THE 300TH IS HERE! WE'RE BACK! WE'VE REORGANIZED, UPDATING OUT WEBSITE, HISTORICAL EVENT COUNTY-WIDE CALENDAR AND WE ARE OFFERING AN OUTDOOR SET OF PROGRAMS!
WE HOPE ALL OF YOU, OUR PATRONS, FRIENDS AND HISTORICAL PARTNERS, HAVE BEEN WELL! WE ALL HAVE LIVED THRU ONE OF THE MOST HORRIFIC HISTORICAL EVENTS IN OUR HISTORY - A DEADLY PANDEMIC. IN 2018, WE WERE HOSTING TALKS ON THE 1918 FLU PANDEMIC... WHO WOULD HAVE EVER PREDICTED WE WOULD BE LIVING THRU ONE!
FOR NOW, THINGS ARE OPENED UP A BIT AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AND ABOUT. HERE IS OUR CURRENT CALENDAR, WITH MORE BEING ADDED WEEKLY (CHECK OUT OUR CALENDAR ON OUR WEBSITE: http://www.hunterdon300th.org/2021/events.html), FOLLOWED BY WHAT SOME OF OUR HISTORICAL PARTNERS ARE UP TO.
WE'RE BRINGING BACK OUR WALKING TOURS OF SOME OF OUR SMALL TOWNS AND HAMLETS! A NICE HALF DOZEN ON AUTUMN SATURDAYS... A FEW ARE REPEATS OF SOME OF OUR MOST POPULAR WALKING TOURS, A FEW ARE NEW. ALL ARE LIMITED IN HOW MANY WE CAN ACCOMMODATE SO MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP AS SOON AS WE OPEN UP RESERVATIONS STARTING DURING FAIR WEEK IN LATE AUGUST.
👀WE ARE ALSO TENTATIVELY PLANNING 3 NIGHTS OF GHOST WALKING TOURS IN DOWNTOWN FLEMINGTON. FLEMINGTON HAS AN INTERESTING REPUTATION FOR HAUNTED BUILDINGS AND WE HAVE SOME TRULY BONE-CHILLING STORIES TO SHARE. 👻 THESE TOURS WILL HAVE A SMALL FEE PER PERSON AND SPACE WILL BE VERY LIMITED. WE ARE PLANNING ON 3 TOURS PER NIGHT SO YOU HAVE 9 CHANCES TO SECURE SPACE.👀 RESERVATIONS WILL OPEN UP AROUND MID-SEPTEMBER.
FINALLY, COVID DEPENDENT, WE ARE HOPING TO BRING BACK OUR BUS TOUR OF ALL 26 MUNICIPALITIES IN ONE DAY. WE SOLD OUT IN 2019 AND HAD TO CANCEL THE TRIP IN 2020. WE'RE WATCHING COVID NUMBERS CAREFULLY TO SEE IF WE CAN RUN THIS TRIP. WE HAVE TO HAVE A FULL BUS IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS TRIP A BARGAIN FOR OUR PATRONS AS WE UNDERWRITE EVERY SEAT.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH: WALKING TOUR OF MOUNTAINVILLE, 2 PM with Tewksbury Township Historian Shawn Van Doren: Come hear the history of what was originally known as Bulls Head, where the confluence of 3 streams allowed Mountainville in Tewksbury Township to take advantage of the power of water and where the Potter family became an influential family. We’ll see the former one-room school, the local general store and post office, the hotel, the former Kitchen Caboodle cooking school and the site of a former tannery.
Tour length: 90 minutes
Free but Reservations Required.
Meeting locations will be disclosed to people with reservations only.
Walk limited to 30 people.
There is no rain date for this event. Should it rain, the talk will be moved indoors for a Virtual Tour.
If you are closed out of this event and wish to be on our Waiting List, please email us at 300info@co.hunterdon.nj.us or call (908) 788-2030 and leave a message.
If you want to hear those stories, told right where they happened, sign up for Saturday's Bad Luck & Poor Choices Tour. You'll also learn about Aaron Burr and Tippoo the Killer Elephant. (They never came to Frenchtown, but Vice President Burr wanted to.)
Registration is important. If no one registers, Rick will just stay home and sulk on his porch.
Free but are Reservations Required.
Meeting locations will be disclosed to people with reservations only.
Walk limited to 20 people.
There is no rain date for this event. In case of cancellation, you will receive notification thru Eventbrite.
