History Walks in New Jersey
Rivergate Books (Verlag)
978-0-8135-3969-0 (ISBN)
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.
Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison have published eight guidebooks together, including A Guide to Green New Jersey: Nature Walks in the Garden State (Rutgers University Press).
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
Photo Credits
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.11.2006 |
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Zusatzinfo | 40 |
Verlagsort | Piscataway |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 340 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport | |
Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8135-3969-2 / 0813539692 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8135-3969-0 / 9780813539690 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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