MORRISTOWN
Guidebook
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CONTENTS

Cover

Historical Background
   Morristown as a Military Headquarters
   Revolutionary Morristown and Its People
   The Loantaka Valley Encampment of 1777
   The Jockey Hollow Encampment of 1779-80
   The Mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line in 1781
   The New Jersey Brigade Encampment of 1781-82
Washington's Headquarters
The Historical Museum
Fort Nonsense
Jockey Hollow and Its Environs
   The Continental Army Encampment Sites of 1779-80
   The Camp Hospital, Revolutionary Burying Ground, and Bettin Oak
   The Wick House and Farm
   Natural Scenery and Wildlife
How to Reach the Park
Service to the Public

THE COVER

Marble bust of Washington. This finely sculptured piece stands on a pedestal in the entrance hall of the Morristown Historical Museum


UNITED DOI logo STATES
DEPARTMENT
OF THE INTERIOR
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
ARNO B. CAMMERER, Director


CCC logo
CIVILIAN
CONSERVATION CORPS
ROBERT FECHNER, Director

ADVISORY COUNCIL

GEORGE P. TYNER, Brigadier General. Representing the Secretary of War

CONRAD L. WIRTH, Supervisor of Recreation and Land Planning, National Park Service. Representing the Secretary of the Interior

FRED MORRELL, Assistant Chief Forester, United States Forest Service. Representing the Secretary of Agriculture

CHESLEY W. BAILEY. Representing the Veterans' Administration


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