Jockey Hollow, a few miles south of
Morristown, New Jersey along
Route 202 in
Harding Township, was the site of a
Continental Army encampment. It was from here that the entire
Pennsylvania contingent mutinied and later, 200 New Jersey soldiers attempted to emulate them.
Fort Nonsense occupied a high hilltop overlooking Morristown, and is believed to have been the site of a signal fire and
earthworks.
Ford Mansion in Morristown was the site of the "hard winter" (December 1779 – May 1780) quarters of
George Washington and the
Continental Army. That winter remains the coldest on record for New Jersey. Theodosia Ford, widow of Jacob Ford Jr., and her four children shared their household with Washington, his staff, including
Alexander Hamilton, their servants and sometimes their family members.
Martha Washington traveled from
Mount Vernon to Morristown to spend the winter with her husband. '''Washington's Headquarters Museum'
, the adjacent museum is open to the public Wednesday thru Sunday from September–June and seven days a week from July- August from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM. The museum has three exhibit rooms and a sales area. A video production, Morristown: Where America Survived'' (
New Jersey Network, 2009) is shown. The Ford Mansion is shown only by guided tour, which begins in the museum. The
New Jersey Brigade Encampment Site is located south of Jockey Hollow in
Bernardsville in
Somerset County. It was the encampment for approximately 1,300
Continental Army soldiers over the 1779-1780 winter. ==Park history==