Where: Jockey Hollow (Morristown National Historical Park)
More Info: http://www.nps.gov/morr/index.htm
Trip Assessment:
Ease ✮✮✮
Expense FREE
Family Fun ♥♥♥
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These were the conditions observed by Private Joseph Martin during the winter of 1779. The Continental army were encamped in the woodlands of Jockey Hollow, south of Morristown. The army cleared much of the woodland of Jockey Hollow to build a fortification of huts. These huts no longer exist today, but archaeological remains made possible the building of replicas.
The national park consists of four non-contiguous units: Washington’s Headquarters with the Ford Mansion and Headquarters Museum, the Fort Nonsense Unit, the Jockey Hollow Unit, and the New Jersey Brigade Area. The Jockey Hollow Unit includes the Wick house (headquarters of General Arthur St. Clair), five reconstructed soldier huts, and approximately 27 miles of walking trails (http://www.njn.net/television/specials/morristown/film/transcript.html).
There is no charge for hiking the trails or looking at Wick Farm but visiting the museum (which we did not do on this occasion) incurs a charge of $4 per person. Children are free.
Due to the inclement weather we did not complete the hike but did manage to capture some of the beautiful fall scenes.
More Info: http://www.nps.gov/morr/index.htm
Trip Assessment:
Ease ✮✮✮
Expense FREE
Family Fun ♥♥♥
===========================================
The monster hunger still attended us. Here was the army starved and naked and there their country sitting still and expecting the army to do notable things.
These were the conditions observed by Private Joseph Martin during the winter of 1779. The Continental army were encamped in the woodlands of Jockey Hollow, south of Morristown. The army cleared much of the woodland of Jockey Hollow to build a fortification of huts. These huts no longer exist today, but archaeological remains made possible the building of replicas.
The national park consists of four non-contiguous units: Washington’s Headquarters with the Ford Mansion and Headquarters Museum, the Fort Nonsense Unit, the Jockey Hollow Unit, and the New Jersey Brigade Area. The Jockey Hollow Unit includes the Wick house (headquarters of General Arthur St. Clair), five reconstructed soldier huts, and approximately 27 miles of walking trails (http://www.njn.net/television/specials/morristown/film/transcript.html).
There is no charge for hiking the trails or looking at Wick Farm but visiting the museum (which we did not do on this occasion) incurs a charge of $4 per person. Children are free.
Due to the inclement weather we did not complete the hike but did manage to capture some of the beautiful fall scenes.
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