Originally known as Eveland's Tavern, the community of Glen Gardner was established in the early to mid 1700's. Early settlement relied heavily upon Spruce Run to power mills and the surrounding mountainside to mine ore. The addition of the Central . . . — — Map (db m16667) HM
Named In 1871 For Chair Factory Family Eveland’s Tavern In 1760, It Was Later Known As Sodom, And In 1820, Clarksville, After A Local Merchant. — — Map (db m17409) HM
Hunt family was major benefactor to Glen Gardner. House owned by Dr. A.A. Hunt in late 1700's. House across street built by his son, Dr. T. E. Hunt, in 1853. — — Map (db m17410) HM
It served as a burial ground from 1844 to 1915. Built by "Stuttering Jake" Swackhammer for the ministry of his uncle, Rev. Lambert Swackhammer, an opponent of slavery and alcohol, its church members over the years were predominantly of the Lutheran . . . — — Map (db m83711) HM
Present building was dedicated in 1871. Three structures preceded it on the site; erected in 1730, 1760, and 1830. Many Continental Army soldiers buried here. — — Map (db m16630) HM
The original 1763 home was here. Commissary-General Charles Stewart feted officers of the Continental Army. House replaced c. 1800 by the imposing stone residence across the road. — — Map (db m71560) HM
In 1759 Phillip and John Grandin acquired 1,000 acres known as the Hamden Tract.
Hamden was home to the Grandin Grist & Fulling-Mills, a Blacksmith Shop, and Abbott's Tavern.
Dr. John Grandin's house was built in 1775 with pitch pine lumber that . . . — — Map (db m132105) HM
This steel recovered from Ground Zero is dedicated to the innocent victims of the attack on our country on September 11, 2001 and to all those who suffered responding to it. — — Map (db m68571) WM
The meeting place of the NJ Central and DL & W RRs, earlier known as Junction. Extensive RR shops and a huge coal storage yard were sited here. — — Map (db m21189) HM
Known for years before 1909 as junction. Central RR of NJ & DL&W railroads met here. Site of extensive machine shops and a huge coal storage facility set up to get nearer the city areas to the east. — — Map (db m16702) HM
This plaque is a memorial to Sister Mary Miranda C.S.S.F. of the Province of Felician Sisters of Lodi, New Jersey, who came to this Holy Mount to establish a house of prayer for the Fatima Apostolate and to whom is due much of the credit for the . . . — — Map (db m57660) HM
A Lenape village called Pelouesse was identified in 1715 across the Musconetcong River from Hampton, New Jersey. The name of the village, Pelouesse, as pronounced by the colonial Americans, derived from the Lenape words yapei, meaning "on the . . . — — Map (db m44337) HM
The nearby Union Ironworks built this house in 1760 as the residence of the superintentent . Enlarged in the 1830s, it was purchased by the State of NJ in the 1960s , when the reservoir was being built. It is now open as a historical museum. — — Map (db m92614) HM
Honoring
the men and women of
Union Township
who served their country during Wold War II
and
in memory of
the following who made the supreme sacrifice
Harold A. Cronce •
Thomas Godown •
Edward F. Greer •
Harry Henry •
John S. . . . — — Map (db m16934) HM
Established in 1763, it served
workers from the Union Forge.
Tavern operator David Reynolds
was convicted and hanged in 1773
at Morristown by the British for
counterfeiting Colonial currency. — — Map (db m258729) HM
Home of Union Forge, maker of early farm equipment,
cannonballs for Continential Army. Factory, later known as Taylor Wharton ceased operations in 1971. — — Map (db m5039) HM
Columbia Trail – A 7-mile Hunterdon County Greenway, from the Borough of High Bridge, north to the Morris County line.
