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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
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Take a Trip Back to America's Age of Canals
Easton's Hugh Moore Park is a picturesque of the City of Easton where America's golden age of canals is on full display. With more than two miles of restored Lehigh Canal, a canal boat attraction . . . — — Map (db m157268) HM |
| | With one exception, all the Indian Peace Treaties held in Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War were held in this Square between 1756 and 1762, these councils were attended by the Governors of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and as many as 500 . . . — — Map (db m86225) HM |
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Large iron ore and limestone deposits and dense forests that became charcoal, provided all the necessary elements to make Pennsylvania the leading iron producer in the American colonies. Durham Furnace, built in 1727 near the Delaware River in . . . — — Map (db m157322) HM |
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"The boatsmen had a hard life. But the locktenders did too, because they couldn't go nowhere. They had to be on the job all the time."
Harvey Brant
Locktender
It is early morning and still . . . — — Map (db m109560) HM |
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"I read·I study·I examine
I listen·I reflect·and
out of all this I try to
form an idea into which
I put as much common
sense as I can" Dec·16·1777 — — Map (db m136144) HM |
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These
Died For
The Union
1861-1865
Class of 1836
Richard A. Oakford
Sidney M. Layton
Class of 1837
Daniel J. Carey
Class of 1840
Horatio S. Howell
Class of 1852
Walter Scott Briggs
Class of 1856
Robert M. . . . — — Map (db m136137) WM |
| | At White's Hotel near here, on Dec. 27, 1824, local citizens gathered to found Lafayette College. One of their leaders, James Madison Porter, had recently met Lafayette during the French general's well-received American tour of 1824-25, that revived . . . — — Map (db m29724) HM |
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The stones in this gateway
were taken from
Traill Green Observatory
the gift of
Doctor Traill Green
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Razed
1928 — — Map (db m136104) HM |
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Five furnaces were in operation in 1854 when this image of the Lehigh Crane Iron Company was made, together producing an average of 750 tons of pig ron a week. These were the first commercially and technically successful anthracite-fired iron . . . — — Map (db m157376) HM |
| | Since August 8, 1829, when the Stourbridge Lion made its appearance at Honesdale, Pennsylvania, the Lehigh Valley possessed one of the densest concentrations of railroads. During the height of passenger service, the Jersey Central's "Bullet" . . . — — Map (db m157382) HM |
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This bell was cast in 1922 by the McShane Bell Foundry of Baltimore, and hung in the tower of Liberty Trust Company, 830 Hamilton St. Allentown. The bank was founded in 1919, and the façade of the building was altered to evoke Independence Hall . . . — — Map (db m109568) HM |
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"It will give some idea of the magnitude of the business done at Easton (a place the existence of which was hardly known in New York until recently) to state there are, within three miles, a total of 49 large factories, and other smaller . . . — — Map (db m109573) HM |
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"Between 1850 and 1880, the Lehigh Valley was America's greatest iron producing region."
Craig Bartholomew, Historian
Lance Metz, Historian
The Lehigh Valley is rich in many natural . . . — — Map (db m157274) HM |
| | The Mid-Atlantic Highlands region of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut forms 3-5 million acre forested greenbelt around the densely populated areas of Philadelphia, New York City, and Hartford.The region stretches from northwestern . . . — — Map (db m86118) HM |
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Chipman Mansion (252 Spring Garden Street) was built c.1907 and was designed by William Michler. It served as a residence for Easton Industrialist W. Evan Chipman, a partner with his brother in the Charles Chipman Sons Hosiery Mills.
. . . — — Map (db m114659) HM |
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"You didn't dare to be mean to your animals on the Delaware. Boy, they'd arrest you right away. I chewed tobacco a little and if I left the pack sticking out of my back pocket, when I went by mule he would pull it out of my . . . — — Map (db m157383) HM |
| | A 'Nobori' is a samurai battle flag which carried circles and lines as instructions for the troops in the field. This sculpture plays plays with the ideas of 'flag' and 'symbol' and emulates the motions of the flags and banners. Gift of the artist. — — Map (db m157258) HM |
| | Formed March 11, 1752 out of Bucks County. Named for Northamptonshire in England. Easton, county seat, was incorporated in 1789. County is noted as a leading center for the steel industry and for cement and slate production. — — Map (db m29597) HM |
| | Northampton County’s first Courthouse erected on this site in 1765. Torn down May, 1862. First court session held in the building March 6th, 1766; last session October 21st, 1861. — — Map (db m86226) HM |
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This structure replaces a covered wooden bridge of three spans, each about 155 feet clear, supported by two hollow piers, 35 feet by 55 feet and two abutments, built by Timothy Palmer, 1805.
