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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14ZM_layton-new-jersey_Sandyston-NJ.html
Layton, once known as Laytons, was originally named Centreville. This village was settled by John Layton in the early 1800's. The first business here was owned by blacksmith Simeon Fisher, followed by Abraham Bell who established a carpenter's sho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO8Q_bevans-new-jersey_Sandyston-NJ.html
Originally named for early settler and surveyor Peter Van Neste in 1761. Nicknamed Hen's Foot, The Corners, and finally Bevans for its Postmaster James C. Bevans in 1829. The Peter's Valley Society for Literature was est. Jan. 1, 1813. The Dutch R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI4L_old-mine-road_Sandyston-NJ.html
Built about 1650.Bell House - has housed nine generations of same family.
Minisink Village - white men and Indians lived together.
Minisink Island - in river to the west.
Westbrook Fort - during French and Indian War in rear of barn.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHJF_the-westbrook-bell-house_Sandyston-NJ.html
Johannes Westbrook, who was among the earliest permanent settlers of the Minisink region, built this homestead around the year 1701. It was subsequently fortified when incidents of hostility increased between the residents of New York and New Jers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHJE_hainesville-new-jersey_Sandyston-NJ.html
The original name of "Sandyston" was changed to honor N.J. Governor Haines in 1845. This hamlet was created on a 1,000 acre plot purchased from the Gardner Tract by Simon Courtright before the Revolutionary War. Ownership passed to Peter Hotalen, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAZ8_stokes-state-forest_Sandyston-NJ.html
Governor Edward C. Stokes established the Board of Forest Park Reservations in 1905. The new forestry commission acquired 5,432 acres on Kittatinny Mountain in 1907 to create the E. C. Stokes Reserve.
Stokes State Forest grew to 12,429 acres by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAYT_the-village-of-bevans_Sandyston-NJ.html
Dutchman Peter Van Nests, first Sandyston Surveyor of Highways, settled here around 1767 at the intersection of rural roads that he had surveyed. The community, Peters Valley, became one of several small villages that supported nearby farms throug…