If you are closed out of this event and wish to be on our Waiting List, please email us at 300info@co.hunterdon.nj.us or call (908) 788-2030 and leave a message.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9TH: WALKING TOUR OF SERGEANTSVILLE, 10:30 AM: Delaware Township's Historical Society's Marilyn Cummings and native of Sergeantsville Lois Stewart will lead the tour around this charming hamlet. This village was established at a crossroads and had a tavern by 1780. It went by a rather unattractive but descriptive name during its early history! Come find out what it was and why it was called that. It has since grown into the charming place it is today… and boasts one of the finest inns in the area -- stay after the walk and enjoy a great lunch there!
The tour starts at 10:30 am and will run approximately 60 minutes.
Free but reservations are required.
Limited to 20 people. Meeting location to be disclosed to those holding reservations only.
There is no rain date for this event. In case of cancellation, you will receive notification thru Eventbrite.
If you are closed out of this event and wish to be on our Waiting List, please email us at 300info@co.hunterdon.nj.us or call (908) 788-2030 and leave a message.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16TH: WALKING TOUR OF FLEMINGTON, 10:30 am: Let’s take a walk in Historic Downtown Flemington. Hear the stories of the buildings, the people that built them and how the downtown has changed and adapted over three hundred years of settlement.
Janice Armstrong, President of the Hunterdon County Historical Society, a life-long resident of Hunterdon County and a lover of local history, will be your guide. One of her favorite things is to take adults and kids walking and looking at downtowns including Milford, Flemington, Clinton, as well as Bethlehem, Easton, and Nazareth PA.
The tour starts at 10:30 am and will run approximately 60 minutes.
Free but reservations are required.
Limited to 20 people. Meeting location to be disclosed to those holding reservations only.
There is no rain date for this event. In case of cancellation, you will receive notification thru Eventbrite.
If you are closed out of this event and wish to be on our Waiting List, please email us at 300info@co.hunterdon.nj.us or call (908) 788-2030 and leave a message.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23RD: 26 MUNICIPALITIES IN ONE DAY BUS TOUR -- TENTATIVE; 9 AM TO 5 PM. PLEASE WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23RD: GHOST TOUR OF DOWNTOWN FLEMINGTON: 👻 JOIN US FOR A BONE-CHILLING WALK IN OUR HISTORIC COUNTY SEAT. 👀 STORIES OF MURDER AND MAYHEM, VOICES HEARD FROM THE PAST, APPARITIONS, AND THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT. ALL OF OUR STORIES ARE DOCUMENTED -- AFTER ALL, WE ARE A HISTORICAL ORGANIZATION. TOURS LEAVE AT 6:30 PM, 7 PM, and 7:30 PM AND LAST 90 MINUTES. $10 PER PERSON; CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER, $5; NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 8. RESERVATIONS AND PRE-PAYMENT REQUIRED. REFRESHMENTS FOLLOWING THE WALK ARE INCLUDED WITH YOUR TICKET.
If you are closed out of this event and wish to be on our Waiting List, please email us at 300info@co.hunterdon.nj.us or call (908) 788-2030 and leave a message.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29TH: GHOST TOUR OF DOWNTOWN FLEMINGTON: JOIN US FOR A BONE-CHILLING WALK IN OUR HISTORIC COUNTY SEAT. STORIES OF MURDER AND MAYHEM, VOICES HEARD FROM THE PAST, APPARITIONS, AND THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT. 👻 ALL OF OUR STORIES ARE DOCUMENTED -- AFTER ALL, WE ARE A HISTORICAL ORGANIZATION. TOURS LEAVE AT 6:30 PM, 7 PM, AND 7:30 PM AND LAST 90 MINUTES. $10 PER PERSON; CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER, $5; NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 8. RESERVATIONS AND PRE-PAYMENT REQUIRED. REFRESHMENTS FOLLOWING THE WALK ARE INCLUDED WITH YOUR TICKET. 👀
If you are closed out of this event and wish to be on our Waiting List, please email us at 300info@co.hunterdon.nj.us or call (908) 788-2030 and leave a message.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30TH: 👀 GHOST TOUR OF DOWNTOWN FLEMINGTON: JOIN US FOR A BONE-CHILLING WALK IN OUR HISTORIC COUNTY SEAT. 👻 STORIES OF MURDER AND MAYHEM, VOICES HEARD FROM THE PAST, APPARITIONS, AND THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT. ALL OF OUR STORIES ARE DOCUMENTED -- AFTER ALL, WE ARE A HISTORICAL ORGANIZATION. TOURS LEAVE AT 6:30 PM, 7 PM, AND 7:30 PM AND LAST 90 MINUTES. $10 PER PERSON; CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER, $5; NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 8. RESERVATIONS AND PRE-PAYMENT REQUIRED. REFRESHMENTS FOLLOWING THE WALK ARE INCLUDED WITH YOUR TICKET.
