During the war, the area was a supply point for George Washington's army during their winter encampment in nearby Jockey Hollow.

Washington's army was stationed at Jockey Hollow while Washington stayed in Ford Mansion.

Jockey Hollow is five miles south of Washington's Headquarters.

The other two sites are the Ford Mansion and Jockey Hollow.

It's no accident that George Washington and his army spent the winter in a place like Jockey Hollow.

The huts can be seen today by driving the five-mile tour road that winds through Jockey Hollow.

This was strategically sound because the elevation of Jockey Hollow was several hundred feet above the British to the east.

Twelve men often shared one of over one thousand simple huts built in Jockey Hollow to house the army.

By 1780, soldiers had built about 1,200 huts in Jockey Hollow.

In the opposite corner is the bulk of Jockey Hollow, a 1,200-acre national historic site.