At the time of removal being next to the oldest, if . . . — — Map (db m114650) HM |
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Brothers Robert and Herman Simon, owners of the R&H Simon Silk Company, built several initial mill buildings just across the Bushkill Creek from this location in 1883. The creek provided them easy access to the water needed for . . . — — Map (db m157257) HM |
| | Recognized as the inventor of the split-bamboo fishing rod in the U.S. His first rent and glued-up cane rod was made about 1846 in his gunsmith shop that stood on this site. — — Map (db m29754) HM |
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In honor of
the Union
Soldier and Sailor
1861 - 1865
Northampton County's
Tribute
to her Heroes
Erected 1899
Dulce et decorum
est pro patria mori
[Sweet and proper for the country]
"Liberty and union
now and forever
one and . . . — — Map (db m129798) WM |
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We rededicate this monument May 14, 2000, not only in the name of those who fought to preserve the Union in the War of the Rebellion, but to all veterans who honorably served the United States of America.
"We are constantly . . . — — Map (db m157243) WM |
| | This major expedition of the Revolution aimed at the Indian-Tory alliance in New York, was organized at Easton under Gen. John Sullivan. Over a month's preparations preceded the first day's march, begun near here June 18, 1779. — — Map (db m29604) HM |
| | Sullivan Road over which the Army began its advance. June 18 1779. — — Map (db m30108) HM |
| | In July 1779, General John Sullivan began the southern leg of one of the largest offensive campaigns of the Revolutionary War. Directed against the Indian warriors of the six nations and their British and Loyalist allies, Sullivan’s march proceeded . . . — — Map (db m86229) WM |
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This stone marks the road over
which General John Sullivan
marched June 18, 1779, to quell
the Indian insurrection and
avenge the Wyoming Massacre
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Erected by the
George Taylor Chapter
Daughters . . . — — Map (db m136117) HM |
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Edwin Binney and his cousin C. Harold Smith inherited a pigment business in 1885 from Edwin's father Joseph. The cousins formed a partnership and called their company Binney & Smith. Early products include red oxide pigment used in barn paint and . . . — — Map (db m157250) HM |
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"One thing, you were never bothered with insomnia. You rose about 3:30 a.m. and you wouldn't retire until 11:00 p.m.."
Joseph A. Lum
Mule driver
Imagine working 18 hours a day, six days a week! . . . — — Map (db m109555) HM |
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The banks of the Bushkill Creek near 3rd Street have long been a center of industry and commerce in Easton. The area has transitioned several times, but has always played a major role in the vibrancy of the community.
One of the earliest . . . — — Map (db m136110) HM |
| | The first proclamation of the American Declaration of Independence took place on the Court House steps in this Circle in Easton at 12:O’Clock noon in July 8, 1776, simultaneously with similar proclamation at that appointed hour in Philadelphia and . . . — — Map (db m86216) HM |
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Dedicated May 9, 1932 on the
one-hundredth anniversary of
the opening of the college
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A primary reference point
for surveying, mapping and
planning the second . . . — — Map (db m136116) HM |
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The Glendon Iron Company was established in 1842 by Boston businessman Charles Jackson, Jr. It was the second anthracite iron furnace in the U.S. and was put into blast in 1844 by William Firmston, and English iron master. Firmstone purchased a . . . — — Map (db m157378) HM |
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Surveyor William Parsons designated the City of Easton in a grid pattern radiating from this “Great Square” and the original Northampton County courthouse was erected in the square in 1765. Robert Levers stood on the steps of the . . . — — Map (db m86208) HM |
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When and where the Industrial Revolution began is certain; the year was 1709, and the place was the Severn River Gorge in Shropshire, England. There, abundant iron, coal, limestone and clay resources and the water and transportation provided by . . . — — Map (db m157305) HM |
| | This canal's 47 miles from Mauch Chunk to Easton were constructed 1827-1829. Here the Lehigh Canal connected with the Delaware Canal to Philadelphia, and with the Morris Canal to New York. Vital to the transport of anthracite coal and to the rise of . . . — — Map (db m29601) HM |
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Anthracite coal is almost pure carbon, has the highest energy content of any coal, and produces a hot, smokeless, long-lasting fire. Northeastern Pennsylvania is one of a handful of places in the world where it is found. Pennsylvania coal — . . . — — Map (db m157326) HM |
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Iron making in Bethlehem began in 1857 when the Saucona Iron Company was first organized by Augustus Wolle in South Bethlehem. The Panic of 1857 — a national financial crisis — halted further organization of the company and . . . — — Map (db m157332) HM |
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The flag staffs
on this stadium
were erected
in memory of
Thomas B. Holloway, M.D.