Opened in July of 1876, the High Bridge Branch was a busy railroad owned by the Central Railroad Company of New . . . — — Map (db m36999) HM
[Main Marker]:
On October 31, 1933, CCC Company 1268, S.P.-5, arrived at High Bridge, N.J., four years after former Governor Foster M. Voorhees donated his 325 acre farm, known as Hills Acres, to the State of New Jersey to become a park. . . . — — Map (db m16930) HM
The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to Lake Solitude and Taylor Falls
With the depletion of natural resources that provided energy to power the adjacent Iron Works, Lake Solitude was constructed by the Taylor Iron and Steel . . . — — Map (db m37041) HM
In use from
C. 1730 - 1889
Supplied ore for
Solitude (Union) Forge
Ore made into cannonballs
for use of Revolutionary Army
Owned by:
William Allen and Joseph Turner
1742 - 1778
Robert Taylor and Family
1778 - 1863
Thomas Iron . . . — — Map (db m5044) HM
Constructed 1859-1865 for the Central Railroad of New Jersey, this 112 foot earthen embankment double arch culvert supports the original bridge from which the Borough of High Bridge is named. — — Map (db m5040) HM
Patriots imprisoned loyalist Pennsylvania Governor John Penn and Crown Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Chew here during the Revolutionary War. They named the place “Solitude.” — — Map (db m73998) HM
Lake Solitude Dam (also known as the Taylor Dam) was constructed in 1858 across the South Branch of the Raritan River to provide hydro-power and hydro-electric power to Taylor Iron and Steel Company.
The original falls structure (spillway) was . . . — — Map (db m91857) HM
The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to Solitude House
Solitude House started life as a classic Germanic style stone home in 1712 and was part of a 10,000 acre parcel of land that came to be part of the Union Iron Works. The . . . — — Map (db m37036) HM
The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to Springside Farm
The 90 acre Springside Farm tract was originally owned and operated by Archibald Taylor, son of Robert Taylor who immigrated from Ireland in the 1750's. Beginning with Robert, . . . — — Map (db m37106) HM
St. Joseph Parish was formally established in 1880. Previously, the predominantly Irish immigrant congregation was part of St. Ann Church in Junction (now Hampton) and worshiped in a building on Church Street. St. Joseph Church has occupied this . . . — — Map (db m57162) HM
Taylor Iron & Steel Company
Was the center of the original 1742 Union Iron Works. Late 1800's push to rename High Bridge to "Tisco" failed. — — Map (db m36997) HM
Welsome to the Taylor Steelworkers Historic Greenway
Created by the Union Forge Heritage Association in 2010, the Greenway Trail traverses several of the most historically significant properties in the Borough of High Bridge and the State of New . . . — — Map (db m37104) HM
Taylor Wharton Iron and Steel Company 1742-1971
Standing together we have withstood the test of time
Oldest Iron and Steel Company in the United States
First Manganese Steel in the United States
TISCO Shells
Armaments for . . . — — Map (db m15015) HM
The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to the TISCO Complex
The 28.3 acre TISCO Complex was once part of a 10,000 acre parcel of land owned by wealthy Philadelphia Investors William Allen and Joseph Turner who founded the Union Iron . . . — — Map (db m37048) HM
The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to Union Forge
Union Iron Works was founded by William Allen, a Supreme Court justice in Philadelphia, and Joseph Turner, a sea Captain in 1742, as a business venture. Allen and Turner . . . — — Map (db m37043) HM
Constructed in 1890, this Carnegie Steel bridge served the Taylor Iron and Steel Company for 85 years. Restored by Union Forge Heritage Association and volunteers, this bridge was dedicated on July 17, 2010 as part of the Taylor Steelworkers . . . — — Map (db m68802) HM
Furnace produced iron ore for the Continental Army, cannon balls, farm implements. Forgemaster's house is stucco building on slope. The William B. Honachefsky Memorial Tract encompasses 64 Acres, abutting Union Furnace — — Map (db m92789) HM
Foster M. Voorhees, born in Clinton in 1856, served as the 37th & 39th governor of NJ from 1898 to 1902. After his death in 1927, his farm here became Voorhees Park — — Map (db m71406) HM
Founded 1816,
the first Methodist Church
in Hunterdon County.
Building erected in 1860.
