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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKHQ_dar-van-bunschooten-museum_Wantage-NJ.html
This house was built in 1787 as the home of the Reverend Elias Van Bunschooten, a Dutch Reformed Minister. He was a farmer, mill operator, and large land owner. The farm was part of a 1000 acre plantation. The Dutch Colonial house is post and beam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI5A_kilpatricks-reenactment_Wantage-NJ.html
At the invitation of Major Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836-1881), a native of Wantage, over forty thousand veterans of the American Civil War and guards were treated to four days of festivities from August 25-28, 1878. On the final day of the encampm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI53_sussex-borough-new-jersey_Sussex-NJ.html
Sussex Borough was settled by Peter Decker about 1742. It was incorporated from Wantage Township as the Borough of Deckertown on October 15, 1891. The name was changed to Sussex Borough on March 2, 1902. The Sussex Presbyterian Church, the oldest …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHK9_lusscroft_Wantage-NJ.html
Enos Brink farmed this foothills at the head of the West Branch of the Papakating Creek from 1835 to 1871. James Turner (1859-1939), of Montclair, retired executive of Arbuckle Brothers, a NY coffee and sugar company, built Lusscroft between 1919 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHHY_goldsmith-maid_Wantage-NJ.html
Here in the Clove in 1857 a filly of Hambletonian lineage was foaled on the farm of John B. Decker. When fully grown, a bay standardbred mare 15 hands, she was bought by Alden Goldsmith of Washingtonville, NY and won her first harness race at Gosh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGBM_the-kuser-lodge-an-inn-a-mansion-a-museum_Sussex-NJ.html
The Kuser Family Transformed the High Point InnTwin brothers John and Anthony Kuser, purchased the High Point Inn and the surrounding property in 1910. The sprawling mountain resort became the summer retreat of Anthony Kuser and his wife, Susie Dr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGBC_public-parks-refuge-recreation-for-all_Sussex-NJ.html
The First Public Park Was an Urban OasisWhen Europeans first arrived in America the land seemed limitless. However, by the late 1800s settlements stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific. More people were living in crowded cities and needed an e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGBA_the-gift-of-a-state-park_Sussex-NJ.html
High Point - One of New Jersey's First State ParksLike many early parks, High Point was privately owned for many years. During the early 1900s it was the summer estate of Anthony Kuser and his wife, Susie Dryden Kuser. Senator John F. Dryden, foun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGAG_high-point-an-early-haven-for-sightseers-sportsmen_Sussex-NJ.html
Early Settlement Were SparseSince prehistoric times the rugged landscape of the Kittatinny Ridge has made it more a place to visit than a place to live. Native Americans hunted the forests and fished the lakes here, but their villages were located…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFNJ_high-point-monument_Wantage-NJ.html
Height 220 FeetBase 34 feet square at the platformand 19 feet square where apex begins.The base of the monument is erected onthe highest point in the State of New JerseyAltitude 1803 feet above sea level.Corner stone laid June 8, 19291930< Second …