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Voi. 4, No. I

Lafayette - His Life1757 - 1834

b)' V i ~ R""'""YA ........J1hy !/OUn9 Frenchman uJo.o

one 01 WMhingloo'. I\10I'l1

t1\l$led ~ . . Marqu. de~ u e _ born in eav.,,,,,,.france. on September 6, 1757Orphaned 13, the young maninherited .. huge /ortu..... from hill

~ t h e r , as...-d as tllieHejoinod tlwFrtnch Amlyat 14 and

hdd .. ~ i o n . captain at the ageof 18 when the Revolutionary Worbroke out in thil country,O u t ~ ! t i n g

.. lIhip at his owne x ~ .

aod disobeying orOOs 01 the Frenchking, L a ~ n e saWd for Ammca inIn7. taking.....t" lwn the Baron.s. Kat.and ........".a1 other French otfQn.Offering 10 serve ......!hour pay. t...iayetleW<>S commissioned .. major gent'ral byCongress in July. 1777whia' he"'autill

".W.mngton ~ k c d the ....dent youngFrenchman and made hrn /I cloMfnend and advisor. After rec:ovtnngfrom Ius first wound, gotten while/ishting ,n his flfSI tRlul<! at Brandywl ....,

P"o, L.alal'l'tle led 300 troops in a1UCC......tuI skirmish with HasoaniOkbets unde. o;ommand of Lord

at Gloucester, New.krwy

in November. 1mFollowing this C4mI! a command 01 a

diWion of Virginia infantf}l aod InJ""""'Y, Ins was Hnt to command aprq>OSe<i onvaaoon 01 Canada. "The!ant< was caled 011 and he mumed toWUh,ngton'. Hudquarter.. Heoarl'OUo'lv aa.ped capture by lhe

British at B<onen Hill. P" . i n ~ . 1778and then took part i" the b a n ~ .,

c-nuocI .... P>go 3

The

t t t ~ QIir.cu larMorris County Heritage Commission

Euents To Celebrate"The Return 0/La/ayette"

MAy 9, 1980· H . oricaI !¥npo.ium-n-.. Roa. of 1M F,en(h in the

....... n.:..n Rc"Oly.lon"

IAnlri HaD, The Manoooo.

Fatfwq, l.Jnov.onat;o.M.disonc-9 ...... · 4 p.m. $10 tcgIIUatJon

.....1udIng .-.wtllcollft.

..-.l shrny rllCotption

Morning PTovamIn.roduction. BcrnIord &.ah,

Execut ... Dw«.OfN_ Jcnoy Histonc.toI Cor,", ,.,..,-cor.,nbu'iona 0/ 1M FH1'ICh101M American Rcvoi.. ion"

Professor Richard B. Momo.Goo.mo_

Conmurd . . . ""'" l

A Governor's

House

by Sharon

Some: hislone; houses Me lucky. InParsipp¥ry a Georpo-sryk .........,...buill . , p r e · r ~ h o n " . y day$, remII I I I$

to this day a !Iraciou$ <l/'Id weIcomanghome. Touched by hi.tory, and

conlinuou$ly lived in by many

ge-nmttions, t t . livingslon·6OI'nedktI-Iouw , , ~ ~ _ iur.toric preHrv.

loon 101 it . best .In 1759-1161 l..emJel ~ . , A

county Judge and Capt"", in lheMom.

Militia, acquired 160 acres for

homestead farm. including aamaoIl

dwoollng which he apparently operated

.. . a tavern. Dunng lh e lall! 1760',

Sower. .........!Jld and converted the

51n.tCture to • h.andIomo! 2\ i SIOrysamb.el .00/ manoion, Wllh pairedchimneyo at either end. In lhe sprinS 0(

1777, financially pressed. he leased his"'rm 10 GoYoemor William livingslon,

fu-51 elected 9O"'IfTIOf of New.Jenev.In 1771. livingston, "9" 49 ..d a

successlul N_ yo.... lawyer and

po'tician, had reltred to hts COUntryestllte. liberty Hall. in Elizabethtown.

He pWlned 10 Ieiod I t . We 01 "genrlem..n farmer, but lh e . . .

51,.. for liberty .m.w IWn back I< )

public service. He """"" ......mberof lhe lSI and 2nd C o n h ~ l a l Cong r_ . bnefly r;:ornm;lnded lhe

New Jersey i ; > , and ""'" .lected9O'-'H""" 01 New Jersey '" 1776 under!he o tw 1-111011 constirution.

With BrillSh lroops duogotrowly

cbe on Stalen Islard. lb!r ty Hal!beca .... unsafe for livingston and hisfamily. The Roya l Mayor of New York

had ~ e d 200 guu-oeas for !he captur.

Co.otnuod on

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Trees Important landMarkers

by H""TV PiJ<h

From the dioys 01 the earliesl""lIlements. well into the presentcmtu'Y. trees were used to mark

c.orncs and boundilries of land. Tho!reason for this is simpie. Tho! tr..es we.eafready there.

The records of early deeds mentionmany varieties o f ~ . mosl 01 whiehare still common in the "-'ea.. Tho!species mentior>ed al\! hickory. whileoak. black oak. chestnut. white ..sh.TnIIpje. elm and various sub-specieslhe.eof. Hemlock and cedar arementioned less oftm. an d pine only

occasionally.An eIIrly deed for land near Budd

lake describes the t.acts !IS "bolsinning

al a SpanM Oak." aflhough noSpania.ds o:wr resided here in thoseearly dioys. Another conveyance beginsat a "nannyberry tree" (a species ofdogwood). still another mentions a"hornbeam tree." In deeds for tand inwet p0ces the .....;uo... i6 .ef.lf,ed to.$ornetimu " ~ m ! i T t 1 e bush" is alandmark.

Come. and boundary trees WI!1"i'

marked with distinctive bLues (hacksor cuts in the bark) .Edwin A Ely states.on page 91 01 his ''Persona! Memoirs:

that "I had no difficulty in locating the

southeast comer of the Wheelers.wvey; finding in the fiefds behind the

residetlU of William F. Elythestumpola grelltwhileoak tree. which measured.at the he;ght 01 three feet above the

ground. fully twelve feet incircumferance. Thi. I readily

identified as the comer monumentnamed in Mrs. Wheeler. deed. I \lIaS

told by Camot B. Meeker that it hadbeen cut down to furnish lumber for theframe of the Eden Mill at VJhippany."(This occurred about l84hccordingto

Ely).The Wheeler SUrv«y. located in the

vicinity of Hanover aM Florham Park.111M laid out on April 26. 1715.

Mr. Ely also mentions anolher

ancient tree which origmafly marlced acomer of the Pmn surveys. in thevicinity of Mor.tville. Tho! Iree. marked

with the lellen; WP to ir.dicateacome.of Penn·s boundary. died and its barkdisintegrated. disclosing the !ellers.which had previously been concealed.(This also occurred 0<Jer a century anda ha1f ago).

Deeds sometimes disc"," the "!lin!!of a tree. A white oak used to mark"

comer of one large tr",,1 in earlycolonialtime!l. is referred 10 in an earlydeed as a " ...pIing. " In a later deed it is

...........

Name County Historian

Morris County is the 6th county in

New Jersey to lIjIpoint lhe dWrmanof

its Cultu.af and Heritage ConunissiorlCounty Hi.lorian. Tho! Freehok\eB

passed a resolution March 26appointing Sharon Doremus. InJanuary. Mayor Roger Maler 01 Mt.Arlington appointed Virginia Rooney.Secl\!tary of the Heritage Commissionand Editor 01 the County Circular. the

OfficialHislorian for lhal Borough

called while oak tree"; later. """'ite oak t r e e ~ . and laslly. the co

menlioned as marked by a "whislump. very r o t t e n . ~ By taking a cross section of a

beam from old dwellingmatching the rings of the ...xxI "'annual growth rings of a Mng tre

possible 10 count bo<:k and detewhen the !louse was built.

TIl<: gr<!at American chestnutonce as Common as the oaks and

forest species. are gone. In 1903 I

destroyed a1rnoot evelJ/ chestnuTIl<: m.-.... a fungus. attackeinner bark. but did not kiD the

Consequently sprouts kept comifIIIh;ch were subsequenlly killedbe .eplaced by mol\! sprouts. $othese have al1"ir>e<\ a fair growthforest areas. and even bear

Perhaps, in time. the trees VJ\II bimmune 10 the blight........._.

Com ing Even ts

April 14 -June 1 - MorrilMu

of Art" and Science. - SpBthib it ~ A m . e r i u n Reatiam o

20th Cen tury" - Co-spOnsorthe Arts CoWlCil of the Mom. a

Saturday. MIIy 17 - -o.-aJ Hi

Local History "nd theHialo rica! S o c i e r y . ~ NJHC A

Tt!Chnical Seminllr for Hial

AGency P",nonlN!l Jersey CityCollege all dioy.

Collect Old Maps

Th e Morris County Her

Comrniaion iscollectingold TnIIPS

the Been Atlas or Robin5on A



yo: " e ..Con •. From P090 1

lh. New .k1W\l.R..alizing IMt lTlOI"e help was nHded

;om fTlOJlCl, if the AmcI'lCal>S.....re tohe returned home in 1m. In

rance, he pe-rsuaded the kingand his.0 send rrIOf"otY, 'fOOI)II, and

help Washington'. armv.ArriIIins bark in America in 1780. he_ command 01 AmericanfOOI>* in VIfgnII lind puaDo;

eom....m.. iniO afrom which ......... unable 10

al the banI!! 01 YOfktown .In D«ember, 118I.laIl1yeUI Ailed

0 f r ance 10 oblain mOre

for the Amencanand ..... lhI!:re ........ the war

in 1783.

IJ.Ihen the WlI' here. Latavelled boecorne II ''hero 0I1WO worIdI."He

in negohating lor the Americanndepend."ce, and al Ihi. 124, WIll

.0.he rank 01 Bng.eodiar " " .....1Ilthe Frll!l'lCh Army by K.ng looi! XVI.

died in 1834

.Cono fr<>m Posot I

01 Hlol<>ry Ementut and Edlto<.n-.e Jov Poptr,

Ih c M.<qu;" Oc .... IOYC" e.nd .beAmerican RotVOIu,lon"

Stanley J IdzCfdo. Edi,o< of tt..lafayette Papetl. Cornel Uni ....... ...

Luncheon· Commul•• Loungoo.SI""-n. C .. ••

Aft.rnoon ! 'tog . " ,

""The Mil i l i l ' l l R .... of lhe French. . Nonh ........nc.·

LH Kameth. f'ldlll O< 01 Hill"..,.

""""'" " "'"'Btal Compimenll To Lou.:<>0-,,- lMngo.on an d the

F .. .nch AI;.nc."

o...r.. P . ~ ......... 01. Editor oi!he~ ~ . N c w V o r k ~ 5.1: .. . ." , 10t h

Pu blic C. •" iO .l iu· Thot FonI Mcnalon

1:30 1:002:00· 1 : 1 ~

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3:30

3:45 ·5.00

....-....,""""-_ .OrMblgOfromNc...JCfMy0 . . . . . . . from theU n i ! t d ~ . t _

Rcoo>onH fromIntroduction 01

Stanley Idztrdo . Edito<oIlafayett. P.peB

Addrao on Ltlavc1t.

1n.r1)d""tlOll of la f ...."t a m d y ~ a r d •• rr.rIut by tlwm

R«tpt iOl l hooted ...... !hie

IL"",,,"-_.F,... , . ._ .._""'--=--_..-._r-

Wildlife Art ExhibitAt Courthouse

A WIldlife art exhibit, ~ 1 I e C t i n g themoods of spring, has rccentlyOpened inthe Administ.ation wing of th l

Courthoun. The new exhibit,

prewnted by tilt MorrisAudubon Sociltly, !uturl':$ 18 works 0/art by area milts who e ~ p r e M theirlove 01 naMe Ihrou!tI various media.

o.........lic colored byl.orra>ne CaNSO, Alice Woodcock,

lorlm Oickenon and George"Ucla birds, f\ou.oers, and a frog.Dried ~ I s 01 plant materialnalive 10 t'- County by EYElynGhrt,• woodcarving by Paul PhiIipe. and

JrnaI p h o t ~ by Ronald Rear add.-.other dimension 10 the

Cobful oils cli!pictins local 9/lrdemand pa . . . by June Kahr$ and MarjoriePresIon ate complemenled by

.he oullt.arxling pe n and ink bird pnnts

01 Pltter Prall of BoonIOfL Of particularinteral iI PraII'. ""'*"""t print, "The

Cooper. Hawk (accipiter COOpooIi)·,

the 11011':$1 in his sma 01 morticulouslyand ICCUflIteIy executed b i t " d d r ~ . The ",hibit ha$ bfen ananged by

1.oonine Catu5o. Moms HighlandsAudubon Society, and Sharon00 . . _ , Marril County HeritageCommiuion......... ...

Sundoy, M a ~ 11th

u.c...np ....nlofTI"OOj>I

. . Jock..." Hotlow

,.,.

Ford Faesch Hous

Restoration

Standing alone on a gentle hillsid.......Iooking Mt. and Mill PoLake, the John Jacob File5Ch hoo.IIe

Nuntins . eminder 01 the early dayIMoms County when iron ma,lIex tracted On ! hom the _emhils abuilt manor hot.tIa ,e/lecling theMistoc.atic: life 61y1a.

The Ford Faescn Mansion illivonarchttectural struclure tNt r ...... ntttlv Rockaway !We< 'IaIIey to rec.allhiscoric period 0/ 8!lrIy Morris Counm.IOfy.

Jacob Ford. Jr., RevoIuI1Orlapoolriot, b u ~ t the aboYe manor houwhich was a prototype for the FoMansion in MOrristown.

When John Jacob FllUCh movinto the house before the Revolutionbecame the loeal pOInt 0/ an estateOver 6.000 acres. IIorg\'1y devoted to t

mining of ,.on

During the Amencan RevolutIOW ~ . h i n g t o n patd, at leasl, two vl!;its

the Faesch homestnd 10 Cl'ver1U tproduction of ~ m m \ > n i t o o n for 1Continental

The maMien is B fine example

....Iy G t o r ~ n an;hilfCiuTC ft. waare til .. . fo!e1lhick Mod I!ve11lhoughwirdows are boa.ded up and parts

the ~ t e r i o r n..ve bfen ooYtred "". tucco, i t. degant lines are lIiD stro

and discemableIn 1974, the mansion _ _ placed

the National Resi..er 0/ Hi$toric PIaocNow. empty ..-.d unltncied. it .

dt1enorated soncet/wlt t . . . P\a$ICfIaIIm from tho! cring and.....,.t.1cnar;wtSll<;ked the mteroor Neverlhelethe dognoly and cham! 0/ lhe 0fI9II"00..- .61 rerMlflS.

The Hostoncal Soc:.tty 01 t

RockaWllYS . . now e"3a9td ... vab.effort to g!Wn IUppoo1 for tIS restorllh

and prf!!lefVlltion. H interestedhelping. wnt(> to Elinor Mason, Box 10Hibernia, N.J 07842.

•••••••••••Arse nal Cen tenni al

Pica!inny Arsenal celeb.at.. .Centennial thl. yea•. '!lit! offICial d6tethIS instaUaliorJ·. establish ....nt by tWar D e ~ r 1 .....nt was S e l l t ~ m b e . ".,

An otflcilll (elobr.tl()rt w.n

scheduled in the &pI"tng of 1980



_ _ Cono'd F ..... r.JeTHy', first gowmor. In thf!

d. 1m military adviso. .Mrs. l:Mngiton an d her

to SNk refuge in P ~ n . i p p a n y . loGenftai Washington and

Army in nw1:>y.

the family Il1OIJ'O!d to lhe

/ann, and Susannah lMngston

to htrfatheronMay30, lmthMna.riy Milled 1'Ien., .........

to our inclinations.· Althoughwith

no.unerous socIAl connectionst h ~

"dull obscurity of1M f a r r i I y . ~ there

and one half \/NfLIt.. period tho !/OUIl9 ladiesgala balls in Mcnistown,

vi5i1$ 01,,,," I..ivingIlon's \IOU1l9

Pel'!" son 0/ John Jay, anda<;aped harm whe:n a band 01

Tories SUr'TOUnded tIv house andunauccesslully tried 1o ClIpture the

CioYem<lr in l1li Nfly m::.roing raid. InApril. 1780, lhe house was It.. ""Iing

for the weddins (II' tho: UwlgsIOnS'I'OUngI!Sl .. . Judith, and shorIlyafterwards 1M family biIock 10their beloo.Ied Uberty Hall.

Lemuel Bowe. . of tile houK,died in 1758. , . . , . farm !hom had

auccessive 0WI\eI'$ until IM7 whenFarrand N. Benedict, I . . iredProfessor 0( Mathematic:s I' thelJniversity 01 V ~ I and a notedAdiron<bck surveyor. purchased ,hefarm and began a family ownottShip

,...." has continued to this day. Heoo.q,l Ihe property to pIp.asc hitwifo!, who \ongnItoretum to her hornecornrrwIity. They rerwoed the house

"Grassrnont", after !he Governor'smansion in B " I r ~ n g l o n , Vermont, andfurnIShed it wi th P<2riod pio!cn, bought

li t auction from !hot nou...The house, aJbeit alightiy, again fel! ,governor', irIfIucnc. .

In !he 1880', William ~ i c t , nephew of the ProfesIof, inherited thefllmL Today his direct descendAnu

occupy th e property. Publ icrecognitionof the house includes lisllngon the National Re!pter of HistO<icI'IIIcn, and the Historic American

Building Su"""Y. And dapite$\IlTound·ing ~ u y and , ma;or lti!trway, !hothouse, with its qu;.c sick r...d, t........,;.,gdd spru;:e trees, and boxwood linedfront walk, contintMt urochilnged in an

.....hurried atmosphere reflecting it .

histone pa5t.

Th e Morris County Heritage

Commiuion, recognizing th .

contribution of !hot lMngIfcn-Be' ...... 1

HouH 10 Morris Coo.mty hislory andarchitecl\Ite ha l plai;ed an histoncalmllrker li t Z5 Parsippany Rood,Partippany. The house is privately

owned, and; ' not ope! ' 10 the public ,

Register Adds Listings

Dunng 1979 the StMe Re!;ster huadded four nI'W lislongs from HistoricMorris County,

DuunbeHV Houn/ Presbyteria1848, Chatham 8oroo.dI

FredericJu '*"'- rrWJ 181huntury,K" " , * "

Mathan Public Lbra11' ond tileJomn Building (joinllisting/lm "nd

1899,Modisoo( l id Slone Acodemj.o . circo J827,

""""n addition, one SlCe from Mort'-.County has been added to the Nar.onalResP$ter of Historic P1IIc; .. .

DoUd Tuttle Cooperoge· eorly 19thcenlu11'. Randolph Township

mqe (llountll (llircuiar

. Sharon M. Do•• m .. . Chamn.n. F . ~ ..._ D. Pingeon. V":e.chAi"""nV i ~ K. R_. s . . c _ ~ r y . (di.or

Hoonry Citron

W. Pilch

. . J q n D. Socolowtki

i J. Whri'enou.J . Mo.y.wottl . F.-holde. u.;" 'n

Morris County Heritage Commission



Vol. 4, No. 2

A Special Log House

S/IcrotI 00< ......

Logub . . a:re awolinll. SimpleMJdsnug, the a:rehileo;tural5ty\e of pioneer

days $tm 8l1rao:;t$ inTerest 8. an informalhomestyle:.

In Morns County an idealized loshouse, \>uUt around 1910 sTands on a\OoIOOded hillsode in P1l.rstppanY. It ""'"

1M home of GUlla<! Stickley. de:si!J".orr·mar.u..c.turn of the oak mission sty\o:,lorerunner 01 f_n"eth ee., tury

mtdUI i turrorur..SlidtIe:y, born in 1858 in Wisconsin,

INmed the Mnin.J.AI businas in hisuncle', d....- factory In

e Iormed the GUSta<l S6ckley

Company in IIJ98 n e a r ~ . NewYork, and, influenced. by the AmericanAru and Cralls ~ n t . producedhand:rafted coIoniahtyle: cll;un;.

Slickley IIdmired til. simple ~ " " " aIShaker lumitu"" and disbked mao:::hi"".

IiIta VICTon.n lurniture, and theo

stylized plant designs of Art Nouvoeau.Around 1 9 0 1 h e r l r . a m e d h i s ~ ~ ~ n y . "CraIbman Workshops:

and began 10 p r o d u c ~ ongjnaI designedI u r n i t u r ~ thai ....... o.r.--nlio...J ",oJfunctional. "The IqUIort..:ut furniture_ buit of oak, had peggtd joint., andwu labeled with the Stickley

Ifademark, til. joiner'.

CUI . ' '5 tndoI:mg !hot! ....tto, "Ak ik

kan," (. wei ... I can).

H. SfUl"dy C..tIsman fum.rure soldoell, andh;.busiMu t r e s t 5 ~ . A.

....blisher -editor, he founded theo

Craftsman fTIZI9IZlnII in 1901, a popularmonthly poelooyj which featured

Slickley'. deaf91'S for homes, furnitureand . . .. "The magazine·, offices

Conllnued on P"9< 2

The

QIount!;! QIin:ularMorris County Heritage Commission

Lake Hopatcong'

New Je rsey's LargeSf Lake

by Frarouo 0 Pingoton

In the urly 1900'1, HoolOl"l M a ~ i m . awealthy uw.ntOf who lived on lakeHopatcong. fought an MllJ1I baTIk> withIlale officials who wanted 10 use the

IiIkor tu _Ie . '0 thot! cities 0/

northn-n New Jerwy. He denouncedpia.. . "10 destToy Ind dorpopulilte NewJttwy'. most beautiful 1aI«.' MJdtnSiIltd that it _ ......... "a pleasure

resort for aD IN people" with its walersa oanctuary lor fisn"'9. boating and

s""""""'ll onlv.In 1924, Itall olfic;.Js 9 l ' ~ '" To

prn.su.ra from Max"" and other \..AkeHopatcong reaidenlli and abatIdor.edthe project. The Moms Canal whichwas to have Mrved as a pipeline 10channll water from tn..lake 10 northern

Conl . -d "" f'a9r 3

Wlnt. .. 19l1G111

Mutiny Of The

Pennsylvania Line

A Bicenlennial EllenlSaturo-y, Jan ... ry 3

Suncla!l, January 4. 1981Il I.n\. to 4 p..... each doo.,.

Member unl,. 0/ file &igode 0/ lh e

A".oieu, RtuOIunon wiI T<'ft'OCllhe

Mu,..,.,. 0/ the t.nr ... !he

Wick Fonn 0<Ch0rd. Jock .... Hollow(pOrkirw in Vlliten' CenlerpOrbngbI)

"The 2500 ~ " : Q l . t e d P_1wn i a

troop& who mIIrched into Jockey

Hollow ... December, 17111 were men

ridden ""th ....11 and resentment due to

P ' ! 1 " l S ~ a n 0 " ...-gIeet in P"Y"'9 Theirwages and proIII(!ing for the" """ds.

