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Sunday, November 30, 2014

A cool drink of water: stumbling onto Molly Pitcher's spring

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If you grew up in New Jersey, or driven on the Turnpike for that matter, you've heard of Molly Pitcher. Young history buffs first learn ...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Somerville's Arabella Griffith Barlow: fighting a different battle during the Civil War

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Mention the impact of women in Civil War-era medicine, and most people will bring up the name Clara Barton, but others also bravely toiled t...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

Discovering more of the Morris Canal at Montville

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Since we visited the Jim and Mary Lee Museum of the Morris Canal in Stewartsville back in April, I've been wondering where other, more ...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

John Fitch: a man with a head of steam

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New Jersey was fertile ground for the development of the steamboat industry, whether in Nicholas Roosevelt's  side-mounted propulsion wh...
Friday, November 14, 2014

Cut... and print! An Episcopal priest invents film in Newark

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Newark has attracted more than its share of creative thinkers who've made huge contributions to their professions and industries. As we ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Hessians in the Ice Box: the hidden history of one of Newark's oldest homes

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People sometimes tend to forget that New Jersey's largest cities are among our oldest. Take, for example, Newark. Gleaming new buildings...
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Friday, November 7, 2014

The proof is in the pudding(stone)

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Virtually since we started exploring, Ivan's been extolling the virtues of a a certain type of stone that's rarely found anywhere bu...
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