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    History Walks in New Jersey

    Lucy D. Rosenfeld (Author), Marina Harrison (Author)

    9780813539690

    Paperback / softback, published 26 September 2006

    256 pages, 40
    22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg

    New Jersey has a varied and fascinating history-from its earliest Native American settlements, through its central role in the Revolutionary War, to its strategic position in the major events of our country's past. In History Walks in New Jersey, Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison treat readers to a comprehensive statewide guidebook that includes detailed information on forty-eight of the best sites for historical walks. These outings take the history enthusiast through beautiful green landscapes, natural preserves, and picturesque settlements.
      
     Whether you are an amateur historian, a weekend walker, or a teacher planning a class trip, this book will be an essential resource for ideas and information. Walks include the Kingston Loop, a long canal where George Washington, pen in hand, composed his post-Revolutionary War speech, "Farewell Orders to the Armies of the United States." Also included is a mountain walk that traces Native American Leni-Lenape history and one that wends its way into an old Moravian village in the town of Hope. A pirate cove, stops on the Underground Railroad, a Civil War cemetery, and the sites of duels, mines, canals, architectural innovations, estates and resorts, centuries-old agricultural and fishing settlements, and the Hindenburg crash are all here.

    Each walk includes directions, information on tours, a brief history, and suggestions for additional places to visit in the area. Whether a New Jersey native or a visitor to the Garden State, readers will enjoy going beyond the highways and suburban towns to learn about history while discovering the state's natural beauty.

    Introduction
    1 Paterson Falls
    2 Weehawken
    3 Ellis Island
    4 Fort Lee
    5 Undercliff
    6 Skunk Hollow
    7 Ringwood and Long Pond
    8 Edison National Historic Site
    9 Feltville
    10 Historic Speedwell
    11 Pyramid Mountain
    12 Jockey Hollow
    13 Cooper Mill and the Black River
    14 The Sussex Branch Rail Trail
    15 Waterloo Village
    16 Millbrook Village
    17 Hope
    18 Belvidere
    19 Clinton
    20 The Prallsville Mills
    21 Princeton Cemetery
    22 Princeton Battlefield State Park
    23 The Delaware and Raritan Canal
    24 Washington Crossing State Park
    25 Monmouth Battlefield State Park
    26 Georgian Court College
    27 Twin Lights of Navesink
    28 Allaire
    29 Ocean Grove
    30 Cattus Island and Barnegat Light
    31 Double Trouble and Whitesbog Villages
    32 Lakehurst
    33 Historical Walnford
    34 Roosevelt
    35 Bordentown
    36 Burlington
    37 Burlington and its Neighbors
    38 Roebling
    39 Rankokus Indian Reservation
    40 Mount Holly
    41 Batsto
    42 Wheaton Village
    43 Red Bank Battlefield
    44 Fort Mott, Pea Patch Island, and the Finn's Point National Cemetery
    45 Greenwich
    46 Bridgeton
    47 East Point Lighthouse to Mauricetown
    48 Cape May
    Choosing an Outing
    Index
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