If you are closed out of this event and wish to be on our Waiting List, please email us at 300info@co.hunterdon.nj.us or call (908) 788-2030 and leave a message.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH: WALKING TOUR OF RINGOES, 10 AM: Take a walking tour of downtown Ringoes and discover its rich history. Our tour guide is Dave Harding, former Hunterdon County Historical Society trustee, founding member of the East Amwell Historical Society, and author of a self-guided walking tour of Ringoes. Dave will tell us about John Ringo’s arrival in the early 1700s where he became a reluctant tavern owner, and discuss the legend of his buried treasure. We'll learn about the Sons of Liberty meeting at the tavern of “the second” John Ringo, an ardent patriot who hung a portrait of George Washington outside his establishment (unless the British were passing through!). We’ll swing past the Henry Landis House where the Marquis de LaFayette convalesced after falling ill, and we’ll talk about the local doctor who rushed to his aid. Speaking of doctors, we’ll also tell you all about Dr. Mary Tidd Bennett, the town’s rare 1800s female physician, and we’ll stand beside the home and publishing house of Dr. Cornelius Larison, and discuss this physician, teacher, publisher, author, interviewer of ex-slave Sylvia DuBois and advocate of phonetic spelling. We’ll also learn about the impact of the railroad on the community and what the village looked like a century ago. Join us to learn about the fascinating, historic hamlet.
Reservations are required. Approximately 90 minutes.
Meeting location to be disclosed to those holding
reservations only EAST AMWELL TOWNSHIP, NJ 08551
Walk limited to 20 people.
There is no rain date for this event. In case of cancellation, you will receive notification thru Eventbrite.
If you are closed out of this event and wish to be on our Waiting List, please email us at 300info@co.hunterdon.nj.us or call (908) 788-2030 and leave a message.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH: WALKING TOUR OF THREE BRIDGES 10 AM: Join County Historian and Three Bridges native John Kuhl for a walking tour of historic Three Bridges. John knows every nook and cranny of this special hamlet. Wear comfortable shoes!
Walk limited to 30 people.
The walk is free but reservations are required.
Meeting location will be disclosed to people with reservations only.
There is no rain date for this event. In case of cancellation, you will receive notification thru Eventbrite.
If you are closed out of this event and wish to be on our Waiting List, please email us at 300info@co.hunterdon.nj.us or call (908) 788-2030 and leave a message.
STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONS TO OUR CALEDAR SOON!
AUGUST 25TH THRU AUGUST 29TH: HUNTERDON 4-H AND AGRICULTURAL FAIR! WE'LL BE THERE IN THE COMMUNITY BOOTH ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR WONDERFUL HISTORICAL PARTNERS INCLUDING THE HUNTERDON HISTORICAL SOCIETY! AS ALWAYS, WE'LL HAVE FAIR SPECIALS AT OUR TABLE OF UNIQUE HUNTERON COUNTY BOOKS AND MERCHANDISE! PLEASE STOP BY AND SAY HI! WE MISS YOU!
EVENTS FROM OUR HISTORICAL PARTNERS AROUND HUNTERDON COUNTY!
AUGUST 15TH: CORN FEST! AT HOLCOMBE JIMISON FARMSTEAD MUSEUM: NOON TO 4 PM: 1605 DANIEL BRAY HIGHWAY, LAMBERTVILLE: FOOD, MUSIC, FUN! CORN HUSKING CONTEST AT 1 PM; FUN GAMES INCLUDING CORN HOLE AND HOOPS; LIVE MUSIC ON THE LAWN FROM 2 TO 4 PM FEATURING MOSS HENRY AND THE BRYOPHYTES; GRIND CORN AND FEED THE CHICKENS; THE BLACKSMITH SHOP AND THE MUSEUM WILL BE OPEN.$5 PER PERSON, CHILDREN 5 AND UNDER ARE FREE; FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS $25. LEARN MORE AT www.holcombe-jimison.org
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28TH: LEBANON TOWNSHIP MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE CELEBRATING THE OPENING OF THEIR CARRIAGE SHED ANNEX! 11 AM TO 3 PM :The lockdown was a time of tremendous growth at the Lebanon Township Museum. This included the construction of the Carriage Shed Museum Annex (adding 400 square feet of exhibit space!) as well as the:
* Acquisition of artifacts from the Tuberculosis Sanatorium
* Acceptance of a collection of artwork by local legend Don Ross
* Development of interpretative signage throughout the museum (including QR links to historic photos, articles & videos!)
* Installation of new exhibits including the new Pandemic Art & Artifact display
* Creation of hands-on educational fun for kids (scavenger hunt, Dr. Knox's feature profile test puzzle, archaeologist dig station & more!)