A1m<lit to a man, the s.oldiersworshipped the danng Anlhon;r Wayne

Coo ltrn>e<l on P"9" 3



P.,. ,

Los HOUOOL_ Cont'cl From P"'Jlli

........ Wled n theCraftsman Building.,Scickley'l story klx....",.. saleslIO\d sho,o..room ~ e f S u.rhoch heOpIned in 1913 in mid·Maroha.nan,

P.,..;biy hill favori te en terpriH wasCraftsman Farms, his 394·acre estatenear Mom. Plains, New Jersey ",kichhe pu.chued around 1908. Stiekleyplanned 10 endow the property U II

commuNII I ~ " " and crllfts school lorboyI. He dreamed of gMng boys II

chance 10 learn and work togtlher

outcloon.PWIf for ,"" ochool 9"I......oerway on

1910 wnh 11>1 building 01 II n'IIIin houM.two cottages, II workshop. and farmbuildingl. Since Craftsman Farms....asalso to be a home, the Sric:kleys, andlne.. fNe dIIughlers, one JQn , and onegrandchild moved from SyrIOCUM into

tIw mIIn house, O f "Clubhouse" as it

-""'."rh! CIo.obhouse" ........ ~ p u l e d \0 be

the latge&tlog in the Ease. Boil ofchestnut log!; and fieldstone from theptoperty, it blended inm II slopinghiDsode. ard conformed with Stockley'shomebuilding ,hear_ 1M! " dwellingbe built of local "",leria\s, lind designedto fit the site's contoun. Inside,, hn tnul burn ed ceilings and

and mammoulh f.elcbtoncfnpIaces "",til copper hoods created a....uc but rnode1n a ~ . "Thetum.hIngs were ""array of book......

senlcl. doch, c ~ · h a m m e r e d lamps, rugs and 1 e s all designed byCraftsman Workshop.

In \915 an unwise merger of lilt h>ll

propert'eI forced Stickley inlObankruptcy. The school neveropened,

and Cuftsman Farms. whichsymbolized Stickley's icMals anddreams,was sold on 1917 toCvrilF .......who stil _ the PfOPI'I'ty. nowred\lce:l to 30 ",res.

Stockley died al age 84 '" !942 H .furniture ........ oulTTlO<led, replaced byColoma! Revtval. An Deco !lI'Id Darush

MvUooI n a t ~ l u . _"9 ea ...h"vc revived i n t ~ r e s t in Sticklvy',onflue!lCe on modem desogn. T o d I o ~ «>IleclON avidly seek his originalpie<;n. and hio ·Craftsman" miuoon!UfmtU,. .... U reee;"e perma""ntlecognotlOR "";th the opII'"og of lheGusta .. StockJ.y period 100M '" June.1981 in lhe American W"'!! 01 lhe

Metropolitan Museum of ArtTh e Morris County H e r i t a 9 ~

CommIS6-.on recognizing the histoncaland archite<:tural contributOori ofGustav Stickley 10 Morris Coonly

histoty has pla.ced an historical marker

Marc h To Yorktown

A 8 i c ~ n t ~ n n i a ! E ...nt -In October. 1!/61.lhe Stale of Rhode

!sland ill SpoNO ' for lhe 1"I1I00l"l1lhcale.ZOOth a n n ~ r y reenactment 01 theMarch to Yorktown. WhippanywilJ be acampSite on October 12 (Co/umbuI;Day) ... \en app roxImately 1000

uni/onned !TOOpS wi! ' " N e w ~ .FIW thousand ..- of lhe iiIm1Y 0I.1Gng

l.ouos ){VloIFrance • ...m R o c ~ in cornrnomd. '" Whippany onAuguSl 011781. .....xtyear's5-

da y march Ihrough 8 $wes IS being.......de in Oclober 10 coincide with lhe"ctua l bailie an d s u " ~ n d e r at

Yorkiown.Ct.anr>e! 36, lhe Rhod!. Island

&&.canona! lV Swoon • pIanrung 10

make an e:lucallOIlaI ....,.,.. 01. the

-,'For furlheT ",IOtMIOhOn contacl Siale

Coordin;>IOJ Stephen RIChe•. AcnngDirector. DMsionoi T" ' ....!& Toumm.Dept. 01 Labor & !oousay. Tr<mtoll. 01The Landmark Commoo.sion. HarlQ\.'e'TOWfI!ihip. Box 250. WhIppany,

al lhe entrance 10 Craftsman F...,. ....Tabor R o a d . ~ . The propl!fty

IS not open to the t)UbIic.

...... ............... -.

(Th.. a.r"" 4'1>. ',g/II"""_'"on "'"orl(" .. o!s ,«ogm,..! by ,""

H"r<><icw Murl,., r_,uml,

.. ............ ...

Courthouse Art Exhib

Colors. ranging from bri9hIIO .distinguish the newly opened artin the A d m i n i s I h < > n wingolthe MCo"nty Co"rt H o u ~ . PrtM1lledbMo..,.,. Co"nty Art A . daliocooperation with the Morri& Clientage. Ca,.,' 'ion, the n

lealuru 18 seiected_ artisls-

Local period architecture I

lub,ecl 01 <>is by Lou Atlnb"P ....rI Swanger. Additional oils iworks by AtviUe Pu,rroom. U!lIa&'-bara Petitio. Gordon Sly. andRardaU . Of particular "'teres!largo: oil by Ruth Randal. ~ L a depICting in muted colo.

and ~ t - . o n ofaface Striking i f .ph,Cl

photOgTllphs repreMo'll the woShIrley Campbel MIl Anne Brespectively.

". . . uhibi!ion. arw>ged byPustroem. Morti$ CountyAS6OCiation. ar.:l Sharon DoMorris County Heritage CorMuwig open dailyMonday . Fnda

January IS. 1981. A re«plOlhon

the p a r t ~ MIIIU ...... hek

AdrnInI5IJation """'9 on NowrrtbThe Hmt..ge ComrniMion ;.acl1edu&n<J Co"rt Houso! exhib1981. Morris Coonty arl grou

individual. who are ;ntertit

e ~ h i b i t i n g their work may conla

ComtnlS$>Oll Office. ~ 1 9 8 .



L o ~ ~ Hopa'CO"9 ···Gon,·d F,,,,,, 1'0'1" \

New Jersey convnunines was drainedand closed. Ai tIv ....... lime lhe

c,eation 01, Sole ParI! aI t1vsouthotmlop 01 Hopalcong opeo..,d Ir.t Lake 10 Ir.t

public.Nine mila long with a .oo.eIine 01

aIrnost fifty mia, iI is lhe largest body

01 wato!\" in New Jn5ey. BeeM,'" 01 ,16

winding conlOOl' and i l l ma.ny C( IYa ,

inlets ~ n d iIlands. t r . t , ~ i5 no place on

its shore ho m which you can see boththe noTth south po<n'- al one t-.

tA e H o p a l c ~ i s h i W l a I m o s t l , O O O feet lIbow sea level - and unpollutedby nearby industries.

No _Iering on lhe Newkr'MV

COM! . . . . a mo.-e colorful histOfy thanw.. Hopalo:or.g.i! _ n-ansformed by

lhe railroad in lhe late 19th cen!ufY inlOa summer ,uort fof .......Jthy andfashionable New Yorkers .

The Morris and Esw_ railrollod

reached t.aoo:mg at thosouth end 01 tholake in 1852. In 1882. ,IN k,oey Centralarrived at NoIan'5 Point farthe, northon the Morris County shoa .

Sleamboa16 chumod through the

Wllt...-s to the railway tracks al Landingand look as many as thirty or fo<tyvisitors ar a lime to lheir lakesidedeoIinahonS. At Mr. Arlington, LakeHopatcong's mosl ,1eg<Jn, reson.c Q a C ~ w,th I i ~ n e d atlend!lnts

S1anding al attention wailed for specialtrains to Ira""port Ihe-.r ride", 10 grandtum-oIlhI-<:en!ury

hoi.The largesl

and """* Iwr.urious 01 these ....as the

HoI'" Breslin (laler AIamac) with threehundred rooms. There _ nineothers on tIwJ Morris County shore

Although prwni!Iiy a hMo!n lor tr.t

nch, LaIo.e Hopolcong Iwed

of _tor s who had ...."her fame "'"<nOoey . Th e N"", k....,y Cenlralrailroad bouW<t land at NolAn's POirll.built I I dance ".....;Dion and recreation

grounds and the n amnged lor c!>tapeK""rsion lript; to lhe area on

weekends. By 1890. more !han SO.<XXl

VI$IIOfScame su'"""" to d!lnce.swrn and sail.

The wlornoble and the GreatDep.-eaoon destroyed the aura of LakeHopatcong for the ""fY wealthy. Nowil

was ratily acca.oiblc 10 the crowds

from 'OM\II and c ~ o e sPeople thronged to i ls.oo.", '0 put upbungalows and conaga and tourists

for , Sunday drive and swim.

lakt Hopalcong, has few,ellwiderl 01 its glamorous hislory. The

o:anaI is buned All bul 00II 01 t!>t hoIelshave burned down completely. Only,he

oId·fashionedam..tenIeTIt park at

Bmrand·llsIand. tM We Hopotcons

MapQflake Hopatcong

O}CO

LAKE

-_ ........_-_ .........-.... ..LC-_Ya.cht C"'b in Mt .Arling10n ~ n d lhe oldlock tender' , - now the LakeHopalcong Historical MuMWTI - a.-e

still.tanding.Su' ,he lake is more alive than ever

M lII"inas offenng boats for rent andrenUll spaCe are scattQred along the

MorN County short. ScvmoI bei>cha,including the be.aubful Slat. Pari<. a.-eoptn 10 ,he public. In lhe IUmmtr. lhe

lake swarms wilh boa'$. In the ...."rer. ,Ii5 ,,,,,,,red wuh Ihe tent, 01 fos.hermenmeihog lhe ic.. fOf their 011 5elISOn

calch.Marty J-iop.'.olcong residents now 1M!

there all ye.1Ir round. Altr.ouglll>ou5aare crowded Ioge-ther. l!>t long narrow

lake wmding inlO the . ,ance "'Ilh no....ibIo: end ....... " _ g( 5{lOCO' and"ability 10 ,ts ,,,,,,"bolants.

Whicn is why they Nove recenlly_rehed wi,h illarrn lhe P"'Cline placedby \hoi SIal . al M' . Arlington which ......dn"n Hopatcons WlIler onto tIwJ

Rockaway River to re/ieve the draughtm no<1!>trn New JeTSel/. "It's all rig'ot ,I,I', tempora.y" ""id on . L a k ~ Hopatcong ,e:sident. "but we don't

want ow lake 10 change'

....M ~ " ~ 01 I'a , ; , , ~ ...C"''''d. Fr"", P_

wtIo was theor Geo-wnI. They agreatly adrnu-..d their other o / f i c ~whom the mutiny carne as no .... P.

Insurrtcl;g". Wayne k ........ sek\occurred dunng • whsoId0b'5 wer . KI M. bul the dullnand Iw<!ships 01 ....,..,Ie. were bo-ftdgrOUnds for <!iKontenl.

ThHe is little mystefjl as 10 ""sparked the outbtalr.. OnIya few ho

"""'" ooI<iers --..ng lomonths had bftn paod S2S in h

money by agents hom PhiladelpOthe·.. who had not been pi«dmon,n. . . . . . haYOI! bun outraged. T

Gause. hoIwver. aroM alhe terms 01 enhslment. The SmaintaOned ,hat the rank and fill- h

been enlisted lor lhe war, bul """'1,he men claimed tN I they had enlislor 3 yean and IN I lheir tome eJlPl

on J"n"",y l. The day of The mutt...

About 9 p.m . on New Year'1 nolAut ..... R_ heard ........ ing",n out to find hundredo 01 mg,IIlhenng on the paracle g,-ound .So

rockel was sent up as a signal fo ' a

g,IIthet . Many 01 the troop6 didknow ....tIIIt Wi!IS hiIppeningMIdlhe enemy ""'" camong. Hopingrestore mdll . the offiCIISha ntically 10 ~ n d fro u r ~ t!>t mereturn to or stay in thrir hutl. Noth

could restrain tIN IOId

EXCltemenl """,nred "" lhe w"mutiny· beg.IIn 10 sp read , Offiwere pushed asode, punched.

!!\iII"Ih.andIe """ """" wounded inthogh, ....:<Iher 1IhoI! Wl>!n a part

soIdien Cor-n.l9 ",ound one oIt!>t

was ordered to stOP by C ~ p ' a " , ABetton. one of the men shot him.died ....thin 2 hours.

After funcus argo.unl'O'lt among

1eacIe!'5 of \hoi revolt. a cannon \IIllIi

which W<t$ heard to.- miles aro

Generoll W""Y"" . whooe QUMlers w

~ " t . . rwMbyP4!t.. K.mbI.ohorne.oappeared in theu- modsl. Unable

persuade t:hent 'odiiband, !>tofferk!ad ,hem but ....... refuoed . NOI

aft . mickUghl. lhey marched awIO

lhe .....sic 01 the tiles and drums. Athe h.... Mel pasMd.. Wa...... 10

behond the ooi5lI Iroops as they tnxthrough lhe snow in lhe directio_ M ~

(Snoot«. COOmoI & R " " " " ' _C_, """""). &01110< ....___ c.:-,,' '=",a!:WliIII



P.,. •

"Year Of The Coast"

laM Hopatcong lIN been ct..:-n bythe Commluion to celebrate the "'Y ....,o I ! ~ CouT,"

II is the I"rgell lake il l New ..k!JWYand one of Oller 200 lakes '" MorrisCounty. 1M &hofelinc of the lake,a1lY1O$t 5(1 mOlea, is divided betweenSussex Bnd Moms County.

Anyone ",slHng the Moms County

CounhouM lobby "";U Iiro:I a YefJI

~ I i o n a l d.pIay of p/lotogrBpils andpOll ardll, showW'Ig the old hotels, ice

""'-. and 1\ . . . . . . y 01 """Ier $pOTt$

which have II'Ii'de , ... 1.M<e fam0u5.Thos_bilia has been loaned to

Ihe Commi . .on by the LakeHopaIGOrlg Historical Museum cl

lMd""

Commission Acquires

Historic Maps

Thl! Mom . County HeritageCom""'S'lIon has recently acqUIf..:l II

rNlP of MoniI County published in1853 by J . B. Shiotkll nom original

by J. Lq.lfoot and SamuelGeiI. Alto .. map of Boonton,publisbedIn 1900 by E. Robinson and Company,

3S and 37 Nasuu Street. New York.The two maPi were II from Mrs.

C. A. Noms, De.wiIe.Since 1978, 1M tommIll :.,hasbeen

acquiring early mapo 01 Moms County

murucipatitia. and is _lung 10 acquire

throu!tl gifts or purctw., additionalrnaPI' I<> complete the collection.

A

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M, . M. Oo.e ...... C"";'-

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__...._"".docI<loor ........... OpoI . .__ . .-- . . .

--What's New

Slide progra".. of 1wo types ~ ' " ~ v a ; l a b l e . free o f h a r ' . l ~ , to

organi""ri(:IM. One set, in tkock andw h i l ~ . tells 1he .tory of he first Century

of Moms County History as ..,lated inthe book, Coloniol ond R4!U:lIutoonaryMotrn. County by Theodore l'hayo!r.

n..other II II color praentation 01

the historio; Rlecled ead!_100the Rooodfidc M ...b r Program..

Also, II po;>n ..bIo joking screen,

displaying COIOf photographs of

marked til. may bot bollO",. ."j on

~ u e s l Telephone ~ 1 9 8 .

Microfilming Completed

Re<:ords 01 thll Morns CoontySurrogMe', O l f i t ~ h ~ v " bH ncomp leted. '!"he County Clerk and lheShenlfs Off..::es will be <Jor,e.

n.. ongNI recon:lo, consisting 0

hundreds 01 old volumes, wiI b

P"f"'IIncntiy .tored in a special "",uit aa county.owned building at :DMerdIam .............tioon"""'" in orocea. .......dotled.

Copoa of 1heM: .ecoods will be

10 the public 1he Countyl ibmy and County College 01 MorrisThe original r«ords wi " " Iongn be...,..;Jab!. for public: research, due to

their <I!ge(I. frad Conc!ihOn.

mill' CUlJuntu aIircuillrMorris County Heritage Commission

M, •. F,;uo,cfl D. Pingeon. V>cc-C""inno"

M,., Virgin . K. R o o ~ y s..C"'ory - EditorDr . Hcnl'!l Ci1<onHcn.". W. PilchM,", Jun D. Socolo_kiEarl J Whrit onour

P . t";"ioo J. Mayn.,O.d, F. . . . holde' UAi&on



E.,.hibi, ...Ccnl From I'IIgt I

espe<:iaIly during the ...... .". mend .

""""n ...,;ndowI; "'-"thou, gI-. .......00YeTe<I WIth tN::k ody proper 01 . . . . . .hides and _ the crly

.ebM:IIe source 01 both and hutl)Nonunata.,., theM: -.... " " "SI'1"ICIIo:y and otten _wei . . . . . 9

fumes. Alli>ot9l they hung '" !he

kltchat. ,hey- '" uoaI by hoe.be .01

the 1a.>Wy 10 find rhn way around thehouK. The dotty . . . . . . . . peow".ted

room and a.ated anotherIIIbonous chore lor ttw hard po 'e dwomm oIlhe hou.N, W '" had,o t..frequently ICrubbed cIoIm rod paomedlind beddOI9 lII.ed ou,doon.

the other ob,ecu on~ r t . . bnhumcane Ihodd lor . e a " ' , .'on ~ ' a WI,h UI"oCIIEil ....ndpunthldhole, a hourt shapedct- ndd, IIfIoi/Iamp fila . . . . ,bloo'8' po,ct.r,.v.oode-n b III"" mold, an ,ron poi"9.

'0 hold t.OUP o. 1M'. and . MndsNoker used t o ~ " Mnd on . x c_in!< O\IefflowIng lrom quilled paw

Although '" ,he IOWN and til. "*"J01 amelel would hIM bHn

e - n g t ~ v e d , protnted or ci«oraled, the,ron ar>d 'tnWilre he •• 1& Eilhrely pIa.nindicz,lIng I ... lhe ol>!e<:tI ......".ep r ~ b I y uled m a ",.111 outlying a,N

The c . a r ~ ot.eTwr \WI note I ~ I mo&l 01 the 1&hl1ng flQUIpmenl andki'chen til_iii ate"*,,, 01,,", Ton_the d>eapeit and moIII usedmelal 01 ,he penod caIed It OM ......

"the poorman' .we..,"~ e d

fromEngIatad i n ~ . and ,oandoomed . . o-." knd 0 I ~ _I

trays, coffu PO". candl<t."ck.. . . . .1"Or1O, " _ per' , d .I I OI/Oef the~ , r y S i d e by ot>nenInI ,.. iWI'CNlI>4

"'"" uchonged II b \JOn, old " ' pewter or .. anything. IoCCOI"dng'0 one wnta "exapl old andaoh."

ViIlIOO"S . . . lrMIed '0 the CourtHou5e lobby between9a.m.and 4 pm. to see the <iIpIay, It • thefifsl 01 a series 01 e:xhbtI d 9 'lid 10

Il\form the public abou. the domatIclife 01 our ancesIOO"S.

Thanks llie due '0 Mn. w.n.Sagunon 01 the Ralslon }-btontalSociety fOf .t...rmg herabou, ,o"que- hoo '-.old oo,ec:tI wuhI ..... CO' . l IOn

Revolutiol\llOfl' Era Book

Dr. Theodoil Thayer', book"CoIonItlf ond Rovo/utlOr"Oa.y MomsCounly,· """aUble, call 285-6198.Pickup $7,95. mail $8.95

The- G. . . ._Ccnl From PlI9'I I

pur<:haR an ill...! on the las, PQ9II! 01

the IrQnlure

The Aweemenl aped'.ed that if theeo...ty oIMomtce-.d10 ' - the Jar.j

oeotpied by ,he Court. the propertywould be CCA,.;dued PiII"1 01 the G ......

VJhen ,he Court Iioo.o$e. built w.]827 two bIoc:b _ 01 the Green.rqMtad the 177(1 Court. the County.owned MCtion 01 theGrf t f I . - ed 10

the Trut t_ oI,he Green.

Future on the GtftJI . . . .reMrieled by the Ag.-eo:ment, •

,hal ' - t-o 1t I • .".,otIyuphdd the years by the TruoteacI the Gr-- . t...ue pmnoIted onlyOM po!il"i"IOIWIl' ~ b o n . ,he 1811CM W .. ScCfi,p. Morr.menl

Todao,I lhe lftdem...-'·. arep.w(ula.I\I apph(.bl . , a I ,he

Mo.".town Ro'.,y Club. ,h iMoot".-.Iown Beau."'" C o m r r o t ~ . andlhe Green Trust_ deYtIop .... '0•ntore ,hot GfftfI',1andIapong 10 i l l

19th ce.,nUIY appea• , . ; . t . "The: loden'\lfe', ,."...... " l.meIy III wheo .he)i_e itaI wroIlm. hold .hot T r u s l ~ 01the Green rapOtWibIti for "'lay;ng ou'

pIiInllr"$. endoIIng, mproYlI"I9 andp r ~ t h e G r M n " Acquire Old Maps

"The: 00".. ion ' - also recentlyac:qwred -....n pIa.n from the ]887 E.R ........... .AdNof M...-NCOUnty.New Jtr'HY. n . pIo!.,. '1!Pi r t

Mo.""OOO'n (two ,,,ews), MormT ~ . Moo--.. P\W6. ,he SUite.......,., b ,he I . . . . . DoI.oft. L..keHopatcong. W ~ o i " 9 I U i ' TO\lOI1Shq:>.o-ter, MencfIam, and PIISSaicT ~ . These pild:os .... be fnrnedand e;ohbted .....u. tn . r a t 01 theCOt,., . ,s ...... e<:&<cbOn,CUf"n'IIIIyon QspiIoy . . dw M,.oii1.ation Wong

" do """""" ' " 'The .0 . .. es an;! the InOm!ure

/l\9eerooell are p;u:t cI a...uIIoc:bOi' 0I1-a.toric: maleriaois 1M,arebeong ' . ,obied for the COt••, 15""1'5

public" n]h"" . , p.ogt. . " .

Slide Pl"Ogram Available

A Sido 01 Hisloril: Sires 1'1

Mom. Cow11y .a-.'IilabIe, call ~ 1 9 8 . No .....

Seek Patriots' PatFunding

Spnngumot rtn"ItI"Id. OM 01 a gIoO

....... on Patoots' ~ 1 h Beau'y. b

..... children. '*'" walk......IouI"o-s 01 and oa'urt.atlI.n 10fumd . . gr f t ' abundance, As the ..

