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Showing posts with label African Americans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African Americans. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Breaking the Color Barrier at Shady Rest

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There seems to be something about Union County and historic golf courses. First, there was the Oak Ridge Golf Course in Clark, whose groun...
Monday, July 15, 2013

From enslavement to business mogul: Elizabeth Sutliff Dulfer

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I love it when a Hidden New Jersey story reveals another, equally as obscure story about an accomplished individual who's somehow evade...
Friday, July 12, 2013

Saving a piece of journalism history: the Thomas Fortune house

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A large, century-old house on Red Bank's Drs. James Parker Boulevard wouldn't seem to be worthy of much attention, except for two fa...
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Saturday, March 9, 2013

Lawnside: a Free Haven in history

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If you drove through the Camden County borough of Lawnside, you'd be excused for thinking it's no different from any other small tow...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Evergreen Cemetery: a brief visit to honor those who served

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We sometimes have to be a bit strategic when we plan a Hidden New Jersey history field trip involving multiple locations. Sites seem to all ...
Saturday, June 16, 2012

Oliver Cromwell in Burlington - fighting the patriot cause

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After finding the Bonapartes in Bordentown , I guess it wasn't all that surprising that I'd locate Oliver Cromwell just down the roa...
Thursday, July 7, 2011

Hidden Heroes: a few words on Isaac Gordon

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On the Fourth, after the reading of the Declaration of Independence in Morristown, Ivan and I took a ride through Madison to visit the grave...
Thursday, April 7, 2011

A lot of history in just a few steps

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Perth Amboy fits a lot of history into a very small space, notably downtown at City Hall and the adjacent Surveyor General’s office. The sig...