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VoL I, No . I

Roadside MarkersAt 40 Sites

the story 0/ Horseh<lad Penmes, a

longtime favorite wilh history burls an d

coin coliectors . received recenl

recognitIOn the Motrl$ COUntyH<'Iitage Commission when a historical

roadside marker was ;nstaJ!td a1 tl>e

eatsheat Farms emrance al SussexA ~ U < ' Morrislown. The markerdl.>piaYIIIS ...prod""rio". of both sides01 thl,> 181h century Horsehe<>d Penny,features a tegend higrilighting the story01 mming and minting coins locally in

1787·1788,TIw story 01 this histone site cente rs

on "Solitude: the urate of Judge John

C ~ ' > V e S . an associate Justice of the

New Jersey Stat . Supreme Court inthe 18th century. Here Waller Mould, a.kUIed British machinist, moved. haviO!!

obtained a fraochis.e from the State 01

New Jersey 10 rrunl ccins. Mould minedcopper on the property, and mintedcoins in a wooden mold in It... parlor

firept..ce. T he coin., now highly prized

"" C o ! ~ l o r S ' items. we.e known as

"horsehead pomrues."

Private enterpnse in coin minting

ceased in 1792 with the establishmentof the Nalional M,nI. Tn.. estMe"Solitude" W<lS ..,kI in 1811 to MosesHolloway, who converted tne house to"tavern known as "Wheatsh""f Inn,"

tavern no longer siands. but then.a.me 'Whealsheal"" is still associatedwith the properly, now koosing

dev"'opment,Th e Horsehead P"""y Site is among

The

<nount\! <nin:ular

Morrill County Heritage Commi•• OD

To Mark CourthouseAnniversary

Th e He ritage CommIssIOn met ""InJohn Et.wcrth. Court Admini5tralor,on March 8 10 .plan a celebratIOn 10

commemorate the 150th anniversuyof

the C o u r t ~ . t ~ n t a t i v e l y set for

September 10. The Courthouse will beopen 10 visitors On that day .

Alter eKlel\five rese.'lrch, assisted by

Harry E. Weave r, architectural

consultant to Morris County, the

documentation of the Courthou .. . wassent to the Stale for desigMtion M a

Mlional landmark.The Courthouse, buill in 1827, is

described on a marker. placed on the

Courthouse lawn On WMhingtonSlreet In Mornstown, as "one 01 lhefinest of public buildif195 in the federal

March,19

Heritage CommissionAc tivities Increase

Th e Morris County HerilaCommission, establisked in 1970 by

Mor1'i$ County Bo;,rd of ChosFreeholders, has b«n act;w in seekthe preservation 01 Counly record

desigrlallns historic sites, publishingcomprehensive history III MorCounty in Colonial and RevolulionaI;mes , and kuping the public informoItMse activiti .. through newspapand Olher publications, radio a

speakers from the Commission.With this issue of lhe Coun

Circular the commission pres<:'background information on aU aspeof its work .

Mor1'i$ IS one of 17 HeritaCommIssions in New Jo,rsey a

ConItnUoOd "" PII9" 4



New Book TracesEarly History

u o n ~ . . in I..a.rch 01 "'slorical rOOIS.

Dr. Theodore Thayer. boo!< ~ n l i H e d Colonia l and ~ v o l u l i o n a MorrisCou nty can b<! 01 great i m p o r t ~ n cThis booIt deals wilh lhe earliestwt[i<!menl 01 Morris County and traces

It.. role 11 played in the AmericanRevolutIOn. Many ...ho have lived lheir

e n t i r ~ W. III INs arN are not awarelhal OUr hiltory i I as signifICant lIS any

CoIorwo! Iulory 10 boo found in

M_huw l t . Or Vir!Jllia. Ancient

gravalor>a a t decoral...., lIS Ihoo5e

found 11'1 lhe oldest CoIoniioI cen-ctariel

in New England a..part

01tholandlcape cI Whippo.llY, Many &ulio

known I a n d " " ' r ~ ' d/ll1ng long !>tolorett.. Revolution Can be readily located

throughoul lhe Counly Thayer's booknot only helps Onl discOl/er lhe rools 01

Morris CouoW bul c ~ n aloo . w r v ~ as anncel1(n1 touriSt guide for anyan<! who

...ant, to spend a pitMant cia.y

redilcoYotring It.. Colonial past 01

Moms Coun1Y-R ~ c " n l l y Ih" Hislory and

Govlrnm"nl DePl'rlm,mt of Ihe

Counly Cgh9'l ol Morris adopted lhobook 11'1 the Colonial American His 'oryCOUfW offered by Prof, S, L Dutka, It

hal been efllhulllaSlically r""etWd byIludmlS"'ho ~ n d that Mor1'"lll Counly

was ~ e r y much a part ol It.. grlUl

evenll 01 lhe A!'l'I4I'rican Revolution.CQpia oIlhe book may be purchased

at It.. college booksiore. ijbrarie:s

Ihroughoul tM arn. or the HeritageCommililOll in 1M MOrfil CountyCoun HouN. It .. worlh the t ime 10become a 10uOSI III your own b a c ~ y a r d W [IOUf mol._

$lyle in New "!'MY M

Th" Herolage CommISSIon. In

COOjUTlCtlOll ""Ih lhe l50th celebration

ol lM Courthouse II I s . . ~ e m b e r . willarrange an e xllobil of 1M ~ a c t 5 dillCovered on a lour of the Cou rthouw

cupola lor dioplay in the tT\aIn lobby of

lhe Courthouse. I ~ t h e r with old

court record. and nunule biSOks.

HlSTORICMAltK£R5_F . . . I ' ~ _ J s._._ ...... _h<lObJJfo<.s "" s,-' _ "" _ r ......... M I ~ $haooro M 0...-. Coo.. "" "".- "'.- ....

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c....F""" " - " I

20 lite. c"","" IMt yeo.r lhroughout "'"Counly 10 ree ..... a Counly HistoricalM B r ~ e r . Slnce !975 1I>e Marker

P r o g r ~ m hat plac.ed 1M handsome redBnd gray m a r ~ l r , lOPS:>«! with a gold

CouOly Coal of Ar"". at 40 site5Ihroughout 1M Counly.

An ac\di!iorial twenty ,ilel will r " , , _",ullers tm. year u part 01 the 1mprogram, Stlel IlIPPfd to .ecl!ive

CD\lnty recognrtion run the g,omul fromprl·Revo!utoONry churche:s. taverns,

incLrwin and homes 10 early 19thcenlury echooll. grisl . . . . . . and

VlCtonan hon>esMotorisls and pedestrians will ....

marke" generally along major

thorough/arti_ S,ln on.ide roads maybe found by ...alch'ng for direction.>! red

arod gray arrOW "19OS waring theCounty COlli 01 Artnl. These 12 by 16inch ligna. reeeived by the County

recently. wdI help lhe motorisl Ioc"t"

mark" . . on Iess-tr......ted OIrKI5.The phl/liCai pl!lcemenl of a marker

al a hlStoro; SIte by the County Roado..partmtnt i I the final slep in lhe

M ...ker program. BdwId-the·scer>esactivitiel IUCh .... 141. nspe<:Iion lrip'

and ""',nng \egmdo on pn""'fY

documentation Ir e but " I....., 01 theKtMhn Ioiiading up to a 6na1 "",rk..,.placement.

The Commi.. on .... lcom""

.uggestions for future marker ";tos. andwin review all requellS. from 6u[e.kllQlm I I I " 10 those possusing

Nalional or State Register SlaIUS.SuggtIlQu may be sent 10 lhe Historic

Sites Marked

The fi. .120silel 10 be arfollowing'

M.rtin B.rry H OUle. P ' < l u a nT""","",p, O."",t Cory Hou ... RoxT""","",p. C .. "'m Hiotoric [)iC .......m' Dr L . - . Condie. HMCKnII"""", Tho Cu.,"" 1-Iorn4Motrillown, Henry J:Ioremus HMonl_ T"........p, FOI"d·FKSclo MH<:oo... R o c ~ y Townohop; JohtoT-.n. lincoln Park, Houooo.............. T.........t-.p ............... Prnt:o;1

Chutch. wt T"""",","",,; HChurch. S I ~ J .HouM. 1Io<u-v \.MtIg6on.doo:1 HouM. P . ~ T < o y M i I l t r K ~ HouM. Boonton; TmMilo HouM. MornoIown; Morra c.oCourt 1iou.M. MomsIown; Old U..oon Churo:h. Waohongton Town

Mill. Morriolown, Qu,oQr M"

Ha<.ue. RlIndoIph Townohip; RDio'flCl 01 Mendham. Mendham TCI\O

Attention All Societies

If you have ......nll \IOU'd tikepublic to be awarl ol, contacl Vlf

Roonc!I. Public ReLalionl charrrnAn..titor ol lhe Circular , al 26&-619Mnd data 10 the Hmuoge- Comm 'S

~ r ~ 1 r Program. Morris Co

Heritage Commission. CD\lrt HMortillO",n. New Jersey 01Additional CopHtl 01 1M s,t".

a v a U ~ b H ! at the C o m m ~ n oIocaled in I '" Adm,ruslrallOll Wi

lhe Court Hou .. on Ann Streel



'reserve Old CountyRecords And Books

Ounog the PM! year continued

PTO!,II'<I$I t.as made toward theproiKtion ar.d prnervl>11oo 01 reco.d$in t .... County Clerk's ollie ..

With tile cooperation 01 Frank

Headley, County Clerk, and Ikefinancial IIlpport 01 the Board 01 cho$en

Frethokkrt. ow.. forty old deed andbooks in the County Ce-k's

vauh have been cleaned and reboundby prQlQSioI\ill bookbon<krs. Others

.... w been .epaJred by the County

bookbmde" 5tMley Whitdwad.Wh m OIIOI! that many 01

these old record booIu haw been onlhe open ahoe"- oIlhe County Clerk'svauh. and hao.... been &ubject to daily

"""m"''''lOn and handling by title

searchers. " ' ~ r I ar.d hIstorical•esearch" . for ntarly twO hundred

ye"rs. It CM 1I11sily be understood that

01 them are in need 01

.th.abWtahon and reP/Oir. arld thllt this

program mUSl be> continued before

tI>e:w ancient .Kords become WOO! ol

."""" II"" tlwy cannot be ....sto.ed.lllshoped that the program of repair and

rebind"ons of old deeds and monsageswiI be ca.....wd on

Outing 1976 Hl'adiey irWakd alaminating maclurw on his office on ..

t r i a l ~ . Alter V>e\W'IS lhe manne, '"

which INa device Operated. theHent"9'l Commission "n tnu.iastically

endO<Sed tho! purchue 01 thia """,h;""

by the F'eeholde . . which WM do",,_

Sine" it . PUtchaM. a number of the

IH!1Y old dH<I. mortll/l9't and early

Coun record books ha.... been

I;I....Mted and rebound. which willpem"t ,t.ri: onspection and t.andling by

the pubhc. ""'hout further danger 01

deterior",toon ",nd deoIruc:tion nu.ia.ITIIMbng po-octdu.e is to be cont.nuedthroogh 1977 .nd hopftuIy thereafter,

Many "'Ki!'IIaneous pa.pero; and

-""ords from the County C I e . k · ~ officeIe now ,tored If'I a vauh at the County

Cultur,,! Cente • 300 Mendham Rood.

Morris Township. in a building ownedby the Park ComnllssOon

This material. consist,ng mostly at

early Court papers .... its. memoranda..

In MemoriamEl izabe th 8 . lum

Chai .man of the HeriTage

Commwoon. M .. E ! i l ~ b e t h B. lum atCMtham. died on Februa7'\l 22 at

Morristown M e m o r ~ H06pltal ~ f t £ f a.hort illneu.

She wlIS the fint MorTi. County

r U l d ~ n t 10 receove the Frederick C.

Sutra ~ i a 1 Award. lhoe highes'_d h.at 11.. New.krwy RecreaTionand Park Aaoc:iahon can bestow.

Mrs.Wm r«ciIIed the award in 1975for consnvlttoon doru . ;-, which sI>o>

_ act .... for mIIny yorars. She took a

leachng pa n In having the G.eat Swamp

d e d ~ . e d a National WiIofife Refuge.and was a member 0( the firsl

Commiuoon on W ~ n 01 the NewJeroey Dtpartmem 01 Community

AIIa"s. and the Natural Land Trust

CouncilShoe _ activ9 In the Women'.

Community Player• . Chatham

Hisloncal SocieW. Ch.at","m TownshipP.ubyte. ian Church. and the

C"'"'","m Girl SeOUl Council.The memben of the HeriI"!II!

CoIl'ln'Ql.ion WISh to e ~ P f e M their deep

sense 01 Joq of a personal tnend and an

adn'llfed c Cora""'".· reportl. tntunony and '"

wde ''''''!II! 0/ misceDany. is SIOled in

\;l,'9Il box". It IS thoe mtention of theCommiuion to ADrt il. place it in orde•.then have It mic.ofilmed The u l ~ m a t e di.poalhon of the origtnal papers will

then h.ave to be determmedAbo Itored at 300 Mendham Rood

are lhe original records from the

Surrogate ' , oHice When theSurrogate', and other County officf!$

.......e moved 'a the newHaBof R«ords.

The mIItenai in theold Surrogate's office

""af mICrofilmed. To do t.... ,t w.u

nee_TV to cut t .. . budi"9$ andthoe cewe .. of t ... book . The

book. . . . . . ............d>ound, and ,t is

recommended tMt they be preserved

for the pres.me and when funds ~ r e 8l1ailable. ultimately "bound "nd

placed, WIth ""hateve. IS conside.ed

hif'one..11y valuable f.om othoer county

offkf!$,,, an archives center,

, -

Heritage CommissionPublishes Book

in honor 0/ t ... I'IIItoon', Bicenl",,,,,,,

the Mor• • County Board 0/ ChoseFreeholders authorrzed the Herill'9CommiNlOn to Dr. ~ r eThaye•. p.o/eSIO. Emeritu., Rut9'l

Unlvf.Jity, to ""nle a history of thCounty f.om tts begtnmng th.oush thRevolutionary War years, an d

publish thoe manUKripI nu. was th

fint official a!templ to bring togetheronI! pl;!.ce mfOf1'Mbon dealing wilh th

""elopmtnt 0/ the County and~ t e d lor C,\T:tenS 01 all age

inte.uted in Mo." . County

celeb.Med hoent• .