.aceo by and the 1TetI buntOM of Po

e ... 1M • pan 01 OUr fu'ure tlntln'IOft Iundong i t

Dr H.nry CilTOflllata ..... c It •

Iongrr !undid under t t l CETA...hoch ' - upred

W,thou,tn. crrArnoney, rhe cI. , .. .abOn coukl no longer- , ...

lt e 0"11'0.1 pl.n lor ,ut'IC ........ced pro,h _ to build. pu.N:h would IoIow the coo . . 01WhoP!)olrly RNa. throu;.oul

coonly and " ' ,he prt.l(U& connfIW>II 01 thot coooly parks II _ ho

tilat one coukl bike nr:'- or luke !one .. >d 10 the othe•

Spnngllm . Ind 'he maxImpre5eflI UIII 01 ,he c()tlll)l81cd

bno!II il 10 mond 19>'"""Pa'riot.' P.th ..... .:beam w

dreammg aod a projec, worlh keepdo you .hink?

Museum Group PlanBus Services

"The: MomI Area Museum Au

abOn• • recencly Iorr.-.IWOUP WOWIth '"'!to' luMorio;.aI an d cultural l i lthe Morristown _ . t tpOnIOri

frft afternoon bu.1oop II"bel""n Acorn Hal. F.. Erfi

Arboretum, MattulHal MUSOMYl, Morr-. M..-um 01

and Scienca. 5ch..y\er HamHou.e, - ;_d le i Vitage, aod the

..........The !Jee but; _ ...... begon

24 ar d Will rut! ClIftY Sunday aftl!rTlfrom 2 p.m. to. $ p.m The .egado. ' . . fee wiI be c:harged at

"'t. "The: I-\eri,. Comrn·!fiOfo ;.auw,,,beo 01 the MUMum Associa"The:freOi! bur. s e M c : ~ 1&made pouibgraot$ from the RandolphKiwarulMd !he Art. Councd of the MA ~ .

Addi tional fuoding " rweded.mr:trlI ini<)mllltiorl, CltU 285-6]98 or

""



Empirenegro telVants . ,

In 1836 GibI:>oN. . . . w h wid faur~ e n moved 1110 tIw M.IJnIjon, HItdivided his time t>efv,.oeen hi t selfsufficiEnt 1!5L1!O!, lind racing -,abIo!which bfed . . . . . 01 1M m- raa

horsa of tIw en. They\WU tf1Iinedonhis private "",maek aI ..., O U I ~ farm. HOI filly. "FIIIohion" becamot [he

!JUl<!$I.1OCing mare of the amIufy.

The gokMn day& ended WIIh the&.ath of Abigoi in 1844, and wa.n 11

1852 Thei. spm"'" dilughte•.Caroline. Jiued in lhe u n t ~ her

' dWh in 1857. Shortly lherufter,GibbonJ' KIn and heir. ~ d . doMd lhe M/InI.IOfl and s\.llbla.. tU iSoutMm III'S _ e lIrof'I9, and he

returned to Geor9a to '" I),..C o n f e d l l ' ~ e

--Indian Exhibit ()pens At

Seton Hall

A display on !he ~ ' o r i c In<iaN

01 No..... Jnwy is on exhht in the . . . . .

lobby 01 the I-Iurnao'uba Bui<mg 01

Seton Hal l,Jrwnsty, 50ulh OraretT w e n l V d i o r U Y ~ l I o o r p h i b t s a n d photograph., document In<Ian lifedunng !h i PBlN>-Indiao. Archaic,Woodland and HlStOfK ContKt

~ h - t " " b- e>ehhl June.1982, it • open to the frw ofcharge. Mondavs througk SatutOays,......... IN u . - n r t y . opm

Bogert and Decker

Appointed

EIaoor BogIf1 1M.. Owte.PequaMod< WId JQMph Mo.cke<, WMI'ongIon TOUinIhoP. habe(on ..ppo,rued by lhe Board 01 ChosF.ethoIdItrs 10 fIIIlhe vacanciellehthe tu,glll11l0nl of Mr.. Jn$oc:olo ...,k • t>.nv,l1e, and EaWhnleTlOl.ll', K",,,t"lon.

Mn 80gM 11M iued lor 46 years,aiding in \h i rr

~ b l ; l N l y M a r m Beny I-\ou$e. 9

" .. h · \ ~ t e e 01. lhe Moorw CounHioloriul SocielY, VICC-ChlllI"n'WII

Hittonc CaJnrnopio\1p -o . . rman 01. 1M MoniI CounT ... for ",,"one Praetvabon: andtheRingwood M>.onor Cit"'"",, Adw;o

COfM\Illee,.so.ph M. I4cker liw$tn th8 hiluo

Ne:90b0i IiouM on Long VaIW.tw.g!on T ~ . De<;ker, as

. . : ~ ... e"oberand paII l prUI(IenlofWuh,ngton Township HisloriSoOety ...... be ~ t h e t a k i n

of the o6d school buidire .... ln

VaBov. now beros UM<I byWuh,nglon Townsh,p LibraAMoeIaoon 10 be used asWuh,nglon Township Soci

MuMuin. Hothopa or .formal"""... tho!r..I"

"The c ...,. , )< , regrets IN f ~to : )N of Jun a lOO'T

dwoirman and memI:>er lor 7 !o'f"r&. w

Iti1lo _ as presodenloItt . CouPTA and Earl Whntenou." ....too .chIoonnan 01 I'" comnts:SSioo". CEProgram 10 prtselVil! I ' " el!'!Y pub

I" " " " de..



Old Morris County Records Found

Discovery in Court HouseBasement Dates To

"66

II the bnW. 0Ific:. hadn't r ...... ,oed.OUg/1 on , ... cOI'IUp! tNt nothing

t.. dllCa.do!d b d ( u bn>gOUI, our Mom& County

W<JUId have 10.1 ....... " f t y

It ' " " " " . . hou!i> or. oIl1woffic:asthe Shtnfr. Orp;artmml

MJCn \IIIIuabIe rftor<is M !hot era

" " brrog clNned out lor mo:n room

_.An old fill c.abuw1 _Ioo.and, but 1'10

At fH!, IN Ihoo,'9111 <:ami to !hot

to '0 - 11 OUI .... n tlwOn te«IIId Ihoughl,

decdotd to drill. hoI.., the lockopcm it.

/-WI It.. Lilu"," odea not p r ~ ....Not ....ouId have been lost. . A«ounl Book 1766-1804,

u Book fOT 1781 1838, AMlnurn Book 1824-1844

-!heboolo;.UNlbecal_

........ta -... short; s,;.ec.r.caoo.-.r !he County Jail and County 0ffKc

_Iudong bIuo: pnl ts , 1936;phoIograpbs, about 30 d.i n I ; ~ County offices.

,nckwriaI lite!! and hi ' :photOi ha .. can 01 1920'slalhng 011 bndgn and other

iOOts; and one book I'1i1JT11I19 thethe Jail, 1859·1862.

and

tIiow.I_ wi! no! 10M allM and

• the CltIUnI, are \hot bendactOB!

__ -" tb" ...""_ . . ._ ....... -.tv__ t>d_bndiIo .."'"_n._01 ...........__



Doroo'" SIM. .. dll.;,.huryT"""""""boouty......, W___ ..__ . I So.. """ . . . . . ....__ !>Owl II 7510< . . . . . . hour <loy '" 1of " '" 2\))th p.,odo "'-""" Tho odonotyallho """ one! pIo<• ..twt. ........._ _ _ ....a.-

Noles from 1M 1824 mOWle book d lhe Boardol'Cho:>oen F ....holde. . Rno/ved IMll booIllVoI S20 be forevtTy fuU grown

wolf cilUght orrd kdlild Wltlun imns of rhe county lind $10 !of e.och y o o ~ . . . o I t . 1M Count!! Poorhouse "gnrmfCI relid" in1S40 to 207 pel'lOO6;. RaoIYed lhiIt the F.ethoIderl "take meltfIUe:I"IQbiCtrtIOIn tJw:. n1.lfnb<.oTd lunalia! and peraonsde;,Jand

dumb in I ~ ' r ~ p e c : I M ! t o w n . h i ~ . thaI a jder be lUted lor S60 a yeaI', . Reso/IIed lhalthe County CoIlecw be~ u t h o r i z e d to borrowon Ihurftht of I t . county any sum not ""'KCng $4.000 .. Ordt-red lhatlhl'Shenffbe allowed 25-cenr5day for ~ r d e d . ()nXrecIlhatllw S h e r i f f b e ~ the ....",oI$lSOfor peraona!seNicesin capturong, .etaming

and e ~ e c u l , n g uBlanr::.

Tho Morn. T.........., lIDo, GcoI 0....".100' ....... " .. "" """" 10, 11'80.

_ .. N cI _ d "" ' " - c-.ty' . 2Inh--V o.-odo 100l0I., " " " , , - - . , 1939

_ ~ _ o I - M o n < o r > n n f _ - S < " '~ - ,



... , Who Was Rochambeau? Tho: rM Il _

French General Com'l Dc RochatnbeiuJ,.....no arrived in l'W .potl, Ih>ck ItIoond in 1780. after Fnonc;<! Nod entered mlo a fiI!e.' \IO' zdli.!Iracwrth the

13 cokna.

AlIef cO f$llt atoon ,,"lIh Ame:n;a '.CommandeT-m Ch,.I , Giorgi WashngIon. tIM: . . . . TnIOd.IO ha>xI Rochambeau'. be9n • Southm l IIg ilD"I tIIhc hPW"tg,ar-noOned Bntl sh oulpO ill on V...,......

He cmbwked from RhocIi! Island andrna .chad th.oogh lhe I ,a tu 01 ConnIctlCUt, New York. New.leNey.D.JI' .,e, Maryland and VIf\ IIR I. on Ius _ y 10 • CIimloocIX: MUle """,h \he British Am'I\I undn the conwnand 01 Gmalo l Coo .. ' ., a' Yorkrown. Virg ll ll l l Baodn poOIIW"IS 10 be one d. th e qy

1!fl0. do Ie_ 01 It ... ReI.oo/uIlOll.Rochambuu'l Tr.JIil aIIo IIO-.aIed the

•• and gOOd wiJ b t l ' tE ll

..-.....;ur. .r .d F • .. "O I fte t,nilc tnwnt o n 2OOth Ann iw :1 'A ry

aIM .."h

FIIIIt '''''''ClU 01 about 200 " " " each, 10 the QOSI'\II/F,enc h un''' . .....,11 depart "om Provdeoce m Oclot...•• 198] and follow the o01!Jlli!l bne of march.-:lby Roclambeau _ Tho: .. ...a1'TMl II I Vi. !/ IIl II' If ! lme \0 p"' rtICI

I»le on

the YOfklown 00l1ie .-rn.nt

Each dMIIon .... be do .d 10 the French Atmyofl181,n

.. .. . " . . , sele cted 1_ n ead1 01 the eIght 51a tn through ",hl c h Rochatnl-.. marehed.

M ... SM.on M. 000 . . . o..au-M ... . Fra.. ca D. PIo..,_ M ... v...,w. Sec.., tary·Dr li enrv 0 .... ..Hen ry W. Plkh

......_" ' - 'ph o .b . John o..vi<b.on, f, ,"hok\e ..........

Pub lish SupplemenTo Marker Book

P\an Tour In

Tho Morrw Couruy T rust/or PreKrwnoro _ IIPO I* '" '19 a "GudWaIkI-.g Tout" for Dow r on June 2

(County <Circ u lar Morri s County Commissiol"l



managemel' l l , the ~ o m p a n y . proo:b:tionand'" onc:rea.ed. and thetown's popJIation grew.,. OOJI..x·townworkers aoug,t jobs at the "RubberW o r k s . ~ In July, 1881, the ... d. Wut

BIooo,.,gdIIIe changed its P,O.addressto Butler. New Jen.ev. in honot d. thenwo ..too had prQIJIei(y to the

t""""- The yhf the companyreDf900lliud ... the Butler Hard RubberCompany• ....-Rh Butler . .. preSidmt.William Kiel. the new plant~ t e n d e n t , ontrodooo;..-d ......-..fao;.

tun"l!I nwthods whic:h UNt..-d newproducts and new jobs. Mode", brickbuidings repIac..-d the origonaI SI1 by200" wooden factory.

As the itdIstry

10 did the

town. l . i m i t ~ d housing cauud

Richard Butler to

purchase a 72 acreno"" lor a residen

... """""""'",for his .....,..ker•.Streets wer eOolt and named afte r his family.associactu and Iriende. The Compill\Y

built SITIiOII houses which were sold tothe workers for $600 •$900. ButleT aIao~ t e d land lor a Catholic and aMethodist du-ch. and tor I IChooL

r n . _ . ' I > o _ ~ " G _ " " ~ - " .1The Rubber Comp.oy cared about

its empIo}! I It aponsored commtI/lItyactivot;'" such as band ~ o " ' : e r t s , factory p;cnics. anno..oaI conlests forweil-Iended g;mItm. and even asurpr;se and bonfire diIJIIay inhonor of President Buller. C(lf"QfTO lorworkas. ba tkd 00 thejob. rao.oIted on

theor rEiocaIlOn Withon the plant.H(II.Io'IM"f. empb.oeot diIcootmc_ noItolerated Dums a SlTi<eat the Iactory.Presidenl BI.OHer eKprened apreference to see the plant burned..ather IIwl beorganozedby the KIIigImof Labor And a wave Q/ employft theftand .eWe of combs and

resulted in the large scale dismossal ofthe !Jlity .....,..kers.

In 1898 the Butler I-brd RubberComparoy n""god with lhe IndiaRubber Comb Complrly. and theGoodrich Hard Rubber Company in toa major eoo-poration, the AmericanHard Company, capitaliud at

$2.soo'(oo. A new era began lor ,he

town the n R u b b e r W o r k a ~ b u i l t , And on

1902 an old era ended with Richard

The American Chestnut Tree, A Victim Of B

Has Disappeared From The Forest

by HM.y W. f'iIch

If yeu happen 10 be a """"'" ...t.o isin le .UI ..d in old land l i l lu ,~ . . " . Q/ old deeds oftendiSClose wording s u ~ h a$ Ihis;-BegnVos at 0 bge dOistnuI freena-ked with two hadr marks 1« acorner0/John Smth:' bnd. .» or """'"- -he Aml!. ican c ~ t n u t " Cas l........ dmtata. as our lOfIOP;5torskrOiw it, i s . . , . . - . . .

A !IUI! foRSt often e:xceecr.gthe largeR oaks WI he9U and

cttumfen!r.:e. it gmt WI prolusion,throu!#loul tho! <!asl,,", Uniled Stal<!$,from Maino! to Florida. 11$ ....;,od was

.... ensiYely used lor trm, lurriture,tflephot", poles and fencing. Old handsplit fence rails mode from chestnulmay still beseen in rural areas, a/thou!tIlocust rails have largely taker> their-.n 1904 lhe fungus disease Endothiapuasitica (C hestnul blighl)WlI$ broogIotonto the United States from Asia andwas fits t discover«l in the 8ron.ot Plilkarea of NI!w York City.

Within the """I len )Ieilr5 hadCIC !fed the Hudson 1Wl'r, spread

Buller'. deal h , the pat ..rnalislic

.-..:Iws:tnalisl, -who won the heartsol his~ , e e s by,,", 1<orodlyinl...es t ontheitw e l f a r e , ~

The Monis County Heritage

Comm,.s ion. recognizing thecontribution oflhe Butler Hard RubberCompany 10 Moms Counll/ history.. . . . placed an hoatoncal IfW"ker .......the entnon<:e to the Ammca HardRubber (Ionn..-Iy the ButlerHard Rubber on MaonStr<!el. Butler. The plant is root open to

the gefII!RII public ucep I by spe<::jal

""""","".

Publications Available

Colonial & RevoIutio::ooafy MorrisCounty by Or. Thayer, $8.50 mailed.Phone 285-6198.

Mornories of the Morris Canal byArlene Fowler Demp6\ly. $5.00. Phone627·6205.

Ih rougho u t N .... Jeuey

IOfId soon "-'NIt.....Iend,d Ihroughout th eA ~ i I O O " U .

Beldes ita vak>e II a tnber IAmtricon chest ....1 annuaIylargo crop& of .we ....

The blight a ttac:b the irnerthe irei', /indy .,""'o;Ji"S the lbmnch, which cu .. df the sap

and kil l the Iree or the bIirIltedthooreol. T h l b l i g h t l p O r n a r ~ lthe.....nd. on the fed and wingtI oand by ....... !IUd> II sqBeIorI! IlS VD\IIent J\at\lre wknown. _ carried 10 new Io

on ~ t s of poles from b

A l t ~ lhe 1 ._ o;t;e b.::klhe root. are not kill

osHer the IrI!e . . . . been destroyebli!l>t. yeung ahoota. or su-ckEup around lhe old Itump&. Soothe original onsIaustot of lhethese &hooIs only reached a helew feet, wtwn they. in II.Oinfected and died. But now. a i xafter the blight fitsl .truc:k"-_ of I t . . . su-c1<er1o t..ve groaapl:ings twenty or thirty feeSome have I!YIrl borne ...."""",tuaIIy they go down bef

bIqol. Sorned.w either the bior..,..... of these shoo

the old root syslems may dew

rn"""'"y. (Who kroou.o5?)Perhiopi oor delCendartts ma

day 9l'ther chest"",1$ in the woowild Ameoicaro trees. But noIlor

Moms County T r

In 1918. theMe .. . CountyTHiiloric rr-.-lion _ bor

corporation 10 proI

historic eflVd . . . . "'nt. The cbond [& an actiYe dedicat

hisloOcally. a t e h i tor c u I t ~ buidin

stJ'UCll.O.es.Thl! organi la t lon acq

emergency aid 10 hademolition of the Gomes FarmhNatiorW Register property Irt MLak .. it received a $50.000 granllo res tore lhe lao:ade oflhOpera House in DoYer, and aEloton granl to publish a rest



Early Records

Document Crime

loyF . - . . D. f'wI9oon

"Calo, are charged lor thal yousonoe(j",es IAlllhin tho! monIh of March. . ApilIa.s\ did feloniousloJ steal andcany _ ~ y from Hannah Arnold .,1

Mormtown .. II shawl WIIh tho! real andITue VilIuo! of IWmty $hellings POllY.

money." nus clwgfl was brought<>gains! C lIO, II Negro sl;we 01 Mr.WIlliam Johnes on June 19th, 1972.Aft ... p I e a d i n g ~ . hew. sentencedto be whipped "al the publick whipingpOSt thirty nir>e \iIshes on the bare

book."Portl!!", "1\ negro slave man" _

charged on Noo.oember 8, 17<11. withSle>llins one COllI, one fur hat, II

black . . . . . . . II pair d.

cotton stockingJ and IIhn hoot coal

from the propenyolJ.nes Iie.denon.He, too, ~ I : I e d !J.IiItv and wassentenced \0 rece;...e thirty nine Ia!Iheson the bare back "at the publiclr.

po l l in Morristown."Slaves could be ....hipped both at the

.....him of their ownen and by o rder 01

ho! court. Free men could only bepunished by court ""de. OnAprillOrh,17'15, a certain James Wri!tlt ""'"chargeiI with 'stealing and c;arrymglNI1JIf one .we. Willch 01 the Valey

FOf9I' Ionncrly known asCoe', Forge:n.., po ......... "made; conlms" "os inopen court o/IN c n n . ~ and the court

order«llwn 10 be taken 10 the"pubIido;po l l and there to receM!

twenty M Slnpa on the bare back .......laid on."n. _

and one casllTll!r val 01 the"alueof twodoIara of , ... peqonaJ goods andchattels of Elijah Horton." Bowers

pleaded guilty and was sentenced to

Speedwell History

F.ancu Pi n geon, HeritageCo.,", 'ion, Voce Presidelll, CamC a v ~ and Barbara Hosktns, hawiIltrodoced "At 5f_b.d in tMNineleenlh Century.· II lustory book.

The 92-PlIge book, with 7S

illu$tratJons and ~ I a t i o n s fromStephen Vail'1 diaries and other

document. , -1\9W reada.bIe.$peedweU VolL)ge, on Roote 202, one

mile north oIlhe Mo rristown G"""" isOjH!n 'rom April 10 November.

Proceeds from boolI s.aIes wi be used10 ConlUltle restoration cI buadings inlhe .........,·lICI'e park. To purchase abook. 54/WZ1l.

.-- nine lashes on the """'back be ' '''U' 1IN hourscl five and sixthe next aflM>OOn. On the 3rd cI

1832, .bM ~ k s o n , a freeblack, twenty I!Ishn bslealing "a dark silk handkerchld: and apaIt 01 Itockings 01 lhe voW.! of onedollar and Iihy cenls" from FordKitchel 01 PeQuaMOCk. He receiYedtwenty IIiIha on lhe bare back. JohnMunay 01 MorriI. Townahipt w e n I ~ nine lashMon lhe bar ..backb".cealing twohandkerchie&oIthe valueoIMy Clfl"ltlfrom one Wiiam Horton.

There _ no indK:atOI 01 whero!U

1001< p/;Ioa. Will Iha.! still apubit ",tippO.,. ...,.t .. . whero! theyadrontlered in a cel of IN

jail? The I ." pubic exec;urion on theGreen . lhe """gins of Anloine u.Blanc Ior ......rder OCCIJned in1833.WIjppongs on the ban back may

0\11 01 fashic>n iIboul W I time.

n- qOOlations were taken from!he records Itored in the vault cI lheCullura! Ctnter 111 300 Mendham Roadunder the sup"Nision 01 lhe MorrisCounty Heri!<'9I' CornmiMion Theorganiza lion, p reservalion lind11. . . ,,,'\10'"''9011'- records is a m appr<ljecl 01 the WlIOI' "ion. Uponc""'pletio" 01 the worlc, they wi! be,..n ibble on micro/im to inlere:sled...."obe. . 01 the pubic,

for !"tiics? I. II COOJered by Speedwel

u . k ~ ? Per ...!' " '!'>'I"'I' .. . might h " ~ to lind out. Henry W. PIlch. rlOIedMoTTis County Re$Ml"cher. has no idea

where it was located.

Count y Hi s toriaGets Merit Award

Shwon chairman 0Morris County Herirage Cal."and alto ex-officio County Historeceived a N. J. Siale A""""" 01Me

lhe 1981 L.oc.I Hislorians ConIereIotld at For.gale Country CluNovember Hi.

Five Awards 01 Meri l are gMn

yoW by the 01 1-6stSociI!tits 01 N.J., and Mrs. o".e101& /or her CQOp .. \iue efIortsestablilhed l o u I h is tor

organiutionll wtth • ...... prqeclS.

