Chatham Township - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chatham Township write by John T. Cunningham. This book was released on 2001. Chatham Township available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The once-expansive Chatham Township was reduced to only a fraction of its size after Florham Park, Chatham Borough, and Madison Borough split from the township between 1889 and 1899. Its present, smaller size, however, does not reflect its vast history. Few municipalities possess such dramatic events, colorful figures, or community spirit. For instance, when the Newark Evening News reported that the powerful Port of New York Authority would take over 10,000 acres of the Great Swamp and spend $220 million to create an international jetport, people of the township and outraged citizens in a wide area surrounding the Great Swamp began to fight back. Although the Port Authority promised jobs, prosperity, and progress, their efforts were in vain. Instead of a jetport, the land now consists of 7,500 protected acres, one of the largest National Wildlife Refuges ever created so close to an urban center. Stories like this from the twentieth century are quite large in scope. Stories of prosperous farms, huge rose-growing greenhouses, and times enjoyed in simple, bucolic settings make up the township's history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Chatham Township is an embodiment of these historical stories and images. There was a time when the marshes of the Great Swamp were hunting grounds for huckleberries, when a Noe family horse pulled milk carts through the streets, and even, it was whispered, when the massive, three-story, Greek Revival Boisaubin mansion was used as a stop along the Underground Railroad. One of the most notable stories is of a lady known as Madame Bey, who opened a camp for prizefighters, making Chatham Township a sports page dateline known throughout the country.
Chatham Township, Nj: Secrets from the Past
Chatham Township, Nj: Secrets from the Past - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chatham Township, Nj: Secrets from the Past write by Bert Abbazia. This book was released on 2011-07-08. Chatham Township, Nj: Secrets from the Past available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The history of this unique endeavor is written by an eye witness to the rise and demise of Americas Fourteenth Colony. The story is the result of the author retrieving original documents to verify the people and events of an odyssey that spanned five decades. The story is collaborated by the survivors and the beneficiaries of an experiment, for a better way of life, by a group of predominately Eastern European and Russian Jews with their political shades of red philosophy settling into what was a predominately conservative Chatham Township, a rural community in Central New Jersey. It is a story of objection, rejection, suspicion, ridicule and ultimately, assimilation and acceptance. The story has been influenced and colored by the authors personal observations and personal experiences while growing up in the Colony. Bert Abbazia was a Colony Boy.
Chatham Township, New Jersey
Chatham Township, New Jersey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chatham Township, New Jersey write by League of Women Voters of Chatham Township (N.J.). This book was released on 1973. Chatham Township, New Jersey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Chatham
Chatham - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chatham write by John T. Cunningham. This book was released on 1997-09-01. Chatham available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Chatham and the Passaic River have been inextricably linked for nearly 275 years, since the towns founding under the informal name of Days Bridge. That name honored John Day, builder of the first span across the river, which forms the eastern edge of the town. The nature of generations of the towns residents is reflected in the areas permanent name, selected by villagers in 1773. Chatham is named for Great Britains William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham, who was a champion of American liberties during that revolutionary era. The Passaic, fondly referred to by locals as The Fishawack, inspired the gradual flourishing of early mills and factories. Small shops, hotels, and a railroad have brought nineteenth-century prosperity to Main Street, the hub of Chatham, and extended the influence of residents who commute to Newark and New York City. John T. Cunningham, New Jerseys preeminent historian, chronicles this growth and the relationship between populace and river through wonderful photographs and intriguing historic details. Chatham and the Passaic River have been inextricably linked for nearly 275 years, since the towns founding under the informal name of Days Bridge. That name honored John Day, builder of the first span across the river, which forms the eastern edge of the town. The nature of generations of the towns residents is reflected in the areas permanent name, selected by villagers in 1773. Chatham is named for Great Britains William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham, who was a champion of American liberties during that revolutionary era. The Passaic, fondly referred to by locals as The Fishawack, inspired the gradual flourishing of early mills and factories. Small shops, hotels, and a railroad have brought nineteenth-century prosperity to Main Street, the hub of Chatham, and extended the influence of residents who commute to Newark and New York City. John T. Cunningham, New Jerseys preeminent historian, chronicles this growth and the relationship between populace and river through wonderful photographs and intriguing historic details.
Chatham Township, New Jersey Town Records
Chatham Township, New Jersey Town Records - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chatham Township, New Jersey Town Records write by Chatham (N.J. : Township). This book was released on 2006. Chatham Township, New Jersey Town Records available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
