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — First High School
		Trenton’s First Public School, built here in 1874, had room for 304 students. When city growth prompted the 1902 building of a new high school at Hamilton Avenue and Chestnut Street, this became the William McKinley Elementary School. — Map (db m3572)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — First Presbyterian Churchyard
		This tablet is dedicated to the memory of those men who served in the American Revolution 1775 – 1783 and who were buried in the First Presbyterian Churchyard Trenton, N.J. James Francis Armstrong • John Beatty • Nicholas de Belleville • Alexander Chambers • David R. Chambers • Robert Chambers • David Cowell • Ebenezer Cowell • John Cowell • James Ewing • Moore Furman • Smith Hill • Ellett Howell • Abraham Hunt • John Rosbruch • William Roscoe • . . . — Map (db m4005)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — First Professional Basketball Game
		On this site in 1896, was played the first professional basketball game. Fred Cooper, captain of the Trentons, had arranged for the rental of Masonic Temple Hall, after rent was paid, he distributed the remaining money among the players with each receiving $15.00 and Cooper, as captain, an extra dollar. The Trentons were also the first champions of the first professional basketball league, the National Basketball League, winning the championship in the first season, . . . — Map (db m3658)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — First Synagogue
		Trenton’s first Jewish organization, Mount Sinai Cemetery Association, formed November 19, 1857, later known as Har Sinai Hebrew Congregation, began regular synagogue services at this site in 1860. — Map (db m3654)
New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — Fitch’s Shop
		Nearby, Lt. John Fitch, official State Armourer, operated a gunshop during the Revolution. It was damaged by the Hessians in 1776. On the Delaware, in 1790, he operated the first commercial steamboat that ran on a regular, advertised schedule. — Map (db m3777)

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