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Defying the Blizzard of ’88

January 20, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, Historians, Hunterdon

We are getting some warmer days this weekend, and they are welcome after the very cold weather we’ve had lately. But cold as it was, it was nothing compared to the Blizzard of 1888, apparently the most intense weather ever experienced in Hunterdon County history. There are many stories and photographs depicting it, including this letter by Egbert T. Bush describing how he tried to defy it.

Col. David Bishop

January 13, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Hunterdon, Ringoes Tags: architecture, Going, houses, stores, The Revolution

For anyone traveling north on Route 579 from the village of Ringoes in East Amwell, Hunterdon County, there is a landmark that will surely catch your eye, standing opposite the old Bel-Del railroad station. It is a three-story house that was once a showplace but has been deteriorating for at least 25 years. People like me who have been watching it all this time marvel that it is still standing.

Cornelius H. Barber

December 16, 2017 By Marfy Goodspeed in Barber, Delaware Twp, Lambertville

Sometimes in my researches on Hunterdon people of the past, odd things turn up. Something very odd turned up when I came across Cornelius H. Barber, who lived from 1804 to 1884. I had been asked about the Prall tanyard, which was located a short distance south of Sergeantsville in the early 1800s, and discovered that Barber had briefly been an owner.

So let me tell you a little about Cornelius Hoppock Barber before describing the odd thing I found.

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