Washington TownshReopens Museum

Vir9n>a AloIn, president of

Hislorical Society 01T0NrlIShip teu. .. . thai II-otit MusBuilding (th.e former Litt!eSchoohluse and Ubrary) inValley reopened in October.The musewn area on the se

floor hili intereslW"lg dispIIoy$ 01 hi!oand artistic. ~ l c r i a I a . The fnt flofumIIhed in perO:I $ty\ot and is b

UMd b _11"901localTher• • • tTIlII ..............5t"...,/o

sale 01 lhe Sociery's Historic ptiles. lIalioowy, and other sitems, plus lheir Hislone booklet

Bul, ""'h .u oIlhis, Vlf9iroill Asays that tt..1OCiety is 6eO!I<ing funtWO c.ategoriD, onefor an mdown

fund (to UM only lhe inleresl 01Olher for 9i' ..... fund .......oe u

donations, no matter how small.used for day-1<Xiay expenses

""'_ _ _ c . 'do. F""" Pogo 1

various typeS of I5WIice..The U. S. leClion of tI-os d

nckidn...&li Iaued by stales,bu s l . - , ............ ct.Jrchesfralernal organiutions. DocumaIoo play a pari in the cokction.

The Ior.,;gn ileCOOn inck>des mfrom C"","Tries W t were neemer!F'9 " " t ; " - ' and the AIIio:sGerman lI ala are repr .......ted. a

/IS lhe ve1eran s.ocieties of Ger

and Auslria.You a. . welcome 10 see thlsdis

during the working hours ofCourlhouse personnel



p., . •

Historic MapsExhibition

The Helllllge Comminion',collectIOn of thirty historic MOrTIS

COUl'lty 1'l'\aJ», da ting from 18S3 to 1910,has been hung recently in theFI"fthoIcIm,' Public Meeting Room m

the Administra tion wing of IheCaurthouso!. Tho! newly ntalled

uhibit is 0PCIl 10 thepublic. .,00 IIhouId at

intefat 10 IoclIIIluslonansand scholars.The 191h century mapiI are anappropriateaddition to tho! Courthoulotcomplex, wh<Me or9naI section . . . .

built in 1827, and is now Iisled Qn TheNational RelPster of Histonc PIao;u.

The coOection includes three largewall INPS. Morris County, 1&S3,publilhld by J. B. ShioIIds; Boonton,1900, pubIiIhed by E. Robinson; iIIld II1910 map at Iiop;loloong preparedfor the MorrisCanai Co,,", i ' . Tho!~ h o " a I maps llI'e sewn plate. froms-r. AI'" ofMorrie County, 1868;Roxburv, Madi5Ql\, Morrillown,

o.w.r. MencRlam, Hanover. andPaMaic: T0WI>$hips, and twenty platesfrom Robinion' . Alia. of Mo....COOInty . 1881; Jeffer!lOl'1, Chathem,

Randolph, Montvile, Buller/Pequan.noc:k, Roe"-ay, Pon Or.,y'MI.Arlrlgton. Morris T ~ , MomiPIairs, $1_. A¥un foo- the1_.

t.a<e Hap;otcong, C'*ter,Mendham, Pusaic Tow",hip,Washinston T ~ , and two ...;eo.o..s

eao:::h of MOfTisloum and Boonton.The mapiI record Monia County'.

growth from eleven municiJ*jlles in18S3 to lwenty seven municipa!ihea in

M.. . ShMon M. Dorem .. . o..ar-M. . , Franc .. D. 1'1-. Voce-Chai ...... n

1981 Histo ric S itesChosen For A

Morris County Marker

Boonton H iaton.;: Oiatrict _Main, Church, Cor",,1ia and Calar

Streets, Boonton, New J ~ r u y 07005.Gibtxm. Hone Barn - loantaka

Way, C h a . t h a m T ~ . 07928.Mount Tab<><- CillIItp M .. mg

Auociootion • 1869 - SimpsonA"ftUIe, Moo.ml Tabor. N.J. 07878.

Pete'!" Cook HouM - Norris Road(Old Boonton ROilld), DenvilleTcwnship, N.J 07834.

Dicl<enon Mine ( ~ p l a c e m l ) , 17 13 - Canfield Avenue, Mine HiD,N.J. 07801.

1910. Today the t o l ~ illhlrty nO"lO!.. Themaps also trace the routesollheMom..Canal and the EMe>c Rairoad,

Ihe "ansportatlon links whichMorr. Couruy"s ecoo..,lIIY

by carnying proce:.ed iron from theCounty's forges and fumaces. PI ....... tyoo.vners 01 the period and the bcation of

their houses are also ndie!otedThe Commission plans toexpand the

collection. and seek' to acquire atlaspIoot.... of rn.micipalitlH not roepruentedin the CIIl"n'1"It exhibrc, and any othermaps relating to M(II"M County,

Madison Seeks Sup port

The Madison HlIloncal Societyrequests public support for aninvestiglJtioo of lhe Rl'\IOlulionary W;uEncampmenl of 1777 s i t " ' ,

Art Exhibits HeldIn Courthouse

Muhi-wlored floral pnnls and ecaTching photographs h a ~ bfeatured in rwo separate art exhipresented recently by the Mo

County Commission in tFreeholdeu' ......uting room in

Admristratioo wing 01 the CouC ~ _ Graph;c artisl, T,.,Ida

Mendham Township, "'hibil<lourIeen dynamic floral d If g"s oomlhe Ill""..,.". months. A OlIotionacclaim.d printmaker, Michconcentrateson Bora! silk screen pri

fealuring lhe intense, '"*ranI colonlhe outdoors.

The Woodman Photog.aph

AIiancc is (lIrrenlly presenting,xhiboI of twenty-three r n o o d ·phoIographs until December 31

Well known Morri . Counpbotographer$, Barbara Beome, PHaseg/lWlI, Judy Benvenuti, SarbFowler, Doris Fulton, J. W. FultDon Geist, Georye Goodwin, VirgiHoward, Gilbert Welch and KaSchlindwc-in are am::>ng the artIPar1iClpallng on The e ~ h i b i t n. <rxhibds, an on-going projecl

the Hentage Comrro.sion.Courthouse wins with local art, a

also pn:Mde uhi>itionspllCeiorMorCounty am.ts.

'trqc Qrountll <!rirculur

Mortis County Heritage Commtssion

M . . VWgi. . . . K.Iloon.ey, SKttUory. EditorDr. tiel'll\! CilrnnHotnry W. PIlchElM,..,.,. 8og.on

JoM"h D e < :Carol J. l M I ' r Fr H holder l.IaOOn



Vol 6, No. I

Mahlon Dickerson

Morris County's

Remarkable Governor

&,I FlOtI<a PirtgeonIn 19rh Century New Jersey, the

office 01 Governor had little or ro'IO! 01thi! poatige or """"'"" that rt has 1Odoy.Elected by the mer.bol' 01 thi! two

houses 01 the New Jeraev legl$lalure J0.B ,enn 01 one year only, thi! governorhad neither the power 01 appointmentnor 01 the 0JIrt0 . NewrlIwIeu. the firslGowmor from MoniICounty,MahIonD.cbnon, _ted . . 11115 by 110

uiWllmOUS VOle 01 the \eglllators. . . . .

an important and i n / I u e n ~ figo.oy inNew Jo.rsey poIilic.s.

The' owner of the lutflll;"" DickersonMine on Succa$unny, a grandson 01

Mo..-. County'_ Revolutionary WMhero. Pet ... Oid<er.on, I srudmt 01

Greek. LaM and and agraduate of Princeton, Mahlon

DicI<er-.on had ... the credentials lor as.uccauful politician 01 the lome. feettwo inches tall .....th a handsome andd i s l i ~ bunng, he had thepeqooal attributes 01 as.....

In _pile of h1$ aristocratic

hldtground, D;ckenon d . . . 10 ioon

the kIM ....Uan Rep..bIicMs, thi! party01 doe"""""acy. He CIJIIlC*d the ri l lSl_ 01 the Federalist party and was

SUilpiOous of their ~ I f o n - n which was

bas«I on .he philolophy 01 a strongc ~ n l r a l government. Dicker.on

beIiorwd in lhe good Judga"."t 01ordin.ry people and ..... COr>6tantly.., iO the dangen 01 unchecked_ in the hancb 01 ambiiJOuSpoIrbcW>ii. Dunng . . . long politicalcar. . . he _ a /oIIou.oer 01 both

Thomas Jefferlon an d Andr.w

""''''''''.

The

QIuUltit! QIir.cularMorris County Heritage Commission

Morris County Site

of PTe.ervation Confeno:nce

............ ion, New J..--y,lnc., II

statewide preHrWItJoo org!Ir\IUIhOrI.

hal ch<.en McJn-W County as the lIIe

for "" third...........! rnenbeihpc:ooHr'ence.

n..oor-Jo'EliOt w i be held on

October 16th at 300 Mendham Road,Morr is town. The nO n profi torganization promotes praCIICa!fTIIIthock 01 lustoric: preservatiorothrou!jl education and aduocacy.

The' chooce 01 MorrA County for II

stat...... . coroferenu . . grati/yWIgrKOgi.tioil 01 lhol County's WIde·spread . .1 ......1 in lwsIonc "","",",,,lion

t h r ~ its rroany hilton:al societiesand agenOes. The Moms County

Hentltge ComrniNion, the MorrisC o u n l ~ Historical Socie ly . Ih e

Dorothy Eustis -Determined Humanitarian

" """' """"""Dorolhy E\I5Ii. didn' , n u d

"Women's l j b " Back on 1929. reiyF,onr..o on he own in!elig.-11Ce andoeIermiNotion. .n. founded the lin<log guide 5ChooI in the Uniled Statesthe world famous See;ng Eye. She Wi

convinced that SCienlifically-bre

German S h e p a r d ~ could be ! ran

to help blind people lead a

• . . -"" ' . . . . lQ.

She ...... born Dorothy Harrison I

1886 10 an old and prominen

I'hUdeIphia family. In 1906"""marrie

Walter Wood, Jr • II New York Scal.senator, I\iJenty year5 her.....-Dar. Sh....,.,..,.; 10 his 1lu-911 em.le in Hoo6icFat.. New York. and IIwy had tw

IIOftII. Walt ... atod Hi>1'1iIon..Young Mr$. Woodl prefen-ed.....oo

to \eioo;ure. She soon becan->e u>I/OII.oed iagricultural breeding expel """nIS Witmilk COUoIS . And. a dog lover shlICQuired Germaol Shep;!.rd dog

Ha 'W. who would change lhe dirO!Clio01 her Ue. She ..... ontngued that hedog.. .- weigent and I good......n..10 cifle-fm' from the popular ato...... German Shrpards br«Ilor th

"'"' . . "Walter Woodl doed on 1915. In 192Dorothy married George Eustishandsomoo, fun Iovons, and _a

yeus her junior. AnKious iO 9"'" thea _ 01 PU.-poM. on. an

he.- hwbBndmowod toSwiuerIanoand sllirted n • • i , . , t a l bt eedinkennels to working GennaShepard doss like her beIowd HansThe kennels. Iocaled near her alpinchald. """,e called "Fortunate Fioridlo.

T he breeding program " ' ' '

eonrr.u.d on Pogo 2



-,E ........CO<>l'd. FI'Om P"91 I

influenced by the Potldilm 1 ..1lII'I9

School in Gernwty whIn"t the EuJl»ft

$aVO! German ShePf,rds bn19 trained ilII

gu;,:W doga for blinded WOOd Wat Iwterans. Amazed at !hot g.l1lX dog ' ,

pOIenllill, Dorothy UJfQII . , .rockmtllied "l"he Seeing E y o t whid!de50cribed the German Pf(9Vf I . for !he

SOrurdav .Euening Po.I,Aft .. the a,hel,,' , pubhcatlOn,

fortunate Foelds _ Ikoodtd WIthan .k from bin:! people for gudt:

00r0Ihy ........ ounded .ShoE agreed to let II bIm nancteen-yurold cokgo ftlJ<:knl, Morna Fnonk.come 10 S w d . ~ 10 \pm to .- •guidIt dog. His 1°"""'" .-.I greatermobiity conw>eed Mn . Eo.t_ thaI"need existed for II 9Jodt dog IICt.:.oI forblind people in tho! United Slatel.

Her fTIo1If1'0ge had .nevrtablo,lcnded10

.he returNd home, free to !f W aD

her time to the ""'" WOlu", InJiNw,ary,1m IN ! Seeing Eye ...... i n ( : O f P O r ~ t e d in NIIshWle, T"".-". non·profitinslilUlion. Shortly therufter theschool rnc:owd to Morristown. NewJersey. M.s, Eu.1i$, dynamo: &lidconf;dent. was president and aIIocontributed considerabl. fim'ln<;ialsupporl. She "';55 ..... ed III lNJschool'. oprrat.", by Jack Humphrey,Morris Frank. and Wdii Ebeling .

In 1931 "The Sou." . . Ihe wasknown, bougIIt a haute on \IJhipp<ulyRo.! . three m iu rom Momttown. for

the S""ing Eye " perman!!nlheadqo.wInm.. Suit around 1m the

i • .-OS colonial revMII mt.r I5 IOf l_

ud y COfI""fted 10 domut0ne51or tn.sluden!s Mri. E"Itis' 'nend.<;antributed furnlu . or !hot house, andhone stab on tho! nutby bam becNrcdog kav>dI;. She had .. apartment ...

the gate haute.Thf, Seang Eye and M r ~

Eus,. . . . . he c a ~ around whom its

developed. She c:ontmued l1li

praidml lor nu.r1y ' - " t y ye t S . Hersocial coota<::ts a.llf1ICIed

support for the school, and herfriendshipt; .....nh the on/'o.Ienllill help«!preJUdICe the blind

and tho guO:k dogs ' " public pIKa .M er the death of her lOrI, H.uNon. on

1938. her \eadErWp b«ame: loess

<Ktiv<!. She died on 1946. a womlIn ofachiewmenl whose almmiTrnem 10 lhe

Seeong Eye eO.lI'l"IUe& tl\roo.91 her$Urviving son, Waite." A. Woods. who501"""" on the school', Board ofTrulltea.

In 1965 the Se-e;ns Eye f"I"Kl'Jed to newhelIcIquarten in Morris Townshlp. The

Whippany Road prop."Y wu

Th o _ , , " . . . . . ." ' .. .-..E .. n _ T . . . . . . . . . . , " ' l l O t ~ _ o o i d I O B o I I T ",1'' - -_ . r . c . IooI'llf>';_ .... ~ ~ " ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' T .........._ . . . -

I Editorial IWilh Presodent Ron;Ud RelIgom's

plans for budget cuts to!Mlly servius.hot! IS talliogon all 01 us to ~ m o r tinwc

10 volunteer work .The network 01 w/unleers in Morris

County ClII1 be seen every inprograms requimg labor and/orexpert . .

The """'nleer oI1en goes unoollCedbecao'M he does h1s work quietly,

diligently and without flInl/lreLest ..... lose this very .........bIe "

OO1, . .OOly, ...., Q,ould 9YO!

thete uoIunteet"!l re<;<q1dJOn.

Af, an eiljIl"Y"i\!" ",e",ber of theseven-member HomtlIge Corrmission.I'd like ladue '" on what llldooe bythese vokmteas. l lwy I'ftI!lII'Ched Mel

100 h$lor>c sites .....Ihhisloric markers; coIected anllquc........ of IOWM in Morris County and

purchilHd by New Jer$O'Y &11Ubcntones. and .. .bwQuo!ntly tom

"""'-The Moms County Heritage

CommissIon. recoqnninq II ..contribullon of Dorothy Eushs toMorris County hislory, has pIlIced an

h1sloriclll marker allhe mtT<>fl« to theSeems Eye School on WaslungtQnValley RolId. Moms Township. The

school III ro t 10 the gener..r publicexeept on 5J>O!Cia[ 0CCMi0ns.

(ThD ",!>CIt .. ,110 eln.oonIh .. a ..n« ""Hw<lno>I ... _J

have 31 ....... on the . . . . . '"F.eehctiell' Public Mftnng Room

the Court 1-buK; ooe Comm1llllC!JVft cobed lliidc It.:w 01 hISlandnwk. free 10 organazalionsrequest il; aroather Commisl5upe1Vises lhe preM1VlItion of aU l

County records . Slored '" the udvault III 300 Mendham Road.Comnus.s,..,., 15 fesponsoble lor the

Exhibus on ,j:;spIay allhe C

Hoose; a display cue II1lhe IobbyoCourl HouM ill ~ D e d conllflUClUalyartiIacU, coIecled by the Commis

At 300 Mendham Road, ano

display casot plus ...filled WIth pictures aod artilacuhistOl1l for visiton to see The eouCi r c u la r i . published by

CO".' '_ a year. IOTIjXIOpapefS donated a r t arculated

proper dell ...11OnS. C t I e b n ~held lor the County and001'I'\f1\ISSi0 • WlIh Ioo<b: donaled aclw,........................

COWIty sn ....Cont·d. From P_

5J>eed-. V&ge. and M<Kcub:

H . onul Museum wi! be IIf1"ICIf"sp<:>nsoflng organinllonS.Fameq, [kkroson u.-n.tyMadison CampuS' Library FOf9"notalJon .

The program willf1Cludt lectuthe CI I " . nl lIalUI of h,spUHrJlItion in New .krwy, and

to IocaIl\Istoric Illes. The «lgislf ... will be lIpproxlmalely $15. Inclunch. &ochu.es WIn be maiIed""For inIom\ation, caU lhe HeComrninion. 285·6198, OrHistoncal Society. 257..3465.



What's In a Name?

When the first ......." men amued inIhiI ara, and md IM\hIhe Indiaros, the

...+utes """"'. down 1M ......a 01IIariOus places b.aring nah ..~ t i o n s as tlM!y undo:rstood thesPOken words.

The lrdians could neither read norwrite. and _ 01. 1M wI\Ill'$ were

illitente. n .. .ero. ... differltl't $CfIbeswould spd the _ lncian wordsdenotillS the pIaca diffa'altly

"Whippano<lg could be "'\.IJhip.

parma,. and stiI I/Iltr, "WhIppany.""Parsippany was kl"OCM'fl as

"Pan.ippanong" and " ~ , -.,In the archives 01 In. HisloriallSocIety 01 Pennl.,lvania. in

"I ' = /I . . . . . . . . . . . . . io "

01 o.u. cn:e beioI9'9 to the Ptnlfarniy. 8= k ' IhP "'leresIS M the

01 Pennsylvania, !hIe

Penn. owned large tractsolland inNew~ s e y , including Moms County and

'Idjiocent M eM .

Yu... ago J made e>tlens,v"eltlln'linillOOnS 01 _ 01 these Penn

iecOids. Among them ] IQurd thefoklwIng notations

"DrCJl.9'ltof

8. Broin', jgnd in EostJerwy: No. 7· TheModotlN'heenagheRiver. No. 12 The bronch c/!AIhef,""'.. 1Wer .. rlw ~ n a g / I e IWer ............ whoII/l'OCl. n.s".,.".and down stTeOm from i5 obotll 6or 7 mi"'" to fu,"",ou. No. 15

WimtWnnunss, ""-""9'>0R-,_·

Student Art Exhibit

at Courthouse

Hl!;I school scnion from the "" ' " County VOC.!IIIQfIlOI·Technoc.aI $c.hooI,0enWIe, .....ere Ihe elhibitu19 artist. in,.re<:enl .how by .he MDm!ICounty Herit"9'l CommiWoo in IheFreeholder!.' Wa.ms Room at IheMorn5 County Courthouse. Fortystudml., wh o If!! "oembeIl 01 FnonkNEubauoeis /II"IclasI, ~ ! e d in Ihe,xhi>it which fearured _I.... cdor.pencl, airbrush, and rulrlg pen ink

,_.The display rept"UO!lltS .Ile ~ r s l lime'rxaI students havo! .iIkeTl part II I ane J < h i b u s ~ b y l h e ~ The participoomg Ituckm. halfthe day in cot,.,,,,,C1IiII an cLaooaat theVo-Tech School, and the ()(t- half cIthe day ~ t t e n c b n s regular classes. attheir home high school. A rec:epbonWill hosled by the HoeriI/ige Com·cotnmis&ion and the FI'fihoIdets forthe students tile Coo.Irthoouse.

The exhibn ,an fromttwo..9> May, and Will open to Ihe

public. In .........,lhot!

Momt Co.aruy AnAsSOCialion will ,"turn to theCourt ........ ....nh ar l exhibn 01 pUitings

by ~ ~ k n o w n Mo .. . County artiats.The show will run throtd> Septembc.r,

"Wndbeam" is the direct deundanl cI11 10ng-forgoH.n Indian name"Wimbimmin5l" or p.rhapl10melhing .....h'ch founded like"W.nbin"n-.u" 10 Mr. BenjaminSraln's scribe III he ""ote rt down """'"

250 years ;,go.

Henry PilchResearcher,

Celebrates

Henry Pilch, L .. .y .r anR.Ha,ch . r, cel .brated his 80&1hday TC«ntly and Will honor

....th PMt>eS in the County CIm<Office and at the H..ntagl!Ca,., -'o

. . . . . " , .He started iile .. . the usu

adventllfOUS boy, SWI<"I'O'I'IIng in tMoms Canal and Mchmg ricIoos on tbargn.; aho pIayoog a guitar in a ja

"""'-Pilch, the son clone cI the .. st

Assoembiywomen, Jenny W, PicM'Ned on the MadIsonCouncil fromknuary 1, 1936to MaJ<17, 1944, when hillel! to become tlown'. Attorney,a poIltion he held un

January, 1967He has '-n a Fnman ,"" , . ImMadoson. a ......".,.,. cI the MadisH"..-oricIol 500ety, and has donatedlarge qllBlUlty of hlilOricll map

books, ...cor<lt and poc:ture& to tMoms!""" . Morris TOWNrup Libra

Henry has .wrved on the IWrrtaComm's . • ...-..:c ItSR:eption in 197

Most of his lime now .. spa l l

that Ihe old I . . . . . . . . . . of MorCounty are lor fulU

grnera!oons to UM and enJOll_H,s f ~ t h e , ' . and g r a n d f ~ h . r

updllled Law Libral1l books we<Ior\lIled by hml to the Freoholden; a

are housed in th . CourthouAdminisIralion SWk:Iiog.Officials that attended _re : COII

CI.rk, Larry Mills; CounAdrninistralor. Fred Roui; FleehokI

Palncia J. Maynard, Alf<:onH

Scerbo, Carol J. Rufener, Roc:tn..yFrelinghuysen; and Commil

of MorN Township. JeD,nsmor. plus all uue

Co",,,,!!m,,,rs. 8irthd......,!~ V ~ R o c > n

David MitrosJ);wod MitfOll, ArchMst for

Heritage ea.,., ' xm, has comploqsnizing and fiIins naturaW>P'IP'I'<s 01 MornI CountyMost 01 u - t -e not

bun microfilmed MUuseGeneological Society of U(Mormons) has been grven petmlSby County Clerk t . . . " , , ~ Mills, tothe paperS prior to 1906.



Dockcnon._Cont'd. f""" Po.go t

M er . . . bnd tenure iloI NewJersey'sGowmof (0I;t0bcr 1815 Jaooa.y1817), .... lICCe-pled eleclion 10 !heUroted SI ..I ,. Senate. Iu $o!IWOO", M,,,,,,,,,,,.,.nded two ..""e"dll"'hIs lo!he

consMU!>Qn. Forst, M thailhe President', moe in oIfiu be Jirr&1ft:!

