Bedminster in Somerset County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Artillery Park

Photographed by Edith Lit, April 12, 2015

1. Artillery Park Marker

Inscription. Site of the 1778 - 1779 Winter encampment during the Revolutionary War of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Continental Artillery, artificers and armourers under the command of General Henry Knox.

Located and confirmed by the Pluckemin Archaeological Project. A "Dig" begun in 1980 and still in progress on the 12 acres of land comprising the cantonment.

Erected 1983 by New Jersey State Society of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1778.

Location. 40° 39.183′ N, 74° 38.35′ W. Marker is in Bedminster, New Jersey, in Somerset County. It is on Stone Run Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bedminster NJ 07921, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s North Jersey, in Greater Princeton, and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the

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Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Washington’s Route from Princeton to Morristown (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Washington’s Route from Princeton to Morristown (approx. 0.4 miles away); Pluckemin School House (approx. half a mile away); The Jacobus Vanderveer House (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named The Jacobus Vanderveer House (approx. one mile away); General Highway Administration 1893-1993 (approx. 1.2 miles away); Purvis James Boatwright Jr. (approx. 1.6 miles away); Moggy Hollow (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bedminster.

Complete View of Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Edith Lit, April 12, 2015

2. Complete View of Marker

View from Stone Run Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Edith Lit, April 12, 2015

3. View from Stone Run Road

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2015, by Somerset County Library Staff of Bridgewater, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,189 times since then and 91 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 14, 2015, by Somerset County Library Staff of Bridgewater, New Jersey. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.