Twe centuries the people

Morn. County. who numbered nmore than 12.000. developed a socieIn which the lewung prOCe5$ 0/ th

f r o n t ~ . caused a do!moc."tic spi.itemerge

Gw,.. Washington con.tdere

Mo.ris County an "eagle'. nesl" fro

",·hich he could harass the enemy ""hithe ma ... part at his army remoine

oecur. in wmter quarters ""thin thfolds 0/ the mountains

From t ... c"'""'9 01 the """te ma

and his fiflt purchiIK at land. thauthor has documented these e"";nn

elIriy times. th.ough the difficull an

.apdy changing years 01 settleme

and revoluttOn, to the final OCCUpaotlO

of the land as fr.... people

Among the fo.It,Mnd ,",counts of li

,n the 18th century included in the booa.e excerpts hom the depOSItion givo

to the Conllnent,,! Congress by FOSl

Horton. son 0/ the Reverend Azal'ia

Horton ol Boule H,g (Madison). whwu captured on long loland in 17

and con6ntd on a Brih5h prison $hi

the diann 01 Tomothy T unle an~ U I Seely, the letters at Cltthe ..

Van Cortlandt and lucas vo

~ . h o u d I ; . n d the Mendha.m Tow

Minutes.

There are Just two earlier volumesCounty hIStory· W W. Munsell

History o . Morria County. Ne

Jer.ey published in 1882. and thLewi. Historical Pubhshing Compaony

A H i"ory Of Morn. Count



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Courthouse CupolaYields Artifacts

A reufll tOUt of 1M Morris CounlV

c u ~ and u.,rd floorYl"kled II ciON-up Ioo!o. at II rarelyYl$led atN_ The lout _l l imLi lated by

the !Wnlag& Commisaion'. ~ r i D n 10 p I a c ~ the <>ri!jnal 1821 Courthouse

on the NaHon,,1 and State R"9's'f'I"" of

Hi!ltoric?laca Ltd by John W. RaIl.Morns County DIrector 01 Pubbc

rMnIboI.... 01, lhe'-Haitag&C ' D ~ n and l,ltlem lheo,rlI.I;!.y OUo!r a;r·t'oniIlrioning duclS, andcbmt.ed IWO -.IHp S<!parated

'" .. MnO\II 5C<Ilioldong p..riorm, toreach tho! dark ""lIldy ,nterior 01 the

g o I d - ~ r e d cupollio.Armed w,lh nashl'ghts. Hany

Weawr. Morris County ",d'IIIKtUflll

consultant. "n d usocilile J/ICq.....D u " " , ~ i n evalUl\led the Iou .... "nd

wooden f.ame conltruction 10.necessaJY " , ~ n and archtecturlll

WOrth. T1-.eir i ....pection abo """".thedII large q ~ n " t Y 01 handfOfsed nalis~ n g on lhe nonzon!aI members ,n rhecupclla. appatently RVidenc.. 01 thebuilding', ,,111\1 cOMlruction. 0 I t -

di$(:"""na """'"' .. square·hNd andl>and forged nul. and II di$<2rded «".iron CO\lntu balance for the

""""...... ""-11>& prewtU bell. although equippeoo;l

.. ' * r i t _ t . . , ~ . 4 G [tt l! ~ h ' o f '0\11<, IS

rung el«clml1y every morning al 9

&om. to signal the opening of Court.Detcending to the narrow taffoIdins.the intrepid group inspected a dustyelectrical mechanism .....hich formerly

connected tile Court'-'" be l withtile MorNt"""" Fire D2partfl"OQ'nl in thetarly 1900"5. In thoH da.!I$ Illeringing of the bell Ih ......ghout the day orrughl a ,.0 to ",lion for townr,_

Safely b.oc:Ir. Oft the thord fIoo,- ~ I , Architect Wover point...:f OI.It fealures

documenting the ISO y " ' ~ ' oldconstruction oIlhe CourthouK_ Hand-

hewn b " " ' r n ~ . h ~ n d m a d e brick.,

v.ooden ' t ~ , theWooden .001Wkl(5">."id ""ndom widtht'loo. boards were ...,ted_ A parricui",1y

.q,;ficanl find was a hIIncIrnad&"'-'QOC\en cahpt"r_ This wickEl-wped

urly carpenter's '001. found hIInging_ an early """"'&n beam. " ' l I I

probably used in the C(IfI!Itr\ICtionoIlhe

Cou,thouH A dMcarded

sandGtone column IlUpport base,

presumably uM<l for .. wooden columnal the courthOuse ",ntrance, wasdiscoW:red Puts oj lID early v.ooodengaIIowo. and .. "'-'QOC\en Ioarref, cowr ing

the light / l ~ t u r e openmg ,nlO

Courtroom OM. presented further

evi<Xnc . 01 lhe varied actMt;n 01 !he

CourthouseThe findingl of the IOU', .daling to

both architecture and anih,cl5. added

tat9b1e e v o : k ~ . to rhe marenal

iu"">,,ns the ponding onclusoon 01 the

CouI"lhn<:H on the !iat>OOal inc! 5t.>le

Re9W_.

' i j J Q1ou ut'!! a!ircu lnr

Morris Counly Heritage Commission

Mu. Je!,n D. SocolowsJu, a...rm.nMr•. S/wQn M. Dorelt\lll, Voce·Cha>rmmMr•. Virgon . . K. Roone:y,.S8creUII'YOr. /Wnry C,tronHeruy W. PilchAlvin 0_ Ciunneson, Freeholdef lialM>n

Historic ProgramsAvailable

Programs ..... ~ d . 1 o b ! . to ",",rHte

groups (WI,hOut clla,gel: Colonial an

Revolutionary Mo" i . Cou nt y ·

presen'ation of early lustoryMorm County. Black and while oIido

01 iIu1Ira,ions an d pictu.es in tile boo

of Ihe same title by Dr. Theodo

T h a ~ . Britf show>ng. 15minutH, lo

more . n g ! ~ """ .....tt . . . ."e . . . . . . anmort information,. 30 """"tH. or

mlt'-ulaHistoric Sir . . . 20 colo•• l i d ~ .

histone $it"" selected in 1975 for tCounty. .-l marker program 1510

minula.

Soon Available· 20 colo< olidn1976 .. e5_ Fo . Iongo.r program. aU

..,. will abo 500ft be available_

For. . ."e inlo .....uon cal 285-61':1

c .... ~ _ . _ c - . F,,,,,, Po9O t., .

elo"S" 10 lhe Stile AsoociIthon

County Cultural and H e " t a gCommilSion.s. ' '

Accorcling 10 tM Itatu'es govetnm

th;i body, ,Ile Commiuoon m

utabh.h muleum and cul luprogr .... .. 10$ wei .s uhibi" aeIi.plays, including lhe Ii.... ~p ~ r f o . m i n s a rU . enllillearchaeological, lIeneololl'cal a

t.;stoneal ..........<h;.nd publilh ,epo

.mI ld 10 the..e KIM''' ' ' '.

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Vol. 1 No. 2

Morris County Once

Prominent SlaveRegion

"J hereby certify tMI my mulilltost......,. Jinny. was deliw,ed 01" mulaUochild called Mnda 011 lhe 23rd of

November, 1805." So wrote StephenV&I of Morrn;town, (JII.r11@! of theSpeWv.",U lronWOfks, after Ihe NewJer&eY ~ s l 1 l l U r .. passed a Iilw lor thegradual aboIit'oon of slavery Febroary15, 180411 required that all NewJersoey

slaveholders register b i ~ of childl'l'nof slaW'..') SO they might apply lorfreedom al rl>eageol21, i] female, or 25,if male.

Few people know lhal New Jerseyw ~ s rhl-iead",s northern s l a ~ itat" in

tr.e late 18th and eany \9Ih centuMand that slaV€ty _5 particularlyslrongin Morris County. An h i b i l in theMorris County Courthouse lobby

during January will illustrate the ""lureof sla\ll!J)I he'e and how i\ operated.Ow. 100 Morris County sIa""hoklers

reglstered h1rths of more than 200 bIac kchildren belW\'en 1804 and 1820.TIle", docum<mts. l lOW pr"serwd in

the H",II of Records, will be in adisplayelISe an tf1e Courtllous<! lobby. They

give names 01 slaves and s ~ h o l d e r s . &t.,. of births of .lave chiklren andoften IIilIUilble data about tM status 01 abli>ck child. Thos.. who exam;,,,, thedocuments may be shocked to readthai Ina Losey 01 Dover reporled h<'fblack sIa"" Hannah ga"" birth to afemak: c h ~ d Febtllilty 22, 1808 whichchild. she wrote. "I gave 10 6I!lsy

Wood." This and Oilier County recOfdseon".....o on Pas< 2

The

{ ! l l U l t t ~ {!lir.cularMorris County Heritage Commission

Ringling Manor GetsHistoric Ma rker

A ci!'cus impressario, prize fighter,Mid a secluded religious order - soreads lhe varied list of occupants ofRingling Manor in Oak Ridge durong the

past 60 yt!ars. Chosen as0l'Il:'

of 20historic si les 10 recew... a County

Henlag<! Commission roadside marker

in 1m , the Manor evoke!; rnernorle$

ar>d h.. orical association,; dating to lhe

18th c"nlury.TIle . ite', early histOfical significance

centers around the mid·18th c.>n tury",on forge and Village 01 Petersburg.TIle forge, des<:nOed as 0l'Il:' 01 theprinc,pal post revolutionary lorges of

the County, suppOrted the localeconomy of the "';1Iage. With the'ntroduction 01anthracite for . "",Iting,

iron production ceased to be pro/itableCon"""",, on P"9" 2

D e b , , ~ 1<)

Lobby Features New

Portraits

Two oil paiolif\9S fta"" oo.n rehunin the Courthovse lobby. Rescued froobscurity for th e Courlhous

Anniversary Art Sr.ow. they are

Just"'" Edward Whelpley ar>d JusticCharles Park"r , both life ·lonMorristown residents

Last year the portrait of JustiWhelpley w<IS discovered by GerhaH. Vienna. Superinter.dmt 01 Buildinand Ground•. in a basement closAfter .ese.:I . ch, the Iong·ignored an

oote' lOI'a ting paInting was ideruif>edJustice Whelpky. Chief Justice of th

New Jersey Supr"me Court . 1861863, and t fle New Jersey delegatethe firsl Republican convention;o 18S

The signed painting, in its origin

ha me, has 00.11 restored, ar>d is

Con"""",, on Pogo 2



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RING U NG ..Con!,d. From Pago 1

in the modl9'th unlulll, and thePetersburg Forge Wil l abandoned.Henceforth, the WIage economythrcodl the urly 20111 centurycentered around farming. localgri$lmiJs, a 5/II.U mill. and a distilery.

A\>oo.It 1900, AU,ed T. Ringling of the

Ringling Bl'othtrs Circus, purchasedthe entire town 01 Petersburg for acountry e s t ~ t e _ Alter "'zing too village.he authorized constru<:tion of acobblestone faced ellIS.;e revivalm/lns>on, uoo., dirKtlQr't of local1I"II'Iec1, J. W Headley.1'he mansion,

reflecllng [fit: edec:hc and showy 1a!i1<:'S

of the cirCIII owner, contained two

balkooms, II IWO story music room(with Tlfnrlv OI",ned win<l<;..usandorgan with rep.!111d pipes 01 gold) and aprivate theater. complete wilh a raised

stag<'. side ..eD murals of "Feli" theC a t , ~ and a b r e a t h t ~ balcony \Oew01 The &1-klhire V"n.,y Hills. Private

"",hloOns (I I new CIrcUS lIoCts """.e heldhere, and the manllion itself was 0/11'11

IIH! scene of sp;>rkling parties forRmgling's theatrical f ~ n c I s .

During 1M pre· World Will I period,

Ringling SOIt up his sao Richard with amotoriled ci.tUI. Tlw R. T. RichardsCircus went on the road WIth as

li s first Slop

HIIH /I season 1;:o1<!1', it went;bankrupt,

and the ilI·fated entourage.oDed back

to Rm9ing', coontfY ftUlte. Until theycould be dispoHd 01, ions, camds.togn'S, bon. and INIny h D ~ "" '" 'houwd In lhe large barns on !he es!ale

RtngIins bwd barely Ions enough 10see lhe completion 01 lhe rural eslate

and lh e ~ n t eomboned perlorlNlnce 01Riogling Brolhers&murn & BaileyShows in MadISOn Sql.li'lre Ga.rdl,on.

Nilw York

AfltT h . dealh in 1919. lhe propeny

was sold and l\lb.divided. Mansionw ... converled 10 a CounT'lI ChJb lor aShorl period, and 1933 "..,..,; used

bndly bv German prize ~ I e r MaxSch","ns as II 'r""''''9 camp lor TheB u . Schmeling h<!auy weighl

cllampionstup lighlThe Manor house _ /lCquired on

1969 by the Capuclun-Franciso:anFriars lor IheSt STanioIMFriafy. While115 interior "- bolen conwned to lherelogious orW, requirements. lh e

Friars I5OI4lt 10 presetve the !Usto""herilage oithe s i t ~ . whichwas named 10lhe National Reglsler 01 Historic Pll>ces

in 1976.

In Mily.19n

the Jefferson T0I.'.'MhipHostorical Society""" the Capuchin

SLAVERY ..C""fd From P"9" I

reflect lhe unslable circumstances inwhich placed lhe black family

w h e r ~ child ...n 01 slaw parenls """IIsold or tra",ferred from """ '-""""'" 10ano the t a l homes b e c a m e

overcrowded or f,lWlCe$ shaky.AlII<) on dlspllly will be slaw bill!; of

sale, adverliMmen t& fo. County

runaWlly blacks, piclurC5 01 slave burialgrounds MId an 1806 pIllitioo from 2(1(1

County c,tllt '" asking r.,peaI 01 TheAbolition Acl 01 1804 T1w! acl, 1M

p"I1Tionen iosilIted, was unconsiiTIJ-

too. . . because Ulook from lhem"a considerablo: amount 01 !heir property"( .vesl ....thout lheir tOfl5l!nT.

To introduce a JTIOI'\' dealistic: SIde 01County lu$tmy, There will be in Theex·

hibl docurnmt$ andpicTures relating 10

The anl,'slaOf'fll IT1OYoenTWI in NewJerwy. Jacob G.een, l--lanr:wer PNlSbyleNn Church ""stor dunng lhe RevoIUlion, and Dr. John Grimes. a residentof BoonIOn '" p<e·Civil War era, wereforceful leaders of lhe rnove.,.,..m inNew Jersey.

friars opoNOted II RmgI"'9 Manoropen house and c"",""""", '_ce lebra t ion, spot l ight ing The

assoclalion 01 R,ngting WIlh The house

and the otfic*dedic:ahon r:J TheCountyRgadsde Millket.

