As I wrote in my previous post, the farm just east of the Swallow farm was owned by John Lequear in the 18th century. I was delighted to discover the location of his home farm.
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Route Not Taken, 6
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Featured, Higgins, Raritan Township, Swallow, Thatcher, Trout 3 Comments Tags: Buchanan's Tavern, early settlers, land titles, maps, proprietors, railroads, roads
From Sand Brook to Raritan Township
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.
A Train Through Sand Brook
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Fauss, Featured, Higgins, Holcombe, Moore, Sandbrook, Sine, Sutton No Comments Tags: railroads
Part 6 in the series on the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company and its proposed route from Prallsville to Flemington.
Route Not Taken, Part Five
By Marfy Goodspeed in Aller, Carrell, Delaware Township, Fauss, Moore, Sandbrook, Sergeant, Williamson No Comments Tags: railroads
The train continues on its way to Sand Brook. Having passed through the southern side of the Village of Sergeantsville, it now proceeds through the properties of James Carrell, Othniel Fauss, William Aller, Acker Moore and Mrs. Sergeant.
Route Not Taken, 4
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Sergeantsville 4 Comments Tags: farming, railroads
The east end of Sergeantsville
Properties owned by Abbott, Parks & Cole
Continuing with the saga of the railroad that was never built. You can view the previous three articles by going to the home page, where they appear in the row of featured articles.
Route Not Taken, 3
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Dilts, Featured, Fisher, Fulper, Gordon, Green, Lake, Moore, Sergeantsville 1 Comment Tags: railroads
Route Not Taken, part two
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Dilts, Higgins, Johnson, Lawshe 5 Comments Tags: land titles, railroads
This is part two of the history of the landowners living along the proposed railroad route that was surveyed for the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company in 1873 and was intended to run from Prallsville to Flemington. (And here is part one.)
The Route Not Taken, part one
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Featured, Fisher, Hunt, Rake No Comments Tags: railroads
This is part three of my series on the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company. Part One was an article by Egbert T. Bush describing the birth and death of the company. Part Two described the reasons for the company’s failure and how its directors fared afterwards. This article will focus on the route that was planned for the new rail line.1
Kessler & Co.
By Marfy Goodspeed in Case, Delaware Township 2 Comments Tags: railroads
This is part two of my series on the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company. Part One was Egbert T. Bush’s history of how this company failed. He provided us with lots of information derived from the company papers that had been saved. But so many questions were raised, and not addressed, starting with the people who thought up the idea and promoted the company.
The Railroad That Wasn’t Built
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Featured, Historians Revisited, Prallsville 1 Comment Tags: railroads
This article by Egbert T. Bush caught my attention because it is reminiscent of PennEast’s attempt to dig a pipeline across Delaware Township and other parts of Hunterdon and Mercer Counties. The big difference here is that many landowners along the proposed route of this railroad supported it because they expected real benefits, whereas PennEast’s pipeline is likely to do more harm than good.
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