Hilltop Church & Cemetery
- 20 Hilltop Road, Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey, 07945, United States
Hog Pen Rocks
New
Boonton Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Description
Hog Pen Rocks
The rocks create a natural enclosure that local settlers used long before the American Revolution. Farmers released their livestock to graze during the summer, then herded them back to their barns in the fall. During the war, fearing that British or Continental troops might seize their animals, residents hid their livestock in this rocky shelter.
At the time, the area was so remote that the sounds of mooing and squealing could not be heard from afar. Ms. Jean Riker described the hardship of 1780:
“For six long months sharp-eyed scouts in small detachments were roaming the countryside searching homes and properties for grain, food, clothing, blankets and toothsome fresh meat. Although forbidden, there was widespread plundering by our own hungry, barefoot, ragged soldiers. Livestock was removed from farmyard view and hidden, not from threat of His Majesty’s Redcoats, but from our own marauding army.”
Historian Robert Illig wrote that the area also sheltered terrified citizens during and after the Battle of Springfield in 1780.
Listing Overview
Hog Pen Rocks
The rocks create a natural enclosure that local settlers used long before the American Revolution. Farmers released their livestock to graze during the summer, then herded them back to their barns in the fall. During the war, fearing that British or Continental troops might seize their animals, residents hid their livestock in this rocky shelter.
At the time, the area was so remote that the sounds of mooing and squealing could not be heard from afar. Ms. Jean Riker described the hardship of 1780:
“For six long months sharp-eyed scouts in small detachments were roaming the countryside searching homes and properties for grain, food, clothing, blankets and toothsome fresh meat. Although forbidden, there was widespread plundering by our own hungry, barefoot, ragged soldiers. Livestock was removed from farmyard view and hidden, not from threat of His Majesty’s Redcoats, but from our own marauding army.”
Historian Robert Illig wrote that the area also sheltered terrified citizens during and after the Battle of Springfield in 1780.
Address
Boonton Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Location
Boonton Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States
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