T1w! Milnor IS kxaTed at 1 Manor

Dove and Berkshire Valley Road, Q..k

Ridge. II . . n o l o p m t o t h e P 4 J b l i c e ~ c e p l by special an'a"gen""nl with lheCapuChln·frAnCiscan BroTher,;.

rn. ar id .. ," " _'"'" . . 0 ...... to

<><q"""" tn. po.bIIc W'ln ,n. ,...,.",., """ 1M'<M'P"" ,h . Couoly flO<Xl.i<h Mark.,",,,,,=1

PORTRAITS .. Conr'd from p . 1

ncellerll of mid· 19th cen

plHl.aitu.e The anisl, J. Hagroy. "port.iI11 and oma.,.,..nlal p"mter. /

beTween 1855-1876.T1w! porl,a,l 01 JuSI>ce Parker.

of It,s family, lias be€n brooghl

storage, i < I I I n t i r ~ d and "'beled. Heinstrumental In preserving

reSlOflllg the Coo"rthoUie in the 1

when it w u Ih ,Ulened

rrptac:ement. "Ill served oW yeaThe New Jel'sey Stftle Sup<m>e C

In addition to the oil painting5, a

black and whole pencil drawing 0Courthouoe was presenTed

f reehoklen by Chatham artisT NHolland al Ihe Septembecnemony. The """Ich. drawn d

The past MlnYIIf'I", hangS '" !helobby 01 the Courthouse.

What's NewSt,lI ava,labl" Colonial

Rl!IIOIulionory Morris CountyTheodore Thayer. TdII!phone or

the lierllage Comrnis.m.• ••Dolan ,nd Deci$iono (tnana9'!

01 kxal hisloncallOCoel>eS) will beaT M d d I e w ~ Counly College, Edknuary 14

• ••Through March. Morris

Museum 01 Arts & Sciencu ~"The U.,,;km:over SlOry." Teiep

" . . . " • ••A new HistOrical Office has

formed at P'cahMY Arsenol. ctA

H . orical Sources Prograrm aHlSloric Sites Preservation Progr



,From The Desk Of TheCommission Chairman

September JO wM Moni. CountyCou rt ho use Day in New krwy, by

proclamation of tl-oc Governor,In Morristown, on the Green, tl-oc

JudiciaJv and elected of/ioals 9/ltheridaround p;lradoo tign$ paulted by

children in K m ~ SdlOOlt ~ r t ~ I o S e S , A chun;h bell tolled ten ~ m , and the Recruu Corps of lhe MorrisCounty Militiuleppedinto the weel to

Iud the procO!$$OOn to the from steps 01lhe counhouse 0f10!pn1IIy c\edJcatedSeptember 26, 1821_

Behind the corpe. came lho! Sheriffand his Color Guard; paS! and prflol!nIm(!mbers

01 100 Board of Coo$enFreeholders; th e spea.ker, Rep.MIllicent FenwIck. R 5th D'SI,P l ' r l i c i p a l ~ clugymen; WiIie Smith.aUlhor 01 a poem written for 1Mannlve.sary; Warden aNI CourtMm.,istrate,; Medical E"""",IWI"$;

JUSIw;e of tf>e New Jcruy SuP'"emeCourt with Chief Juslice Richard JH ~ ; ;,cliw and .etrred judges;Clerk and Surrogl"e; P r ~ u l o r andassislanls; Mor.ia County SarAssociation; Grand Jury ASllociahon;and BoardolTa"",!!on, MembersoftM

DAR puled by oll\2r counlycitiu ... inPl'riod coslumes folb.o.oM. just .. ."sodenlS did 150 years ago_

P'octor, Art,lIery, RandolphT ~ , greeted ttoe marchers WIthuplosrw volleys from a cannon

mounled on the courthousol lawnJockey Hollow Slamp Club memberssold commemorat .... eaclwlS picturing

the buildingas it ~ . , ISSG, MornsCounty Honor Seout$, five \IOUfl9 menand &.oe yourog WOII"Wn, distributed

" ....Rev. Eugene Templeton 9'l1ll,' the

invocaloon. Fr.,..hokIer [)j,eclor P e l ~ J, Burk/w-t led ttoe P\edgeofAlle9ance

10 lhe !lag, read 1M Gowmor',proclam;!lJOn, and made introductions..The , Chief JUltoce spoke ofrededical,.",_ Nalll;y HolI"nd presenoeda p e n c ~ draWl/19 oltl-oc buildingas a gift

rec,t...! a poem ~ H o u s e 01

how proud you sland_ • Rep_rtnwd< IolIked 01 patriotism and

and Rw. F SanfordWIth the benediclion.

In the lobby, the firsl of more IN n

cihzen voIuntee. . ,,"isted with the

c.,."......, "" """" 4

Restore And ClassifyOld County Records

The cl.lS5.tM;"hon and restoral..,., '"the "ncMlnt records ,n I ... MorrisCounty Clt-rk'$ vaults. under the

sull'I'fViI:ion of Henry W. J'kh, with I '"coopnatoon of Counly Clerk Fr.onk1i£adIey, has continued since OUr las!publicatoon.

Lnnination 0I1TIO$1 0/ our very old

papers and record books. by ourcapable e ~ P I ! ' n . Austin Fayne. willpermit tho! future onspection andCOpyIng of lhe:se docunwnl. and

archM!!l OWhoul further dMnage_ Thelaminatong process also 00"91' OUI tileold ""npl and makes il more ~ b I e

As the old ""'I.m..l is sorled andJ..minaled. suitable birxJe-n; Me beingoblained by 1M County Clerk tof a c j ~ l a ' e fulu:re handLng and to prevom'ct..mage to or removal of COnlenIS_

As Ihos p r ~ 1 progre5S1!4. II IS

conlemplaled that" sUitable index, ortalend,)r, of both In. ancienl records,as well as those currenrly., use. will be

prepared and .....0, available 10interesled parties_

Noth,ng has bHn done to ~ t e wilhIhe v.-st coUoclion 0/ books anddocumenta /Otmerly hous.ed ,n In.SufT09/Ile'S oIfice and now stored in....ullS in the County Pari< COIl"O"Jlissionbuilding al 3(X) MerdIam Roact Whenfunds are ;wadable, the Hen l_

Commi»oon plans 10 classoly and

preserve the IMlerioll...mw;h has histonevalue

Select 20 Sites For

Historic Marlcers

T ",my hisloncal rOoldsocle markf11:chosen by the Heritage CommISSion foits 1fJ77 program, ar e arriving at IheCOUnty 9'lrage and. barring IIdwrse"",alher condilKlnl. writ be onstalled bylhe Counly Road Department beforelhe end 01 IhrI year. The on-goongmarket program, now in ils lhird yea.

lnvolves sele<:tion 01 20 histone s,tea n n u ~ . Alter pnmatydocumenlalion

01 historical and architectural factseach site receivft a rflI and grey cast

"mlllIIm marker, be;mng the gOldCOUnty Coal 01 Arln$ ......-I a briesummary 0/ lhe lillI!, ,ts importance inhislory, and dales_

Sites chosen for the current ye....are'F ... AabytellOll Church. s . . x_ .

FIt"II ~ ~ " " " " Churrh 01 Chm""'"T............". Ma<ioon; Samay HouM,Mot""""", 101....".. SchooJ, MotoI\.oJJ.

T o " , n ' ~ ' p ; Rocl'dwoy P r ~ . b y t ~ " " nChulch. Rockawav; Tuille Hou ••1-10_ T""""""",,. 0 I d ~ . £osl

Acorn Hal. Momsr ..... 0..,L.ody <II Mo<cy 000t»I. WIoppany, C . . .Mill. T.......w.p; _ HoIl.

Tho Bull...,." Tiff. I<onnobo.HoI .... u"OTV, &o.1lon. &nIino1 fIrtu.Sliding. a,,,,k T~ m . C""'I",", RinglingManor, M.ton; fkd9<;.-F0$Ir Homnlrod,Flo,hom Pd.k. P o r ~ d/ A " " J . r ~ ,Momsr ....... Sbr .. • Mill. Riw>"doio, ond,101, V......", School. 0""" " " ,

The CommISSion, '" its selection 01IIItel for 1978, will give sp!l(:ialcOt'!$oderation 10 Iaote 19th and 20th

cenlury s, tes (particularly Ihose

Contn>r<l "" P""" •



Commission Gets

Display Case

For the l50th anniWfSilr'Y 01 the

C o u r t ~ . the Heritage CommissionbCqulfed a glass display case to h l b l t manuscripts, documents, artilacrs and

photOgl'aphs relating to Mor ris CountyHistory, lbe cau, kx:ated in theCourthou.e lobby, will be used for aseries of rotation exhibits designed to

stimulate interes t in the less familiaraspects 01 Morris County's past.At present the case includes

daguerreotyP"S of sewn persons

hanged for murder on the Morris·town Green during the 19th century; apamphlet describing the trialof Antom.:LaBlanc:, who axed to death Ihree

members of a family in 1833; a purs.:aDegedly made of leBlanc's skin after

his e xecuti<.>n: the 19th u ntury ledgerbook 01 the Sheriff docutn<!nting lhe

most frequest criTTWS of the era, and apiece of the g<>lIows.

Olhe r ilems include orig inal

"",Ierials used in the Courthouse

construction, ind...:ling nulS. bolts and

a bnckcaltper, found in the Courthouse

cupola on an exploratorv expedition by

til<! COMmISSIOn. Also an 18th century

bit and brace $imilar to that used tobore hok<!; for pegs '" the budding of tho:Courthouse.

The Commission plan. future

e xhibits lllllStrating slawry in MorrisCounty, Indioln anifacts lound inarcheological dIgS, New Jerr.ey'5colonial money "n d photogr.>phs Ih"lhighlight the tr;,ru;lormation of MorrisCountis landscape duringth . past 100years.

M ... Jean O. S o c o l " , , ' . ~ i ChairmanM ... Shamn M. Doremu5. V><:"·Chai"",,nM ... Virginia 1\ Roo""y, SKre'a'1lOr. Hen'1l GironH ~ n r y W. PilchFrances O. PingeonEarl J. Whril"n<)U'Alvin 0. GU"fM!oon, F r u " " l d ~ r l"ioon

Freeholders HonorCommission

n.e seven Henlag<! Commissionmember. ~ n d Mrs. Mary Chalfant,AdminlStrat"'" Secretary, were invited

to attend the Board of Chosen

Freeholders' public meeling September

".reeholder Leanna Brown readresolution honoriT>g the commissione",by exlendiT>g lhe gratltude and

c o n s r ~ t u l a t i o n s oj lhecilizen5 01 MorrisCounty for ajob well do"" in giving theirexpertise in p'"?,,ratlOns lor the I50thanniversary 01 I"", MOIns County

Coun HoUSE.

Frl!<'holder Brown presented each

member wilh a n-amed, signed COllY ofthe resolution. AU Fre.-:holders wishedt"",m conhnued succllSS in future

endeavors. Also, a group picture ",astaken and later p r ~ ~ t e d ~ a < : h comm,ss>o,=::::,.____

MARKERS ..Cont'd From Page 3

thr<li>tened with demucTion), s itesrefioctmg 1m, ethnic h"tory 01 the

County and tOO6e Morns Canal sites

which arc located in the County.

Anolher phase of the 1978 "",!ker

prOgl'am will be publication of a Morris

County Historical Roadsidl! Markerbooklet and map. The CoTTllTlir.sion "cUTfently compinng ""'Ierial lor the

booklet, wruch will lisl the legends and

locations ol an sites marked to date. It is

scheduled for distribution in the spring.

Mini-Art ExhibitTo Open

A spinoff of Ihe lSOth Courtho

AnruWl'Sary Art Show has bffn a tn

exhibit hung in lhe hallway of

County AdminiSlration Building. l

display, a joint uOOertaking ofHeritage Commission anti the Buikand Grounds Dep.lrtment, featuphatOgl'aphs of farmer Freehold

early views 01 CounlY propedocuments. and maps of

Morrislown /lfea.Future plans call lar chang

hallway exhibi1S which wiD emphas

both the County's historical and arliheritage.

DESK ..Con,·d From Pag<! 3

ar t exhibit. guided tours, and the pureception. Master j<Klge$ 01 lhe Gard

C lub of New Jersey provided the flOW

ar"'ngemt>nl" Dunkin Donuts

Americ.l and 25 county wom

OOMtro food.Visito", saw Courtroom num

0"", IiI1Ie ahered $ince 1827; the ro

taken by Seemg Eye Dogs and th

m;lSlers in lri'lining; the imide 0/Juvenile anti Domestic RelaliCOUrtroom. and offK:es of the She

Posters "nd newslencrs announ

the event. Counly 1\eWSPllpef$, raand c ~ b l e v i s i o n stal ions, amag<lzmes covered preparationsthe event fOf .,..,ntho, and member

the Heritage COmmlSSlOn vIS,ted em u n > c , p a ~ l y IQ "'VIle olrocials a

citilCns on behalf of the Fr"",hoIdand Judic:iar'Y.

'm4e CllountlI Cllircular

Morris County Heritage Commission



Vo l 2, No. J

Exhibit DisplaysIndian Culture

Indiana Iiwd in Morris County asearly as 7000 B.C. and a few remaineduntil tho. 19th <:entury. TheWhippanongs. tho! Rockawackt, tho!Parsippanongs, the HoPlitcongs andothers """" all a<Jb.tnba of the farnouILenni·l..enapi of New Jursey .....ho we rethem"')"". a ,ub·tribe 01 thBAlgonquins. Their pIac<! names iIlI ...suNiYed and ",mind us 01 the al'lciomtand lascinatmg cultu.. that onceexisted Iwre.

Begin,q in Mioy, the Moms CountyHeriI/o9O! Comm ,ion wi ] Ij)OIlIOf an,,><hhI oflndian artilac.. n the lobby ofthe Court HouM on 10M from thecoIlectir;ln d. Arthur Peach, Jr. 01Hanowr Townahip, AI the ann.c..iIlIYe been found in Morris CGUnIy anddar" from the arm.c perit>d wNchbegan in 7000 B.C. to the m..menIndiano left the area in the 18th c:cmuty.Thew ar tQm bring to isht . - andunlarri60lr hIcets of Indian cuI1. . . .

