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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/HMX2L_wallpack-n-j_Branchville-NJ.html
Wallpack Township, formed in 1731 out of Hunterdon County, included the present townships of Montague, Sandyston and the former Pahaquarry. The Delaware River forms the western boundary and the Old Mine Road, supposedly built by Dutch miners be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHK6_branchville-nj_Branchville-NJ.html
On or about the year 1690 William H. Beemer settled here on 1,000 acres of land and built the first mill. James Haggerty purchased this land in 1793 and built additional successful mills lending the area the name known as "Brantown" due to the man…
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, …
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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/HM52A_sussex-railroad_Branchville-NJ.html
In 1869, due to the efforts of a prominent Branchville resident, William H. Bell, the Sussex Railroad was completed, ending in Branchville borough. The line, finished by Bell himself, was for a time referred to as the "Branchville Railroad." The f…
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