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The park includes the site of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River at Johnson's Ferry.This is where George Washington and a 2,400-man detachment of the Continental Army crossed the river overnight on December 25, 1776, and into the morning of December 26, 1776, to make a surprise attack on Trenton, a move that would prove to be a turning point in the American Revolutionary War.
The ferry was first established by Henry Baker in 1684. His grandson, Samuel Baker Jr., sold it to Samuel McConkey (also spelled McKonkey) on December 5, 1774. McConkey sold it to Benjamin Taylor on March 21, 1777. The corresponding ferry on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River was known as Johnson's Ferry. [9] [10]
Patty Cannon (c. 1760 or 1759 or 1769 – May 11, 1829) was an illegal slave trader and the co-leader of the Cannon-Johnson Gang of Maryland-Delaware, which operated for about a decade in the early 19th century kidnapping free blacks and refugee slaves to sell into slavery in the South, which came to be known as the Reverse Underground Railroad.
A Maule M-6 landing on runway 17 The caretaker's quarters at the airport Bunk houses are part of the free camping accommodations at the airport Courtesy cars are available for a small fee at the airport Pilots camping at Johnson Creek Airfield, ID. Johnson Creek Airport (FAA LID: 3U2) is a grass airstrip in Central Idaho three miles (4.8 km ...
Johnson Creek, a tributary of the Clackamas River northwest of Oregon City, Oregon; Johnson Creek (Lithia Springs Creek tributary), a tributary of Lithia Springs Creek in Pennsylvania; Johnson Creek (James River), a stream in South Dakota; Johnson Creek (Texas), a tributary in the Trinity River watershed in north Texas; Johnson Creek (Iron ...
Kansas City’s Billie’s Grocery will open its second location on Saturday, in Ranch Mart North at 3614 W. 95th St. in Leawood.. Owner Robin Krause opened the first location at 3216 Gillham ...
Another Mexican restaurant is opening in Johnson County. Mexican restaurant Don Chuy’s Fresh Mex and Cantina will soon open a location in Overland Park.. Don Chuy’s will take over the old KC ...
Johnson Creek (also known as Johnson's Creek [1]) is a tributary of Lithia Springs Creek in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km) long and flows through Point Township. [2] The watershed of the creek has an area of 4.09 square miles (10.6 km 2). It has no named tributaries, but has at ...