Among the object. in the wea $lone Laaoue ball in

leather Iound in Mynsvile, arockerorf<II.IIlI" knife found in Pompton Plaint,she! OTT>ilInmto; that ........ ......" onIndian dlel ts from FIorhiom Park andnet sinkers from Whippany.

I..acTOlee. ac:corc&.g to the Indianscholar. Art""r Pl!lIoCh, _ a 1aYoril"9/lme among the Indians and a popularway of .. . tling dispute. inYoMns:po!1'SONl insult, betu,wn tub-triba,Indions woold..:>rrodllTlUplay I . .ac;_lor as long as .. u.wk be/on! theydecided upon the winners. When thl>game UJa/I over, the llictorious l...Jiolns

ec.. ...... .,.,p.'

The

Q I l l u n t ~ QIir.cularMorria County Reritaae Commlaaion

MQY ' J . " , ~ . 1

hi" • i 8 . - . . YM """"' built .. Uillfi by.oro.. lao . C..... tom doo9_F._F. . . . . -b .. _ ~ ~ ___ _c___

Crabtree MansionA Showplace

An IS-room mansion, complete ""thFrench mMd, butler, and wiroe cdar isno ! a RImmI!r cottage by today'sItandarda. Yel !hi:> ..... the dr;scription

in 1886 of a Wee-i+ vila, buit at L.ak..!iopootcong for the nationally popular1K:ITeIiI, Lollao M9>on Crabtree.

showpIac:e located in an

area do!veIoped by a hotel """!J'O't",WiIiam Breslin, as ao colony formillionaires. Anal T y51 (lDtUo speDedback_cis) WiU bWt by .. PhiadeIph;aarchitect, Frank Furness, noted for theUniwrsity 01 Penn5y!vania u,raJ\I, andCape May, New Jeney homes. The

is consKIered one of the bestpruerv<ld an d most original01F IJTIe$S'

Sponsor Art Exhibin Waiting Room

For thepatt -. . . Irnonthl. ,a9'O

0110 selected paointingl ha l t:o.9>the F,ee:lOOJIdoi.' .......mng room in

Coun House AdnWust"'tion

The exl'obt """ organized by BuTIl!rb' and Jewel Ryman of the Meo...tyArt Association in ODOpn'

.....th the Heritage CorrmiNion.group 01 oa., graphics, and _tom:;represento; the v.ukI of weII·knlocal artisll, Menill Harvey, BroZaojac, Kathryn Black, ShiCampbell, Ruth Randall, Henr

Peterson, Elizabeth Cooke, and",,-.

The exhibit is thl> fir'lt of a Her

Commission·sponsored seproYiding a iIhowcaH lor painting



,-

Roadside Markers

Being Installed

W""11'r snows, Spring polhoIq, and

OYltT-worked County RoadD.!PiUtment delaved placement of the20 1'i77 Historical Roadside Markers.

work 011 the project i I nowunderway, and aI markl!l"5 will be_tailed shortly al designated IIOres.

0Nne. . ....no plan marker dedicationuremor.es at indMdual si t . . may c.othclVrilage Commission (28.5..61911)f<:..- information on the datessigns will be ;ru51a.1led.

The Commission hal appr()Yed 20611"" for the. 1978 Pl'ogram.Mar"", kwtheso! ".1\!:I4I'1! s .la.led for faldeMry An

In' ' ' ' ' ' llhQn of thc 1918 progrMl w i bethe purchase of. four County entflll'«I M r I < e ~ These markers, featuringi d e n ~ Iegeod. highlV.mg Mco-n.County hislory, .... be pIaoed a'.elected County bounda"", .A d d i l ~ entrance aigns will be addedI>I!Xt year, ' " thaI all importmr Countyenlfllnc:", roads a .. . r«ogniz>!d.

Sirn to be marked in 1978 indudr.Church ol Aswmp.oon, Moo-r;.lQWn;Bethel A.M.E. Church, Madison'ClwIotteburg forge, Kinnelon; Lon.:Crabtre", HOLlH, MI. Arlington;Craftsman fllfTnS, Moms PIms;~ u r Stiles House, Morris Plains;Aorham Park ScllooI, Aorham Park'fordvill . House, Whippany:fre&nghuysen Arbomum. Ho_TowmI>ip and MortiI Township.

Also Jewish Community Cent. .Morristown; MOITis CaI\aJ Site, lin:oo;Park; New Vernon Historic District.New Vernon; Oclilgon Houtel

Boonton; RairOold SlOtion, Bocncon;Port Dram 1>0$1 Offic:c. Wh.,rlon'Seeing Eye Inc., Morris TO'.OiIlShip:

Moms County Entranc;e Sign, f a S f ~ County line; Morris Coo.aoty Enfl'ancctsq., Pauoic Ca,mty line; r.tc:.-n.County Ent.a...:", Sign, JeffenonT o w ~ p and Passaic County line;Morris County EntnlnC, Sign, WarrvnCounty . . . .

Jnfonn.uion on the lour I"W markerprOgram lIS legmdo, oites, andaddresses . ill being incorporatOO in •bookkoVmap compiled by Herilaga

Sharon Domt..s.The booklel, slaTed Itt early fallU ~ I > O n , will help lourislS, sdlOOl

and r<!UlenlS enjoy Mom.hisTory and archiTectur""

CRABTR EE. .Con•. From Pase 1

Tho . . . ._

"'Terior, a combi.nation <:II Queen

An"" and SwissCMlel .r.:hiT"'c.

Tur"" fel lu,,",s

veranodahs and • 9IIb1edporte-coo:na.. in

side, " hands.:>me.....alnul 51I1i' ....

lind massive caNed Slone fireplacesdomini>le the downstain,. Of particularIIlTeresl, i I the biIiard room With Its

lIone block fireplace, deeo.atOO ""thCUT glass ieweJs, gold leal, and in$cribed....th the lege:nd "18, Lotta· 86 ."

Lotta Crabrree's lhatrical debut

uranged by her ambitious mother'Matyann, took place in • gOId·ruthmmlOg camp In 1856. An Immediare hitthe eight'\IlIIIr old cIU:I begM a C M ~ thaI Spi!nneCJ 30 years, s."'ces5lu.i tounof rninu-,g camp towns II!(! 0Yef 11M

yean 10 long ""9ll9llmentl in thevaneTy halls of San F r a ~ i l c : o . Hailed • 11M "GoIcIeo Girl of the

Well," she capr;.q.led audIto .......... hher lornlooIe.y and Wnpish wit. TOpbilling on the N.,w York and Londonstages fimVy established the banjo.piaV1"9 c ~ n n e as II NOtional

favonte. By the 187Ot, the 5'2"redhNd's papulanty ruched a fn=yc ~ r a b k ! 10 IMI reso:rved for to<!ay'1rock ltal'l,

Lotta GIIptured the heart. 01 """'Ymale adlh"as, R:hdng the GrandDuke AIo:M. <:II RUSSIlI. who ~ r e d he. ""th diamoods. But she never.........

Retimg in 1 ~ 1 , she dMded her limebe - . . a YorI< apo"mmt andher ornately furnished lake ~ t c o n g horne. A Ilamboyant p o ! r I O O a ~ t y Lona

delighted in IIoubng convenr;.,,;. Shestartled local residents .",;u, ankleskins, and llpomcl\ant for long

black cigar.. Owing the Rlmrnetmonths, ttwalrial friendl! and localsociew were entertained al Anal Trysr,Pool in the biIbard room. 00..;0 playingin the fI'IUI>ic: room, and cruiH& on lakeHop.,tcong in Lotta'. 9I'udy 51..amyachl "." '. frequen1 pastimes.Spending lea time in laler years al

her .umrner COIIIIgIe, lofta rvnled tbe

IIiIa around 1902. During I t . period,. . . . OCreas«l herconsiderabiot fomme,

amused during her stage career, byshrewd mvestments in real «Mate

What's New

On May 8, Easl Ha.noo.Parlippany.Troy Hill .....celebrating their SOth AnnSUlCI!! withdra""ng from HTCIWnII'Jip 1928.

We'OJe 1TIO'o'ed! Our new IIdThe Morris COunty HCommlS6>On, Cultural CAnlMendham Rood, MolTillt"""Jersey 019150. T,ltpool'le (206198. Meetings art held lheMond/Iy at 9:30 lI.m, (",cepland AUSU5t).

On May 'n a1 10 1I.m., the B

KiwMio wiI pIKe a maritcrBoonton I.on ....orks. Data

prepared by the Boonton HiSocietV.The commissioners "",ed 10 I

State Senat.,.. Jo&eph Merino',Bill , 447 10 establish a cabinDepo"ment of Cultu.aI Affaiwould l ik ' . tile word "HeII1COrpOflrled D'I samt.The Slate Historical r"IItW

recognu:ed the Marker ProgramFebnwy ISSUe.

came WIth tbe 0II0'I'Ietship of onecountry', finer racing stableAtlanti(:, MassachuSI1UI. RacingLotta', ailks, her t!"OCters u.onpurses . , the early 1900&., and

owner e¥r>ed a reputation a"Queen of the Turi."

Lotladiedalageninl924leaw

$4,000,000 fortune., p e r p e ~ tlchanty. Tc:day ITIOrley hom the eIXlfltmues toassilt desltluleacton\ll!!ter_, young farmers, disch

conVICts, and girls pUrlUing II rnu

.....Lotta's pIac, lake Hopo.hisfory has been ~ n t l y 'ecogn\IIIth tho! inclusion of her hou", inMr. Arlington Hisloric dislrict. Sharon Doremus, c:hamnan <:IIMoms County Historical RoadMarke. program, has announcedthe hOUM has allo beenrec ..... a )978 County marker.The Crabrree Home, 13 Ecigeu

A""""",, Moomt Arlington, is privaowned, and IS not open to the pubnm_ ...._ ... ._..............



From The Desk Of TheCommission Chairman

Jean D. Socolowski

It hal bten one 01 my Commis6ionresponlJ;Jililia lind II privilege to

present OUr .!ida progrlllTl$, Idlins thestory at "Colon -111 nd R.....,lutionllryMom. COIJnty" to o ~ t i o n s and

picture . of the historic situ nthe historiclll roadnwker program.

wring the audimct know tnat theprogram i I madr!I p:abIe by theFreehoIdetl, 1he citizens lief! their tal<~ a t w o o k . E ~ , I find ~ t h u a a s m and

greal interest, and learn 5OIT",thihgnew, It lOllY be aboutt ... Moms Canaland the people wbo Iiued and lWrkedon itll>ariQ and barga., llbout RingingM/InCIr ..t.ere child....., used to playamong I .... circus wagonI, and hl5loricfamilia, or about ehun;hea and theirgrowth, I t",ve the guest 01

hi,torieaI lOCillia, church singlesand couple$ c1ub5, Nsh school

""tory W-, a.mmtary !iChooIs,Panhe!lenic o r ~ t i o n s , Clubs, The iAaguc 01 Women V01ns.PTAs, lhe Grarge, Newcomers.Women', a ....,OARs, Rotary Oubs,and a IOCiety 01 CIwmiea[ Elog;. 0!\Ei5.

Pem..,p., the inltrelf in the marketprogram i I best ............00 .., by the"Tlwonk nota r«eiwd from:Juli£1 RemIIy, Mom. Knolit Hq,&hooI SluOm r," . . thllt ac::tuaDvlO!<Iingand hearing about OUr heritage ismuch....,., "<l:Iuabiot than just readingitout at /I teKIbook," And Constanceu.ne, Dire<:tor 01 the ROKbury Publiclibrary, wrote, "m- cleo being II

~ o r o t ! for a iong.nm. resdents, thedisplay hal hooed the appetites at /I

host 01 borrowen lor rroorc localistory. We look forward to the neKt

and all fulW'C bans from theCommiIoion With the great""l

The pOrtable toldins SCreer. lOllY beorrowed on requesl and ... been on

in the Moms MlJSOIUTIl 01 ArtsSciences, Boonton Chamber 01

.:o.,o"e,,,,,, County !Jbrllry, localaries, W-"'ngton', Headquarters

lind may cu .. .nlly be &I1<'rIate Knoll Club in Parsippany·Troy Hills.screen. for 1976 and 1977 MU

County CollegeAdopts Book

Laos t fall, the Hislory DePilrtn>mt 01the County College of Morris, !Idoptedthe book, "Colonial aOO RevolutionaryMoms County" by 1loeodor.. Thayer,as orot! 01 the radinga ....ogned in thehistory ~ r w .

Thi , book ...... originally

«OIIII'Oission by the F,eelddot" 01Moms County 101' !h i Bicentennial, ...0I'dl-r 10 further the residentswith the _oneal background of thec...,.

Accorcing to Dr, Hen.y Citron,Chairm.n of thl H,"ory .ndGovernmen t Department at theC ~ , the aoo... book ... 9wn alocal dimenaion in the study of Colonial

"""""Profeaao. Barry L Dutka, Itoe major

Iac::ulty member in the 1leId, upresseclthe feeling thlot studonl$ are ""'Y

enthusiastic about the book beca...., itIen<:k itself to historicaIlamiIiarity thatothe, .. ie is not aVilliabiot 10 studml$$Iudyong a ~ t K in coIoniIII history,

ProfeMor Dutka further pOinted OU lthaI the book hIod been widelypurchased by students not taking !hicoww, wbo hIod seen it dispiayed at thecollege ~ t o r e .

It's aIoo interelting to note IhiIl ,heinitial printing hal been widely sold inthe 39 municopalilin 01 Morris.

Ther. is a promi!ll! that lhe book will

be required reading for at least onemore seonea ter in Septlmber. It can :Ie..... ained at lhe colltqa, local libra"".,

Commission Acquires1887 Maps

The Hllitage Commission haac::quired lor the County fove framedrnaps cI Mom. County lownshipslromRobinson', All. 01 1887. They areRandolph To ...nship, JeffersonT ~ , Chatham, Pi'rt of Boonton

and Montvillo! and BoontonTownshipsThe h90Iy decorllti\.oe "'l1lI» show thMoms Canal, lo.ompika, old churches

and local induJtrio!s.

EXHJ8IT ..Con, F r o m ~ . 1

photography collecnon. at County ArAssociations, and Hitlorical Societies

The nli!xt uhibit wil lbe PT....... Ied bthe Morris ~ n d a Audubon SociootJuly J Seplember IS. FutunngrapI-Oc:t. .vod photographs 01 wildlifeand pi,mll r\ilt .. . 10 the area, it wiD

highlight the Counly's outdooheritage.