10 two conMCulMt lams; second, Ihlo!repreHnlalivti be elecled from

dislriclS Ihlol 0Ih0uld be formed ofconlJgOOUl; tenilorv ar.:I coolain anequal number 01 penonI entiLled by !heconstilvlIOn 10 represoenUoIion "!heyhad 10 wait for Ihe 20th ,,,,,lury co belaken seooo.o3Iy_

Dickerson ...... firsl 01 011 .. politician,holding pubic o/fIcc from 1Il00 10 1841and T'duvng 0Ifl IICtiue .,Ieresl inpoIita unrilt..du.I!\' tw served on tho:Siale Supreme Court of New Jersey, inlhe New Jt:ney ~ I u n ! , as~ , / 1 0 1 Senalor from NewJerseyfor ....1 .. yean iIOld as Secretary 01

lhe ~ v y uncia- Andrew Jackson_

Modeled afLotr Thomas Jefferson'sMontrc:ello, Dickotroon buill hmself' ama/I$ion on the top 01 the hi i threemilEs -. . th of Dow. f<ociog YU t

!OWlOrd the Succasuror\y Plain. Thismans>on which he called Femvnonteroron hill gIWC harrncony ar.:I stability toIus life. '"" '- he elaboratetemw:,. and fonno,I !J!Fdms wt-.. hecultMoted wild i50wen and specimentrees and piMlS he had an

deganl library lor which he IICqIIIre(I a

coIIeclion of rve and valuable books.AIthcousi> he .- married, he cid

001 .. . alone. ~ e n t """,obeisolhisfamiy including his sisl . . kept house

for him and inl:nck and poIit>c>ans- among them P'l-esodenl Van Buren,-... his JlUHtI. Fl!ITlImOIltel:>ecarne ..

...

-p--

-;r...

.. •'kY

M",. Shu-on M. DoremU6, CIwoinnAnM ... FQnca O. PIngeon, \roce-Chainnan

-.lor Womg to

"""" """", ,.HIlI IUCCItU I!'O the

DicktTlDn Mine gw e him a lMgeincome and aIowed him to pursue hispoIitieal car .... andhishobbieswilhout

Iinoncial wonies - ""'I, he never.nduIged rur.-if in much leisure andWlOS meticulous in lhe perlonnance 01

hos duties. Perh.>ps an I!l<cerptlTom lIisdiary at age sixty.four besr iIIUSlrates!h i nature of the man.

01 February 25, 1834 he wrole

- "Rode ro Moms Tou.o\. Foced 0

SIIDWSlomo in going dou.o'I nearlyaltheWCI)/ . snow$IDmI QgDin most 01 1MWCI)/ nom. " wenr to bed, ga l inlo /I

511Uf1d..". Roused at !t etter 10byo

m "19* ' " '" immediorererum t/ l Trenton. Mou..,ted 0 /oor.;e

IItId Ironed off al l jast os ,oossib/e ti l

Moms T/IU.OI. Fndoy 2Or" oniued at l!rII/Ier 12 ~ r e Mr . Hillier II7>d Mr

James Conti

donates Flag

A hIInd-5fllched silk American f~ i n 1940t<.osgouenl/llheHeritQ

by J/Imes Conn .Cbude SlrHt. DerM/lr. son 0 I 7 h eConti, d«eaMd.It look There5/1 C o n t i ~ m o r o t

make Ilteverylorge. ~ t i f u l l y c o l oflog and 1M Commissiorl is pro<.o

accept and wJI rPsploy it on parri- .Agnew . . . . . waiting for me ...o

COfT . .-ode. 10El2obethtou.o\. "mods ..mo.t .........sot.Io /0< lh e mGo! 10 E/-Tawn /I t 7 o'clock. Gobreokjast. Took steumboar a l to o

8;go t

on a rlliUoodand

,eodT enlan at \t alter Q IW. Vol...:! /0< NBrunowick bonk w#rIch would h00tn /0$1 but for my "",te. "

MahIIIn Dickerson died on Oc15th, 18S3. at 83. He WlOS bunethe Succaaunny Presbyterc hurchyard two miles frFen-amorue. On lIosgTweiswrilteniNcnplJon-

MAHLON DICKERSONAlri 17,1770 OcIOber5. 1( H i s ~ ,

Are WrittenIn

&.cu,... And .hd

R«O«Js 0{ Tho! Lond).

Ferramontl was 10m down on 1

'[:ftc c n o u n t ~ OIirculnr

MOrriS County Henlage CommissIOn

M ... VOrgi..... K, Rooney, s...,,,,Pty· Edito.D.-. lion.,.. CItTOnHenry W. PIlchEk.""r a...rI" ' - ph OoJ<:k.rCarol J. Rufener, Fr,..,holder lJaison



Volume 6, No. 2

"The Good Old Days"

County budgets tIIn make ",teYes-1"'9 reading. It doPl'"dI on the yeadOf""tance. Mom. County

IAIaS a bargain in 1914. &ck then theBoard 01 Chosen Freeholde<>;' annu..lbudget was a modest $lS8,975, a5t11rtr.ng c o n t r ~ s t to 1982's soaringbudget of S76,030 ,563.88. This

inlorrnation was unearthed in an early

Countv J l l l ~ t o o n 9WO 10 theHmt"9!' Comrniss;on for rts archivescollection by Mrs. Joseph Daley,Mountain Lakes. The IeaIIet aI50drarnahus the historic!ll dd'lerencu

between the County progr4mS ofyesterday and today.

In 1914 County gDIII!fJlment not orVyCOiSl leu, 'Ill SI!f"\Iio;es took a differentform. h raised ..u lIS own tax dollars,"",II no contribulioM from FaItmd andState 9J'W"Plltllll. and spent itsrnoroey with no restn:hons. In 1982F ~ a 1 and St"te reven"", trIilke upI I " 01 the Coonty \ludgoIt, and theirm i ' ~ t e d programs control t"'"l thirds01 lhese funds.

Pouerty, 5ickness, r ...... and $-AOW

rl!Jl"lO\/llllol.oeteCountywncl!rTl5 in 1914,

.. lhey remain today. Iiowever, theCounty COped with d>e:se prtlblemsmuch diffeY""tly then

The Morris County alms house wasthe County's solutIOn lor poverty in1914. This poorhouse was loalled ona250 .ere !arm on West Ha"""",,"

AYI!t\Ul', Morris Township. It """"horne:0 one hundred needy...., and womenof all ages wOO did farm work ine ~ c h a n g e lor their room and board.The inrun/ttu were referred to the almshoUM! by the of the Poorfrom,..ell municipality, and included the

CCIn-..ed on Pl9< 2

The

< ! l o u n t ~ <!lir.cularMorris County Heritage Commission

A One RoomSchool House

By F1"(JftCd

"Thorough and EffICient." This is theCUrf""t 10nnuJa for modern education.Uso:ful, "" ' ely, but a tittle bleak lor theexciting;oo of teaoc:tung young children.

The MorTiS COl,lnty HeritageCommission has hlId tM rare

OppOtlunity of 1ook1fl!l Ihrou!II thewindow 01 a one room IChooI houseand observing how the teacher andpupils spent their time together morethan fifty years 1190.

In 1980. the Comnusaion p0ced an

hislOn: """ker al the Union SchoolHOI.IM in Menchm T...........t.ip inreoognthon oId$COtltribt.tnon10countyhostory. When the marker choice .....

announced in the <II!W$plIPeI. wereceived a letter from Robert Major. a

former teacheI there."Gentlemen"; he wrole.

CClnonued on PII9I! 3

W j n t e ~ , 198

...__ _ .......

Beware' the JerseyDevils!

. ,__ 0 .

Who's afratd oItne Je rKY Devil?teU the truth, nol mi'ny people. Tlal1'lOlJs demon of the PIne Barrens ihun·, oo.n scanng folks !;>,t~ , w a t c h ou,1 NewJersey·s2year old IoIIdore devil may be makin

thanklt 10 an ice hoc:k

The N"""JerseyDevils a.e the stalnew NMional League HockIranchise. Hockey lallA, showingf o o d ~ fa< local ;.,IkIore, picked ltum·s name .n a 51,'e-wide .'NaThaI Team" COtllat. Oapite .....ig;oprotats the """""'s name betIIoIficW.. MeY hockey otficiaIs loI.

IISSIJred thaI clergymen had objections. The Devils, spOrting tecolon of red (for their namesake) agreen (fo r the Garden S l a t ~ ) are pIay

Contnoed on PII9I! 4



Alms Houw ..COI'It'd F,onI Po.go I

elOOrIy, rhe slightly retarded, epileptics,alcoholic., unwed mothers, and

desenlld dlidren.

Today the concepI 01 an alms house

has been replaced by a ......vty 01

County Mrvices. Morns View, theCounty nursng homo, provides cll1elo r 366 medicaid eligible patients rn a

modem faci/ity located near theorigmalalms house. And a major portion 011982 health and woel!are doaa.rs prOlJldol.. .parate care for lhe mentally relarded.

do>pendent children, elderly, andb;!.lIerec! women

Tuberculosis was 110 ]1"0jor horalthproblem rn 1914. 5 t r i c M n Q t l Z m $ W ( ' r ~ cared lor in rhe County TuberculollSHospital, located .....r the alms house.ThaI year the County apent $24,(l75 on

the hospltal's mamro:nante In 1982modem rr .. !ici .e has .....C"SVuttelimlf\ilred tuberculosos. and 0'0'eI"

$1.000,000 Counry dollars are spent onprewnt .... medicine for mental healthcenters. drug abuse preventIon

pr<l!PJnS. dental clinics. and nurril>;lf"l

centers lor the II!II"SR(l;>ds and bridges were, and sliII are

a major County ,esporlSlbillty. In 1914lhe County spent $123..soo. one Ihird olit s budget, on lhese services. Betterroads were needed to ac,o".,oodIIte

that popular irr\l<!l"ltion, t ... automobile.And these new roods, built belorefederal and . tate matrltained highwll"",were the County's responsibilityTodIIy the County Spends 13% ollIS

annual budget on roads and bridges.1ora rotal 01 $5.005.832

1982 Marker Sites

A1nwK:k HaU - (51 MlI1k'sLutherllll Church) Madisooand Caniidd R(I;>d, c:on.,...",t. N.J.

" " IKit c hel H o _ ~ t u d - Kitchen

Road and Ford Road, 00envi11e, N.J.

"'"r. Jonn Tayior Hou.M (AmericM

l.egron Buiding) 210 Main Street,Boonton. N.J. 07005.

Morris County Entrance Signs

Rrver Road Route 64. Passarc:Townsh,p Union County Line.

Jackson Avenue, 11680. Pequannock

Township at the Passaic County I..mo!.

Tourism inMorris County

The largesl ir>du$lry III New Jerseyhasbecome tOlJrism. Tllrswas thepOmtof lhe recent .....etins rMt Dr. HenryCitron, Commission ~ r , attendedat lhe Qo...emor MoniI1nn.

New Jersey has il aII- . lakes . among

rhe tnO$t beauriful beaches II I the East .the 9I,"no ... of the Ca$I__ lnd..,..". 01

the tn06l rnporW\l hil;torical and

cuhllfill ~ t t r l 1 1 C t i 0 n 5 in the entire area.

In Morris County an 111CtM! PfO!p"affi

of H,storical MlI1ke. designation hasIons been under way. Numerouspubliationf as far ranging as theA.A.A. tnovel !J.Iide and inIormahOn.generaled by the Morris County

Hen t . Commission. dlfect \Iio;iton tolh e numltrOtJ. hislOflC ard cultu,a1 Sites""tNn the county. It is !TUe tMt

Washington .eaIIy sIepr here, inadditIOn to the facl t ....1 RevoIuIIOfWlfYWI!JJ: J O I d i f : ~ eKten5l\ldy encI!JJ:fIped in

Morris Counly. Washington' ,Headquarters and tho! encampment5 ~ e s a. e readily Ilvailitbie /01 tourists toyi.it. Historic Monil lo",n and

Speedwd Vrnag,., ate visited by

cOtJnrlea rourists annuallv.

The .ole 01 historic: Morris County iskey . , thil growing indUlOtry capped byits unique County Courhouse. Onecould no! help bur be inlpresse<! by thereality of Morris County's neh histooicand cultural allfaclionf and naturalleader.hip in t he growth and

del.eiopmeut ollhe tourism ndusrry.

Faesch Exhibit

Hl'1fIoon>s and fromJohn Jacob f a uch fam

d i s t r n g \ l ~ d ;fOfl tnOfl!II!rs of

Revolution. are rtO\II on display a

Cultural Center. 300 Mendham RAmong the tu1i/M:b I!I a remedycook book. II spy sIaM . -d by BVon 5tmb'ln, a larmly Bible, a lbonnet, a chamois Masonic apro

SOIN American wrOU<lht silver.

John Jacob faesch ",,.as baBasel, s.",.,tzerland and came to

American colonin in 1764Pfoduced ammunition and supplithe Revolutionary army and wp".'iirent patriot and eM<: Ieado

H . home. the ford F""""h MsirnillJr in design and structure 1

Ford rnanioon in Morristown. is /oin MI HOpe, Morris County. Itim9Ot"UInI histone and 1U"ChiIlandmark.

The e ~ h i b i t is SpOrISO,ed byMorris County Hentage Commiand the artIfacls lire on loan f.omSoonlon H"ostorical Socr.ty.

Newly Elected Office

Officom elecled lar 1983 by

Heritage C ~ i o n .. .e: Sh

Doremus, Ch.a!rTfIlIn; f.aro:;es PinVice C .....irman, and Vrrginia Ro

Secretary.



School. .COflfd. From Pogo 1

"I read with much inter"'t d\llttoo

pI/Inning to e<ect B• Mr at the old Unoon School. 1

the Corrvl1ISSion on tile.

1 now i>!Ivc the distinct honor and

ol having been the iastteach,e,

h.eve se-rvio;cd chid,en within theof the school. It ""'" closed in,he enrollmen, of sixteen on

live through eIgh t wasto the Mendham Borough

Of much inr..ral 10 me today was ain the evaluation 01

hom the past to the present.t only _ J the luche, but I built

d kept the fire burning; cooked and

hot Io.>rIch (""'P. cracken ....tswept I"" floors. ~ I e d lhe

(wilh pupjls' help) in winter;games at noontime and recess

100chilch-en; lind in early Spoingwefished IO<"suckersin the ........wn...er.

The children a!lending t lUs schoolfrom Ralston. Mendham

the Arthu, Wltilrwy and

WlJlSton Estatl'S and some alongJ __

Hugh Babbit brD\lftllttwm to school

a canvassed covered Ford and they

returned home in I"" Sinne. •

Sincerely }/OUrS.

Roberl E. MlIJOf

(i>9£' 72)

_I ts ..her wnllll9 thisMr. M.vor died. His wife and

h a ~ e ..dded ImpO'tant

to h.. f;ucinahng account

Major was only 19 when heteaching al the UnIOl"l School

. and 20 u.rhen he was lII>IX*lted01 the Brookside School. He

to M". Major. ' - 'e

as much 11$ $1000 a ~ a : r butno more. In addilion to the

he ment.:>ned in his "'tte,. hetile School House....-ery Sunday10 build the fire.

M<liot" is cmain tl>!lt her

pupds enjoyed learning and

un tt l lhe prOCe56. "G r ... striclesbeen made tt l nooo:iell' e d u c a b O n . ~ maintauw. "but lhere /In! lOme

that will never be seen

Union School house is Ioca.lede 10"""," Schiff 'ese"""ion an d is

the property ol AT&T

Editorial

It is WIth .....ch pelasure that lhe

Morris County Heritage ComrnissKmjoins with the Morris County Histone..[Society and lhe Morrislown Chapler dthe Da,q,lers ol lhe Americ.lnRevolution. Ir l 110...... 9 Mrs. EhulbethThrockmorlon Cooke. whoseIn Americll dales back 10 163Q.Known to ....r Inmds as Belly . .n.;.

wooId be considered a delight to thecurrent WOfTIn1"5 Mowmeot sinceduring her 8S years. she i5 ...;a«omplished environmentalisl. poet.

aUlhor llfId horticulturisl.Noted lot her tremendous work

during and Iir"Iuour F"nl WorldWM inMtional and local !eve. for religious.humamlaNn. cultural. (Me. politicaland social UUIeS. 5he IS also knowni n t ~ f T \ / I t i o n a l l y .Betty Cooke __ born in Dresden

Germany and ocher than • ye...- ..;

Manha"...,. ha$ lived 60 yeMS inMomslown al 71 MaccuBoch Avenue.By proc1.mIation of Mayor Emilio

Ge ....asio. a day was se t aside fo r 00rand lisled OOryIMS as Regml from N.J10 th e Mount Vernon ladiesA.s5ocianon. which malntM\S and

Pi"e5etVeS Washington's Birthday.Asumblyman Arlhur Albohn

presented her wilh a special ~ t e from the Slate legislature Also II

memory book. oompiIed by frimds.was to Betty. even ooting 00rr e c ~ l i o n 01 Emperor and EmprESSHirohilo of JalWl to Mount Vernon.Mrs. Cooke rece>Ved a rnooetMy

contribution from the Women's Club ofMorristown who:::h she will present totoo Mount Vernon I..adie$ Ass/xiahOn.

May yOU enjoy many mOre'I!WlIrding, active and ___ _

Betty!7 _ ~ .

Records Storage

Center Enlarged

It appears as though the Morr.County ArchIVal <snd Records SlO<ageCenter wi t soon operationalIts """"truction was eO . lpieted tt

Nowmber ""'th the inSlallill.:m of '""ta

shelving. The Center will be the firs. 0its kind on II county Je.o«! UltOO Siale

vf New JerKy.According to Hentag,. Commission

a r c h i ~ ; S 1 D a ~ i d Mltros . "A

c o m p r ~ h e n s i v e ,ecords maMgOmenprogram WlU be created to deterrrune

~ i d e t i n e s fof the ildmirllitrahoodtheRecords Center. Th,. record,rnanage<neOt program will poSsiblyserve as a model for Olne. suchprograms throoghoulthe stale:

The Records Cenl<!r is Ioca.ted al300Mendham Road on the ~ s e r n e n t ftoordthe County Cultural GenterThe CulturTII Center. 11 SpanISh stylestructure. was buill as a nursing homeand health limn in 1925. In 1952 it waspurchased by Standard Oil (E- l ) foruse as a COfl\rlWJoications center in theevent of I nuclear attack. it was sold to

lhe Moms County Pa,k Commission in1968. The undergrO<lnd bomh-proo/""wt b u ~ 1 by &so has been used by lhe

County fot Sloling archrval reoords. alew 01 which dale back to 176\. The"""k is appro!Umllteiy 400 square Iftl

m a : r ~ a . The conversion of lOebasemenl however. will Pl"oWIe an

adctitior>al a ru d 1.400 lIqIWe f\!ellotarchival ~ I o n o g e in a dima'e C O I l ~environment. n.. remainong space

encompassins an even larger ar&1 willbe used to 5tore l1Orl·archivai Counly

records including thow which willeventually be deslf"<¥lCl.



Jail Conditions in 1777 Described

C ite Overcrowding

Food and Health

Conditions.._-Recently we have read a good deai

,bout the ow. crowded COI\dirioo-. inthe Mom. County Jail. This problem isnoIhing compared WI,h ,hat whichhoced the local "",'nomies nearly twohundred years iII9O. <os the foIoIwlgleuen., from old .-..mbeQof the ~ N e w .kney H'l$torical SocielyP r o c . . d d i n g : s ~ will demons,."t",:PeIIOOn 0/ /SQOC Ogden, Georg,!!

Walts and A ~ I Kinss/and, PrisonersWI Morristown Goo/ (Joi). 1m.T o H i s ~ W l I U n l . U n g s r o n £.sq. and rhe Hono<oOk Cou.d ofSafety of the Sr(lfe 01 New .krsey

The Petition <1/ lsooc ogden, Geo'9E'Walts and Arent Kingsjand, PrisonvsC«t/ined in the Goal 0/ ,"" County 0/

"""' - humbly showeIhThor your P.,lirio".,rs were

oppehendf'd and commilted /0 rIM!

Common Goalof rIM County ofEssex,

JI'OOr Pe.,t.one' lsooc Qld<>n about 3Man/Its ago• . 00'" Peti/;"""'f$Wo/rs & Arent KIIlgSJand oboor sa

Weelcsago - ThallMyl<.ll'7llremou.Jfrom lhe GooloilheCoun/yojEssu 10the Gool of Morris County by ortkr 0{Your Excellence & Honor!i!

AM your P ~ t i l o o n e n further humbly

shew thar IMrr 5.4!enn9S11l IheGoaJ0{Morris haue bH n ucOMdirlg gr>ftIOU$.

SomeIIlTlO!$ up<oords 0/ SO I'Io<.of beenror>/irted with IfwIm WI one Room not

.,xcftding 18 Feel Squa r .. FrequerorlyWarer ""'" II(JI '0 btl had from the

Ftnlure 0/1"" Pub&: Pump o f t ~ "" ' l Iof/UI """" rhey bHtI obliged to IoSi 48Hours & nor been obIor 10 procure faMoney /0 subst5l upon; &rnalv rebewd by lhe Chanty 01

SO",e Fomilys '" the Neighborhood/My " " ' ~ I houe Starved to death

And yoor p " l t t ~ Jur/Mr shew

Utlla your &celency & Haneroble

Cour>cJ 0{ SoI"'Y thol allho IIwy nowdrOOl f'roI.Osians (and) are for"1f"sent weII .. .pplied with Wal", & lhe

'"nbers canfirted in lhe _ Gool

with lhem is r"<hJcl':d ta flewn,

lhe CJiJfia,lly 0{ geltir1g lhetr

prwisionI dresHd /ram lhe Slenchand Filth 0{ the Gaol lhe ..v.eotIhySial" 0{ I"" Air 0{ lhe Ta....I 0{ Marris,II>e Pret.JoI.na of lhe BtoodjI FI!J" andCamp Fewr in & aOOut the COIl"

Hoose YOU' P"ril;';""'rs are .., 9""01danger at lhe . Iiws.

YOIt>' Petitioners I ~ . f " ' i o < . hwnblyprQII lhal . E x c ~ & Honor.;would ta lab their C ...inla your C ~ a l i o t l & orne,. thema Ttigljr, lhe o/fmc"s chorgedagoimllhem; & u n l ~ SLICh Trial can be1wxl lhalyour &cellency & Honars ir1 order la

IKwn , ' ' ' ' ' S u / J ~ & rmMr lherImpnsonment Suwoo1ob1e, ....::>UId be

pIo!o;sed la renond lhem bock 10 lheGaol 0/ Essex COIlnty, where lhelrresp«rive Families may e",end to

lhem w.:;h Rei.., and COI'rjart a. lhetrbog Co . ine"',,,,1 ir1 llus Goal has

reroder«labtoIa.le/y ne<:essory for IheIr/lJlIJre &lIlonce.

