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| | | New Bridge Landing at River Edge June 9, 2009 Welcoming Remarks from Michael Trepicchio, Chairman of the
Historic New Bridge Landing Park Commission, at the Steuben House. We welcome Governor Corzine and distinguished guests to this very special place in the life and story of our Nation, acknowledging a truly bipartisan effort to save this beautiful fragment of the Jersey Dutch countryside. In an important and meaningful way, this legislation re-invents the framework for a model private/public partnership, empowering those who are most interested and caring to protect this great Revolutionary War battleground. This is well and good---for in so doing, we not only honor the resource for its inherent value, but we also inspire a broad base of community support to preserve a cherished reminder of our past in a way that primes an economic engine. Tourism is New Jersey's third largest industry, yet the potential for heritage tourism remains virtually untapped, despite New Jersey’s many historic sites---such as New Bridge---that possess international significance and interest. In this light, we are committed to making Historic New Bridge Landing a premier heritage destination, attracting tourist dollars in the Nation's largest metropolitan market to the benefit of all. | | | |  | | | We particularly recognize the many friends of history who join us today. You exemplify our hopes and expectations for safekeeping this sacred ground, where Washington and his endangered army crossed a bridge to the future, preserving the love of liberty for posterity. Through your efforts on our behalf, we continue to raise awareness of the need to preserve the artifacts that narrate our history in a proper museum, safe from invading waters. | | | | To the many friends of Historic New Bridge Landing, in this room and beyond, we ask your continued support for making this unique educational opportunity available to people of all ages and interests, keeping history alive for our next generation of citizens and leaders. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | |  | | | Have you traveled by New Bridge Landing recently? We poked the camera through the fence today -- April 18, 2009 -- to take a progress photo. The clean-up is well underway! Looking northeast toward the Campbell-Christie House, the former junkyard forms the western boundary of Historic New Bridge Landing park. Location of the future HNBL visitor center. | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | | | | We have begun a fundraising drive to raise money to meet the challenge to preserving Bergen County's rich history. We seek the support of caring and interested persons and public-spirited businesses. We are kicking off a coin drive by the school children of New Jersey October 2008. We hope to raise the funds to build a safe museum environment where we can professionally conserve, research and exhibit the Bergen County Historical Society's collection. You can start now...find out how! Watch the video now. | | | | | | | | | |
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A new brochure with map and history of HNBL. 1.1 mg pdf. | | | |  | | | 8-1/2 x 14" Legal Size | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | |  | | | | | The Bergen Dutch were an agricultural community who settled and farmed the valleys of the Hackensack, Saddle and Passaic Rivers, beginning in 1640. The Campbell-Christie and Demarest Houses display a small part of the BCHS collections (objects made or used in Bergen County from 1680 to 1860) which span folk art, ladderback chairs, Hackensack cupboards, kasten (Dutch cupboards), redware pottery, coverlets, quilts and spoonboards. Shown here:
Flora in her Chariot.
Folk painting in a Hackensack Valley Matchstick frame.
| | | Click here to see a sampling of the collections or read some of the research on the collections. | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | The BCHS message board is an online forum for queries, discussions, and alerts about Bergen County history. Enter your event or look for an activity in the Calendar. List your BC history-related website in History Links. Anyone can browse the forums, but you must register to post messages. Registrants may also receive periodic e-newsletters.
Please join us. The more participants, the better! To contact BCHS, email us to below address.
contact@bergencountyhistory.org | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |
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| | The Bergen County Historical Society (BCHS), a 501(c)(3) non-profit volunteer organization, promotes preservation, study and appreciation of local history. Beginning in 1939, our museum collections were displayed at the Steuben House, a State Historic Site. The house is now open for special events. Most of the 4,000 items in the collection are in storage. The Campbell-Christie House is located on Bergen County Historical Society land. BCHS operates the historic house museum and provides programing. Other activities include placement of informative roadside historic markers, educational events, museum exhibits, monthly lectures, and a library collection. We are not a government agency and presently receive no regular or significant public funding, we rely on private donations and membership. For a more complete description of BCHS.