County groupI wbo WIIh to KheduJfuture eld\ibns may o:ontact ExhblionCo.Chaonnan Mrs, Sharon Dorem..and Dr. H,,,,ry Cilron I' the HeritagCa,o' ission oIfoc.t (285-6196).

Teen Arts FestivaJ

There will be /I New Jersey StalTeen Ar ts Festival on Ju,,", 6, 7 and 8 Mlhe MiddJeseK Coonty CdIege, Edison



Vol. 2, No.2

The Morris Canal

Story

-bo-

S/Iotoo 0 . " . . , . .

Inlriguing Iraca of th e Morris ea.....tbnglrr thrOUghout th e County .....It. onlya few wa t..mtled IIrl!tcha remaining.lnVltwion, a c;ammunity retaining muct.of lIS early small town flavor, apiclUresque Metlon of I ... canal liassurviwd. He!e walking I ... dirt lowpatt.

"'beroe tilt 5ITIOO1h·1\owing Wloter, the""';tor ca.n llisuUu rugged canaIboa!c e ~ a i n I al the I. . . . . of their barges,puled along by plodding rrWes.

But r a ~ v . ;. only pari of tho.Mom. Canal "0Il'- The canal was a\OIO'I'Iting of I'MIy 19th centuryindustrial tran.portation. At 1 ...1 limo!the iron indUItry, t .... 1w:l<bone of theeconomy in New Juny an dpaniclJ,l"rIy Morris County, fe. on hardIirra. lnereuing det>Io!tion of forests101' charOOlSl fuel drMtica.Dy curtailedopf'llltions of iron forgn and furnaces.

In 1824 a ~ I I W tlCt waspassedinNew Jusey empowolring too MorrisQlnaI and Banking Company, a groupof pn"ale ,malor" 1 0 b u i l d a " " ' l ~ y belWeen lilt D e ~ and Passaicriwrs. The canal'. goal to bnng in

anwacite from Pennoy\vania.',I...eh9t Valey to ~ I a i u the ironinduf;lry, and Qny out indusoiaIproducts and farm produce to marketsin New Vork and

Ccnstruelion of the canalwas, at theIim!, an .ngoneenng....ondon. A seriesof 34 loeb and 23 inclined planes were

"""luiIt to owrcome I ... mall\! cI!anges in.de<talion as the canal crossed the stalefrom Phillipsburg 10 Newark. The canalWM 102.15 miIeI in If'ngtt., r"", feetdeo-p, and lilt enrire trip from start to

Conr"""'! on Poeo !

The

a I l l u n t ~ aIin:ularMorris County Heritage Commission

Publish Historical

Marker Guide

"A Guide 10 His/oricel ~ r k f m ; 0//>form Counl}l,N I ... norwe51 He-ri13geCommiision sponsored publication,

has sone 10 p.-ess. The 2O--pagIi'

iIIustraled booklet, \/Irillen byCommiI&ioner SIwon Doremus. lists80 County I-dtorical madPde marke-rs,In.;r Itge"ds, and lhat OOllon$ bo,I

""un;cipa!ity_ Market SOles 1 ...1 ....wNaloc.onal ~ t e r or New Jerso;,yRe!JSleJ 01 Hia!Oric: Places Stlllu5 a r ~ noted, lIS are 1>1" ' ....1""' OPI'" '0 thepublic. An addilional feature IS a 1oId-001 Il'WIp which wiI t.eIp moloristsw le lhe mart«.,.. in geographic

...-he bookie! lias been written inresponse to many ' ~ Q u e s t s for an

eominl>od "" Poeo 3

No ...mber • .D.!eembe r, 1978

Early Newspapers

Informed Public

_ "" Fran<ft D "'-Newspaper. were \ ... only medium

01 mIIH communicalion in early

America. and " ill easy to im<Igme tilefl<Clleme-n1 WIth. wl!ict. they """"egreeted by t ... inhabitants of the tiny

vi\agtI whetl I'nOIft Jerseyrnen iwd

P r i n t ~ once a _k and drivered bo,I

young boys on hl:>rRback known .. .I'o5tndert, thEM lour joumlIlsbroke the ledium and lonEinessof runs!liflllAwre ~ t l e or noIhing was known of

II-.. ouuoclol world.NewspaptH then did not report local

" " " ' " • goHIJI s p r e ~ Quickly f'nOI.llt! bo,I

word ol moult. . but It.eydid describe ingreat deptt. lroe grandeur ewnts I ...we rl tral'llpirins in Europf'iIIl counlries.r.eall!d dll!balU on moral issues of I ...

ConI.....,. on Poeo 2



'. '~ I * • , ...._Con!.4. F . . . . P>IIO I

dav like alaveTy and, 01 CourM:. IIw,,,omellIOOS devdoprnmts 01 theAmerican Revolution in which NewJcrsq< was 110 d e e p l y i n ~ . Un\U theRCIIOIution N..w Jersey had nonew$pape.oI its own but had to ,ely ontM sporadic deliveries 01 p..'Iperi from

New York and PtWadelphia.T o c . l t b r a l e t n e 2 O O t h ~ o l Moms Counry'so!dest newspaper and

\he only 0IlIIit IMI ,,><isle<! III northernNew Jersey a..r;"g !he RevolutIOn, theNew ..rc.uv Journal founded inChatham inFebruary, 1m , theM","",County Heritage CornrtUsion willsponsor an e ~ h i b i t in the Court HOU5IIIoobbII of ok! county OWWSp..'lperi.

Among tlwl tI9:>!ights of the ""hlbo! willbe an urIy copo; oI1he /amouI Journalponied on p4pI!T made from inen nogswhic:h hall turviYed IWO cent\lna.

S/wpafd KoUoc:k, tho! Editor 01 theChothorn Journal, began hi'newspaper wilh the InthufOulic

support of George W.hinglon ...n.:.

..... "11<1. "camp preso" 10 inform bothcivilianl and conlin<mtal soldiers 01 thep"ogrus of !he American Gause.Riu''l!i'IOtI'S Gazette sU\tiorwd in N..wVork """" flooding New Jrney withnews favorable to \he Sritilh and ,\ w.win rftpon$fl!tothisthollKolockNtup

ru. pra. in Chat ........ The Nftu..k1"MllJournal. ¥COrding 10 histonan ..Ic:Ihn

was probably Arnnica'i

firsll\l.tlonal newspaper as rt _ s e t upto NNe II oational "teresi, the

Revolution.Chatham in 1779 was an ickaI

Ioeation lor the newsp..'lper. Altl\oo.dl\hoi! town had only 24 h(:ruses, It wasprotected from u.. Brit"'" army boJ theShort Hik and ye t it was Milo'

10 Ip J on British andactivihn. The cir<:uIi>liQn of the p"p""

inockJded no! only Morrio County bulM,ddlue". Essex, Monmouth ,Somerset and Sussex,

Kollock deliberately uted his

Chlltham paper as ! I l l instrurnmt alp r ~ to glorify the AmericanRcuoIuhon and to generate OP'"""'"and enthusiasm among the and( : ~ l Z m s of New Jersey, H;a lICCounlS

helped the coiaPM 01 mariOledI.Jrq the cWl<er days 0( struggleHo! reguIa:Iy irlIofmed the. pubic: 0(

Bnt.. desertions, atroclhft w'Iddelea l l , During the w,nurencampment, 1779-1780, when thearmy in Jockey Hollow bauered bywinds and ho!avy 5fIII'IW and weakeoedby hUllS"f, diseaso! and lack 0( sheiter,

KoIIock'. rotW:$piiper a01llOUflCfld "that

Tho MomI one! 0wJ___ t.p,wd KoDodt', " '.. """" IIIChoIhom.!he" , 01......,..,., ........ a . ._ Jaurnoi." 1m. n-","" _....- todooy. ~ - , " , , " , " , ~ . . - o d . our arm,! is abundantly supplied with ---

every prOIJision and OIher fll'Ce5Sity to

rroake a soIditr'. lili! IolIOfth living.F...anc:iiIIv, the Journal survMd

subscrip60ns a\IO!lagi"9 two

doI\ar$ • yu . Irom theContinental army and l O d ~ t •.

Issues of the G",iuf oJ Lnerrv, thePa/lodilUl'l 0/ Liberly and other earlyMorris Coo.onty n e w s p i ' l p e ~ will also be

in the display, TheM paP£fS relle<:t the......., avid interest in wropean _and in AmericanMtional Mfairs lhat_

""" in the JoumoI.ConlalijJOiiltY iswes of the Daiy

ReGard and the [)roiy JoomoJ 0(

Eliutbeth, .he dacendlint of theChatham Joumol, will show thl!dralTllltie (:I\ange in the presentation of_ from tholn to oow. RIIdk>,

.elev\sion and ITI()<Jie$ plus an enormousgrowth in JIOIlUlalion, haw forcedmodem newspapers 10 find newtechniques to allll,,;t the public.

Th e MOrTll County Heritagee ~ p r _ \1$ !p-1IIUde to

the Chatham H"torical Sociorty, MR_Merritt Van SW:kk Budd, and to theMorristown and Morris T IfIIII'IShip FI'C1!

Public Uxary loaning their

!'>l!\<IspIIperlto the Commission and fortheir help wilh the uhibit_ [t will be!Pn00 N<Mmber 16andwillbeopentothe

publioc from9a.m. to 4:30p.m. Morodaythroo.og. Friday

Name Socolowski

Jean Socolowski, HistoricCommisaion chaorman, has beenelected chairman of the New JerseyAssociation 0/ County Cultu.,.[ andHeritage ConvnissiorII.

Tho III, . . . . . 01 ~ ' . """ ' ' ' '11_0 .... "_oo.d _...., o " " ~ !he

Plan Slide Talks

Tht Chatham Historical Socie-bring to conwnunity WOUPI aJS.maide talk on Shepard KoIodt,editor and rebel printl!f, at no

except lor trawling expmaft.

Neuhhrsey Journal, only norJeTKy paper durirlg the R<l\lQ_ print.,.! in. Chatham. lind the

Anniul!l'$ary of the founding o

Journal will be celebnt"'! on Feb16, 1979. For informIInon, teleMn. WiIiam Decker. 635-9173 .

Slide Shows Available

Narrated Slide: Presentationsearly history of Morris CountHistoric Sites are ""allablf! froHerilllge CommissiolL



Gibbons CrystalGiven Drew

Mrs. Charla C. OelmoricQ dMorristown." direct descendcl,\ oltt .GiIbons Iarrily which built the rnanIiontNt 5eI'\Iti as Drew U,wersit,llIdninisrnbon buiIdins. has ~ t e d the UnMrsiIy with a dozen pieca 01

original cry.,al In SlaiM' anddecanlera, logeltler .... ilh Ille

journaol and01 Wiliam Gibbons /cIr thc

Yf"U'I 1850-l852.Also included in her sift ___

miAccllaneoui books and p a ~ , among them a Bible IM I belonged 10ClOt of WolUmI' daughters, CaroliM,and tho! Mne6I records of fran!<Lathrop, " MMison man who marriedanother dilughlet, Isabel.

The papers documented GibbonsFamily connections with a do:zln major

American historical /i!JUf<" fromGeorge W"ohington to PresidentAndrew Joh,..."n.

Plan Artifacts Exhibitof Imn Era

To bnr,g 10 lhot anenlioon ol thepublic,

lhemajor

role01

the ironindustry in Moms Count!.' history. tileHerit"9" CO"., 'n''J'!l will Pfeterll ane>d\ibn 01 iron MtilKti baned from

VdIage and the IronAssoaation beginrung 11'1 Man:h in 11M

Court Houso! lobby.Samples al iron ore mined in lhe

northnn ... of the County, pig ironand old p a n ~ will be in the diIpIay

-.. uiok....Cano·c!- f""" "- I

1f'IIItTI\Ofy01 sita rnarl<ed by the Commis5ion in the pU t 4 yean. Mrs.Doterro.s said tlw booklet a.o be

obIaIned '" the eomnu...on offlce,300Mendhitm Rd .. MOITiI T""P. Pmtedin aCIDfIWnIE1lI .- " 9" " 'Il , it i ta t.ardo,IrEkrence for pel$Olll wWUng 10 driwpast historic "ruelll,ea, dittri<;t5 andsit"'-

Marker pIa.ns In 1979 incluo:k pIKe-men! 01 addillonal County ~ I r a n c : , S9Is at County border location&. Re&eIIrch ia aloQ uno:lerway to locatelustorical $ites with COIJnlY and local$igni6cance in Dovilr, Me Olive.NeiC""9, Omvllle, VICtOry Gardens,and Mountam I...akes

Can.al"_Cono·d F1<Im Pogo t

finish. took five dayo:. Between 1826 and1831 over UXXl men. primarily Irishimmigrants. worked On ilscoostruction F ' ~ costs when thecanal Opened in 1831 wereS2.I04,413.The hirlyed boaucarritd iroroo«.beer,whISkey. bricks, .....:xxI. manure. lime,.wi hay I I I """& as c::ool The canalreached it . ,",rio<! of great""tptOIperity from 1&\().1870 during theCivil War. But h9> speedraiIro.dI mcrOllOChed en the Canal',co"."trce. and " ultimatEly becameobsolete . . tt.. early 1900's.

Moms County's withthis _ t ~ y "'lIS calSide>abIe. Theide.a d a canal to promote industrialcommm:e origi!'\llled with a prominentMomstown bustoes5 man, George

PeTrot MaccuDoch, in 1822. As linoriginal canal commission!!r.Mac:culloch was the drNing force be"lund the I>ICce5Sful cOfl'll)letion ol theWilte......ay. During the canal', workingyean, about one third d its Ier>;!lh lay

within the County borclers. as did 16locks and 13 i n c ~ n e d planes. Thehighest eleYation of the canaI's enbrerotIle W/IS rlMChed alLake Hopatcong,914 fellt above sea lewl. And the lake,then known !Ill Great Pond, alsoutiized all II for the canalW l I t ~ y .

As commerce grew on the canal, 80

didII

culture around the people whoived and WOI"ked thell!. In July, l86O.Mogo.rine rnoraized that

canal people ........e like ~ g i p s i e s , ~ a-dnnkmg, sweanns. riotOUSC11!Ul: andlamented that the boatmen WIth theirflImilia were, "huddled together in l I I \

eight foot Sp.ilce, breathing anatrra:phe.., lIIt\m!.ted wrth W:t andn'.liOilillity." V", the iilImO! artio:.Io:

poeticaly conckoded thaI the scerwry

I I I seom from a barge """"one of , '"oingular beauty andfucination .. the Sucasunny PIainoo

being onoo d tt.. rroo.t beautio.oI d theroumerowo valleys d the

-"ome has mellowed the stories aboutthe boetmen and their colorful

INeIihood and today the lore of theW l i t ~ symboIi_ a slower-pacedlite amid unspoiled natura/settings..