And )'OI<r Pell_ Wah.particularly preys lhol his grealSufterongs may b., laken Into~ r a t i o n Ius Irons to befrom his Honds and his /lJlUreIrI1J)t'ISOr'Ifnl be ,...... ..1 /oleo obIe.

And your P<!liIionetll os in duly

bound .....r ......,. Pray

15llOC Ogckn

~ W o l " Aaron Kingsk>nd

(N.J. Hi$. Soc. Proc., New SeriesVol. ED, p.p. 8S.a6. 5ep1., 19(6)

On Nouanber 17. In?, JamesP a r l < ~ and Waller IWtherfurd, Esqr-.,I\J,IO protnnenl lo-y ~ h i < : " " , re/IJs«J 10 lake theOOfh o/oIegtance 10lhe - . . . Slate gouernment on d $0 lhe

Commitlee oj Sof"ly wer. -forlhwilhCommltled 10 The Common Gool

(Jail) in Morri.ICIIlifL -Thecond.toons irll",,;aiI .........$Obod,hal RUlhe./urd and Pa.lr..,r,

<¥'PQ ..... 1y desparirlg 0/ ""V allenlion

10 Ih." ;ndillidllal complainl.,Procured Ihree/nends..,good slanding

",,'h the Council 10 uomine the pIoc<!and report on II. They reported irl

unUlr\!! OS foIows, and the ,"",Ules of26 shows lhe OC6orlioker1

I"""""',"To lhe Pres.tknl and COIlncil 0/

Solely of lhe Sial. 0{ NI!W .krsey.

"The Represenlolion of Ihe

lRIdetst!lned humbly ihewelh,

"Thai, Wormed byCorrnichofI. Esq., High ShenJI 0Moms C(UlIy, thai he 1wxI .fCeItIed

from your Haneroble Boord 10coo,fine 10 lhe gooI 0/ lhe $Oid COIlnty

Waller Rulheiju.d ond JOInI!S P"rkerEsq., we, lhe sub$cnbetll ind\Iced byprinciples ,, / hum"nllV "nd ina:mpiance ....rh theor soicitalions

loken "$IIn..yo/lhesomlt, begImw 10 ' ~ r n e n l lhel ...... fir<d thehaus.e exceedinsly crowded Wllhp'1SOnet"S under senlence oJ cieC1lh "' rcopt(l/ crimes ....Ih crimir>a/s for lessero{jeflU$ <IgOinsI lhe bw s 0/ lheicountry, Wlfh deserlers and others~ b . " . - , , , , 10 1 '- <JrmY and Wllh guards

n«essmyforlhe_. ThefJiro/lhe

HOIlse from l"iscorocOllrseof prisone,s

is 1101 onil- obnol<ious. "no' impure, butlhe sool irse¥ is 10 crowded lhal lheSherVf..yorms«5 only oneroomlS""",WlI unocWj)N!</. <md 110 other oon beossi!vwd for lhe eOil, .. ."'.n, <t IlleS<genllemen. Th", room we pcrrticulcrrly1.Oewed, "no' ...... find il on " I"\linoussl"le, the door at it broken, "no'someof il o{j lhe hill9<!$; the glass on lhe......Jou, and floors much &toke", ondthe ......... ""'t"I]I places so destroyed

lhol brge holes " '" broken quoleIhrough Upon lhe whole. lhere"',e.

"'" "r e consrr",ned 10 report thol I"is"I}Ot"Imenl does 1101 Cl/ford 1001 , h e l l ~ rand ptn/Khon..r.ich lhe ron} dom""ello/Ihe Seoson ,ttldes necessary.

"Henry R."".,." .s.n.:, JoIInes.-Anll\ony I. Bleecker-

Nouember 26, page 164 "Agreelhal lhe ShenIJ oJ Morris County bdirwcled 10 CIYt/ine Walt .... R U I ~ rand Jama Pb.ker. Esq., /0 0 pOvo

room lhe C""" House. /orspace 0/3 weeks/rom IIIe doreMlrM"nd then 10 e"ecule lhe pr«epl b l ~ 1deI"""ed 10fumJor lhei r impnsonmenunless he shoR receiue orders 10 lhCOtII/"Of)I. -

The -pnJO/e room" UCIS in lhe housoJ one Pe,.... Mackie, <md IUC

preferoble I " ' h o r ~ . /" judge from lh/oII()1lRns Jelle, deled In Decembe.·

"To the Gauernor & C o m t n I l I ~ o

"""Deorsn"We your /ell ... o/Ihe 25th

0{ Nov: 1051, enclosi"" on orlhr '" lhpreadlr\!! day /0 lhe She""/I" con[""



Restoring Minutes

Book

Abotn a year and a t\iIIf ago a:n offic:erfrom thot Sheriff, I)q>artrnent, whileclear"ng out a ,oom, d ~ e d an ok!

file cabinel contlllning various relics 01Morris C o u n t ~ history including

records, blUI1printl ~ r r d photogr"phs,But probably tOO most valuable fmc!

from a h . orical ""rspect,...,. \lias theBOiIrd 01Choootn F'Hhoiders' MinutesBook which covotred a t.me span from1824 to 1844

Th. fo!1ow,ng res.olullon. ar e

excerpled from year 1824 01 theFreeholdeos' Minutes Book

R ~ I h o i o b o u n l y o f S 2 0 b e p o t d

/ort'IIt'fJI fuJI grown wolf

""sl"and

hl/ed within lhe ""50/ hecounlyand

SIO /or each )IOtlng tJ.JOlf . - RescMdrhol the FrHhokJers "toke measllres"

to ascertmn r,", nlJmberof lunoticsondpers0n5 deaf and dumb in tMrrespeclive townslups, .. Rf!'OOIuOO thoro

jailer be h,,-ed or S6{) ayear ..RescMdIhol Ihe Counry Col/eClar be0I.I1horized to borrow on lhe credit oflhe counly any .sum not exc«ding

U,OOO .. Ortkred thot lhe SherifJ be

allowed 25 cents a day /or eachprioorwr boarded

On December 13, 1982 dunng amonthly meeting 01 the Morris Counly

Heritage Commiuoon, a CQPY 01 the

F.e .1 l01dus ' Minutes Book,appo-opriately in5C:Iibed, was presentedto F ~ r Director Frederick W.Knox Jr, It will remam availl>bIe in theFreehokle,,'Office fonesearche rsand

historians.

.Jell c o . c ldoa . Continued

us 10 a p r i u a I ~ house " " ' ....1 In . CourtHou., whtc:h was <>CCOIdi>i!Wdoneon

ThuT5doy /o8awtng and !/Ol-W us 9'ea/

rdifI/- The room oiSotted US hod been,be/ore allr con/inemenl in iI,~ l e d J o r o ~ r o o m f o r r h e gua..:fs, uhl .......... SO nutne""'$ 11001

In . ouler-room would not />Old lhemwith any kind oj canueniency,

wh..rejore frequenrly burst open

the door and broke mlO our apartment

o/Ier ..... LIJoi're in bed. where they

continued during the night; and,concetlJing from lile nclllre of our

confine..."t ..... must hove been guilty

F'>dut«I • tho """"- c;.:...,.rvJoolI98l....tch__ .-. . ' ' ' . . . . . d .. """"""__.................. _ . . . . . to "'"""""""""coodo"".............,_ . . . - __

of .somel/wrg hogilly cnmuoa/ (which we

are vtonned was IilcftUise the IdeoentertQnedOUI ofdoors), insulted USIl'1

a uery II'1lo/ero01e monner. which noupb1ol .m from U$. or their o{ficers.could pret.oeo'!I. Probob/y this opirlionwas s/renglftfTlf!d by rhe" having

arders lhol no person should beoomitrfd la ~ S , nor no letler-So> writr.."messages receiued by us, or sen/ oul.

wi/hool b e ! n g f i r $ I l 1 1 ~ t e d . <lord it waswilh di/ficully we wer", nIowed a5enJOnt to oltend U$ WOlh theTlf!Ce5SCl'Y

reJresJrrrwnt Soon oiler- "'" "'il theroom IIwy lore dou.wr the paper

hoTlglng " '" hod procured andappliedto stop lhe . . . . . . in many pb:es,

11>11 loth and plaster had ' - '

brok.... dou.wr: .since u.ioich, for the

conw""""'e 0/1,", /ire place, 1UIen/y

thrH of the pnsor!<Irs, who /roueobtmned a condil.:mo/ pardon, 5e11eTo/01 whom ore uery sOck, are.lodg.d or! it.

and '/ is /lOW _ run with uer-miM, andm 0 WO/'Sfl (Ot><hl;"n lhal when wewent /irst 'nta iI, 'rom all which we areconslramed 10 request 10 be enI"'!Iedto OUr jomwr bounds, or 01 least "P ' " o I o ~ t i o n ofour confinement wher-ewe IIOW are, whoch we Iocpe you wi!lhinic rea:sonc>bIe.•

(N.J Host Soc:_ Pro-., NewSeries, Vol.16. April 1931, pp IZ3&c.)

Mblate Book p, tau .ed.

The H e r i t a g ~ Comm'$sion ;$currently having the original MinutesBoak d e a ~ ; d ; l i f l d ~ n d rehaundaccording 10 slrict archival procedure.After it iI tompleted it will be formailyP"'$CT11ed by the Commission to the

Board of Chosen FrHllolders.

Coming Events

July 2-4, 1983

A three.day ulebntion honoring thSOIh Annivenary 0I1IIe HlahlishmenofMorrislown National Hisror.:a! ParkMorristown _ _ lhe Nation's fir51

NatiQnal Hio.torical Park and ifplayed an important rol

in ~ c l o p l " g the histone prnserv;!Itio

program 01 the Iede-rai ~ t . c;rop.n /-iouso! Tour 01 local histon:

sites (July 3); Grand Parado! (July 4)

Fiuworks Fmale.Plans not CQrnpleted for "",,"IS

Watch lor lu'U" ,n/OfTMtionl...February 5 Npw JerSflY

HlSlorical Socie1y Ann ....1ProfessionaConf",,,nce, Society Headquarter _ok

Fd. .... y 19 - "Black HistoricaScholarsllip and the Black Historian_Black HistOlY Month Co""'"""",. PauRobeson CMrpul, Rutgers 1..IroiversityN ~ o k

Muc h I - MorriS CounljHISloric81 Socie1y MHting, 8 p.m

"Heseoan Pnsonen; in Morris C o u n t y ~by M, L"", Miks. Meeting held 'Natoonal Park Museum Auditariumlocated beh,nd the Ford Mansion o

Morris!own .



Oevik...Cont·d. From Page I

a Ipi.ited first n ~ S O n at 1M

Meadco.rk.nds Sports Arena.

The .-- t ....... II popular, bul thefi!jnal JerRy Devil cRrtalnly wasn'l.he crutu.e first appared on

tumbledown shack deep in the murkyJersey pa"oI'lands. Dunog a

violent thunclentorm. Mt$. Leeds. areputed WItch, cursed the birth of her

13th unwanted child. The baby .eacted

by promptly turning into a deformeddemon, heflCdorth known theersey [)ev;l. The c reature, completewith clown hoofs, bat WIngs. horse'sface, and forked tejl, flew up the/Ilmney and lIMished into the gloomy",amplands. He . . . Bppear .d

poriJdically, prQ\llling the C(lUntrysidor

n foggy nq,II and Wiekiog il l

terrnm I'nt! s . . ~ se1tlers.In 1740 1\ clerwman. at the urging of

residents, ""orrised thefn91tming demon lor one hundred

years. But by 1840 n,ghlly screams,f\awIng WIngs and strange IooIprints inthe $NlW confirmed the return of the

ersey Devil to South Jersey.

hroughout the 191h "" 'IU.... theemon "'as blamed lor devouringhickens, sheep, dogs and cats.lthough he nevilr harmed people. The

reature p e r c ~ on rootrops.• nlong ferICa, and "'as cons.:lo!:ed theorerunner 01 disasler.

In 1909 fear 01 lhe Jeroey DeW

peaked, when the WInged demon was. . . .n n...ns thrCNgII South Je>sey,

Del;,ware. Ma.v\and, andew:n Canada. Farmers set steel traps,trolley <hiven on Trenton and NellIBtu"""",k__e armed, and the"FIying

Deuil" mad. headlines in th e

PhiJode/ph., PtJbIic Jedser. l.ucl<ily.the

glaJe of publicity ontimidated the

monster, and he abruptly intoth e lonlly Pinl Barren.. His_rances orncc then haw been few.

But ...orry oYer Ius re1\lm contJnues,

part;cularly In isolated p;lrts of South

.....".In 1960 new reports 01 stTa!"lge

footpnnts and weird cries in May'slanding prompted , m p , ~ r i o HafTj/Hunt.oI Hunt &other5' Circus, to 011 ...a $100,000 ~ ~ r d for the.krsey Deuil.alive 0. dead. Sutch par1JeS combedthe PU">e s..rreos by moonlight. but.eturned empty·handed. "The fO?\ll<l.d

"'as never collected.

Morris County had II dose call "*"'"the Jeney OEM! prowlednearby Palerson in 1909. But the

dmIon, to dall, has never seI fOOl (orhoc/) on thIS C(lUnty. \-b.uewr,

local citoans IIhouId be alert. The

Menrcn Sports Arena plans to ho6t aprorno1JonIII appearllnCl 01 the NewJerM"Y Dew. ICI hockEY team in thenear luture. let', hope the old creaturedalsn't drop by to cheer on his

mile QIOUl1ttJ OIirculnr

Toys and Gamesof Yesteryear

An assortment 01 antq.>e toys an

!I"fMS, late V>ctonan poriJd circa 189is now on dISplay in the Courthou5

lobby to celeb<ate the """t . . holidayAm:mg the toys is a rruniatu.e Noahark, a dream bilby doll, a bisque dofrom Germany. a paper 1'0"1 office anold lashioned 9i"me5 lhat will excite th

imagi","",n 01 small children, an...,.talgla in thell" grandparenl$

Tile Morm County HeritagComrrOssion 1fl\Iite:s the public to w;this colorful u.Nbit between 9a.m. 10

p.m. Monday thrCNgII Friday.

Photography Exhibit

III Ja"",,'Y, Ecblh Skinner, ADln'clo. 01County 01plannIng to present a iIhotog",ph

Hh,!>;1 In the Freeholders' """hnroom.

Multimedia Slide Program

A multmedia Slide Program is in tplanning stage by the HeritaCOINftI$ion, and ........... rnshed. wi)

available to ~ h O O I S and historOI"9/lniutions in the county.

namnake llam WIth chimg sc."-""$pons fans. beo.ua.re! This event coube the Jersey Devi!'s \o!lg-1I.....ailexcuse to vis" Mortl$ County.

Morris County Heritage Commission

/It ... Sho.too> /It. Dontm . .. ChairmanM .... F.&I'ICeI O. ""-'>n. V""'.ct..i .....nM . . Vi<9inla K. IIooney, Sot:rdary. Edi,otDr. HeN")' Cit...,..Henry W. Plk:h

Elunor " " " ' "Jo.cDh Oochr

Carol J . Rufener, FrftholdeT liaison



Volume 7, No. /

Old Age InMorris County

Ol d ag e was a Mp»i'1llng in 18tn and19th century Morris County. People didnot anhcipate it an d rarely e ~ p o ! T i e o c e d ,[. Infant de./lths. childbed fever. sman.

p e ~ dysentery," variety 01 mysteriousI.,.,..,.,.,; and that most o:!oNastatirog killerof aU, tubercuJo,;is. swept aW'"y the

majority 01 people bo!fore they evenrea<;hed th<!tr middle years_ A1tflough,unllke today. ""'" lrved longer than

""""""', the awra.<je I ~ e expect,,1lCY inMorristown between 1780 an d 1860\va.'; Ie $ than thirty years.

No wonder Stephen Young 01Hanover T<:WnShip noted in his dOilry in1814 ~ t h e sound 01 death is continually11'1 OUr e a r s _ ~ He rlVlld in a societywh<lrelunerals were more frequent thanweddings Or baptisms an d where death

visited family rnemben indiscriminately. Medical care consisted 01

bleedirog an d the administration of5t""'9" ",,!>slanees called brimstone.camphor, alIoes and s;oJts which UJ\lre

probably """less. "It '" a sickly dyingt,me," Stephen Young wrote in 1842_"There has be<>n I am told eleven

funerals soccess; ... !y In MorristO'Nn(M!fy day up to the last Sa.turday and

there was one on M o ~ ar.d one onTuesdioy this """,e!<."

For th ..... who d;d bve to be old, Idewas probably kinder 10 them than it '"today Ret i<ement . old agerornmunities and. nurSIng homes were

unheard of. It was not uncommon forold peopie to d ... in the """"'" housewhere they ha d been born. Most

remained in the $ami! andcontinued 10 work at the same taskr.they ha d learned in chiklhood. II they

C c n ~ n u e d on P _ 3

The

QIllunttl QIir.cularMorris County Heritage Commission

Schooley's Mountain:A Famous Resort

by 500''''' Do,,,",,,s

Tourist attractions in New Jerwychangt-_ Today, ,t's CaWlos; in AtlanticCity_ One hur!dTe<l yrofSag<>, mountain

spring w a t ~ r in Morris County drewvisitors 10 t..... s t ~ t e . Schooley'sMountain, a fashionable resort Wlthelegant hotels ar.d stylish activities,

drew !jU('Sts fromaU

over the UnitedStates. It& main attraction was agushing Spring with a high mineralcontent, located in 0 scenic mountain

setting amid tlear!, dry air.In the 19th century, vi>ClItioners

favored a healthy cGmate for IIle!rholidays. Thi!.; 100 to the of SffiIIresorts o.uch as Sarat09". Ballston Spa.and Poland Springs Loc.ated highabow S<!iI level, these "WateringP I a o : e s ~ were free from heat, humidity,night fog. and mosquitos. Each resort

ha d it5 own healthy mi .......1 6Pnng

C o n l ~ on P>g« 2

Summ"r, 1

Memories of Halley'

Comet -1910

by H""ry P

Two or three years from now HaUCOItK'I will make it$ periodic return

oor pertion of the universe.[ moved from Newar\< to Madi

W1lh myfaJl1lIy In May, 1910.whenlw8 ye<ors 01 age_ Almoot immediat

upon OOr settlement in Morris Coun

""Old began 10 spread about. lhagreat and fearoornecomet wasahou

visit U$ from outer space. Furtherrnoit was suggested lhat lhe orbits ofearth and the Comet were so situathat the comet might ram lhe ea

head on. or that;t would pas5SO dOthat the-earth would bebrushed bycomet's fiery tail This tail, wewere to

contained poisonous gases, suchmethane ar>d cyanide, a deadly kille

As the r.omet approached the sun

could be _ n , iust before dawn. In

. . . . . a glowing baH Iaeger lhan

Coruinued on P;,ge 3



CourthouseArt Shows

TW I) Interutlng an ohoo.u5 Nve bftnutubdM In lhe Freehol<lt'n· WMongRoom In Ihe Morri$ C o u n l ~ C < ) U r l h o u ~ e Adm""$Ir,,'ion W",g

.",omll1} A spnns eKhbt I"",uredphotographs by ~ u l t y 0( lhe County

CoIegiI of Mon" An Dep.utrner11 A""".""", show by Mendham .uidfnt.John T ayrIOI' • ....,.. be on...-. trcmJuIyIhr.,.q, Septembe . The uhibl' ....ha w been SpONOred by lhe HenlagrComrrllS6lon .... p.'Iri 01 lheir o,"gOing

pro,e<:t to b"ng 11ft 10 pubic: buikbng$

and to !1M' \IOS>boblV to Ioc..t ..nas5OCllIl>O<iS ..nd ""irol5

The County College 0( Moms

Photography EKhobit reaMed worksby

facultv membe.s Jeff Ne"'man

Maryanne SoIen$kv. Lib LlIuntaoo'Tom U ~ a r , ..nd Edylh SllInne.:Cha.)fm;)n of the Arl ~ r t m e n t n.Board 01 Freeholden hooIted ..receptiOn honoring the p.'IIticipahngaltlSlS III the A d m ' r 1 I ~ t r ..tion ",ing onMay 24

Watercolor ,)tI(\ od I"' ,nl,,* 01Moms County h . Ofic site5 comprl5eJohn Traynor'. el<hibit A g r M u a . 1 ~ ofthe Arl Studl.>n1' of N"", YOfkTraynor's oa pamhng "Voew rjMomst(lUln ! 7 8 9 " r « " " t l y r e c ~ theMorm;town Nalione! Hiotoricaf P . rk

A",ard in tho! Park', SOIh annJVef1illlVcontutThe UlubitlOR5 are 0PII!11 10 thl>

gmeral pul*- throo.9> Fndiay

The Hentagr Convn.....on" currer"lyscheduhng uhtJita for 1983 Mon ..

COUtUI' an grOUDS Of ondMduiok whoan , "'Ier ... ted In e><hibitong the", work

may contact lhe COOl"' "',... OIti<e.

283-6198

What's New?

Oc tober I . 1983 Gusla"StiCk!otyDay sponsored by the MormtownMorris To",n.hip L.brary. (0·sJl(lllSOfed by lhe Murre CountyH e " ~ COO\JYI1MIQfl, Ma.ccullochMuseum. Moms Ccoun ly HiltoncalSocoety.- - -

orrection

M.s. Eliubeth ThrockmortonCoo!<e of MoniSloo.om VJU not born in.

Dres<\('n. Gern'II1ny. but in. the UllitedSIalU (in Ne..... York City).