Are you a member? Here's how to join. Or scroll down to learn more. BCHS Board 2009-2010
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| New Bridge was a prosperous mill hamlet, centered upon a bridge strategically placed at the narrows of the Hackensack River, Bergen County, New Jersey.
The Steuben House, Campbell-Christie House and Demarest House are landmarks of Bergen Dutch sandstone architecture, popularly called "Dutch Colonial" and frequently seen and admired throughout northern NJ. The Steuben House still stands on its original site. The Steuben House is now open for special events.
Visit the HNBL Park Commission's website.
We'd love to hear about your experience visiting HNBL.
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| | | |  | | | Crossing at New Bridge, Washington saved his army from its certain defeat in November 1776, inspiring Thomas Paines' American Crisis. New Bridge was a strategic river crossing throughout the American Revolution. Its homes served as military headquarters. Deadly skirmishes echoed about its walls, earthworks were thrown upon its hills, and consuming armies camped upon its fields. Soldiers passed this gateway so often that the Steuben House is said to have seen more of the Revolution than any other house in America. | | | | | | |
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| | See the Past come alive | | | | | | EVENT:
You are invited to sail on NJ’s official tall ship, the A.J. Meerwald
July 15, 17, 18 & 19 This is a great opportunity to view the majestic NJ Palisades and the New York skyline from the deck of a magnificently restored 1928 two-masted, 115-foot Delaware Bay oyster schooner driven by over 3,500 square feet of sail—not your typical pleasure cruise! Each cruise will feature a program or guest speakers about New Jersey’s history and environment. This is an open deck vessel with hatch covers and wooden deck boxes for seating.
Please support BCHS and have a memorable experience! Don't wait to too long, four sails are already sold out! | | |  | | | | | | | |  | |  | | | A.J. Meerwald – Photo by photodesignali | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | |  | | | | | | | The Society's Library collection comprises family genealogy, diaries, and manuscripts; church, cemetery, and bible records; books, clippings, and on local and county history, the Revolutionary War, and historic architecture; postcards, photos, videos, atlases, and maps. They are located at Felican College (Lodi campus library) and available regularly once a week. Click here for a more complete description of collections and directions. No microfilm census records.
Open Wednesdays, 11:30 am to 5:00 pm (Staffed by BCHS volunteers)
Closed for month of August.
Research articles of interest - Please remember to obey US copyright laws. The articles have been previously published in BCHS newsletters. | | | |  | | | | | | | | | BCHS Newsletter – Spring/Summer 2009
1.1 mg (pdf) | | | BCHS Newsletter – Early Winter 2008
1.1 mg (pdf) BCHS Newsletter – Spring 2008 (pdf) HNBL Train Stop, Outhouse History, Bergen Trolley, A Century Ago, Colonial-era Broadside BCHS Newsletter – Winter 2007-2008 (pdf) Marker Program, Collecitons, A Century Ago, Important Donations, Blockhouses and Chaos, Teaneck House BCHS Newsletter – Winter 2006-2007 (pdf) Modern Steuben House history, Haworth House, Marginalia From Ancient Almanacs, Zabriskie Mystery, Franklin Lakes’ Contribution to The Battle of the Atlantic BCHS Newsletter - Winter 2006 (pdf)
Article on Tenafly, Frank A. Morrison Indian Artifact Collection and a Century Ago BCHS Newsletter - Spring 2005 (pdf)
articles on Rev War Massacre at the Steuben House, 1780 events at New Bridge, Hackensack Raid in 1780 and a Century Ago BCHS Newsletter - Fall 2004 (pdf)
articles on Indian Castle at New Bridge, Nike Base NY & Dear Friends by Ruth Paci and a Century Ago | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Website created and maintained by Deborah Powell, contact: contactBCHS@bergencountyhistory.org
I will forward questions to be answered by all-volunteer organization. This site updated 07/03/09
Albert Dib created and maintains the BCHS message board.
Painting of site by L.Feigel. Painting of Retreat by B.Spencer Newman. All photos by D. Powell unless otherwise noted. Website created in 1996. Bergen County Historical Society
P.O. Box 55, River Edge, New Jersey 07661 • www.bergencountyhistory.org
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