Designer of
the college flag
by
his classmates of
the Class of 1898 — — Map (db m136147) HM |
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In memory of
the
Martyrs of the Maine
and the
United States Soldiers
Sailors and Marines
of the Spanish-American War
Dedicated June 24, 1914
The projectile surmounting this
monument is from the Battleship
Maine destroyed . . . — — Map (db m129796) WM |
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These honored symbols of
our country, state and city
presented to the
Hugh Moore Parkway
in solemn memory of our
departed comrades
by
Lt. E. C. Baker Post 1290
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.
Easton, Pennsylvania . . . — — Map (db m109571) WM |
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Easton is a City with a rich heritage as an industrial, educational, and cultural center of the community. From the various mills that once operated along the City's three waterways, to world-renowned Lafayette College, to the many arts and . . . — — Map (db m157245) HM |
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These doors are a memorial to
Wilson Baughman Gaither '15
First Lieutenant Commander·Battery·D·56th. Coast Artillery Corps.
Later Observer 99th.Aero Squadron
Born, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, June 8,1892.
Died from Wounds Received in . . . — — Map (db m136102) WM |
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The German Reformed Church was originally constructed at 3rd and Church Streets in 1775-76 and was the largest building in Easton at the time.
The church congregation's office building, on Church and Sitgreaves Streets, dates from 1778, and was . . . — — Map (db m114655) HM |
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Home contains the original
walk-in fireplace and beehive oven — — Map (db m159180) HM |
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Enlisted Nov. 28, 1942
Assigned to Recon. 102nd Inf. Div.
Wounded in Rheydt, Germany
Feb. 28, 1945
Died in McGuire Gen. Hospital
Richmond, Va.
Apr. 29, 1945
[Purple Heart] — — Map (db m159190) HM WM |
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Development of this addition to Municipal
Center was sponsored by the Borough of
Hellertown as a Works Relief Project and
constructed with federal aid.
1940
Site of plaza donated by
Albert Knecht Detwiller, M.D. . . . — — Map (db m159236) HM |
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Erected in 1818 as the home of
Dr. Henry Detwiller
First homeopathic physician in Penna. 1852
the home was acquired by Dr. Wm. P. Detwiller,
son of the original owner. The home was
altered to become the Central Hotel, 1907 . . . — — Map (db m159232) HM |
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Pvt. Co. F 359 U.S. Inf.
World War II
Killed in Action at
Winterspelt Germany
Jan. 31, 1945 — — Map (db m159216) WM |
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Erected by T.R. LAUBACH
originally as blacksmith shop,
carriage shop, and tin smith,
then a hardware store — — Map (db m159229) HM |
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Built by Reverend Samuel Hess
Father of some prominent citizens
of the town
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Pride of Hellertown Award
2006
Coldwell Banker Hearthside — — Map (db m159185) HM |
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[Honor Roll of Veterans]
[not transcribed]
Dedicated May 24, 1987 — — Map (db m159194) WM |
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[Armed Services Emblems]
Dedicated to the memory of the veterans of
all wars who served God and their country.
They loved peace but fought with honor to
preserve justice and freedom here
and throughout the world
Dedicated May 30, . . . — — Map (db m159225) WM |
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Erected and dedicated
by the
Betsy Ross Club of Hellertown, Pa.,
in honor of — Map (db m159237) WM |
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of Company D, 153rd
Regiment Penn. Vol., fought
at Chancellorsville and
at Gettysburg.
