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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5F0_mountain-school_Morristown-NJ.html
Oldest schoolhouse stillstanding in Morris township.Addition built in 1899. Schoolheld here continuously from1810-1914.Morris County Heritage Commission
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5EZ_mt-kemble-glen-alpin_Morristown-NJ.html
1847 Gothic Revival villa,"Mount Kemble," built forHenry and Frances DuerHoyt on the site of thehouse of colonial officialPeter Kemble, reluctanthost to Continental Army.Renamed "Glen Alpin" byDavid H. McAlpin in 1885.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5EY_jockey-hollow_Morristown-NJ.html
In the winter of 1779-80coldest of the Warthe Patriot Army campedin these hills, smallerforces stayed until 1782.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5E4_thomas-paine_Morristown-NJ.html
English by birthFrench citizen by decreeAmerican by adoption
Author ofThe American CrisisRights of ManThe Age of ReasonYour presence may remind Congress (and the people) of your past services to this country.George Washington
Left side of mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5DN_continental-army-encampment-at-morristown_Mendham-NJ.html
Jockey Hollow CemeteryMore than one hundred Continental soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice for American Liberty are buried in this cemetery. Their comrades were housed in huts along the Jockey Hollow Road.
The people of Morristown reverent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5CF_continental-army-encampment_Morristown-NJ.html
Brig. Gen. Henry Knoxin command of the artillery of the Continental Army used the field now covered by these ponds as pasture for the artillery horses. His soldiers lived in log huts erected on the hillside to the west. Nine brigades of the Contin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4O4_ford-family-memorial_Morristown-NJ.html
Colonel Jacob Ford, Sr.Prominent land-holder and iron manufacturerMember of New Jersey House of AssemblyJudge of Morris County CourtArdent promoter of American cause in Revolutionary WarBorn April 13, 1704 Died January 19, 1777
Colonel Jacob Fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N6_chain-of-signal-beacons_Morristown-NJ.html
Large fires, cannon and flags were used to signal alarms during the Revolutionary War. The fires were called beacons and were used to assemble militia, indicate the approach direction of the enemy and to direct the movements of military forces.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N4_the-alarm-beacon_Morristown-NJ.html
The alarm beacon was a huge pyramid-shaped structure of logs and brush usually placed on a prominent hilltop. In case of enemy invasion or other emergency situations, it was to be set on fire to notify militiamen to go to preselected meeting place…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N0_iron_Morristown-NJ.html
At Morristown, Washington was close to the northern New Jersey iron furnaces of Hibernia, Pompton, Mount Hope and Ringwood. Cannon balls and shells from these furnaces were on frequent order for the Continental Army during much of the Revolution. …