The photographic history series “A Penny A View” started in 1993 with the book about Lafayette Township in Sussex County. The concept for this series is to use the massive postcard collection that one of the authors has assembled as the basis for depicting what communities and subjects looked like from 1900 to 1950.
Each book is about a municipality or a subject in Sussex County and is formatted to provide a tour of that community. The images are set up in a sequence that provides the reader with a logical go from one image to another, as if it were a walking or driving tour.
Pick any three from the following: Andover Borough, Franklin, Hamburg, Lafayette, Newton, Ogdensburg, and Sparta. Please note on your paypal payment which three you would like.
The photographic history series “A Penny A View” started in 1993 with the book about Lafayette Township in Sussex County. The concept for this series is to use the massive postcard collection that one of the authors has assembled as the basis for depicting what communities and subjects looked like from 1900 to 1950.
Each book is about a municipality or a subject in Sussex County and is formatted to provide a tour of that community. The images are set up in a sequence that provides the reader with a logical go from one image to another, as if it were a walking or driving tour.
Pick any two from the following: Andover Borough, Franklin, Hamburg, Lafayette, Newton, Ogdensburg, and Sparta. Please note on your paypal payment which two you would like.
The photographic history series “A Penny A View” started in 1993 with the book about Lafayette Township in Sussex County. The concept for this series is to use the massive postcard collection that one of the authors has assembled as the basis for depicting what communities and subjects looked like from 1900 to 1950.
Each book is about a municipality or a subject in Sussex County and is formatted to provide a tour of that community. The images are set up in a sequence that provides the reader with a logical go from one image to another, as if it were a walking or driving tour.
The photographic history series “A Penny A View” started in 1993 with the book about Lafayette Township in Sussex County. The concept for this series is to use the massive postcard collection that one of the authors has assembled as the basis for depicting what communities and subjects looked like from 1900 to 1950.
Each book is about a municipality or a subject in Sussex County and is formatted to provide a tour of that community. The images are set up in a sequence that provides the reader with a logical go from one image to another, as if it were a walking or driving tour.
Included are A Penny A View…Railroads of Sussex County, Volume 1 which includes photographs of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Also included isA Penny A View…Railroads of Sussex County, Volume 2 which includes photographs of the Lehigh & Hudson River, Lehigh & New England, and the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroads. Both are authored by Wayne McCabe & Kate Gordon.
The photographic history series “A Penny A View” started in 1993 with the book about Lafayette Township in Sussex County. The concept for this series is to use the massive postcard collection that one of the authors has assembled as the basis for depicting what communities and subjects looked like from 1900 to 1950.
Each book is about a municipality or a subject in Sussex County and is formatted to provide a tour of that community. The images are set up in a sequence that provides the reader with a logical go from one image to another, as if it were a walking or driving tour.
Amelia Stickney Decker and Ralph Decker are well known in Sussex County. Amelia was a historian and Ralph was an educator. Ralph wrote Then And Now: Forty Years in the Schools of Sussex County. He gives a history of Sussex County schools up to 1940 as well as histories of individual school districts. Included are many photographs of early Sussex County school houses. This is a recent 3rd edition reprint by the Byram Township Historical Society.
Amelia Stickney Decker wrote That Ancient Trail.
Beautifully bound and reproduced as it was originally published in 1942 (Pre Tocks Island), this locally popular book by Amelia Decker explores the discovery, settling and early life along the Old Mine Road. It captures in text and photographs some of the homes, churches, cemeteries and genealogies of some of the earliest settlers in this area, in addition to narratives on the Native Americans of the region.
The second part of the book takes the reader on a tour of some of the connecting roads and “Century Old Houses” in Walpack, Sandyston and Montague Townships. An Index to family and place names is also included. Reprinted in 2003 by the Sussex County Historical Society.
The definitive history of the High Point area including geology and prehistory. Charles St. John and the High Point Inn and the Kuser family continue the story. The beginnings of High Point Park and later Park history complete the story. Published in 1990 by the Sussex County Historical Society.
Great chance to save with this Cutoff Combo Special.
First is Building the Lackawanna Cutoff by William Strait. Tells the story of the building of the Cutoff as seen in Sussex County newspapers. Includes many photographs of the construction of the Cutoff.
Second is from the Penny A View series titled Building the Lackawanna Cutoff in Sussex and Warren Counties,NJ by Wayne McCabe and Kate Gordon. Includes over 70 postcard views of the building of the Cutoff.
This is a group of three booklets about the history of Newton. First is Around the Green by Kevin Wright, a 26 page booklet about the history of Newton accompanied by photographs and descriptions of some of the earliest buildings. Second is A Penny A View….an album of postcard views: Newton NJ a 50 page booklet by Wayne T. McCabe and Kate Gordon.
The photographic history series “A Penny A View” started in 1993 with the book about Lafayette Township in Sussex County. The concept for this series is to use the massive postcard collection that one of the authors has assembled as the basis for depicting what communities and subjects looked like from 1900 to 1950.
