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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZAR_musconetcong-river-valley-double-lime-kiln_Washington-NJ.html
This double lime kiln is an example of the kilns once found throughout the Musconetcong River Valley. Early settlers farmed an area until its fertility was depleted. By the early 1800s German immigrants introduced the practice of sweetening and en…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YNC_delaware-lackawanna-and-western-railroad_Columbia-NJ.html
The open spandrel design pushed reinforced concrete arches beyond the known limit when built. An engineering feat, the railroad alignment rises and falls 11 feet over 28.45 miles.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X9P_union-cemetery-memorial-to-the-unknown-dead-a-war-memorial_Hackettstown-NJ.html
To The Unknown Dead
For Us Their Precious Lives They Gave;
For Freedom's Sacred Cause They Died.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X9N_sea-wolf-a-war-memorial_Hackettstown-NJ.html
Sea Wolf
In Memorial
America's Most Decorated Warrior
John Duncan Bulkeley
Vice Admiral, United States Navy
August 19, 1911 - April 6, 1996
World War II Korea
Schooled in Beattystown
1928 graduate, Hackettstown High School
Served his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UDE_the-water-works-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
For many years the people in and around what was to become Blairstown relied on streams, springs, and hand dug wells as a source of water. That was all going to change. With an ever increasing population of people, cattle, and other domestic stock…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UDD_branigans-pharmacy-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
Blairstown had a doctor but no place in town to purchase prescriptions on a regular basis. In 1872, Daniel Shoemaker, a druggist from Belvidere, started supplying the needs of the people for medical supplies on an irregular basis and in 1876 moved…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UDC_roys-hall-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
The year 1913 was another special one for Blairstown as it witnessed the opening of a theatre. On April 2,1913 Robert Roy and Raymond Smith opened a community hall and theatre named Roy's Hall. The first floor was utilized for dances and similar a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UDB_blairstown-historic-district-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
Blairstown
Historic District
Incorporated 1845
Early Trading and Commerce Settlement
Formerly Known As
Smith's Mills
1780
Butts Bridge
1785
Gravel Hill
1825
Blairstown
1839
New Jersey and National Designation
2007
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UC5_first-presbyterian-church-of-blairstown-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
In March of 1839, the citizens of Blairstown (then Gravel Hill) and vicinity convened for the purpose of electing trustees of a Presbyterian church. John I. Blair was made chairman and Dr. John Albright secretary. Prior to this meeting, the practi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UC4_simeon-cook-residence-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
Built prior to 1819, the residence before you is recognized to be the oldest homestead in the village of Blairstown. The longest continuous residents of this place were the Simeon Cooke family who lived here from the mid 1850s until 1927. Mr. Cook…