Local tradition claimed Capt. Bettin, killed during the Pennsylvania Line mutiny in 1781, was buried near a black oak tree which became known as the “Bettin Oak.”
The stone water tower looms over the Cross Estate. It was used to pressure water through the plumbing of the house. Though the tower was rendered obsolete by an electric motor, the tower itself is still a monument to a bygone time.
Originally referred to as “the Hill” or “Kinney’s Hill,” Fort Nonsense commanded the heights of Morristown. The function of the Fort was as an observation and alarm post, and a place of retreat for guards stationed in the town. The British never made an attack on Morristown, however, and the fortified hilltop was never used. It was common for a small fortification such as Fort Nonsense to be built for the protection of military encampments and strategic military depots.
The statue of George Washington sits just across the street from the private home he used as his headquarters for an uncommonly hard winter during the Revolutionary War.
Historic home of Joshua Guerin, blacksmith and member of the state militia, located near the winter encampment of the Continental Army in Jockey Hollow near Morristown, New Jersey.
This historic marker describes a cemetery for soldiers in Jockey Hollow. Recent scholarship suggests that such a cemetery was unlikely to exist according to common military practice at the time.
This brick vault was part of a series of ponds, trenches, and vaults owned and operated by the Morris Aqueduct Company, in order to bring fresh clean water from the hills to their subscribers in Morristown.
This simple marker denotes where the log huts of George Washington's Life Guard once stood during the Continental Army's use of Morristown as a military headquarters and encampment site. Washington's quarters, the Ford Mansion, stands today across the street.
This site marks the expected location of the New Jersey Brigade's hutting and encampment site during the Continental Army's winter quarters in 1779 and 1780. Little remains of the huts apart from conspicuous piles of stones and the possible remnants of soldiers' trash pits.
This wayside marks that the French army under Rochambeau passed through Morristown - and many other sites - along with the American army on their way to and from the climactic siege of Yorktown.
This historical marker sits on a slope away from the center of the Jockey Hollow encampment. It denotes the presence of Stark's Brigade, of the Continental Army, here during the 1779 Hard Winter encampment.
Henry Wick built this Cape Cod Style house around 1750. His 1,400 acre farm, most of which was covered by forest, made him the largest landowner in Morristown. During the winter of 1779-1780 the Continental army encamped on Mr. Wick's property, constructing log huts to endure the worst winter in living memory. The Wick family hosted General St. Clair in their home during this time.
