LHT HISTORY SIGNS
As it meanders through Lawrence and Hopewell Townships, the LHT passes through many locations that reflect centuries of the diverse history of this corner of Mercer County. From ancient trees to colonial thoroughfares to abandoned grist mills to remnants of the trolley era, local history sprouts from the trail at every turn. Now the LHT is bringing this history to life for the tens of thousands of residents and visitors who use the trail each year. Eventually more than 30 historical markers like this one will be placed throughout Hopewell and Lawrence.
Bristol Myers Squibb
Horsin’ Around
The impressive range of white frame farm buildings; the immense barn and silo complex; the wagon houses and corn crib...
King’s Highway
Today, LHT users crossing U.S. Route 206 need to stay alert to traffic, crosswalks and stoplights. There is not much...
Family Farming
Here, in the heart of Hopewell’s Stony Brook valley, the soils are deep and fertile, perfect for raising crops and...
Educational Testing Service
The story of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) corporate campus, headquarters for the largest private educational...
Mount Rose
Perhaps you noticed, the going has been a little tougher and hillier along this section of the LHT. From this point,...
Johnson Trolley Line
The LHT follows a segment of the former Johnson Trolley Line in Lawrenceville, and most trail users probably don’t...
Parks for the People
The County of Mercer boasts close to a dozen parks and other recreational facilities, all geared to support the health...
Arctic Parkway
The background story to the road in front of you, today known as Bergen Street, is part of our region’s ongoing...
Province Line
As you hike or bike the LHT alongside Province Line Road, you are following in the footsteps of Surveyor-General...
Brearley Oak
No one knows for sure the age of the Brearley Oak. With a trunk circumference of 258 inches, a height of 110 feet, and...
Princeton Pike
The very straight road behind you (when standing at this sign) has been carrying traffic between Trenton and Kingston,...
Lewisville Road
Ranged along this stretch of roadway is the small village of Lewisville, Lawrence Township’s earliest African American...
A Mill and a Bridge in the Back Country
Two centuries ago this was a remote spot. Stony Brook flowed swiftly down the narrow, winding, wooded valley. There...
The Farm Across the Road
Across Old Mill Road, in amongst the trees, is a cluster of historic timber-framed buildings – a large farmhouse, an...
Stony Brook Mill
Listen up! At this spot, in the 18th and 19th centuries, you would have heard the rumble of a waterwheel or the whir...
A Watershed Moment
At roughly this point along the Lawrence Hopewell Trail travelers cross the boundary between two major east coast...
Slavery in Maidenhead Meadows
Along the LHT, tucked into nearby neighborhoods, are many older farmhouses, reminders of a once thriving agricultural...