Historical Society

Activities

n. Hiotoncal 50cieIy andMuseum (PO. 4661 D;amond

Spnng Rood. Dmvik. N.J 07834Prftldmt MB. Ernest L Cunn.;.,gIwn

(Je.-n). Tht Society dediCated ltoeMoms County Hi5loncoJ RoOOsdrMark"," lhol !he Menu Counry

Hentog. Commossion pbced DI 1M'-',on: ,., ., Abraham Kitchel

pr-">'111y owned by Mrs. Sylvio[),Palma 00'1 June ISrh Do pt.n 10,,;.it ,toe H.$l.orical Socie/y'sM,_

$ch60lty-'s Mtll_.Conf d Fmm I

......., . SIleSts drank tho "",Iers IOf

prote<:tiOn "9I'lnSt dreaded malam.coosumptiOn and counlless othorCompiamlS

Schooley's Mountain in N"", Je<Soi!yI'MlIed thew famous SpM. During itsheyday U'I \he mid·l9th oonlury, lhererort boAted three eIaborat . hntPk

Belmont Hai. Healh House. Foresl

Grow, an::! an assortmenl ot !IlII!"t

houses A 1T<>1If1ta1n spnng ....rth aIUIltv non conlent was Iocaled_ rby The resor!". \o)cauon was~ o e n . t . only .. threoe·hoot trip fromNo- York 10 Hackettstown on tho!M<)fris IIO'ld UIU Railr-o<od. A SOtl'-<!OiioCh ride compleled lhe lastthrft miles to IN mountain lop

N..", Vno-k ...... ..n. px'nJo...!Schooley's Moo.lnla.n as the -hea!tluestresort '" tho! U""ed States.." Guestswrth iKhes and p;uns I'Ioc:ked there todnlk lhe "irony" ""'tel' and ",ha\ot themountain &1r Bul. incre.asingjy. others u e a t ~ (Ihe _ rulhy and lamous). carne10 e'VOY I" k<shiol\l1b k! t ~ e around of balls. t1JIJs'alles,lawn tenr:l$,00....1,,'9 and horseback nding. AU

hotels offered outstandinscuisines andsuperior wines and Iktuors. The ~ u e s t r"lJ5tel's .......... ~ i g n e d by Philado>lphiaarIS tocrats, Ne..... York doiliulantes, and

prominolnt visl lor s oruch lIS JoBonaparte. John c",lhoun, DaW ebs , . " Senator Theod

Theodore RoosUlysses S. Grant and daughter.Clement Moore. authof ot l/Ie N

&/0'" Clvtslr11ClllThe """""" 5pnr1g around ...tu.;:

stylish resort do!veIoped IlQl!; 0f'J9uSO!<! M a by Indianl Learly wlute Rnlers. indudorog WSchoolEy (for ...nom the re9Of.... medl.lIocked to dnnf< IhI> IoWItecurah\lf powers By 1810 asummer hotel h",d opene

" ' C 0 1 I . ' ~ I e lhe many IfI\IilIIdsarne to lake lhe """""" ""'Ier cu1820 the opI!Nng 01 I\U() elhostelries, ~ t h House an::f BeHaD, transformed the health retora lashionable "",tenng pla.ce

The spnng. tnckbng I.om a(rOMa rock, ""' . located aboul

quarten 0/ a I'TIik! from the holmpopulantylflCreased. a....ooden C"'<>5 m",,11ed to tafry lhe ""'Ie

.esen.oo" in .... ornate Victon.anpa",IOon, IurTWIhed ""tn 6ealS lguests. The sprong "",tet " " , $ ",PIthrough a loun!"m m the Pl'villitemperalure was aboul 56degtell.tS flow i'l'N!Mured a g./Ilion l"o'II

mmutn. Tho lWIet contentanaIyu<l III 18\0 by renowned scDr Samu .1 Mitchell. uchaiybeale.- meilnong l o w o c o c W ~IrOl'1. ond no WbbIn

The .populamy 01 SchooMounti!lll, and "PI' .uo.15 '" gedeclined around the tum of the eeMode.n mediCine p.ovedeffec""'" thar! '"",ter c u r < : , ~ · anpIeMu,,,,, 0/ lhe 1 e a 5 t K r . - ~ c o m... th mount""'.,.. F.,.. IloKU'enow<I resorl remaIn loctay SeHalf cllangod II/m(b ,n lsao. t.the Domcoun ,,",ill902. and_down In 1938. Healh Hoo,a.rabout 1899, and ",.. lItet tOlfland Forest GreM! " , ~ d o e s t f ' O \ l i f < l....our1d 188'1. The IabIoed n"inerioI

has beerI cOOJeHd by a n~ . R I 2 4 . Today. P'Ie<o$ant Grove Praby

church, circa 18M: Blake Houearly staytCOiICh stop: and the GStore·P"'I Offic. are the on1ylinks 10 the area'$ toloriuf pasMoms County Hem.-ge: Commha. placed an lustOfical """ker" 'Icrsecllon of Rt 24 and SprinRoad. W uhlngton Townsh

recogruliOil 01 ,he conlnboti

Schooley', Mounl-llin to Mor-ris C

history.



Han1E1 M ... <o< ,..:...,tly f>ono<od.

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Editorial

Robert J. Fredericks, Ph.D.,Presd</nl of the Morris COI.lntyHistonu.1 Society pres<!nted MiS5H a ~ t M ...ker, R o ~ b u r y Township.wuh a certificate too SocW/ty's Ju ...m«ting,

ISI-o! ""'s honowd for her many

to the preservation of theheritage 0/ Morris County an d

particularly of tOO Roxbury area

MiS5M ...ker Wi\S ooaof the founders01 tho,> Roxbury Historical Societ\' in1962 and has served liS its president

since lhat lime.

Sho,> has .....th tOO I-o!lp of An"", and

Ben Hook" .!!, "",tten two histories ofROKbury Townsh,p and the

surrounding, area lind currently, at the"!I" of 89 is compiling and 9"rtingtogeth.!r a third book which will cover alot of p;ctures an d s!Ories which ,.""e

OOt told in lhe other t\l/O.

Alter gr..du,lUon from R o ~ b u ! ) o HighSchool, sh<: became a teacher ""Ih her

forst ".ear 0/ Ioef'JIC'! in Illioois. Sh e

f.!,<>ght years at Roxbury HighSchool

foil<>w<:d by ,,,,,,,hing, a' F(ln '-= u " t ~ 1955 when she retired.

Her mIItemal ancestorscame to NewJersey 111 tho,> 1600's; many 111 that

lineage were Quakers. Onegreat.g:reatgrand/all-o!r, Rev. Lemuel Forham, Wi\S

the second paStor 01 the historicChurch in Su<:casunna.

She lives in lhe family home 01"1

Hillside Avoenue, b u ~ ! by her greal

grand/all-o!r. William Corwin.CongralulattOr'l$. Haniet, an d mil!!

God bIe5s!lOU!

Old Asc ..ConI·d. From Pl>ge 1

we.e l<lCky and many were, u...rsurviving children an d grandchildrenlived nearbv ..nd were ir"'lU<!nt. if 001

dailv W;otor.;.1nose who s u ~ lhe scourgeS of

d J s e a ~ unprorKted by the miracledrugS 01 modern IllI'dicine usuallyef1lO':lled gOOd health On his eight",thbirthday, Stephen Vail 01 Mmristown

comllll'nied in his di3ry" 80 years old,\I/Ork well, ......p "",II. eat weU. am well ..Stephen Yoong. his brotr...r.in·!aw,

~ x u f t e d in ru.. old <lge although he "'''' 'puzzled as to whyGod kepi him alive 150

long. On It,s eighty·fifth blrthday he

.....ote 111 diary"' am 8S years old. IhOpe I am thankful to God that myhealth and streng1h continues so goodbut why my I ~ e is so lengthened OUI I

koow o o t ~ As impenant as the pleasures of

children and grandchildren and a Idelong communiry 01 lnends was the

,m,hty 10 COl"ltinue WOfk,ng. During lhe18th an d a Ia,ge part of the 19thcentury. labor was scarce an d tools andrnachinerv primitive t.very man.woman an d child UJas ,rwoIve<l in lhe

planttng. culttvat,ng. harvestlO9 an d

stonng of lood crops, In 100 care of

liwstock and ,n the maintenanceof lhehomeste<ld. Old people I'I1tll \hell"man!!yeMS 01 valuable experience had no

opporturuty to be idleOn January 21st, a' ag e eighty.

Stephen Vail,(!(;<)rc!ed in his COlry tMthe had been bulch<!ring hogs all day

Sew,al days later. M spent 1M day attOO bone factory ~ c r a c k i n g corn lor 10

mllke co w feed." During the faU of his&lrd year, he noled with Sillos/";oc:tion, "Ihave done digging potatoes, have a linecrop an d very !IOO<l.• In the spring, he

s.et out Vl.\9'!lables 0/ all varieties OneSeptmlber day at ag e SO, he «,poned

thai he hadspent theday ~ t l l 1 k e r i n g a n d soldering a water p!pe. Have !>£en onmy ree! aU day." Perhaps because he",,",s working SO close to the land, he

reta.ined to tM end his ...,se of wonder

If ) lhe presence 0/ nature

0.... May _ , , ~ a' "9" «ighty four,M recorded thIS fine ohservahon of asprmg day: "has been a warm day an d

nature ha s been puUI09 on a .....10l1"Il'1dress very Ja.st"

Stephen Young had an equallystrmuous old age. Although he tiveduntil age ronety·l....., and was called theoIdesl man in Morns County, 00 neverga ..... up work,ng. At age eigh!ye1Sht, heplanled "pOtatoes an d parsnip" in tooF i e l d . ~ butchered his hogs, and at ageninet!! '·foddered hi s Cilttfo= as well as hecOI.lId." Only briel illnesses and daY" of

CQ""'t ..Conl·d F,om I'llgO' 1

br>ghtesl star. At!Mt t.".., i! had no taior efs.e the tail ",as pOinled ........y from

"'After the cornet had jou""'Ye

around 1M sun and had started awaon Its long 76 \If!ar iou""'Y ,nto oute

space,1I appeared ,n the """,I ,just ahe

sunset. a dazzling ball of ligh1. Wlth

Ions, brilr",nt tad strung oot behmwhich reached from almost overhea

beyond the northern horizon.

EV«ryo<lI! diSCussed tho,> cornelS10res hekl "COrnel sales". l h o , > r ~ wer

aD S<lns of C U f T ~ n t jokes about II . wNie$OI1lI,! 5inner.; suddenly gave up lheloose ,,",,1'5 an d becallll' sober an

penllent.

On the nigh' when tho,> earth passethrough t" " come!"s tail. s.ome peopm9"nized "cornet p a r t o e s ~ Wllh mtlSIC

plenty 0/ champagne, and all so.ts orevdry. Religious people goll-o!red n

hiUlops, ready to be taken up ,nHe,,,,"n at tN> latal hou . A few person

jumped from wmdows or sho

themselves Most people "",nt to bedausual, ..nd awoke 111 the moming iUSt a

heallh!! and sane as ewr

11;e wb/;'ance of the come!"s taturned oul to be flfle dust, 50 thin rhthe Slars shown through II . I'I1tn ~ t ldimll1uloon 01 theJr tiqhl

When the comet returns a fcwyea

hence, lhe poSitioro 0/ the ea.lh in iorbit, relati'll! to Irn.t of the come,

path. may be different than m 1910.5tMlthe two bodies maynotcorneclos

t"9"ther. Sut still, \t ohould prove a

inlerest,ng upenence.

,..,rsh,p slowed himeown. Although t h ~ nn wo.k. one Sunday al "e>Shly s i ~ , he admitted totu..doary

U

l;}thankful 1m the day of rest. I thinkenjoy ,I "

hce'l '!S from the di3ries 01 the

lWO aged mom suggest a dillerent kiof old age than exists loday. If IjOUW

lucky, tir" """" oro P''' ' 'y tn , ..h , .... w,t had ",·I-o!n you were young. YfreQU<lnted 1M same places, did tsame work an d f;a'" lhe same peopChild.en an d grandchildren weconstant companions in Sll,te 01 famconflicts and quarrels. Outdoor woon the farm promoted strong linksnature and kepI old people in louwilh the ch_Lng seasons. It Wi\S 0

until the industrial revoluhon of the la19th cenlUry and the mirloCle drugstM twentieth that the livesolold peopbegan 10 chang<!



Home 01 Adorn_. irl;r mon to r..,., . . . . " Manu C o u n t ~ ,_,,,,,I----- ; : - - - - ------1

Church'" H.lnover T""-"'Ship, thebnlhpla.ce 01 rhe New Jersey " n l ~ slilW'tY JOCiellr. I"" graw 01 IsaacGordon in H i l l l ; ~ Cem<'tery '"M4'diIon G<>rdoo W<I$ a blackUnion soIdoeT ..,hose info.mationhelped delHI i lI l al1lKking Confederare

On South CaroIioa); the p ~ . " . JohI"llOfl House, 129 Mr KembleAvenue III Mom!; home of e

heed .... n rheearly 19thcenturyandlhe SI'l' 01 .he African School inp ~ " , p p ~ n y · T r O \ l H,1I5, 5choolopen.ted by the Presbyterian Synod cI.

New Jerwv bl'IWI!l'f1 1816-1825 roprowlol ~ t i o n fo r pr""";'ing young

Black Historic Sites

in Morris County

The Ne ... Jersey HistoricalCO<tVrWion is undertaking a BlackHistooc: $rIa Survey; a proj,ec:rde$9ted 10 idenlil\l an d describe sill'S

in New Jeney which a r ~ as&Ocia.tl'dWIth black hislo.y. trr Morris Counryt.... IlUruey hils denhfied five sites,dating 10 bIltck ),;srory are theAdam Miller Hc:.Jse in Boonton whereMiDer freed his 1Ia ..... On 1n6 , the !Uslrecorded monumi$$ion in MorrisCounty; rhe Wh_tl I I Presbyterian ..."nyone who hIos ,nformotJOn "rou l

' i j ! ~ l ' ([!.u lInt \! O1i rru( ll r

S lide Programs

hint Acorn Hall

MOm5 County Hi5I0ric01 SocretPresident R.x-IJ. Frederid<.s. Ph.DP,O. Box 170M. Morrisrown, N.07960. AcornHoY is being painrf!(1 wiVic/orion coIots oIa 1870. A visilto lVO::loriarl garden is o.ltxlys worthwhiRecendy lhe Grounds Commitr"" hlearned , ' ' ' garden will be /<!<JruredIhit ""blic:otion G ...den o- i snslheir sum..... issue.

Morns County Hl'Titase Commission

Mr>. Sharon M. no.--,M... F"nc.. O. PIo"'''''' Vi.ce-ClwlirmllnMA. Ill. . . . . . K. RooMy. Secrtta .y . Editor

0.-. Henry Otton

Hoo nry W. PIlcha._nor aos-rtJ - n , h o.cl<u

Catol J. Ruf<tner. Fr'ftholckr liaMon



Vol. 7, No.2

A Lady landscape

Architect

By Sharon Dotemu.

Mar!ha Brookes Hutcne$M's hobbybecame her professIOn. A childhood

love 01 gardens led the way 10 hercareer "" one 01 the firSI womenlandscape architects in the Un,ted$tales. Creat""" with tr<meodous

dri\le and enlhusiasm, she began'-"Orking ., 1903 ,n a ma\e-domlllatedfield. M<>int";ning a succ"'lSful p!"a<:oce

lor many years, she 'pent summers '"Moms Coonty . heridylli<: farmesla!e .now the Bamboo B r o o OutdoorEducatoon C e n t ~ r , parI of the ManisCoonty Park system.

Around the tu m 01 the C ~ n 1 U f Y landscap<' archrt",,'ure was a newprofeO$ion ., llus country. ,1$ leadmse ~ p o n e n ! heing Frederick LawOlmstead, designer 01 Cemral Park In1900 ,he Massachusetts Institute 01

Teclmology o f f ~ r e d tOO first course inlar>dscape architecture given . , ,heUruted States. Martha Brookes Brown.born in 1871, arod an avid gardenersi.-.;e ago 10, enroDed as a speciafstudent. Ignoring family d i s a p p r o v a ~ ,he ...... f·bred young woman stU<hed forIhree years, becoming tIM' second

'-"Oman in this COIJnrry to cot"rlJ'l<!te

such training.Shortly thereafter she began to work

p r o f e s ~ 1 1 y in the Boston area, "woman )T l the fore.front of a newprO/essktn. Prool of her seriousamb;tion in landscape architeclure wasker business brochure pnntedml905.

which lis ted her services and charges.In \9\0 Marth/! moved to NO!W York

and marne<! WilI;"'m A. Hutcheson. adisting,lished Scottish immigrant. Avear later, enamored of thl> NewJersey countryside after visitm!!Scottish frierodo t k e r ~ , they purchased

C""'"""'<d "" P.., 2

The

( [ O U t t t ~ ( [ i r ~ u l C t r Morris County Heritage Commission

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Yesterday's Junk -Tomorrow's Treasure

by H.."IY W Pilch

I never cease to u.onder about thl>thingS people buy .. !IiI.age sales, /koa

markets, in junk stores and antiqueshop$. . arod at the prices they pay fot,.....

Recen'ly a lady showed me a smaIJimitalion "milk glass"' jar. fO< which shehad paid $2. I i m r n e d i < I t ~ 1 y recogtlized

it as .. jar in which.an ointment knownas "Resinal" had beEn dis)X'nsed somethree generations back. When I was aboy !X>U cOIJId always find empty

"Resinol" jars on kilchen tables, 0, on

the backs 01 the <.>Id kitchen stows.filled with wooden "Bi,dseye" matches.

Where doe.. one firod these old tElics?Most oIlhe old cellars, barns,all>CS and

other • "".;to""" have long beencl&!ned Out ani t h l > ; ~ COIltents sold arod

resok! as p n c ~ 1 e s s relics of the past.

Winte, 1983·1984

"Multi-Media Program"Completed

"Highlights 01 HistOfy," thl> HeriI"9"Comn"Ussion's new multi·media slideshow about historical ma,ker sites mMotris Cwnly. been com;>Ieted.

1lle f i f t e e n · m ' n u t ~ self·automatedprogram has been produced 10pubUcize Ihe Commission's hislOricalmark", project which has placed signs

at over 100 County sites since 1976.The slide show, geared 10 theschool aum...-.;e. is available free 01charge to school!; and community

otganiations int",esled in a Iocafhistory program.

Histoncal markers have become alamiliar sight along Morris Countyhighways and side roads in 'e<:enlvears. and !hI> combined history 01 thesites they recognize formed the basislor the m u l l ~ m e d i a show. A 11"'" in the



,Ar chi'ec" .eo..t'd. Fr_ PI9I1

II working farm in the rolling tu1l$ 01Moms eo..nty

ll>e couple named .he p . ~ n y , 0fi9naIIy .... tled by Freoch"Merchio.Orl Farm" In honor oiWilliam's boyhood school .... ScotlandDeliljlrrog III It5 19th centllfY house I t ~ ......,,00. and ! 'M'Ura, the farm S l ~ e d , I . new 0II. ' fWf$ on II bfe-Iong ",,"'we

-"o:ners were spetll '" New Yorkwhere William ..... the Actuary bMutual Ue lnauance Company, butSUrTl/T"oel'S fmm to Nowmbafound the coup&. and \heir youngdaughter on !hoe- farm . Miutha was ,he0 . . . SPlflt, IransIorrmng F.e\ds onto

gardmo, and IayIns out \/ISlas, pOOls.and. Slone walls. Wiliam ..... tileaclrnindtfalOf. supornilSing the farm

workers, the crops and ammals Shoe

~ " " the '»runmg ar tist"; he was the

path culle .A ltitchen """9 and muIIC room WOlfe

added to the ''''''''.ng bfown al'url9ledhouw. And II l ~ r \ I $ COU" and enoctagonal children', playhouM W<!1'e

sum""" ~ i o n $ , IS we.e bagpiperectlals and VISits from arl lsl friends&11 . the property wilh itspOSSibilities for iarocbcape desl9n wasMartha's passion. She used t:.oth Italiantroolho", of """er and a ~ 1 S lind lushEnglISh coltage 9/'rdem II I her plans.1he five CUltiVll1ed acres WOlfe truled

as 4Il Ulms ion of the housot, wnh an

acceu from each door. AndIhroust>our the culuvated !iIIrden shecruted _ down hedgrrcw and

"" , ... ....hich lied the!jJltrden on,Othe fields and woods beyond.

TheM wert also busy yursp < o I ~ lor Maf1M BrooI<aH u l ~ Her Iar1dscape lm:llltec·lUre praclOce extended from New.krwy to New M:l WorldW"" I leurd ho!. organiz'"9 tho!Women's Land Anny iI'I New York a

kmorl.ll'O'ler of lho! World War U \ I I C ~ g:atdens. She wrote a.-tlde lorhorticuhural mag.u.nes, and In 1923..... ;a"..traled l:000i<, The $pont 0( lhe

G a , d ~ n , was publi,hed High

profesSional retagMlOfIC_ " 1935when she """ named • Fellow of theAmerican 50Clely of LandsupeAreM...;I ..

W&rn H u l e ~ , her IundIy Scotdied In 1942, ~ n n ; . $ l ~ or\ . ;

c ~ l o r \ Farm, and o;onl"'wd ho!,p r o ! e ~ pra<;lice unlil her ~ ~ I h in1959. In 1974 Mari n;. HulchesonNorton, tile" or\1y child, 9""" III<!

prOpenv 101M Morris Counlv Park

What's NewMounl Artingtor\'s Nonh Park

HIStone Dtslrict I\a$ been pl/>ced on theNalional Regisl'" of HisIO"" Places inWMhinglon, D.C. as of AugUSI 261983. n" . is five yea.s alt'" il W...;accepted on the NEw Jersey S,aleRl!95lry. TW(I yea .. were spent in(esealch aoo documemalion of the 15

buildIngs within lhe dislrict befme il

wM presenTed 10 lho stale.Richard I""";n, Mine Hill, f""",,," sit""

comnuttee ch<omnan for Ille MorrisCoun ly HIStorical Society, was

InSlrumental in collecting lh e <J.,la fromWaller Apostoik ar d his Hop,ucOOgBreeze, tile lake Hop/Ilcong Hislorical$ooety, rec:ordslrom Iorrne-r mayer.- (23yeatS) Robert Rooney. lown rronul""and ",mous ownns oitlle properties

A "'walking tour'" of the c:bsrncl ..

th! MounT ArfingrOO'l',

this summer

System In ''''''DY d ..... parent ..RenMned <the. the sl,eam ,hal runsI h r ~ the farm, tile Bamboo Br-ookOutdooo- Educaboo Cent'" loday !lost.

.,.....,. 4000 VISIt",.,. annually. And ,1$subtle garden d nIIl..... plams in aclM6;c COO'lbnue$ M a Temindero! Manila Brookes HUlcheson and her<IeYo!IOn 10 Ihe prlOCipies at goodpianrutl!! and lrue t>eaul\l in Ille g;uden.

The. Morns COUn!lI Herilage

ComrrnsstOn Iw lJIa<:ed an historicalmarker allhe enlranc:e 10 tho BambooBrook Outdoor Educalion Comle-r all.ongvtew Rolod , Chesler Town.hip in

"cogn " lon of Martha BrookesHutcheson's conlnbuboo 10 MornsCounlY hl$lory.

Preservation

Highlights

by Franc. . D. J>ing

Historic presE!rviltion Morris County is milki

progress. Three separi

sites are currently bei

restored ..



Archives Update

If been lll'Ur no... sirQ !he newMoniI Co<.anty RecOl'dI 5forage(Ant"" becarnor; _ ~ I : I O n I I I _ l . . . o c . l a t e d '"!he Cultural (AnU!r lit 300 MerdMm

Road, the Reccrdl CAnter was the lirstof I f .

lordon

II townyIeYeI

'" NewUncSn tho! dire<:!>On 01 Reoo.dsM a n ~ g e r Knutc Seebohm, II

ca ' ...ehetosMt PfC9M1 has

been created 10 !vip «>OI'dinale.eco.d. retcmion and d15pos.a1operm:>ns WIthin COolfltydepartment . TheseOperahOnlrociudestorage and rrunoIiIming 01 both nonpermanent records wh,ch ""II........,ruaIoJ be desltoyed along .. . hpermanent recordswhich mUSl be kepi<>ccording to stlue w,..._

Most omporll"'t 01 all 10 I'IIstOnllllS,

_ the archiYal documents,rnaf"I\I 01 UJhi<:h date back to the 1700'5,The... a.e stored '" a MP"'ale climlltecom . oIled WIn9 01 the center, TheHerit_ CommissIOn'. own ",terut '"

the A. chives has """e' ctased and asiv!able porOOn of ,IS budget IS

IIIIocated for archival preservationmoch has remained II ",tal part of lhe

Records Pfoqram.

