The Year in Review
2018
Wednesday, February 21 – 7:30PM @ the Township building – Discussion about our historic bridges. Volunteering to ‘adopt a bridge’. Further research for individual historic status.
Saturday, April 21 @ 1:00PM – History Hike in the area around Sandy Ridge. Meet at Sandy Ridge Church at 12:45. We will be touring several early farmsteads.
Summer & Fall workdays at the Reading Schoolhouse
Tuesday, September 4 – 7:00PM @ Hunterdon County Library main branch:
“AND WATERSHEDS BEGAT WATERWORKS”
Following her spring talk, ‘IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS WATER’, Marilyn Cummings continues her theme with this mapping adventure of the amazing watersheds, creeks and brooks of Hunterdon County and the ways they were conquered and harnessed by our settlers of the 18th & 19th centuries. Join her for this wide-ranging look at such topics as ferries, bridges, mills, canals and other remarkable early waterworks, as well as the early roads that served them. Fun and informative for both adults and students alike, this is a broad introduction to the fall series of events sponsored by the Hunterdon County 300th organization [ www.hunterdon300th.org ].
Tuesday, November 13 – 7:00PM @ Hunterdon County Library main branch:
‘UP A CREEK’ in Hunterdon County
Saturday, December 1 from 4:00PM – DTHS Christmas Party @ Headquarters Farm
2017
Tuesday, February 21 @ 4:00PM – First meeting of the Oral History Interviewers
Friday, March 31 @ 4:00PM – Second meeting of the Oral History Interviewers
2-Session Oral History Workshop – April 23 & TBA Please call 609-397-2603 for further information.
Saturday, April 22 @ 1:00PM – DTHS Village Walk of historic Stockton [Meet at Prallsville Mills parking lot.] Raindate: Sunday, April 23rd Please call 609-397-5363 for further information.
Saturday, December 2 @ 4:00PM – DTHS Christmas party @ Headquarters Farm
2016
Saturday, April 9, 2016 – Two 18thC Cookhearth Luncheons @ Headquarters Farm / 11:00AM & 1:30PM
Sunday, April 10, 2016 – History Hike @ Raven Rock Quarry and Bull’s Island / 1:00PM
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 @ 7:00PM – Hunterdon Co. Library ‘WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE’
The telling of 18th-century history using amazing 21st-century technology. A nutshell chronology of the events
of the American Revolution as told from the perspective of the common and not-so-common people directly involved… and highlighting some of the many captivating places George Washington actually slept! With a decidedly non-military slant, this tracing of people, places, and events during the War will appeal to a wide audience, both men and women as well as older students. [See www.historymapping.org for the online version of this program.]
Sunday, November 6, 2016 @ 4PM at Town Hall – Member meeting followed by refreshments at the Inn.
Saturday, December 3, 2016 @ 4:00PM – DTHS Christmas Party at Headquarters Farm
2015
Sunday afternoon, May 3, 2015 from 1-4 PM – Tour of Richard Holcombe House
& History Hike that will include former Holcombe lands in the vicinity. The Holcombe
House is one of the earliest in Delaware Township and will be auctioned by the state
in the near future. The History Hike will begin at 2:00 PM at the Holcombe House.
Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015 – DTHS Christmas Party from 4:00PM @ Headquarters Farm
2014
Saturday, May 31, 2014 @ 1:30 PM – Fund raiser to benefit the Reading Schoolhouse
A private walking tour of the beautiful 16-acre Edgewood Forest nature preserve.
Sunday afternoon, Oct. 12, 2014 from 1-4 PM – Tour of Saxtonville Tavern
DTHS is have an open house & tour of this venerable building. It is slated
to be auctioned (with historic easements) in the near future, and we want
everyone interested in historic properties as well as potential buyers to be
aware of this remarkable structure. It is a rare surviving example of an early
1800s combination dwelling & tavern. Our cookhearth expert will be fixing
refreshments over the fire. Donations of $5 per person would be appreciated.
Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 at 4:00 PM – Dedication ceremony at our Rosemont-Raven Rock
bridge and refreshments at our Reading One-Room Schoolhouse to celebrate the reopening
of our one-of-a-kind, recently restored 1878 truss bridge.
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014 at 6:00 PM – Harvest Dinner & Fund Raiser
Headquarters Farm – Route 604 at Zentek Rd. Call: 609-397-5363
Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 from 4:00 PM – DTHS Christmas Party
at Headquarters Farm, Zentek Rd, Headquarters, NJ