Steeple removed in 1878
after a severe storm — — Map (db m17583) HM
Named after Miller Kline who operated a Dry Goods store, Post Office, and Tavern. Tavern House dates to the mid-18th century. A place of considerable business, area was then known as Mount Carmel. — — Map (db m16681) HM
Designed by noted Philadelphia architect Edwin Forrest Durand, the church was built in 1865 by Cornelius Arnett. An 1895 renovation added the rounded arch entrance as well as second level stained glass windows. The church contributes to the . . . — — Map (db m47735) HM
Dug by hand, mostly by Irish immigrants, the 66 mile D & R Canal was completed in 1834. 18 feet wide and 8 feet deep, the canal originally had 14 locks to raise and lower boat traffic
The D & R Canal operated as an inland waterway between the . . . — — Map (db m191190) HM
Revolutionary War Lieutenant, and pallbearer of George Washington is buried here, along with Sam Holcombe, one of Gen. Washington's spies. — — Map (db m16861) HM
Used during the Revolutionary War by both Gen. George Washington and British Gen. Charles Cornwallis to view opposing activity up & down the river. This local promontory has long since been known as Washington's Rock. — — Map (db m62383) HM
First section built about 1733. Washington stayed here, July 1777, and June, 1778, prior to battles of Germantown and Monmouth. — — Map (db m254310) HM
Earlier known as Coates' Ferry, then Coryell's Ferry.
The Lambert family settled here circa 1735, and gave the town its current name. — — Map (db m16860) HM
Built in 1870 and occupied by the Holcombe family until 1922, the A.H. Holcombe House was purchased by the city of Lambertville in 1950 to serve as City Hall. It is one of the earliest and best examples of the French Second Empire style in . . . — — Map (db m63104) HM
From 1949 Until 1971 Many Famous Film And Stage Stars
Got Their Start In One Of The Country’s First Tent Theaters Located First In Lambertville And Then Here In West Amwell. — — Map (db m17082) HM
The outlet lock at this location was built to allow canal boats to pass between the Delaware & Raritan Canal and Pennsylvania's Delaware Canal. Canal boats loaded with coal from the Lehigh Valley would come down the Lehigh Canal to Easton, . . . — — Map (db m100644) HM
Belvidere-Delaware Railroad c.1851. Later leased to the Penn R.R. System, the line allowed transit of Lehigh & Hudson R.R. passenger trains. — — Map (db m254070) HM
The Bel-Del Railroad shops stood between the station and the river. Along with repairing trains, the shops built locomotives between 1864 and 1872. — — Map (db m16855) HM
Lewis Island Shad Fishery
Holcombe Island
Lambertville, N. J.
Richard Holcombe began this historical American shad fishery circa 1771. In 1888, William Lewis assumed the responsibility of the fishery and after his passing, his son, Fred . . . — — Map (db m133436) HM
Park, formerly called York Street Park, was re-named for longtime Lambertville City Clerk (1948-1982) and Mayor (1983-1988). Park was established in 1900 when Civil War Monument, dedicated in 1870 was moved from Mount Hope Cemetery to this location. . . . — — Map (db m16858) HM
In 1778, the City of Lambertville was the colonial river crossing village known as Coryell's Ferry. During the Revolution, the Grand Continental Army crossed the Delaware River from PA and camped here under the command of General George Washington . . . — — Map (db m181275) HM WM
Washington's army left Valley Forge in 1777 and moved northeast. They crossed the Delaware at Coryell's Ferry (Lambertville), remained for two days, then marched along today's Rte.518 on their way to the Battle of Monmouth on June 28th. — — Map (db m49216) HM
Where did they go?
Bluebirds were once common throughout the United States. However, over the last century their population has diminished due to loss of their natural habitat, overuse of pesticides and predators.
Compounding the problem . . . — — Map (db m22511) HM
Originally named “Jacksonville” after Andrew Jackson.
Major stop on Easton-New Brunswick Turnpike from 1806. Town set off from Clinton Township in 1926. — — Map (db m16769) HM
The German Rockaway now Lebanon Reformed Dutch Reformed Church was established in the area of Lebanon & Pottersville between 1731 - 1747. The exact date & location unknown.