The Morri. County Heritage

CommisoJion has placed historicalroodaioX markers at three s ~ e s : theSilas Riggs House, in l.edgewocd, thePort Oram Community in Wharton,

and a stretch d open waterway along

Art AssociationPlans Exhibit

Ushemg in the fall 0IelI80Il al theCourthouse Administration Building;,a selected group 01 paintings po'nmtmby the ()oI.oer At! Associlihon from

15 through January 3111The coleclion is the IaWt . . acontinuing serics 01 uhibihonsponsored by the Moms County

Heritage Commll$lon. Changing

collectionsd Countyart, photographyand historical are presentedperiodically . . a CommiNion po'oject to

bring ar t to !he Courthouse complex.

The e><hibillOn featu.... oilt. pastelsand W l i t ~ . n.. an;,11 areaD arearadenls who combi .... af t !Ill a hobby

and vocation. Wonter \ilncbc.apes byBeatrice Cooper and T 0IClI Englishcreate a SoeIISOnIll mood. The v.o:orlls oCarolyn Swam, Lynn Vergano, andNancy Backer , well knownwatercolori$u. are a contrast in

delicacy and color. D r a w i ' : . ~ HarrieKelmo,BowanWole:y,atU . byElilaUigIo, lind a charming pastel byHennyanne Pearsall complete theeKhibit.

The Dove-r Ar t Auociotion, in i l40th year, meets the fourth FTlday

..........mg 01 evtry month at the DoveYMCA, and gue,ts ar e always

The exhioit hu bctn arrMged byHmnyaone Pearsal, President, Dow.Art Assonaoon,andSharen DoremusMorris County Heritage Coo'.1 - ,ionon cooperation With !he Mori'iI County

Builcings and Ground. [)epartmmt(}rgaroizjjtions who lire . . ..rated Inamlroging future e><hbta in theCourthouse may call the ofIice at 28S-6198 for further informahon.

CourtOOuse ""rsonneI and tho! po.obkare invited to VISit the show Mondaytloro!qo Friday. 9 a.m. - 4;JO p.m.

Route 202 in Towaco which "e.......oreonindfm d by-gcne days on tt

Morris Canal. (F _ WIIIIobIo .)

(This o,lielt! is the four,h in " Hriedesigned 10 acquaint the P"b/ic witthe historic $Iler thor t emp. . th

Roodsick Historicol Morker I'rogrCJm



...

From the desk of

the Chairman

The 0( the sympoSium

pIlIrmed lor May 10, will be the frenchcontribution to th e A m e . i c ~ n Rewlulion. for it was on IMI dale in1780 that the Marquis de L>iayenealTMed at the Ford with news01 more Frenc;h tupp<>rI.

AI thlot lirrc, the Bicentennialcekbrallon of the 1119·1780 winter

enc.vnpmeni 01 the Continental ArTnyat Jockey Hollow ";1 be held..Fativltia will be!Pn Dec..mber I, the

01 Washinglon's IlI'1iYal inMorri"own . T h ~ WashingtonAuoc:iation and the Morristown

Natoonal HisIOncal Park As.soci&lionhead the lilt of

•••

Siro;tI QU. lui the County ParkComrniWon dedicated ' ' F D S t e r f i e l d s ~ . the property and Neo ·Gothlc homebuilt by the grandson of Paul Revoe:'eand given to the Park Commission byMi!4 Caroline FOOIle., as lhe /irst liuingform muse\lm in the stale ofJomey. Then on Septl"!l'lber 14, theBoisaubin t.W>or HislorX; PreservationEnement wu Ihe /ir$! such

to be accq>led by !he

SIlote <:A New Jerwy Historic Tn,w.Last December. anangements .......e~ e d by the """""s oIlhe historicin CllIl!hIIm Township to haw

th" New Jeuey Conservation

Foor.cIiotion ao;cep1 an <>pm liP"Ceeasement The FOl,lndalion then

M .. D. Socolowski, Chairman

Restoration of Old Morris Court RecordsUncouers Papers Dating to Early 1700's

!Iv IWIoy W I'!Idl

The too1ins. wmwoting and binding

of ancient court reco.ds eonlinuoesunder the capable Iww:b of AustinFayne and the COOPIlI"Btion 0/ CountyClerk F r a n k ~ .

As 1\ twritl9l Commisslo.....,..J foundamong the rTIIIny historic papers tuckedaway in boxes, one from the late1700'1, which ltalU that Ziba Arnold.

negl>liat.,! the tornns 01 the i Igr""""",1

10 t-. the land and buildingstrans/erT.,! to the r-+.> formedHistoric TruA.

•••T _ exe,hng historical days havo!

t -n thelllUl.-ury of the discoYe.yolthe tdegraph al The Speedwed Vdlage,

and Ihe syrTlp05rum 01 celeb.ation for....Ione Mead Hafl, administrationbuilding for the D...... UniversilyCilrnptls.

The Commission has been~ I e d by the Slate HistoricPr..... Vl\Iion Office and the County

Office 01 Community R""""rch andDevelo;)pn-..nl to serve III caretaker lorlhe rl!O"l"lO\Oed from the toolof lhe Quak« Meding House,

Towmhip, t o ~ f o r r e p a i r . •••The Slilte Department oITourism IS

updaling lb information and has beenworking ....tIl US to li&1 pOints ol interestto visill)r$ in Mor,.. County. If I"" haveS<J!BI!SIiQns, please Ie1 U$1mow.

being confined to the MorTis CounGaol (jail) conlriYed to make hl'$Ci!II"!. Approaching a fdow prison

who had t -n lenteoced to be kunArnold said, "Why don'l you set firethe jIIil, ,nd in the excitement, we mbolh ueape. If you are caught. it wmake no ditf\!Teoce, because you aalready doomecIto die.'"Somehow tpIol wu diIcovered, and the attempt

arsonaYt!rtedAnother SlOI'Y wu in 1775 ...m

&me Maoy ..... convict.,! oIlar"" .....the oltho5e days, ""The IM

having plead guity to IUs indictmenthe court giYt! judgt. lhat he be takenthe ptlblic:k ....n;wir'lg Post between t

houri 01 One ard Four 01 this day anthere 10receiYe thirty nine Lashes on t00. blICk, welloidon that hebe taketken« to theGaol (jail), there to .ema

1m next Fl)day when he is to be carritkenc:e to VJhatnung rl£ar The store[leSrTlllyne & Co. and Ihere 10 receithirty nine more 1ashu on his bacthence 10 be rtlumtd 10 the 5d Ga(jail) and there to rttMin tiD the fees apaid."

lhere are many iRstanceswh4lPin9s reported in the CouMinuTes. _ lIlUOIving worroen .....

had IIrayed from the. ~ t h s 0I...irtue

Plan History SymposiumA history symposium will be hel

Dec. 2 allhe State House, Trenton.

'lllije O l o u n t ~ OlirculnrMorris County Heritage Commission

M .. Sharon M. Dorem .. . V..:eChainnanMr.. Virginia K. RooMY. Secretary, EdiJor

Dr. Henry CitmnHenry W. PikhFrancu D. P;ngeonEarl J. Whritet>OlJrPatric;" J. M"'lI""rd, Freeholder Liaisct1



1101.3, No. 1

A Tale Of TwoHouses

By Sharon Doremus

TIley're the on/y ones in MorrisCounty. Oppo.lte uch other onCornelia Street stand Boonton'. two

Octagon houses, the only survivinge><amples in !his County 0/ a popuJa,

I'MI century architectural flld. Sturdy

and symmetricoJ, tIw$e ~ t w m i n g 8-sided lmuses of concrete 51"9construction topped with Octagoncupolas leU a dual story 01 history and

architecture.houses al 211 and 224 Comer",

Street were buill around 1854 by GarretRichards and Nathaniel Myers,oailmakers at the Boonton [ron Works.

Earlier in 1851, unemployed after thefailure of the Iron Company, tlvl two!KNfI!I men returned to t ~ r formerhometown, T"lY. Nrw York, seekingwork. Enrou!e they traveled throughthe pictUT""<I"" Hudson Valley, whereth.,.,. saw many e><amples of II new

architectural.tyi<:, tile OclilgOfl II"""".In 1853 Ric:hards and Myers returned

to their jobs as nail-makers at the re-

0Tganized Boonton Iron Works. InISM, the young men, each .......,tymarried, purchased house lot. on

Come.lia Street from th e Iron Company

for S200 and $250 apiece.! Shortlythereafter, doubtless impressed wilhthe stylish architecture seen on theirtravels, they built their own 8·sidedhomes at the present locations.

In 1868 Richards sold his Ckt/lgOn.1Ome al 211 Cornelia Strut, and JefIBoonton to settle in Keokuk, Iowa.M!o"'J"S, by then a auccesslul localmercllant, moved his Mine5$ and

family to a new ttve<! story commercialCon_ on Pogo 2

The

C ! I o u n t ~ C!Iir.cularMorris County Heritage Commission

Sp rins, 1919

0 : . . . .

__n tlIS4."". 01...., JUNMns . . .mpIos 0I,..",...&a. 19th C<o1lwy 1,<10,"", . . _

. . . . . odit,<ln Morn. Counll/. Tho",hor;' 10<>.'000pp00iI.;, In 8000,,,,,._""" . . Do ,. ...10"''''''''"""""'" II. II.. " " I O ' I O O I " ~

•••Freeze - Dried Papers

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By Jean Socoiowski :

It isn't just \IOU ' roil"", IM!'s fre<!le'dried these days. It could be your will,

YOU' birth certificale, your dental

charts, the lamily Bible, or YOU' furc.,..t.The !">eWeSt and most satisla<;lory

~ I h o d 10• •estoring water <Iam;>ged

manuscripts and ar t has beendeveloped since the disastrous floodingof Florence, Italy. in 1966. The freeze·drying process draws "",Ier from P/lpe.and fabric and transforms it into iceCryStals which can be easily brushedoff, thus rE1uming the object 10 itsoriginal state.

The eveningofNOYembe.29, 1978.aceiling level cold ""' ' ' , . pipe burst in the

basement storage .oom of the County

Con'riood on Pogo 2

Morris: A Major IronOre County

By Fconces D. Pingeon

Iron was the lure that first d,,,,settlers to Morris County about 1700

The rich veins 01 ore in the hills aroun

Dover and Succasunna we.e alreadk"""", to lhe Indians who called th'e90n "Sook-$OOM" meaning the placof the heavy black stone. Making theho"",. in the... hills, the ......inhabitants of Morris County builumaces to melt the ore against slee

t\illsides so lhat they could be n-oreasily supplied with ore, charcoal an

"",.Nothing remains of the iron industr

IMI was once the heart 01 MorriCounty's ecol'lOmy, but so"", desertepits and rock dumps in the norther

and westem hills. In 1880. nearly on

Conm....:l "" Pogo l



F--....tlriM _ eo.. ....... f""", Pa.- 2

Cultural Center. 300 Mendham Road.where lhe Hernage Cornrnluion hasbeen condtJCting irs Historic: Record.

P r e s e r v ~ t i o n projoect with CETAPublic: Employment Pro;ects grant(PEP) HlCC February. 1m .

Aboull"of ' ... collect ionof record.lrom tho: SuI1Og.'1te·s Court sustained

w ~ l e r damage. OfflCWs Irom the Slate

Bureau 01 Arch0ve5 and Hislory and theNational C ~ ~ t i o n Center lor

r i c ~ Arl,laCls , uponded

irnmedialq. 10 t ... cal lor help.

The damaged materialwasidenlilied.p0ced in numbe.ed plaslic milk cra les.

and delM/red 10 Rasmussen'. coldstorage locker ,n Boonton " 'I ...n 48

hour$ 01 tho: KOdent 10 pl'C\'mt thegrowth 01 mold and mildew. and IOtiap

det""""'hDO.

It WM necetaaly 10 wash down lhe

effecled a.e a wilh detergent. dry il ootIlII quickly a l pocsible. and have It

trUled with a fu"!Pcial log.The second lIage of tIw process will

be 10 deive. the frozen record, to thefreeze..:iry chambel'$ of u.. ArMricanFreeze-Dr; Company inAudubon. NewJersey. The traNler mus t be madewilhin two hour. because if the booksand IMpru sian to tlur.u. the paQt!I willbe bonc:Ied together in !he ViKUunWIgproca:s. ea.1 will be based on $145 per

cubic: loot 01 material pl«ed in thechamber.

Forty lhousar.d books from I ...slanfoz-d UnlYer&lly Library. soakedwhen waler main ruPtured inNDYember. are be.-.g ~ I y proccued . . preseT11 time . . vacuum

charnb..1'$ at lhe Lockheed * i l e s ~ n d s p ~ c e Company in Sunnyyale.

Catiforrua. Since S.ro:l books a \OIHka r ~ pbced in lhe chambers, offic.u• llI'nIIle il may take two mom'" 10 dry

than ou l a COIl of $50.000.The above 11TIII'9"'lCy here has

prOllided a warning experience lor allinvolved. Inl""""IIOO concerning whatto do after a Ibx!. fire, Dr olher watlrdama ge may b. oblained by

le\ephorung the Cornrni.6ion office.285-6191'1.

U ..ings ton Papers Published

The fir51 01 live ..........., ot T....Papcnl 01 William u..;ng . lon hasbeen publi5hed and 15 aY;!lilable from theNew HostorlClll Cornrrusion fOf"

$30. The 480·page compila llOn begiN

il . da.ra ;" June. 1n4 ~ n d ends in J ~ n e , 1777.

T_t \o lMh _eo..rr.....d r""" Pa.- t

blJildins on Church Street. Tn 1874 he

sold his hou ... al 224 Cornelia Sireet.Thus t ... CNmeT-buildel'$ lived bnefl.t inthese house...l-Ioweve-r. lheirchoiceotarchilecture created pem'\il/"II!nl localinteresl in these two dwelling5.

The concept of Il1I 8·SJdecI hou .. . a

mid . l9thcentury arch;teclural

crazewas popularued by an eccentnc;phrenol<:>!;st and ""'iter. Orson SquireFowler. in his book. A Home For ADor The Gravel Wall and <kcagon

Mode of Building. FIrSt prinled in1848. tM booI< beeaOlll a besl ""Uermfiuencing conlemporllfY archileclure:and ~ I y p u b b c : ~ ~ lhe Octagon.,...

