Seventh Annual Cemetery Cemener POSTPONED!
Cemetery Cemenar Postponed The Seventh Annual Cemetery Cemenar, slated for Saturday, April 25, has been postponed due to the coronavirus
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Mission Statement: The mission of the Hunterdon County Historical Society is
to collect, preserve and share the evolving social and material history of the
entire County of Hunterdon, New Jersey. The Society will fulfill its mission through
educational programs, research and publications, and by maintaining for public
benefit the growing collections of the Society and the buildings that house them:
The HCHS Archives, the Hiram E. Deats Memorial Library and the 1845 Doric House Museum.
For questions about accessibility or for accommodations contact us at hunterdonhistoryinfo@gmail.com .
Goodspeed Histories: Pole Raising in the Days of Lincoln
This week, another diversion from my series on the railroad that never got built. (I’m beginning to wonder if it
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Collection Gems: March 2020
Authored by: John Allen, johninretirement@gmail.com Variously known as consumption, phthisis, and the white plague, it is thought that by the
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Goodspeed Histories: Baptistown Part 2
My last post was a republication of Egbert T. Bush’s article: “Baptistown One of Hunterdon’s Oldest Villages.” Part of that
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