Three buildings have stood upon this site, the first of which was a log . . . — — Map (db m26480) HM
Established in 1929, the facility promoted the farm school ideas of communal living and outdoor health. Like similar institutions of the era and in keeping with the ideals of juvenile reform, the facility originally had no fences to disrupt the . . . — — Map (db m40681) HM
In 1913, the State of New Jersey acquired 747 acres to establish a farm colony to treat the mentally ill. During World War I, inmates from the reformatory at Rahway farmed the property to provide emergency food supplies for the war effort. After the . . . — — Map (db m40766) HM
Post Marker:
Known as
Old Swack Church
Erected 1844
Builder Jacob Swackhammer
In use until 1896
Small marker on concrete post:
Mount Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church
(Commonly known as . . . — — Map (db m17392) HM
Encompasses the 18th Century Hamlets of Linvale & Snydertown. Placed on the New Jersey & National Register of Historic Places in 1997. — — Map (db m17085) HM
The Locktown Stone Church was built in 1819 by the Kingwood Baptists, placed on the National Register in 1973, purchased in 1979 by Donald B. Jones and donated to Delaware Township, and restored in 1995 by the Friends of the Locktown Church, Inc. — — Map (db m18998) HM
Grist mill and several houses here in mid 1700's.
Known as Burnt Mills after fire in 1769. Ferry to Pennsylvania here until 1842 when a bridge was built. — — Map (db m16646) HM
The Belvidere-Delaware Railroad c.1853. Later leased to the Penn R.R. System, the line allowed transit of Lehigh & Hudson R.R. passenger trains. — — Map (db m16750) HM
These brave men of the Borough of Milford N.J. answered the call of their country during the World War.
Jake Bazanka •
Russell Bunn •
Pierre Drewson •
Morris Geddis •
George Haney •
Karl Holden •
Cyril Javes •
Harold Javes • . . . — — Map (db m44267) HM
The Oswaego Express plunged through a washed out bridge over Quequacommisscong Creek just to the south on 4 October 1877 after its last stop in Milford. Eight died. — — Map (db m85969) HM
Circa 1750. Settled by pioneer tenant farmers, Amsterdam developed by the mid-1800's into a hamlet featuring a general store, blacksmithy & shoe makers shop. — — Map (db m57591) HM
This property, comprising the Mount Pleasant General Store and a smokehouse at the rear, is on the National and State Registers. The smokehouse was constructed in the early 1830's, and the store was erected around 1840. Both were built by the Warne . . . — — Map (db m37110) HM
Established in 1880 by the Farley family, the Post stayed in the family for 100 years. It has served as Post Office, General Store and focal point for the Village of Mountainville. — — Map (db m16670) HM
Daniel Morgan was born in New Hampton, Hunterdon County in 1736. Like other residents on the New Jersey frontier, Morgan's father worked for the Union Iron Furnace. Uneducated, Morgan left home in 1751 and worked as a wagoner in Pittstown, NJ. He . . . — — Map (db m68830) HM
Born in this Village of New Hampton, Lebanon Township, NJ in 1736.
Died in Winchester, VA July 6, 1802.
Military Service
French and Indian War
Revolutionary War
Battle of Quebec, Canada Captured 1775
Distinguished himself in the Battle . . . — — Map (db m17920) HM
Early taverns near the Musconetcong River Crossings
served travelers between Trenton and the Oxford furnaces. Birthplace of Daniel Morgan, one of Washington’s Generals. — — Map (db m16611) HM
Settled in 1700'S. By 1873 only a gristmill, sawmill,
post office and a few homes remained. Town named for oak forests surrounding it. — — Map (db m16691) HM
John Garrison, later known as John Johnston, born here c. 1830. Killed many of the Crow Tribe, slayers of his Indian wife. Robert Redford movie “Jeremiah Johnson” popularized his life. — — Map (db m91046) HM
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