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Old Hunt Farm A Place of Interest

August 14, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, Stockton Borough 11 Comments Tags: cemeteries, houses, land titles

Ancient “Plantation” Has One of the County’s Oldest Dwellings
Workman Leveled Stones

by Egbert T. Bush, Stockton, NJ
published in the Hunterdon Co. Democrat, June 4, 1931

The following is a transcript of the article written by Egbert T. Bush. My comments and annotations are in the footnotes. Unlike the articles by J. M. Hoppock in the Democrat-Advertiser, there were no pictures published along with the Bush articles in the Hunterdon Co. Democrat. So I have taken the liberty of adding my own.

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Federal Twist Road

August 12, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Johnson, Quinby 4 Comments Tags: "The Bridge", ferries, roads, taverns

This is an update and reworking of one of the first articles I wrote for “The Bridge,” the Delaware Township newsletter, in September 1992. The road is part of the Raven Rock neighborhood, so it might be considered an extension of my series on that village.

Saxtonville Tavern’s Last Chapter

August 10, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bray, Delaware Twp, Families, Raven Rock 4 Comments Tags: Bull's Island, Going, houses, land titles, taverns

The Saxtonville Tavern started business with the Delaware & Raritan Canal, declined after construction of the Belvidere-Delaware Railroad, and closed not long after the Civil War. For the tavern’s first chapter see this post.