Each book is about a municipality or a subject in Sussex County and is formatted to provide a tour of that community. The images are set up in a sequence that provides the reader with a logical go from one image to another, as if it were a walking or driving tour.
Last we have Newton, New Jersey illustrated by E.E. Bice with an historical sketch by Judge Henry Huston. This 60 page booklet is a 2001 reprint of the original 1897 booklet which was sponsored by the members of the town’s business community in order to foster the economic development of Newton. In addition to the text describing the features of the town, there are many photographs of Newton from the 1890’s.
Stanhope and Byram have rich industrial histories that were shaped by local natural resources. Winding its way through Stanhope, the Morris Canal aided the town’s iron production, while Lake Musconetcong helped sustain production and transport materials through the area. Stanhope began as an unincorporated village, having been carved out of Byram Township, a neighboring community established in 1798, and was officially incorporated as Stanhope Borough in 1904. Byram benefitted from the Morris Canal, with its Waterloo Village as a thriving halfway point along the canal. Situated between Jersey City and Phillipsburg, Waterloo provided a perfect stopover for weary canal workers. Despite its prime location and various amenities, the village was ultimately abandoned in the 1920s. Preservation and restoration efforts and fundraising have been ongoing, and the site currently offers tours and programs. Stanhope and Byram shares the history of these two close-knit bedroom communities that are embraced for their tranquil scenery and inviting atmospheres.
Two of our most popular publications are included in the Mini Sampler. First is High Point of the Blue Mountains by Ronald J. Dupont Jr and Kevin Wright. The definitive history of the High Point area including geology and prehistory. Charles St. John and the High Point Inn and the Kuser family continue the story. The beginnings of High Point Park and later Park history complete the story. Published in 1990 by the Sussex County Historical Society. The second publication is the classic That Ancient Trail by Amelia Stickney Decker.
Beautifully bound and reproduced as it was originally published in 1942 (Pre Tocks Island), this locally popular book by Amelia Decker explores the discovery, settling and early life along the Old Mine Road. It captures in text and photographs some of the homes, churches, cemeteries and genealogies of some of the earliest settlers in this area, in addition to narratives on the Native Americans of the region.
The second part of the book takes the reader on a tour of some of the connecting roads and “Century Old Houses” in Walpack, Sandyston and Montague Townships. An Index to family and place names is also included. Republished in 2003 by the Sussex County Historical Society.
This is a group of four publications about Sussex County history. First we have High Point of the Blue Mountains, the definitive history of High Point from prehistory through the Kusar family to the development of the park written by Ronald J. Dupont Jr. and Kevin Wright. Next we have a reprint of the classic That Ancient Trail by Amelia Stickney Decker about the Old Mine Road. For the cemetery fans we have Behold and See, As you Pass By, a selection of epitaphs from the Old Cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church of Sparta 1787-1924 written by Mary Elinor Eppler. And finally a pamphlet Sussex County Place Names by Myra Snook. It lists some of the old place names in the county with a brief history.
Beautifully bound and reproduced as it was originally published in 1942 (Pre Tocks Island), this locally popular book by Amelia Decker explores the discovery, settling and early life along the Old Mine Road. This is the 2003 Jostens reprint. It captures in text and photographs some of the homes, churches, cemeteries and genealogies of some of the earliest settlers in this area, in addition to narratives on the Native Americans of the region.
The second part of the book takes the reader on a tour of some of the connecting roads and “Century Old Houses” in Walpack, Sandyston and Montague Townships. An Index to family and place names is also included.
From “The Bell House” – That Ancient Trail, p. 111
“The Bell House, now the home of Mr. and Mrs. Burson Bell is situated on the Old Mine Road about three miles south of Brick House Hotel. It is marked by a bronze marker, erected by the Sussex County Historical Society and Chinckchewunska Chapter D.A.R. which stands along this old highway at the entrance to the land leading to the house. It is one of three houses now standing that were a part of the ancient village of Minisink… The Westbrook farm located at the Village of Minisink, on which Clementina Westbrook, her son Burson Bell and grandchildren now reside, has been in the Westbrook family over 200 years. The ancestors of this family were living there, owned the farm and voted there in 1701. Their votes were counted in Ulster County, N.Y. as appears in documentary evidence….The house has all kinds of illumination from the pine fagot, animal oils, tallow candles, kerosene lamp to its present system, electricity”
“The Ennis House”, p. 113
“We find this stone house standing on the Old Mine Road in Sandyston Township, Sussex County, about three miles south of the Brick House Hotel. According to the date cut between the door and window in front of the house, it was erected in 1751 not far from the site of the ancient village of Minisink. The initials T.B. are to be found inscribed with the date. It was the house of William Ennis who came down the Delaware Valley from Esopus (Kingston, N.Y.) about 1734 and was one of the first teachers of Sussex County…