The o.;Iagon style. a direct comr.,

C '; '" "'.

/ - 4 J[ . t-f'"1 .l lr -.£J : ] j"'YUJ7' .

Ioo< Plan ol Cl<1ogoNI ""'-

10 the exc.".,;es 01 prEVailing VICIOnM

~ r c h ; l e c t u . e • ..,... 'lUICtional, Iree ot

ornamentation. and 'Ultable forCOllageand mansIOn. alike. The angled designprovided more wing space. less heal

Ios.s. more ~ ! t o l and venlilatlOn .. .."the

o.;Iagon app.-ollimahng to the circleioclosa more Space 01 ill ....n than

s q u a r e . ~ · Furthermot'e. I ... gravel wallconstruc,lOn. Ior-erunner of JTIOdempoured C Q n c ~ I e . was m o ~ pl ",bIe ,nconstrucling ,ho! obl\l5l! angles 01 a

struclure than 5peciallyshaped II\MOnry blocks. Independent

in his Uunking, FQIoIAer loday i fconsidered limo,,,,,,.,,. In hII ..... ot newmalenals and un--orthodox fonns.

Today al2 11 Com.TiII S trUI the littleOOu$e, Wlsteria·dld WIth In encirclingporch. recalls 19th cenlury Boonlon.The inlerior is COIl.....-edoi rectangularrooms wtuch lea"", ~ · w p e d 51*<!S

lor close". bathrooms. and a tiny

l n a np r olfle... i" narrow slairwaywads to the Ih"d floor and tM

OClagonai shaped cupola and centerchim""Y. Up 11 ladder to 1M cupola

Marker Guide ISecond Printing

The recently published ComtrUbookkt ,"'" Guide 10 H,slMarkers of Morris County,· by

missioner SflarDO Doremul. Is nosecond printing. The2O.pagot A1sbooklet lis" 80 Slles. lheir m

and Iocalions by muneip

",th an "'"!pre""" center·loIdCopies al 5Q( apiece, may be oblby writing 1M Morris Counw HeCornmiuion. Courthouse. Mlowo. New Jersey

Plan Spectrum 1979

Spec t n,m 1979 p l ~ o n e dSatlJr(\ay and Sundao,o. May 19 an

DO the Dickinson UrII'.'I

C4mpUs. wi pro.nde an unfo.geshowcase of New Jersey artislic l

With an offvr of somelhingeveryone. I'OU. lhe public. ere IIrg§eI:' the work of ITI01'II' than 1.000artists and perlo""e,s. presenle

lhe Arts Courd 01 Ike Mo<ns AAdmission wi! be • $2 donatiolIdull$. $1 lor ""nlor citizens

children under 12 wiU be fraccompanied by Il1I adull . For fuinIorrnallOll, t ~ l e p h a " , 3776622.

pialform. the 8'p"ned wtndowl ep

a wide panorama ot Boonlon. ~ r egenerations. famil ..... haye crowdw;l.lch July 41h fireworks lighllnsky /rem Par.;ppany to NorlhCaldand here 1M little 19th century h

IMIh modem adaptability. looks O

lhe honzon and New York City',

Towers ,

The Mo m. County H"i

Commission. recogn ' l tng

contribution ot I ... 0.;1/1900 IMMom. County architecture. has pIl1I historical rOo1dsde marker al

Corne lia Siru l . Boonlon.

re.ldo>nce is privately owned. end

open to the public. (This " rt icw ififth in a SOIrieII on historic r e c o g n i z ~ by lhe Historical Rwd

Marker program.)

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..... . ........ 1 0 " . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11111 '" "00'1

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Plan Iron EraExhibit

Segnning IIIMay, t .... Morris County

Heritagt Commisaion wiI 5pO<ISOT an

exhibit of iron artit.:u in COUT!House lobby to .mlInd the pub& of this

remarkable e r ~ 01 County rusl<ny.

Most or the pieces to b<! displayedhall'O! been dilc<:>Vered in recentatchHQlosic .. t diga al In . sites oIlile18th century !orgel and furnaces..L.unched by the 0.:- , . Area HistoricalSociety AAociation and tho NorthJ u u y Hightand. Histo ricalAua;ialiQn, thesed9 " -e IllCOYI!.ed- " p i a 01 iron Ofe, pig iron, IwIdwrought IOngI and a 01

iron 100II 01 tn. 1m..

Tho! pubk I I invited 10 . . . . t1v"xhibtII I ,lit: Coun Ho..... lobby, Monday

!hroog'! Fridily . 9 a.m. to 4 p.m,.beginomg May I through 20.

Pa triots ' Path

Patrial's PMh h.as been loIIowiny theroute 01 the Whippany River. Itsulllfflllte objective is the rec\am;stion 01

thot river vaIey " ' \0 a scenic bike ricIo.

ancI ""'"' ...y for all !he citizens of IhI'

counry 10enp,I .

h l . i o t t ' Pllth. ItCOioglCally,envuonrnentaly and mlorica1ly iiireltvenl to the county heritage ...~ n c e d by it l PfOlCll'My 10 IhI' m;>jor

fU101'11: distnct. SpeedwtD 1J&ge.

Dr. Henry Citron, Patriot.' P;oth INU·

$On, announced that .. Commission re s·

101. . . SIYo,on M. DcJ.r.nnua, Chairman

101. . . F.....:e. O. Pi...-, Vic.-C ....rman

•••••••

M . . . Virginia K.. RooDOty, Secretary _EditorDr. Henry Citron

H« II 'Y W. PIlch

M. . Jean D. Socolowoki

uri J. Whri tenour

P.,n.cla J.Maynord. F " , . h o l l k

Present Art Exhibit

in Court House

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It', ,pring, "nd Courthc:ouse Dr! Iovo>rs :arc • new exhibit in the

Fruholdera' waiting room. TheR o K ~ An Associalion is PT""",,ting

" .elecled 91'OUp of 00, acrylics, andpi'l5tel p:ointings by """n·known ~ r " " art;"1 Mary Bonhard, Hank August,Ninl. Edelman, Jane Frmclunan, Ann

Frwnd, Chest.,. Jurkowski, JanetMacPMr-.., Joe 0.. Pasquale, Lelia.Pour, AnneHe Querques, Lilla.Redlloond, Wayne Skyier. Ray Thorley,and Wollam E. Shortridge, Sr.PTOYiodIng • Ihowcase lo r Morris

County artist., and adding culturalinterat to tlw Courth:ouM anne><, thecurreru &how is Ihit latut in" series 01

art exhibinom sponsored by theMorTisCounty Heritagl! Cornrni.mn.

The ROKbury An AMociation,founded in 1966, is composed 01

professional and amateur artists, andmee15 the first Thursday 01 the monthal lhe Tcmpl.o Shalom, Succasunna..MHtings Me opm to the generillpublic.

no. ul,;o.tion, IUTMgI!d by GerdaKooi, Exhibition Chairman, Roxbury

An Auoc:iation, and S h a r o n ~ , MomI; County Heritage Commission,n."" hom April 19 .... iI July 15.

oIunon .upporting Patriots' Path IWIIbeen .... to Wonimld Eaton, ;15 dire.:.tor, and 6 rnayorsol lhe municipah1ia

along the Whippany Rive, .

Select 12 SitesFor Markers

llwou!tooo.n Morris Coun'y, 1ha...e been . . ected by I"" H

Commission to rec""'" hisroadside marke" in 1979.

Ten markers will be plac

hi5toric.al Strucluru or sites thacontributed to CountyOr local hRanging in tinw from a PTe·hinclWon . . tLemenI to " World WDefenM HousITl!l developmen,i 'u .110 Inelude 19th ceindUitne. and" churdo w n ~inlcrior trompe roeil painling.

n . i l ia arc thlt PetTO!Mio1icouIc, PaniPPMY: Job A!lenDenville: FlTSt ~ e g a t i o n a I CChater: 51. John's Episcopal ChDauer; Millbrook Industrial DRandolph TQWnShip; LockteHouse, Rod".ry T0wn5hip; AmHard Rubber industry. ButlerBorough 01 VICtOry Garde""

In addition, four County enm l l f k ~ r I his/'d9oting County hwill bo: placed . t thor following bcaEagle Rock AveTM!, East HaTownshiP: Ma.in SUeel, B

L.kutde B o u l ~ v a , d Ro_Town&hip; and V.aey Rood, PT _ .

The Commission plans 10 have

mllfMri pIaud in bcation by I" "thiJ year.

'iTIqc <ll0l1ltt12 OIircuin rMorris County Heritage Commission



Vol. 3, No.2

House OnceDancing School

by Do,"""u.

InteresMg houses attract interestingpeOpk<. In Morris!""",,_ a handsontO;'house of the Federal period, located ona !ree·lir.ed .ide str"",l , has welcomed avariety 01 lamous """"""rs an d guestsover the yeo .. .

Monsieur Loui. Sansay, " SimIOlomin9iln emigre who lost " fortune

1M French RO!V(liuhon, built tN!town """Sf: at 17 DeHart

in 1807. Needing to suppon

his family, he opened aIII 1810 lor local

CI<>sse5 were held in hisfloor Assembly or ~ L o n g

at a ....asonal cost of $.3 forand $4 lo r g<'ntlemen.

Successful as his &ndng cL.sseswere, M . Sanuy ' . greatestad,ie\iemenl took place on July 14,1825. His ba.Ilroom was the SCene of anhistone banquet nonorirlg GeneralLafayette, the Frenchman who helpedthe colonies win independence.Lafayette, ag e 66, had accepted an

invitation to visit Morristown during histriumphal i04Jr of the United S t a t ~ s as

the nation's gunt during 1824.1825.His return 10 lnal to,,,,,, nearly sa

Mter the Revolution, insp"ed

firing of c""oon$, ringing ofm i l i l ~ r y heoor., ~ n d "hu,,,,,. of

A .umpUJous dinner the

of M, San..,y was a highlight ofGeneral's "" ,it. TICkets were $3

~ c e : the guest list included tho:mo.t dislingui.hed an d

citizens , and ladies W<!re ootDinner was served at right,

Con'",u«! on P_ 2

The

QIouutll QIir.cularMorris County Heritage Commission

Bice"tenniallssue Fall· Winrer, 1919

•

Revere Hoy"" "" o"Ha,t S',ee, . Moms,,,,",,,,, buut Ll1 1801 W M ,fle ." e of forme, s""oayD.""ing School. _ c<ou<'_ M"".,,,,"," T"""",",,, u.. ...

,""01 01 .11111 ." " " ., ' '01 1111 • • 11 • • 11 • • "

Washington GreetsLafayette

by Fro"""" Ping<.'Ol'[

The resou""ing cheers 01 soldiers

voice. echoed from Washington'sheadquaners at Ihe Ford rna",;on in

Morristown on the morning of MayHlth, J780. With the llJ"T;val of the youngMarqui. De LVa"",!!e on horsebo.ck

fram Booton ' 0 vi. i t GenerDIWashington. the gloomy "",,,,",n carneaIM. with joy. Officers and men

thronged into the fTh>in hall 01 theheadquarters to welcome him

"Greetu>g$."' one observer wrote,"went up ILke rockets. and Lafall"tte'$

hand was nearly ".''' ' ' '9 from his wrist."Lafayette h./Id co"'" to Mom.town M

the right time, The ... nter of 1779-1780had been ci<.ocribed by the older people

of the arM as the cold .. they could

Ccrn.,...d on P_l

Ceremonies To Mark

Winter Encampment

by J •. " Socok>w.k,Dw;t off \lOUr Bicentennial costUmo

and join US On Saturday, December lst'

The ""ri .. of sporial e ~ n t S be,ngplanned to commemorate the 1779-1780 winter encampment of theContinental Army inMorris Countywill

begin I'oi!h ft c ~ , ~ m o n y M 11 o.m.on .....MOm.tov,,11 Gr«n when member unitsof the Brisaci<. of the Americ""RNQiution rrurch into town, You ~ f e invitoo to be on the Gr«n to weicomothe troops, The march will be followedby encampment reenactment ut

Jockey Hollow in the afternoon and 0[ 1

Sund.:!y, Dectmber 2.Twice during the Revolutionary Waf,

George Washington made Morristownhis winter headqUMters, His first

eo.,,'"""<l on P_.



' . 'R _ . « . - _ - - ~ - - , - , , o m Pil9< 1 - - - ~ r ~ ~ ~ ; : : : ~ ~ ~ ~ i - - - -followed by 13 \0/1.10 r ~ p r e s e n i n g theorigin.ll.l coJonies.l1>e sixth 100.., w.>S toL"fayel1e, wh o then t o ~ s t e d . "Morristown. (> nom<! c0n5picllOUS inOUr Reuo/u/iona'Y War. H

Sadly, Sansay', """cn . andacceptance in Morristown was short

I;""d. Newspa.pers ridiculed him as II

"Knight 01 In.. Fiddlutick," and localc ~ ~ n derlOl"'CO?d the "sin ofci.lncing as an ungodly purswt," The

dancing school failed, and the dancingmaster, embiller .d, mov1!'d to

E6U1bethtown. a pta.:e friendly toFrench immigrants.In 1872 the house was purchased by

Ge"",al Joseph W. Revere. " " ' ~ amazing life of high honors, ~ n t u r e and adwrsity added more colo. to thesaga of the old houSO/ Rev.!re, agrandson of Paul Revere, the

R"""lunonary War patriot, was a f u I ~ fledged hero in rus own right. Withinseveral ~ a r s . he routed pirat .. in theWest Indies during his NavaJ service.101.19111 in I"" Muican Revolution, andrepelled h;ghway bandits enroute to9""'ernll'll'lll se1'V\Ce in the 1849California gold rush. In 1!!54 he SCIlIedquietly with his family On a farm nMrMorristown. ~ o d buut picturesque

Gothic Revival home. tf,., Wiiklws. now

owned by the Morris County ParkCommission .

Enlisting in tn.: Civil W ~ r . Revere ledth e 7t h Regiment New Jersey

Volunteers Infantry with brillian<:e. butlater his fK'1d tactics at the battle ofChancelorsville l ~ d to a court mart;"l,Vindicated by President Lincoln. he

was restored 10 lh e rank of MajorGtlfIeral in 1863 In 1872. in failing healThaod U'I/Ibk. to mo.int.in his farm. hepurchaS4ld the hous<: at 17 DeHan

Street ~ o d lived there until his death in

1880. Desp,te his brief o, ......!!ship. theMuse. because ofhisntraordinarylile.

wru; henceforth known as the RevereHous<:.