One rifle ball hit him on
the arm, one grazed his
shoulder and the third
bent his bayonet. — — Map (db m159125) HM |
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Killed In Action
Cpl. William E. Krumanocker • P.F.C. Wilmer C. Saylor
2nd Lt. John Robert Knause
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P.F.C. Paul Andreas · Pvt. Ray Beil · S/C Allen A. Beil
Pvt. Kenneth K. Beil · F1C Stephen T. Bodo · P.F.C. . . . — — Map (db m159171) WM |
| | The famous Indian Walk of a day and a half from Wrightstown, Bucks County, to near the present Mauch Chunk was performed for the Penn Proprietors of Pennsylvania September 19-20, 1737 by Edward Marsh and his associates who slept at the end of the . . . — — Map (db m150641) HM |
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[Large mill stone]
Commemorating
the Mills of
Allen Township
Donated by
John and Mary Bernick — — Map (db m159116) HM |
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This memorial is dedicated
to all the Allen Township
Veterans who served our
country
[Armed Services Emblems] — — Map (db m159110) WM |
| | Measured 1737, according to a supposed Indian deed of 1686, granting lands extending a day-and-a-half walk. Using picked men to force this measure to its limit, Thomas Penn reversed his father's Indian policy, losing Indian friendship. — — Map (db m86257) HM |
| | This industry was born in the Lehigh Valley. David O. Saylor first made portland cement at Coplay in 1871. Here also was the first use of the rotary kiln process commercially Nov. 8, 1889. This region has continued to lead in the industry. — — Map (db m29640) HM |
| | Founder in 1833 of C.F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company), one of the world's oldest musical instrument manufacturers. Its innovations in acoustic guitar design-- including the x-braced flat-top guitar and Dreadnought guitar-- were to exert a . . . — — Map (db m29580) HM |
| | Here rifles and other firearms were made for use in the War of 1812. Built by William Henry, 2nd, about 1800, the famous Henry shotgun was made here as late as 1904. The site is about half a mile away. — — Map (db m29570) HM |
| | Moravian settlers arrived here in 1740 from a failing colony in Georgia. Bishop August B. Spangenberg led an experiment in communal living, called the "Great Economy," 1745-1765. It was designed to support Christian missionaries to the Indians. — — Map (db m29528) HM |
| | This industry was born in the Lehigh Valley. David O. Saylor first made portland cement at Coplay in 1871. Here also was the first use of the rotary kiln process commercially Nov. 8, 1889. This region has continued to lead in the industry — — Map (db m86232) HM |
| | Whitefield House, planned by George Whitefield in 1740 when he obtained 5,000 acres of land for a Negro school and began by Peter Boehler and several Brethern. Purchased by the Moravians, 1741. Completed for a family house, 1743. Converted into a . . . — — Map (db m29583) HM |
| | Begun in 1740 at request of Methodist missionary Reverend George Whitefield as a school for Negroes. Completed by the Moravians in 1743. Served as a communal church-home for 32 newly married German couples brought over in 1744. — — Map (db m29584) HM |
| | The fleet-footed Edward Marshall and associates in the day and a half walk on Sept.19-20,1737, crossed Hokendauqua Creek below this point. They spent the first night in the woods near Hockendauqua Indian Town. — — Map (db m86255) HM |
| | Measurer of the notorious Walking Purchase, 1737, lived in this area, 1755-1759. In the many Indian raids of this time, his wife and his oldest son were killed, 1757, supposedly in revenge. Later he returned to Bucks County. — — Map (db m37945) HM |
| | The canal channel, which parallels the Delaware River, lies just below the highway. Here are Locks No. 22 and 23, the last lift locks in the 60 miles of canal from Bristol to the Lehigh River at Easton. — — Map (db m86092) HM |
| | Canallers You became a captain as young as sixteen by showing “The Company” what you could do. You demonstrate how to “snub” (slow down and brake for lock operations), keep accurate cargo records (pay based on number of . . . — — Map (db m86113) HM |
| | Serving under five governors from 1955-1979 as Secretary of the Department of Forests and Waters and the Department of Environmental Resources, "Doc" Goddard expanded the state park system, led efforts to professionalize state government, and was . . . — — Map (db m63105) HM |
