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2020 Fall Meeting!

September 24, 2020 phyllis hartzell

This Year’s Fall Meeting Topic is Deats/Thatcher Archeological Collection Everyone is welcome to join us for a special fall meeting

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1906 Rockefeller Reunion in Flemington

August 22, 2020 phyllis hartzell

About 70 Rockefeller family members gathered for a two-day reunion in Oct. 1906. The family enjoyed a banquet in Flemington,

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Hunterdon County Historical Society

17 hours ago

Great blog post on Goodspeed Histories on "The Heaths of Locktown." You can check it out here: goodspeedhistories.com/the-heaths-of-locktown/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Hunterdon County Historical Society

5 days ago

Check out our most recent Collections Gem article on our website. It features a fascinating and significant item found in our Capner collection. Link here: hunterdonhistory.org/collection-gems-september-2020/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Hunterdon County Historical Society

1 month ago

Famous folk who visited Frenchtown: ... See MoreSee Less

Celebrities Who Trickled Through Frenchtown

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The first celebrity through here was probably British Gen. William Howe, commander of the British Army in America, who availed himself of Sherrard's ferry, shortly after capturing Philadelphia in 1777. The ferry was about where the Frenchtown bridge is now, and maybe a little south. William Jennings...

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Hunterdon County Historical Society

1 month ago

Hill’s Mills at Copper Hill – GOODSPEED HISTORIES

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Hill’s Mills at Copper Hill August 16, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, Featured, Higgins, Hill, Historians Revisited, Kuhl, Raritan Township, Trimmer No Comments Tags: maps, mills Here is an article by Egbert T. Bush about the Copper Hill neighborhood I have been writing about recently, wit...

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Hunterdon County Historical Society

1 month ago

ICYMI: Make sure to check out our August Collection Gem on our website! ... See MoreSee Less

Collection Gem: August 2020

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Gems HCHS Collection Gem: August 2020 August 1, 2020July 26, 2020 phyllis hartzell Authored by: John Allen, johninretirement@gmail.com The previous Collection Gem reflected the United States of 1884. This month I share a United States map corrected to June 1903 (Figure 1) and discuss the geograph...

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