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5 unusual facts about Stony Point


Frederick Philipse Robinson

In July, 1779, being in garrison at the post of Stoneypoint, on the Hudson river, the place was stormed at midnight by a strong force of the Americans under General Wayne, and after a sharp and close conflict of more than an hour, during which the young ensign was wounded in the shoulder by a musket ball, he found himself a prisoner of war.

Hiddenite

The first specimens of the hiddenite variety of spodumene were recovered about 1879 near the tiny settlement of White Plains, west of Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina.

Stony Point, Michigan

The Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant is adjacent to the north.

Stony Point, New York

Richard Humann (1961–), conceptual artist, born and raised in Stony Point until age 18

Roy Pea (1952–), learning scientist, technology innovator, and Stanford University professor


Jedediah Huntington

About 21 October, the enemy destroyed and abandoned their posts at Stony and Verplanck's Points, so the Connecticut Line was ordered to those locations, where they began repairs.

Shadow Patriots

"The prison ship martyrs," as they're called, are part of this story, as well as intrigue in Philadelphia, the battles of Brooklyn, Monmouth, and Stony Point, the betrayal of West Point, and the hardships of the winter encampments at Valley Forge and Morristown.

Thiells, New York

During the American Revolution, Thiells was known as Haverstraw Forge, where General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, leading 1,350 Continental Army troops, was able to watch the area of Stony Point.


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Henry Brainerd McClellan

After studying for the ministry at Williams College, from which he graduated in 1858 aged 17, McClellan moved to Stony Point Mills in Cumberland County, Virginia where he became a schoolteacher.

Stony Point Fashion Park

Stony Point finally opened on September 18, 2003, the day Hurricane Isabel made landfall in nearby Outer Banks.