Artifacts recovered from prehistoric archaelogical sites, especially stone tools and ceramic pots, contain vital information about the living habits and age of Native American cultures. If the soil conditions allow, other materials – such as . . . — — Map (db m166119) HM
The lifestyle of the Lenape changed forever upon contact with Europeans. One source of change was the European appetite for furs in making robes, coats, hats and gloves. Dutch, Swedish and English explorers and traders exchanged items of metal, . . . — — Map (db m166120) HM
On South Broad Street (U.S. 206) at Ferry Street, on the right when traveling south on South Broad Street.
A Bicentennial commemorative site recognizing America’s 200th year of liberty
Old Eagle Tavern
During the 19th century this tavern served travelers, soldiers, and Trentonians as a social and political center. — — Map (db m4061) HM
In the 1670s and 1680s, most of the proprietors of the Province of West Jersey were Quakers. Quakers were attracted to the new colony by the promise of economic prosperity and religious freedom as well as the opportunity to raise families in a . . . — — Map (db m166122) HM
Civil rights, the rights to freedom from discrimination that every citizen and inhabitant enjoys by law, have evolved gradually over the years in the United States. For African-Americans, civil rights have been hard-won and are still an issue. . . . — — Map (db m166124) HM
Riverview Cemetery, today a wedge of green between two major highways, is an oasis in the concrete and asphalt of the city where Trenton’s history is written silently in gravestones. Here in 1685, John Lambert conveyed two acres to the . . . — — Map (db m166125) HM
One of the iron and steel products for which Trenton became best known was wire rope. Originally developed as a stronger and more durable alternative to hemp, wire rope was first successfully produced in America in the early 1840s by John A. . . . — — Map (db m166126) HM
In the colonial and early Federal periods, Lamberton was an important node in the regional trade network and a limited participant in overseas trade. Positioned at the head of navigation this small port developed as a key point of collection and . . . — — Map (db m166127) HM
From the onset of European settlement in North America slavery was a recognized institution and integral to the colonial economy. Although Quakers discouraged the practice, settlers of other religious faiths living in the Delaware Valley . . . — — Map (db m166128) HM
On Lamberton Street at Lalor Street, on the left when traveling north on Lamberton Street.
Gifted to the City of Trenton and the Mercer County Parks Commission
by the New Jersey Department of Transportation
and the successful efforts of the Route 29 Community Partnering Team.
Designer: Vollmer Associates, LLP
Contractor: PKF-Mark . . . — — Map (db m4451) HM
By December of 1776, the Continental Army had withdrawn in disarray from New York, across Central New Jersey and the Delaware River into Pennsylvania. The British were in complacent pursuit, confident that it was only a matter of weeks or months . . . — — Map (db m166129) HM
On Second Street just north of Cass Street when traveling north.
Labour, Silence, Penitence
The Penitentiary House
Erected by Legislative Authority
Richard Howell, Governor
In the XXII Year of Amern Independence
MDCCXCVII
That those who are feared for their crimes
May learn to fear . . . — — Map (db m4523) HM
Between 1674 and 1702, the province of West New Jersey was owned and governed by a group of men collectively known as the West Jersey Proprietors. The first proprietors were two Quakers, Edward Byllynge and John Fenwick, who acquired rights to half . . . — — Map (db m166132) HM
Just as the river has for centuries flowed across the falls of the Delaware, so have waves of people streamed into the Trenton area to settle, raise families and make a living. Still more people have passed through this hub in the landscape – . . . — — Map (db m166133) HM
An important part of Trenton’s manufacturing history once operated near this site. Incorporated by Peter Cooper, Abram Hewitt, Edward Cooper and James Hall in 1847, the Trenton Iron Works was renowned for the quality of the goods it produced. . . . — — Map (db m3922) HM
Europeans and Africans moving into the Middle Delaware valley in the late 17th and 18th centuries professed and practiced a variety of religious faiths. In the case of the incoming European settlers, most held to some form of Protestant Christian . . . — — Map (db m239791) HM
On Lamberton Street north of New Jersey Route 29, on the left when traveling north.
Warming climate and rising sea levels result in the migration of large game away from the Delaware Valley, altering the way of life for native peoples. — — Map (db m211629) HM
The Trenton Water Power
The Trenton Water Power was a seven-mile canal built in the early 1830s along the left bank of the Delaware River to spur industrial development along the waterfront in Trenton. The canal drew water from the Delaware . . . — — Map (db m166138) HM
In the 17th and early 18th centuries, while struggling to maintain their lifestyle of hunting, fishing and gathering, the Lenape released their lands to incoming Europeans through sales and treaties. The Europeans unwittingly brought with them . . . — — Map (db m233032) HM
The Sanhickans were a band of the Algonquian-speaking Lenape that occupied the Middle Delaware valley at the time of European contact in the 17th century. The Lenape territory ranged from the Atlantic coastline inland up into the Delaware, . . . — — Map (db m166140) HM
By the end of the 17th century William Trent, a native of Inverness Scotland, had established himself as a prominent Philadelphia merchant trading in flour, tobacco, rum and molasses, slaves and indentured servants. His shipping interests extended . . . — — Map (db m166141) HM
We, the members of Vietnam Veterans United, Inc. dedicate this memorial to our fallen brothers who did not come home, from the Vietnam War. They have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and government. We will never forget them, for they . . . — — Map (db m61645) WM
On the evening of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre presented a dramatization of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds as adapted by Howard Koch. This was to become a landmark in broadcast history, provoking continuing . . . — — Map (db m63539) HM
On New Jersey Route 33 at Voelbel Road on State Route 33.
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 . . . — — Map (db m166096) HM
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