In 1939 the Mus<: was purchased by

i n l e r n a t i o n ~ l I y known ra ilroadindustrialist. AlliIn P. Kirby. president of

the Alleghany C o r p o r ~ t i o n . Movinghisbusiness head<!""'rteT$ ho m JerseyCity, he sought a quiet wtion

convenoent to pOst office, bank, and railtranSpOrtation to N.,.... York City. withs ~ p i n g and restaurant facilitiesn¢!lrby for hIS employee5. Also, as B

s<:cond generation Trustee ofLofa ....ne

Colkge. and a dedicated alumnus,Kirby was s<:ntimentally drawn to thedwelling's link with the French general.whose name ru.. alma mater bore. The

I

Patricia M' I"'>,d. Arvillo Pu.""",. Morn. Coon", Arl AMocia"on. and ShDo.-errw•. Mo<ris Coonly H." t_ Commiosion. hong "MOIJrning a...,r Tallinn."

Christmas GIft Ideas

Two Christmas 90ft id(>as are

suggested by the Mom s County

Heritage Commission; a pamphlet onHistoric P!ac... in Morris County forSOC. or the book Coklniol andReuoIuricnary Morris County by Dr .Theodore n.a .... r. for$8 .50. Either can

be ordered by mail from th e

Commission Office at 285-6198.

house was conwrted to modem

business o f f i c ~ s . with minor changesonly. Aod I h ~ classic Federal exterior.enhanced by Victorian bracketed

eaves. became a t r i b u t ~ to theindustriaHst'. care in pres<:rvIng an

historic home for modem u s a ~ , TraffIC aod city n o ~ surround t h ~

house today. Yet inside traces of thepast exist, An op.m $talrway to lhe thirdfloor. a graceful Federal mantel. aodpane lled doors with ong,naI bra ..hardware speak quietly of earlier d.l,..

when Lofayette. M, Si>nsay.G ~ n e r a l

R e v ~ r ~ . and Allan Kirby lived ao d

planned here.The MOrriS County He!ltage

Cammiu ion . re cagniz ing the

camributlon of The Si>nsay House toMorris CounTy history and architecturehas placed an historical marker at 17~ H a r t Street. Morrisl"""". The

bu ilding is private ly awned, aod IS notopen 10 the pubk

(TID ,,,O<lo II .. With. , a . . ., . "" I""or.

' ;1 . _. , . , . . . , " " W ,,,. Hu,,,,,,,," /010,1;",

pm"r"'"-J

P['esent Art ExhibIn Courthouse

G()Vernrn<!nt afficiaf. are Iook"art, aod artist. are Iookinsgovernment o!fic;"ls. And at the MCounty Courthouse. this exdJaflgbroadened interesT in a faD art scurrent ly an exhibit ,n

AdminisTralion wing

Pr<!$ented by t" " Morris Count

Association in CCI<>p<'ralion ""th

Morris County Heritage CommlSthe exhibit includes a group 0selected paintings by run.. area a

Of particular imerest are noralandscapes by Greely ~ n d Bcbliy Wa hlJ5band and wife team who

b<>en pamttng about five yAddllional II.'atercolo. . represen

work of Jewel Ryman. Wmie GHenrietta Peterson. an d MurielStriking oiJs by Bunny Taylor.Abulon and Arville Pus

c o m p ~ t e the exhibit.

The.how has been arranged by

P""rrom , b i l C"""",,,n 01Morris CounTy Art AssociationSharon Doremus. Morris Co

Heritage Cammission. and isMonday through Friday. 9;00p.m .. until January fi"'L

M n . PU5trom. a IJative of Es

and now a Umted States ci"zen

been painting since college days.a graduate of Dusseldorf Art AcadHer somber oil "MourningTalffrm.",. a tnbute to lhe ca p

Estonia. r>OW behind the ,fan cur



remember. TIw: C o n t ; " " n t ~ 1 armyencamped in Jockey Hollow I\iIdsuffered sub-zero temperatures, heavyS!"IOW storms, inadeqwte she lter, [<XX!

300 supplin. Days nad!lOne by withouteither "",at Or bread and soldier$resorted to ....(ing the bark all Ire .. and

foraging Ifle surrounding countryside

searching frantically [or something to.... t. Diseaw and do>sertion had reducedtheir number$ to a dangerous low and

the fate 01 the army al Jockey Hollowlooked grim. The despilir 01 the armywas contagious and Ne l l Washington',

poy.rerlul fac:e appeared careworn andanKious.

How had this young French"",,,.

barely ''''''"ly two, assumed such "-

crucial roIo: in the future of theContinental army and ttw American

cause? Uk e many Suee"". sto"",".,Lara",,,tI,,'. was based on a unique

combination 01 circumstances.Six reet tall, red headed and

appealing, Lafayette was the wealthiestyoung nobleman in France. Atni""IHn, ahady min';...:! to thedaughter of Due O'ayen, who w/lS ackJ"" frier>d of the royal family.

, laIayette became bored with thefrivolous coor1 life at V e r r . a i l l e ~ . Awkward and ill·aHas<> with his peers,a poor dancu and a dullconversationalist. he longed for a life ofaction an d challenge.

When the American Rewlution

broke ou t . he ~ c e i v e d an opportunityfor both freedom and glory. A9"1l'"t theorders of the king ~ n d to the rage of h. .

father·in·Ia ..... he sailed for Americawhere he offered his servicn to theAmerican cause. He overcame theAmericans' n a l u r ~ 1 s uspicion of

foreigners by offering 10 serve without

"" ere he attract<'li the deep affectionand respeCt of the almost godlikeWashington. who said of u.layette. "'Ido not knowa fu-.er ornoblersoul.andl

kwe him as my own son:·L J d l l " t t ~ . wi""", fdlh . hi>d been

killed by a British canllOrl ball whenLafa ...tte WM only two. recognized inWMhiogton aD the q u a ~ t i e ! ; which he

believed his dead father Md possessed- courage. dignity and leadership.

This close relationship with

washiogton. plus a wound ne received.1 the battle of Brandy..o.;ne. and awinter endured as an officer at Mt .Vernon. transformed Lafa ...tte from anunknown fo reigner into an Americanhero. His reputation for courage an d hiswild popul;>rity in America glorified the

DJ>pIay On M",notown Nafunaf Histeneai Mu""um dopic to lalaY"'" t..in:J " , ~ . t e d . t thoFord Mamicn by Gen. W ~ " " May 10. 17!ll. ~ ' ' ' ' _ ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '

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Designate Arts CouncilOfficial Agency

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Through a .esolution adopted by theHeritage Comrnis.sion. the Arts Counciloj the Moms Area was recenlly

d e 5 ~ a t e d the official artsagefICY in theCounty which prO\lides. sustains aMcoordinates the MIs act;"'itles in MorrisCounty . This action was approved bythe Board of Chosen Fn!eholders.

Amolna.n cause in the eyes of theFrench government, and laid the

groundwork lor their sUppOrt of theRevolution . Lafayette's vi.it 10

Washington on May 10. 1180 inMomstown, came after more thanyelIr'$ a ~ n c e in France. where ne hadintrigued with bo!n Frer.ch andAmerican leaders to get a m i ~ t a r y commit men! from the Frer.ch to til<!Ametican cause .

n.e mission w/l.$ $uccessful. At theford manSion . ne reported to

Wash,ngton that the French

government had agreed to send fi .... or

six !noosand weTI-discipli "" d trO<>pll

and a ~ e t to bolster the American. intheir struggle for survival.

Lafayel1e·. message to Washingtonmarked a turning poin t in th(oRevolution . W,thout his fanatic

promotion of til<! American cau'" inFrance. the Revclution might havelailoo . The terribfe wint'" a! Jo.:::keyHo llow end0:1 in a mood of flop<!.

RecordsManagemenProgram

The Heritage Commissioner

advisors on County archival materipre",rvation, will be ptaying a key roin the Records Management Progra

at 300 M ~ n d h a m Road .n.e building. """",d by the Mor

CO<.Inty Park Commission, is beir e n o v ~ t e d by Ar,hitect Warr

Bendixen. FoUowing a meeting wFreEholder Patricia Mavnard. Coun

Administrator Fred Rossi. a

repres<!ntatives from other CO<.IoffIces, plans were formw..tedestablish the program which grew froa C ElA proi<'ct.n.e plans include converting t

"'",ment to a tertlp<!rature ahumidity<ontro1led storage vault thwiH resist the ravages 01 time.

The priceless records . many Mtlto the early 1700 ·5. win a ll

micrommed and then put away. tJeVto be handJed again.

However. the mICrofilm; will

available to the pubtk . a l the Mum

County Free Lib""y an d the l..ibra'Ythe County College of Mo .....

Evt'ntual ly, a records """"'gerwtllhired. and al l records,M'mi< urrent a

archival. within the CO<.Inty offices, wbe .tored m his vault.

Seek Memoribilia

n.e New Jersey Historical Societ..,.,king m e m o r i b ~ i a of early Germcommun,ties in the st ate lor displaan exhibition ti l March.



' . 'Colol>r.rion, Com . Fr<>m Pogo 1

encampment in the Morristown areatook piIoce iro 1m , aIt.r his victoria atPrinceton and Trenton. His lotCordencampment became OIWI of tho!Continental Anrt,i's most leW • trillsand I I test of Wathmglon'.ludership

About 10,000 men faced the _ I

wint ... 01 thor untufy.lIlack 01 food and

clothing. bltle or no pay. and cold and

sickness. Only W a s ~ Q n and the

ea..... 01 freedom held the fa99fd,SI"'fW\9, ,,""zing troops together.

Other sokk. mcamprnentl inJockey Hollow lind CandlelightConcerti /lot the Ford Mansion willc:onlWJc throughout !he ..... er and

spring. On Frid/lv February22, 1980 the community • invited to

celebrate WaslUngton', Birthday withan 18lh Century dancing party

featuring the muSIC 01 Paul Some. . 8<

Gl'OIJp and Oa...:em.uler. DIck Myen.May 9. 10, and II , 1980 win be d/lYi 01

major lICtivlty \0 c.1cb'1I'-' l . a I a ~ t t e · . R . ~

Fairleigh OickiMon Utwe. . ty is theIoation and the Fren<:h contribution tothe Ame,.;c.,n RevolutIOn .. the tlwmeof the history symposium p ~ n c d 10.-May 9. Scholars who will prfte'llt

P/lpers include Dr. Richard S, Morris.Profenor Emeritus. ColumbiaUnivrr5itv. (formerly GovernorMorris Professor 01 AmericUl Hiltory),foremost authority on the role of theFreoch in the AmHican Rl!\OOlution; Dr,Thlod Tate. Institute 01 Earloj AmericanHislory and Culture, Colonial

W ~ l i a m s b u r g ; and Dr. Stanley 1dur2.ComI!U Universi1Y. tditor of lho!lAfayette Papers.

FesrMtiel wi! be held on M a ~ 10,1980 lho! Ford Mansion. « I e b r ~ t i n g

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Calendar of Er.;ents ••

hbruary22, 1980 - Washington's ::Birthday party. •

M...,ch, 1980 - Jockey HollowEncllmpment co ... memo./Iling

•ecogruOt;>n 01 Ammcll by Irish

P ~ . t i . v n e n t '" 171J).

April 14, 1980 - Moms MuseumolArts and .scoen<:eS - operung 01 specialexhibtion sponsored by tho: ArtsCouncil 01 tho! Morris Area.

May 9, 10, II , 1980 - Semi"", on

\he Rok 01 FrllJ'tQ! 11\ the American

R.volution, Lafayelle Return,ulebration. m;ojo. encampmenl inJockey Hollow.

the arrival of tho! Marquis de lAfayetteal Washington's HeadqUllrters.,.,;th themomenlOUS .- 1"'1 lhe French

would be wnding mm and supplies 10

aid our caUSf'. Repre.enlatives 01 theFrench and American 9O""rTIl"TImlswilbe p,""'nl for Ihe ce'emony.

A bo'!JI! IC6Ie mcamprnent wiD be

held in Jockey Ho1low on May iO &00

11.By .uduhon, the Senale aOO

Ge-ne,a! As""",bly"'"" extended bulW1shes of both houses of the legisllltureaOO of the State 01 N"", ok, ...... to thecommunity for the Bicenlennial

celeb.ation 01 this hisloric period,Oe«mber I, 1979-May 10, 1980. Thepublic. invited !C ..u ......enls. If you or

i/OU' organizatIOn wioh 10 participale.plene contact Ihe H e r i t ~ y e Commission al 285.f>I':I8, or lheMo"";"tQWn No.honai Hislorical Pari!,539 ·2017.

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Patriots Path AtCrossroads

PalriotS Palh, c\esp!tt ~ o n h .grelll promISO!, is li t lhe cfONroacls.ecent ""lory

The orgr.niurion'. Itadtr, Mw....... Ealon. has been appoi

dr.e<:tor 01 SpeedweD V ~ . dueLarge part to tho! upiration of C.E .funds which Nve bftn lho! chief so01 finances used to support the Pa......

To dale. other funding approaare !wing irwesl'9/lled ""'thouldefintle decisions in this area.

Howeu •• , the work of

organization goes 00, "'Ih the .«completion of a seclion in1iiIIlCIII'et'. A group of cillzens llavedonated some Iaodscaping; in o.dofu"he. enhanu this sec!)On .

A new map of Patriots Patll. snowlhe lI.eas Compleled aOO Olher seclin the plllnning fU"9U, is avaiboble aMendham Road

Christmas Art Exhib

The Morris Counly H,nICOmrrllMion is 'pon$Onng an .xhib

Chnslmas Voclonan book. and 10IheCoun HouM lobby. It 15opcnlO

public Mond,)y t h r o u ~ Friday froa.m. to 4:30 p.m.1oMed by the MO

Coun1Y HIStoric.al Soc>elyIncluded are illustrations of S

CLaus dra ....... by lkIma& NUl

.: .. .. : ( Morris County Heritage CommlS5lon

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M .... SI>oo.on M. Do ....... CIMi.........Mrs. Franco D. Pi"!l<lon. VI«-Ch.aI.",.,nM ... V i ~ n " K. R<>o. . . SoIe•• ary. EditorDr. Henry CitronHenry W. P;lch

Mr.. Jun D. Socolowoki

Eoorl J. Whrite""".Patrie . J. Mayna.d, Fruholdet UailOn

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