Route Not Taken, part 7
In this episode of the saga of the unbuilt rail line we travel from Sand Brook into Raritan Township, on our way to Walnut Brook. Here is a detail of the railroad survey map.
Delaware Township
Delaware Township in Hunterdon County, NJ is my hometown, and so, as you might expect, I know more about this town than any other that I write about. Prior to 1838, Delaware Township was a part of Amwell Township, created in 1708–which means that Amwell’s history is also very familiar to me. There is no end to the stories that can be written about this place, so expect many additions to this list in the coming years.
A Train Through Sand Brook
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Fauss, Featured, Higgins, Holcombe, Moore, Sandbrook, Sine, Sutton No Comments Tags: railroads
Part 6 in the series on the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company and its proposed route from Prallsville to Flemington.
Kitchen’s Mill
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Kitchen, Rockafellar, Sandbrook 3 Comments Tags: mills
The Mill in Sand Brook
Original version published in “The Bridge,” Fall 2002
This article precedes the next episode in my series on the route of the Delaware Flemington Railroad, a rail line that was surveyed, but never built. It was planned to run right through the village of Sand Brook, very close to the old mill.
Hardscrabble
By Marfy Goodspeed in Carrell, Case, Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Historians Revisited, Hunterdon County, Raritan Township 2 Comments Tags: maps, roads
This article by Egbert T. Bush concerns a family who lived in the Croton neighborhood in the mid-19th century. I thought it typical of Mr. Bush’s style of writing, which may seem a bit florid, but is full of empathy for the characters he described.
Route Not Taken, Part Five
By Marfy Goodspeed in Aller, Carrell, Delaware Township, Fauss, Moore, Sandbrook, Sergeant, Williamson No Comments Tags: railroads
The train continues on its way to Sand Brook. Having passed through the southern side of the Village of Sergeantsville, it now proceeds through the properties of James Carrell, Othniel Fauss, William Aller, Acker Moore and Mrs. Sergeant.
Pole Raising in the Days of Lincoln
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Historians Revisited, Sergeantsville, Stockton 2 Comments
This article was originally published in “The Delaware Township Post” on March 1, 2009. The Post went out of business, and the articles I published there have disappeared. It seems appropriate now to republish this article, greatly modified, here.
Surprising Connections
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township 2 Comments Tags: houses, land titles
This is a short article, intended as a postscript to “Route Not Taken, Part Four.” It concerns surprising connections between the landowners I researched, starting with Elizabeth Abbott. It also carries on the theme of married women who buy real estate.
Route Not Taken, 4
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Sergeantsville 4 Comments Tags: farming, railroads
The east end of Sergeantsville
Properties owned by Abbott, Parks & Cole
Continuing with the saga of the railroad that was never built. You can view the previous three articles by going to the home page, where they appear in the row of featured articles.
Route Not Taken, 3
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Dilts, Fisher, Fulper, Gordon, Green, Lake, Moore, Sergeantsville 1 Comment Tags: railroads
Route Not Taken, part two
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Dilts, Higgins, Johnson, Lawshe 5 Comments Tags: land titles, railroads
This is part two of the history of the landowners living along the proposed railroad route that was surveyed for the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company in 1873 and was intended to run from Prallsville to Flemington. (And here is part one.)