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Frenchtown in Hunterdon County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Lower Argillite Alley

 
 
Lower Agrillite Alley Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Alan Edelson, August 18, 2011
1. Lower Agrillite Alley Marker
Inscription. Lenape tribes used this abundant Hunterdon mineral for spearpoints and tools. One of their trade routes followed the River Road (now Rte. 29) southwards toward Sanhican (Trenton).
 
Erected 2011 by Hunterdon County Cultural And Heritage Commission.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Native Americans. In addition, it is included in the New Jersey, Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission series list.
 
Location. 40° 31.167′ N, 75° 3.711′ W. Marker is in Frenchtown, New Jersey, in Hunterdon County. Marker is on Trenton Ave. (New Jersey Route 29) just south of S. Washington St., on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Frenchtown NJ 08825, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Frenchtown Railroad (approx. half a mile away); Gem Building (approx. half a mile away); Frenchtown (approx. half a mile away); Frenchtown Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Delaware Canal (approx. 0.7 miles away in Pennsylvania); Frenchtown Veterans Monument (approx. ¾ mile away); Frenchtown World War 1 Monument
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(approx. 0.9 miles away); John J. Stover House (approx. one mile away in Pennsylvania). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Frenchtown.
 
Lower Agrillite Alley Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Alan Edelson, August 18, 2011
2. Lower Agrillite Alley Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 6, 2018. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2011, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey. This page has been viewed 749 times since then and 25 times this year. Last updated on March 4, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 18, 2011, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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