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A Stockton Inn History

October 21, 2017 By Marfy Goodspeed in Hockenbury, Hunterdon, Sharp, Stockton Borough No Comments Tags: land titles, maps, taverns

This article is a continuation of the article by Egbert T. Bush titled “When Stockton Was Not So Dry.” (Part One and Part Two.) Today I will enlarge on Mr. Bush’s short history of the Stockton Inn, which is now for sale. It is my hope that by fleshing out this history, a purchaser might be found who will value it as well as the lovely architecture of the place.

When Stockton Was Not So Dry, part two

October 13, 2017 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, Historians, Stockton Borough No Comments Tags: ferries, maps, taverns

This part of Mr. Bush’s article deals primarily with the history of the tavern in Stockton, which began its life across the road from the Sharp-Lambert store (part one), but ended it as the Stockton Inn, at Bridge and Main Streets. (As usual, Mr. Bush’s article is in italics and my comments are not.)

When Stockton Was Not So Dry

September 22, 2017 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, Historians, Hunterdon, Stockton Borough 2 Comments Tags: alcohol, houses, land titles, maps, portraits, roads, stores

Egbert T. Bush was very fond of grand old trees, and when they had to come down, he lamented the loss in his articles, including one that I published awhile ago, titled “Old Sentinel Oak Has Passed.” That huge tree, or as Bush would call it, a “Monarch,” once stood along Route 523 as you enter Stockton. Today’s article should have preceded “Old Sentinel Oak,” as it concerns the neighborhood of that great tree before it was taken down.

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