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Ducks’ Flat

July 4, 2017 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, E. T. Bush 2 Comments Tags: land titles, schools

Ducks, A Vanished School, and The Dawn of the Space Age
“The ‘Oregon’ and Other Schools,” continued

Ducks’ Flat, view from Route 519 looking north

With a name like Ducks’ Flat, you just know there must be a story there. But first, is it Duck’s Flat or Ducks’ Flat? I pitch for Ducks’, since it must have been a place where migrating ducks would gather. That’s the way Egbert T. Bush saw it. In his article “The ‘Oregon’ and Other Schools,” which I recently published in its entirety.¹

Sergeant’s Mills, part four

July 1, 2017 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, E. T. Bush, Fulper, Green, Opdycke, Rosemont, Sergeant 10 Comments Tags: houses, land titles, politics, portraits

This series of posts has been based on an article by Egbert T. Bush called “Sergeant’s Mills Once a Prosperous Place.” My previous post dealt with two of the four farms located in the Rosemont valley, on the north side of the road from Rittenhouse’s Tavern (Rosemont) to Skunk Town (Sergeantsville), otherwise known as Route 604. This post will describe the owner of the third farm, and include the rest of Mr. Bush’s article.

Sergeant’s Mills, part three

June 23, 2017 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, E. T. Bush, Green, Historians, Lair, Reading, Rosemont, Sergeant 1 Comment Tags: architecture, early settlers, land titles, proprietors

Being part three in a four-part post about an article written by Egbert T. Bush titled “Sergeant’s Mills Once a Prosperous Place” and published in the Hunterdon County Democrat on January 16, 1930.