1,500 in Trenton, New Jersey. The crossing, made during a time when morale was at its lowest point during the American Revolution, renewed hope among the Continental Army, Congress and the general population. On the morning of December 26, at the Battle of Trenton, they were able to force the Hessian soldiers to surrender, without any American casualties. The ferry was first established by Henry Baker in 1684. His grandson, Samuel Baker Jr., sold it to Samuel McConkey (also spelled McKonkey) on December 5, 1774. McConkey sold it to Benjamin Taylor on March 21, 1777. The corresponding ferry on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River was known as Johnson's Ferry. Gallery See also List of Pennsylvania state parks National Register of Historic Places listings in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Bowman's Tower, within the park Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, within the park References Further reading Osborn, Petter (1994). No spot in this far land is more immortalized : a history of Pennsylvania's Washington Crossing Historic Park. Entire Book. (soft cover) External links National Park Service Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania State parks of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania state historical marker significations American Revolutionary War sites Museums in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Open-air museums in Pennsylvania History museums in Pennsylvania American Revolutionary War museums in Pennsylvania Parks in Bucks County, Pennsylvania History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River