Higgins

Hill’s Mills at Copper Hill

August 16, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Copper Hill, E. T. Bush, Higgins, Hill, Historians, Kuhl, Raritan Twp, Trimmer Tags: maps, mills

Here is an article by Egbert T. Bush about the Copper Hill neighborhood I have been writing about recently, with additional comments from me.

Carman, Hoagland & Higgins

June 18, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Higgins, Hoagland, Hunterdon, Pettit, Raritan Twp Tags: cemeteries, early settlers, railroads, roads, surveying

part ten of The Route Not Taken

My previous article about the planned route of the Delaware-Flemington Railroad Company ended at the property of Samuel M. Higgins on the west side of Johanna Farms Road. The route then proceeded across Higgins’ farm in a northeasterly direction, passing not far north of a house near a branch of the Neshanic River.

From Sand Brook to Raritan Township

May 9, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Higgins, Raritan Twp, Swallow, Thatcher, Trout Tags: Buchanan's Tavern, early settlers, land titles, maps, proprietors, railroads, roads

part nine of The Route Not Taken

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.

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