| | Mule Power Mules provided the power to move boats along the Delaware Canal. The mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Compared to a horse, the surefooted mule ate less, had stronger endurance and better health. It was . . . — — Map (db m86094) HM |
| | A system of State-built public works to connect Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Lake Erie. The Delaware Division, Bristol-Easton, begun 1827; operated by the State 1831-58, and by private owners to 1931. A State Park since 1940 — — Map (db m86091) HM |
| | One of the first attempts to quarry slate in this country was made here at Slateford by a company chartered in 1808. Some of the quarries and slate factories in this vicinity were operated until 1917. — — Map (db m87066) HM |
| | A Delaware Indian of the Munsee branch, he exemplified the spirit of reconciliation. He lived on 315 acres northeast of here, patented to him by the Penns, 1738. Tatamy was the first Native American baptized by the famed David Brainerd, 1745. An . . . — — Map (db m29595) HM |
| | Built in 1834, the Anchor Hotel was a 2 ½ story, 6 bay stone building which included a 2 story double veranda. It originally served as a rest stop and tavern for both canal boat crews and passengers. The Anchor has served Walnutport as an inn, . . . — — Map (db m85528) HM |
| | The Lehigh Navigation, built by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, was used to transport anthracite coal from mines in north eastern Pennsylvania to New York, Easton, Philadelphia, and beyond. Workers dug much of the canal by hand, constructing . . . — — Map (db m85561) HM |
| | Completed in 1829 under the guidance of entrepreneur Josiah White, this 46 mile canal was constructed in only two years. Operated by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, this hand dug canal contained 52 locks and 8 dams. Canal boats transported . . . — — Map (db m85529) HM |
| | Once owned by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, the Lehigh River was the only privately owned river in the United States. In 1818 the Pennsylvania Legislature gave the company the right to make the river navigable for the transportation of . . . — — Map (db m85532) HM |
| | The Pennsylvania House and Slate Exchange Hotels provided lodging for railroad passengers and travelers on the Lehigh Canal. Phaon Bittner and Daniel Muse constructed the Pennsylvania House in 1868. After purchasing Muse’s interests, Bittner ran the . . . — — Map (db m85519) HM |
| | The earliest known burial is Wilhelm Best, Nov. 24, 1762. The names and locations of more than 1600 burials - those with tombstones - are known. 45 men are veterans of wars from the French and Indian through the Korean conflict. This includes 16 . . . — — Map (db m147606) HM WM |
| | Incorporated as a borough in 1909, Walnutport was originally a part of Lehigh Township. The area’s first settlers were from Germany, Switzerland, Ireland and Scotland. Walnutport was established as a boat repair center along the Lehigh Canal. The . . . — — Map (db m85517) HM |
| | This tree was planted
May 28, 1991
as a living memorial to
Eugene E. Hartzell
Appointed February 1987 to the
Delaware River
Joint Toll Bridge Commission
and served until
May 11, 1990 — — Map (db m155957) HM |
| | The southeast coast of Alaska Indians, the Tlingit and Haida Groups, enjoyed a rich tradition of stories and myths passed down orally from one generation to the next which helped to create and develop totem poles. Totem poles were carved and erected . . . — — Map (db m97266) HM |
| | Dedicated to all Korean War Veterans — — Map (db m157264) WM |
| | Dedicated to those men and women from Wilson Borough who served in the Vietnam War — — Map (db m157266) WM |
| | "To those who patriotically responded to the call of their country for service in the World War, this memorial erected A.D. 1925 by the Citizens of Wilson Borough, is gratefully dedicated" — — Map (db m157262) WM |
| | Dedicated to the men and women who served during W.W. II — — Map (db m157263) WM |
| | Heller's Tavern The end of the day's march June 18, 1779 Distance 12 miles — — Map (db m30152) HM |
| | Heller's Tavern near Wind Gap was the site for Sullivan's army at the end of the first day's march from Easton, June 18, 1779. The army was astir at 4 the next morning, crossing the mountains at Wind Gap. — — Map (db m29722) HM |
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