Dunng tho! pMI ~ a . ~ r 2 . 0 0 0 c u b o c feet of'lKOI'di ha .... been IT'IO'oIed to theRecords Cenler from tho! 0Ific", Q( the

Co<.anty Cieri<, SurrOgate, Prosecuto.,Treasurer, Dislnct Court and Tao:._.

Dur;ng the com.l9 1'Ur, s-bohmpIam to <>cca,ipIish the IT"IOW'Ig

of the counry. MOCtOIiIrnDMsion to tho!Records 51or_ CAnter _DumQ tho!pM ! \lUI" ho! has developed " * ' I Iprc:ocecLru fa- <>cQ111fW'19. storrog. andaccessing matenals.

A computEr program tmol witproooiode II list 01 itrms $tared andinventory infOfmllOOn ill in tho! works alM.I... MeetW'lgS WIth other countydepartmenu wdI er>CouragI_nding 01adchtional malerials to the CAn".

FinafIy, ..... hope 10deY<i!q, """thods10 .nc>CiIM <>CcO!Sl to tho! lustoncalinfQtm/lhOn COfItallled In tho! manydocumenl5 stOfed '" tho! Cen tEr. Goodrecords IS essential for thepreservation of county history, and t halis the 9""1 of Records ManagementServices.

Make Movie OnMorris County

The Mo,, ;s County HistoricalSoc"ly Ms undertakflf to provide thebrOold general p U ~ O c , via PBS andom..oollel., II dramatic pom....,aI of theMor,.,. commJn ity dunng tho: fourthyeIIr of dedaflng mdepomdence nom

Greal Brit"",

The folrn, tenl",,,,eiy en"tled Pa=n ,Panon", (worI<a>g title "HardWin'et,lWIll locus on ,he ~ a n g e 01 conlbct thatUl$ted dunrl<l the low poIfII 01 the W",

1719·1780. Central to lhe stOry are

Heritage CommissionChristmas Porty

The iU'II'IUIII Cnrislmas Party of the

Hentage eo.r. .n-;"" was held onDectmber 12 In the <ludllO<1lm at 300Mendham ROIid an d the 01

the day was the "first showing" of t""

newiy-COml'\eted l$-mlnute MultoMedia Slide Show Wllh 130 colored5lidu of hi510r;c places and

OCcasIOnally rustoriully noledTitled "Hoghlight. 01 IflS tory. 300

years on Mor . is O>unty," wilh BobGuter as Kript wnter and Jeff Eger,",1'10 $\Il'IChron,zed m;ol!!l"ials, the

program was received YI!ry fa\lOr"bIy.

Jacob Green "n d Et:.enele. B",,:rro><LPresbyterill.n cler9\lfTKln 01 lhe EasHarlOWl" and Bottle Hill C<>ngrlf9"tlOnSThe one-hour period drama Will explorehuman va lues under Slress during anrustotical CII'o. wtwn "" <noe.atWasfungton hllflself Slild, "'prrlliptCt5

(\IJ<I!re) "-'Or.. . lhan al any tI"" du""9tho! war .. Par$Ol1, PI"""" ""U ano,..for a broack>r u n d e r ~ t < l n d o n g 01 thecomple" ........ onvoIved In lhe wareffort tho! degJee of ....en/ice. thepr.nclpied <>PPOIi"IOn 10 lh . < ; a r ; . ~ o c eand baoJc OM"", oIl .. In..., flghl5.

The- ProdUCTIon Ofloee, ""'och hMbeen opened SInCe Novembn, (and"-been suJ>lllwd Wllh donated oIlieeeqwiJ>rnln! on loan from the county,Warner-Lamberc Company .. ndc.."eret ~ n g 5 & !.Mnt" 11M; beenInCr .... mooe l le tM' prepanng to.-the .. .mer shoot. ocho!duled lothb.uary 6-26-

The cast r - been selected, and. . . S are underwao,l and !IiIes In ! berrg

fin.aIo:.!ed in lhe MornstOWl'l, Mendlwnand Harding T area. Also

included ..... the I'IIsloncaf landmarksiTe; of the Mormlown HlStoneal Parkand Wllterloo Village

fundong for the PfO/Kt "-come from tho! Natoonaf Endownwnt to.the Huma"'hes, lhe Neill JerseyCommollee to.- the Humarllt>es, F,MKirby FOIlnd.JtlOn. Ex""" Corporatl"",Geraldine R DodgeFoundiollnn,theJrleague of MOrrlS!Own, 1",,_ Also;W a m e r - l a m ~ r 1 Foundation. TOWI'I of

Conlomed on PODe 4



History Book

Available

Two cen'uries <>go, .he people ofMorris Coon.y, who numbered more.han .weIve .housi>oo, ",,,,,,",hearted fy

~ a s l IMir 10. lor t n d e n d e n c e and for

lhe ,r,.,>lion of" new "3I>on. Nurturedas they we re In.he trodition of Englishlibemes 300 ,ePllblican principles 01gOWrm''''OI, they I1'lO\fe<l in a naluralcourSe f.om co lonial slalus 10

in<\ependmc"Morris Counly al Ihe lime of 1m.

American R<NoIuli<>n wascompa,allwly new. Among lhe older people weresome who ~ o u k l s l i D .emember manyol.he first set.1ers ",ho came 10 Col"'" aIlome OUI of the wildo:r!'II)SS _

11Ieir fathers and graoolathers hadcome from older senklments 10 lhe

LIst, I-olping to sM,e in I" economico p p o r t u n i t ~ offered by a new region.In lime. mosl of tho! p i o ~ r s prospered,,00 fouoo good living, pnncipaljy fromfarming, can le-raising, lumbering,c.alrs and iron-making.

By .he time 0/ lhe AmericanRevolution. th<l CounlY passed from afront ier region to an area of \,,,&seltledfa........ J > < I l t e r ~ like those of okl"rseclions of.he counlry.

General Wash,ngton w n s i ~ r e d Morris Coun1Y an "eagle's nest"' fromwhich he could har;w; the enemy while.he mIlin part 0/ his amly remlllr;edsecure in WInter quaners WlthlD th<l

folds of the mounla ....ThlS IS lust """"qIl 10 whet yom

appetile for mo.e lascinanng informIltion contained in the publication."Colonial and RevoIuti<mary Morr-it;

Counly" writt"" by Dr Theodo1eThayer, The book has 303 pages. is

hard cover-bound. is filled with p;ctu,,,,,aoo illustrations. pIu. an entire tist 0/

the seiche" of Morns County ",I-olserwd In the RevolubO""",. War

The good news is tMt i t 's stillavailable for PII,eroase at the originalprice of $7.5(1 if you p;ck it up at theHeritage Offi<:e. 300 Me ndham RO""t U\IOU want i. mIliled, add $1.50 forpOSt"9'!_ U interesled. call 285-61'18_ tmakes a beautiful sift for people of all

- 'PatTiots' Path

Mendham &rough MS completedIts section 01 Patriots' Palh. MendhamTownship is negOtialing development.

Guide To New JerseyHistorical Manuscripts

The Guide to New J e ~ HistoricalManu!ICripts in Morris County, a new

publica t ion that describes Ihe

rrtallUSC rip lS colk>cttOf\S pertaintng to.h<l history of New Jersey kx:ated in 36repOSltorll!$ in Morns County . . $2 .50ppd KIndly make ~ h e c pavable to theTreasurer. Slate of N.J. and mai l toN.J, HEstorical Comm,. . <m, 113 W_

Stale Sr., Trenton, N.J. 08625 .

Momstown. County 01 Morn.. AIIieclCorporatIon. C.um & ForsterFoundatiOn. AT&T. eane<et SaIilng5

& loon and MKJlan'io; Bank

Ad<!Jtiona lly. fund ra!SIng """".IS andcontributions have b<oen macIo by

numerous busin«SseI aoo organi,a.00ns, hogh schon! students and civic

minded members 0/ ..... community fora total of $470.000_00

"The Society looks lorward (0successfully cqmplelins the film and isseeking funds lo r ed iting and

distribution. totatmg S30.000.00.

An ()p<ming Noght performan<:e IS

being planned lor lhe film's benefaclors_ prior to all time in the fan of 19M

" .,.bioo ",,,, , _ . ... . . .... 8010 ........,. (00 •

Skylines of Morris

Scenes of Madison

Dawi MeL Appleton. of HardingTownsh,p IS ,he h i b l 1 t n g artl"t ,n aGne "",n show sponsored by the MorTISCounty Hen'ase Commi. . on 1I0<Il

hanging on the Fr.... hoIders' wa itingroOm at th e Monis Cou n tyCounl-oluse TIw. color photographs ondispl;)y leatun"'3 the archi1e.:ture andlandmarks 01 MadISOn . are part of aser"", of pholographs by Appletonentitled "Mom s County's S k y ~ n e

David Appleton studied painting andsculpture a1 B e a u Arts in Paris,assisted as a "" , designer in New Yark

City, and worked backst"9'!on My fa irLady which he Saw 0""" 300 lImes, He1S a canograpMr and a metOOl"oIog",'and sI,..,e 1969. has b<oen head of theCt..ssics Departmen. at Kent PlaceSchoo!. Summit. teaching la tin.

His hobb>es i,..,lude acting. singing.gardenIng, lraven,ng in Italy, tennis.music and g O u ~ t rook,O!!- He Iove5

-he show WIll run through AprjilS

and 15 open '0 the public Mondayfriday 9 a.m, to ~ , 3 0 p.m.

Markers Painted

The his.o, io; markers placed by [heHeritage Commiuion throughoutMorrioi County, ho."", received a fi'ICe iilt.Miuy Pat P o v i l a ~ i s painted the oneswhich ho.d f!>ded during the years 01their e Kiste" ,e.



What Does A LibrarianDo After Retirement?

Through roer ,nteUecIlI<Il force a»d

th e w ~ r m t h of her undi'rstM><Img,Barbara Hoskins has done much to

!JUarantee troe preset""'g of tN!p.ecious historical records at lhe

Morristown-Morris Township Jam,

Public L,brary.Joining u. in thl5 tribule" Man..n R.

Gerhart, Direclor of the Library, whosa.d, "I Iwi strongly th<!1 Barbara's

greatesl cont.ibutlOn was direcledloward those many palran. whocame

10 OIl. library /0. her help_ She !III"" oS

her lalents SO 1.«1y and employed the

malenals in our collection 50 well."Sh e continued, "He. many houfS of

n",,'SpiIP<" in<Iex,ng have gwen ..stools

Ih<!t wiU be used /or"""._"","-rbara's work al lroe hbraryactua!ly, taned as a volunteer before her

employment in 1965. She lollowedIhrough Wllh Ihis P31!ernand had aacl"'" group 01 voIunle<rrs wOO carne towork al the library every week. Thus,

I a b l i s h r n g On<! 01 lhe best records ofIe counly on local h,stories.

Credited ,0 ..... untiringlaOOfSOllovefor ""tory are: MatTis Township. AGlimpse Inro liS Post; book on Mo'ris

Coonty Who s...""'" In TheReuo/ulion<1lll Wa,; His!""" oj tn.,aOOue library, 1914-1930; Morris

CounlY Churches 18th an d 19ThCentury, compiled 19n, updaled 1981;and Mo<.is D<stricl Mroicol Soc;"!];.

1816-1859. 1876-1905. done in 1969_Also, The Morristown Green

(hislory) in 1981: A pamphlet onWoshinglOl1 Valley Schoolhouse, 1869

1969; ond On injormal hist""" a'Woshingran Volley in 1960.

She is a trustee 01 rhe Momstown

Green an d Ms lhe honor af lhe firstwoman to serve as such, as well asbe.ng 3 member of lhe WashingtonAssociation, whose job 15 to runWashington's Hei>dquarle.s.

Miss Caroline FOSler, deceaSOld at

ag e IC2. b ~ n d and confine<llo her 00me,n her Jailer !J<'ars. lalked to Barbaraalmost every da y and was a co·autflor

of Hislory oj WOShinsfOl1 Volley in

'960. Sn-. had a "" " spot 10' the ~ b r " T Y ;d 911"" money from he-r estate 10 lhe

nbrary when she died.Barbara's ~ f e started in !rx!ianapalis,

Indiana. She attended Earlham Collegein Richmond, Indiana. Later ,eceN«! aBachek>r's Degree al lhe Unive"'ityaf

,",.wr._ c_,, """_ _ ,_ .......

Slid< sr---...COf\I·d. F,,,",, Pogo I

making> lhe show has drawn on lhe

CommissIOn'S exlens"", collection af

photographs acquired in conjunctionv..ith lhe markIng 01 each site

Its fast·paced narrat,ve lells thehistory 01 the Coullly Ihro..w. colodul

sJide. of 18th, I9Ih, arod roih 'emury

homes , chu.ches , schools and

industn!!$_ The contributIOn of tach ofthe thltTy-nine municipdlilies 10 Mo.risCounlY hostory is also noted_ Af(:hivalsides of County resKl<onts connected

WIth Ihe marker snes Me 8n add,tionallealure of the prooLXtion.

Currently in audio-cas$l!lte form , the

program will also be .wailab!e on

Wleo lape at a futur . da,e. Flyers~ r i b i n g lhe program will be sent 10Counly schools all(! organizationsshortly Far add,tional utIormolion call

the Commission Office, 285·6198.

Chicago in S<.>cial Wo<k and foUOOJJed

this =eer in boTh cilies.She came 10 Morristown from

Pnnceton In 1947 She and ....rhusband, Walter {one of her grealestadmire,.), have lou. children: Steven(lawyer); John (Jav...".,r): Tom (countrydoctor in Vermont); and Becky (alhome, Masler ' . Deg,ee from

Duque""" University in Pa.) and whohas helP<'d her ,.,..,Iher with histmicalactiVIties on many OCCMoonS_

At last, "Whar does a libronan do in

r"';,-.,menr?" Barba,a Hoskins, aP<'rfect ~ x a m p l e , has been using he-rgreen Ihumb in sarcierung, bul localhistory is sttU her maUl inle.esl in life along Wllh her ni""'9,andchiklren, whoI"", aD over tho> world!

If Swi<;s-oorn John J1>(:ob FaesehIron master ,n Ihe America

RevoIutlOft, should return 10 Rockaw"

Townsh,p today, he would be'0 see tho> condition of his eleganmano. hnll$«_ But how pleased h

would be to dtSCover lhal tho> peOple o

the Rockaw"l/S ca'ed enoogh abal.n IN

old house 10 form ao a s s o c i ~ t o o o ! o s a v" The Friends of tOol Ford Faesc

House cannot, at presenl, restore ,t

R""olul"""", splendor but, al """

lhey are gNUlg ,I a chance to surviveThe house stands a \11\1><1 rem,nder 0,he greal Iron age in Mor";'; Counly an

the HislO<ical Socoely of lne Rock.awavand Rockaw"Y T ownshrp serves to b

c o n g r ~ ! U l a t e d !o. the" WOI'k 1

p.eserve 'I. As money become

iMlllo.ble, they plan '0 replace the .oo!shore up iI'S rOllen beams, cap th

chimneys and, in gene.aI, stabili.e lh

""meslruclure.

Interested personshould conlac! The HiS!oncai SoCIel01 Ihe Rockaw .... , Box 100, HibermaN.J_ 07842 to make coolrrbuloons

• • •People no longer sa,he. ,n lhe 1!1

S'011e Academy on Dickerson Sheel,

DovM to argue aboul to w<IOII<!rnrnenl. Once a rneetinq oIace [o

leading Dover c ; t i z ~ S , II hM ~ n g soncd«1",ed and become loS! m urbaDove<_ Recently, a c O O P < ' r ~ t i " " e H o r t olhe Morris County HIStorICal Soclela'ld the Morns Counry Trusl saved thlIwrlding [,om d<emolrhon . Ack"""""'dgLng lhe vldid"y 01 the case advanced b

lhese two otga.,uallOns, the Stal

Court oj APP<'ats has ruled Ih<!, thStone Academy, buill "" 3 prival

.school in 1821 and 5e"';ng "" lhe firscommumty cemerfor CIoo.off, cannot b

destroyed Wllhoul fu.I .... r""",,,,, . ThIis a landmark <!«,$ion. ItlS easy to rallpublic 0pII100n lIfOOnd glamorouplaces, acoording to MchitecluraHistorian Robert Gu'e!, but 10 save a

hiSlo"" s ,le like the Stone Acad<!myan ,mportant preservahon victory.

Collecting Old Maps

M.s F,ances Pingeon, vic e

chairtniln of the Commission, is stcollecting old mapS of Morris Coonl

munidpalih"s and would ~ p p r e c i a lany calls lor 00"",,,"'- 0. - pu,chasing 0

sa.r"nI1_ These would be framed by th

Comnu$l;ion and hung in counr

burlding< for all the C 1 I i ~ 10 seeAsain, ~ a U m&.6J98.



' . 'J......_ConI'd. From I'logo I

Once in i t . . . . . . . dunng it "clean-upweek" one may spot anold tre.!de.1ypo" ~ . . sewing machine. WIlli lIs

dust COWI', s!llrodr.g out II I

fron \ 01 ..:>me old residence, but it II$0011 snatched up by 'lOme passingmotorist. Or maybe i l ; ' anold "Fluible

Flyer" sled, or an "Iver Johmon"bicyl;1e lhal is the prill!:.

The bat place to look to. IhIngI_ . .the ground. All around us t .... NrthtHnW .. . h ·goool .. .

The house I Iiw _ buillOller 1251'W'S ago. Whom I ool< ,\ oYer

IliU contained 5OfTII! rt'Iics 01 tho! past,

s.uch as the Richardson·BoynTon coalOOlTllng fu""" ., ronslfl><:led in i:)ov.erN.J. '

In the old daY" most people keptchickens. Tlwre were no munic:,*garb.ge ~ l l o I ) S .

VJhen ] dug the 6m g M ~ where [!\OW . . . . . evidently the 1llO! 01 ;an oldchick,.,. yard, I found the foIowing:broken pecO!$ 01 fancy old clun.o plata,<Saucers soup bowls; CUp& without

1\andIe$, couple of silwr5_ ....tlllhe inihals "R.p. : s o m e ~ O ! ' r SPOOnS;

bone handIa from rusted.-.W<ly knlVftand forks: fU5ted 0/ old I ; I l / l

openen, cabbage d"""",, , and OIherkitchen utensils; also, {5how.ng lha\d-oldrm Ivod <:n:e Iiwd Ihfte), IeoIId

soIdioen. and variou5 kinds 01 matbIa"mIggIts", "9'*. "and "!IglI IQ - I

abo du q up iars and bollle$ .. .11

theraised glass lotIering "MomttownBottling Works - Sussex Avenue") andthere were the broken "Ma"",," jarsand jelly glasses. 50meQne mull havebftn ctuonic,)lIy ill in the familoi oI.ameformer owner. because ;omong the

M... Shuoo! M. 0.0 . - - , C . . . . . . .

M .... F......,.. D. P ; " " , < w ~ Vlc"<:N!inn.nM.... v.,..... K . ~ , Secnlwy. Edit ...

d1991119" ...... Ii'IilI1Y medicn.""' ...

Down . . . . . . m ~ the barns 11M: oncestood I found poecel 01 old farm toolsand implemell1s . a rusty handlelessr!ll<e, parT of .. W&gOr1 hub and aKIe,brass buckiq and IIame3a Huirogs andtwo brass sle9ll:>ells_ T h e r ~ was also a

S1UabIe number of pont and half pintctmry ...tu.key &o6ks . the lund th;:.t theoIo;i.lIlI'oe horM<lrllWl'l truck driversused to ClIfTy in theitOYl!l'COOit pockets.

Boned treasure OS . iI "" "only know when! to cbg lor II.VJhiIe dggorog the fOl.D'ldation lor

some structure located CanoeBrook il l Summit. workmen found anumber of old \lnifo-rrn buuons. musketparis and other Revolutionary Warrelics. By the tome the Ioc.!II historians

I'0d arriYed, the contnoctor I'0d cartedrrost 01 the I'l<c.avl'Ited "",tmal """"y.

When the Iound!.non for the DodgeMemonaI Buikmg in Madison Wili!I

being exc","",'ed in 1933. a BntishpetlllY, bearrog the date 1757. was

found 10 Iftl below the SlIt/ace.Another old ,gin, dated 1674, hadp!'eviou&iy been found on the D, Will .

JatrW!$ (later Geraldi ... R. Dodge)estate on Madoson. and .. petlllY dated

17300r 1739, was found on the AshbeIGreen property on Hanowr

Indian r.l ic, arrowheads,. ~ , pestles and mortars· havebeen found in l\Ibs1antial on

v....,.,. pari. 01 the County.Do !JO',> ever Itop to think. as !JO',>

walk aIQng lOme old strll<!!, lhatbeneath]lOUT feet I i ~ II>e rll1nalns 01 abrok"" chamber IIOt? This wM the case

at the T ITlOthy Mils I-.oi1w inMorrislown.lnoldendays people threw

Did You Know?

The art exhibits in lhe Fr ...holdersWaiting Room are popular with Illpublic and chllnge periocbcaUy to COYl

aI 5e!Itn'i'nts oIlhe arT world.

The " I n d e n l u r e ~ 0/ the Morristow

Green is ., eing dioopIayed ' " thlobby 01 the C o u n ~ as ainternt;"g touch of history.

C ~ t Eleanor Bogert ha""" ten to lIlI of the Historical S06euein MOI"is County urgong them 10 us

the display cases in tile lobby 0/ thCourthouse and al 300 MeodhamRoad. Call 28S-lil98d!JO',> ha"", artlfiKtfor uhibot

the!r old. brol<en JUnk out . . dw road .helped foII,1le mud hokls_

In Chatham, recently, prOperty "'as

being ~ x c a v ~ t e d for the construction ofa new business building. T h ~f ~ C I I \ l l i I O ' 1 came across an old """n. Atthe bottom "",.e piles of broken dlinland other old relics. Whenl ....propeilY

0Wi'0I!rI $lopped using t .... well theythrew all then- old rubbish cbwn ti"wwel

"""ou never know· buried nght on !hi:

ground. r'!ilt next to where !IOU arewalking, may be meteonte. lost""'monel rIllS. an Indian axe head. orpcbbia which m a ~ be p!'ocase<i intosemi-precious s t o ~ ~ k e ~ r o o t s ,amethysts a n d ~ .

And 50 goes!!

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