Larason’s Tavern

For some time, I have been writing articles about the early taverns in Hunterdon County, knowing how important they were to both travelers on Hunterdon’s earliest roads and the communities that built up around them. One of the taverns on my to-do list was Larason’s Tavern on the Old York Road north of Ringoes. Fortunately, […]

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Pittstown Inn, part 3

The history of the Pittstown Inn, from 1800 to 1880, includes the many residents of the Pittstown neighborhood.

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Pittstown Inn, part two

Following the Revolution, Moore Furman moved back to Trenton and left his Pittstown properties to son John & Benj. Guild, until it was time to build anew.

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Pittstown Inn, part one

The Pittstown Inn, once located in Hoff’s Town, was in business as early as 1754, and probably earlier.

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Quakertown’s Taverns

The fact that a little village like Quakertown boasted two taverns in the early 1800s tells us how important they were to their communities.

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Cherryville’s Tavern

Mr. Bush is an invaluable source for local history, but we don’t always agree.

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James Anderson’s Tavern

The tavern that predated the Klinesville tavern and the Point Tavern was just up the road in Cherryville.

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Klinesville Tavern(s)

E. T. Bush wrote that Klinesville was once a lively place, but there is no more ‘ville’ there now.

Goodspeed Welcome to Goodspeed Histories, a website for Hunterdon County history, early West Jersey history, and the history of my home town, Delaware Township. I began the website in 2009 as a way to discover the history of my ancestor Samuel Green, one of the early settlers in West New Jersey.

In the process I became fascinated with the political history of that place, which led to many posts on the West Jersey Proprietors. I hope to do more. When my home town celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2013, I had to pay attention to all the stories that can be told about it, and the same thing happened the next year when Hunterdon County celebrated its 300th anniversary. There is so much more to write about all these places, so much more to learn. In the process, I hope to encourage readers who know even more about these places and the people who have lived here to share their knowledge with me here on Goodspeed Histories.

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