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Author : League of Women Voters of Chatham Township (N.J.)
Release : 1973
Genre : Chatham (N.J.)
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Book Synopsis Chatham Township, New Jersey by : League of Women Voters of Chatham Township (N.J.)
Download or read book Chatham Township, New Jersey written by League of Women Voters of Chatham Township (N.J.). This book was released on 1973. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : League of Women Voters of Chatham Township, N.J.
Release : 1969
Genre : Chatham (N.J. : Township)
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Chatham Township, New Jersey by : League of Women Voters of Chatham Township, N.J.
Download or read book Chatham Township, New Jersey written by League of Women Voters of Chatham Township, N.J.. This book was released on 1969. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bert Abbazia
Release : 2011-07-08
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Chatham Township, Nj: Secrets from the Past by : Bert Abbazia
Download or read book Chatham Township, Nj: Secrets from the Past written by Bert Abbazia. This book was released on 2011-07-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Liz Holler
Release : 2005
Genre : Chatham (N.J.)
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Book Rating : 501/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis My Town by a River by : Liz Holler
Download or read book My Town by a River written by Liz Holler. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chatham, New Jersey is a small town situated on the banks of the Passaic River. The first visitors were the Lenni Lenape Indians who stopped in Chatham on their annual migration from Sussex County to the Atlantic Ocean. They called the river the "Fishawack". In late August of 1781, while his troops were camped in Morristown, George Washington wrote seventeen letters from a Chatham homestead. After the Revolutionary War, Chatham's convenient location, just a day's journey from New York City, made it a popular overnight stop for east-west travelers. The mid nineteenth century brought vacationers from Newark and New York City to enjoy Chatham's "salubrious air." Drawn to the bucolic setting, many vacationers returned to make Chatham their home. Today Chatham is a bustling commuter suburb. Its tenuous ties to a simpler time exist mainly in the memories of its citizens. A native Chathamite, Liz Holler chronicles those times. From Swimming with the Roses to The Tea Room Era, Liz's stories depict life in a small town by the river. These vignettes, first published in the Chatham Historical Society newsletters, depict a moment in time that adds to Chatham's rich past.
Author : John T. Cunningham
Release : 2001
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 658/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Chatham Township by : John T. Cunningham
Download or read book Chatham Township written by John T. Cunningham. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
