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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
At 1.4 miles the road makes a dangerous curve at the rocky shoulder of
GOAT HILL (L). The hard trap rock of this ridge, volcanic in origin,
has been extensively used in road building.
Across the river, which is here less than a quarter-mile wide, are the
hilIs of Bucks County, Pa., in which Washington's battered army found
refuge from British pursuers in December, 1776, after the disasters of
Long Island and Fort Washington. The British were unable to continue
chase into Pennsylvania because the Americans had taken all of the
boats for many miles. While an American outpost kept watch from Goat
the troops across the river prepared for their counter-attack on
Trenton.
At 3 miles the highway passes through MERCER COUNTY FARM, with
workhouse and quarries where gray-clad prisoners work with sledge and
hoe. A broad stretch of level ground lies between the highway and river.
The hill (L) has been blasted for rock, leaving a precipice some 200 feet
high.
Across the river is the stone OBSERVATION TOWER, on Bowman's Hill,
erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the site of a lookout
used by American sentries watching the river ferries in 1776. Resembling
a medieval castle, the memorial stands out boldly on the skyline.
The highway descends until it is 10 feet lower than the old canal feeder,
with banks upheld by a retaining wall for half a mile.
At 5 miles the road bridges Fiddler's Creek, draining a green valley of
rolling farm lands, neatly fenced and adequately supplied with farm
buildings.
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