Brief Tidbits of Bernards Township Story: #1 05/11/01 Devil’s Tree More Than Just a Tree Me and my friends were all contemplating going up
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Category: History
Ongoing historical research on a variety of topics.
America’s First Nudist Colony is in Basking Ridge New Jersey
Go Figure – It’s true. Founded back in 1932 and situated on 38 acres in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and glad to know that
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Widow Whites Tavern in Basking Ridge was more than Grog Stop
Basking Ridge New Jersey’s Most Famous Incident At about noon time on December 13,1776, General Charles Lee (1731-1782), was alarmed by Major Wilkinson while
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Before West Point, there was the Pluckemin Encampment
PLUCKEMIN ENCAMPMENT AND AMERICA’S FIRST MILITARY ACADEMY This is not an article, more just research notes: May 2005 Notable References: The Dig, Henry Knox
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The name acquired three different spellings. In those days the people in charge of registering land titles and other legal documents spelled names as
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