I've lived in New Jersey for more than 40 years, but I'll never be a real New Jersey girl. I grew up in Pennsylvania where there was lots of snow, one traffic light in town, and 90 kids in my grade--from kindergarten through graduation. I didn't know anything about The Shore, or baked ziti, or Chanukah until I came to Jersey. But, I've come to love all of that and much more--especially the history. I now know about the Jersey Dutch, strawberry baskets, railroad suburbs, the bridge that saved a nation, and so much more. I've learned that to tell the local stories about regular people I need to read wills, estate files, census records, pension applications, letters, tombstones, newspapers, and anything else I can find. So, that's some of what I want to share with you!

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Dunkerhook Advocates now on Facebook

Follow the progress of saving the Vanderbeck house and property and restoring the Naugle House on the new facebook page of the Dunkerhook Advocates.  Keep in the loop so that you can make your voice heard.


This is what is posted about the group:

"This is an advocacy group for the historic, cultural, and landscape preservation for the Dunkerhook area of the boroughs of Fair Lawn and Paramus, which straddles the Saddle River along Dunkerhook Road in Bergen County, New Jersey.

"In the aftermath of the of the destruction of the Zabriskie Tenant House, the last remaining building on the Paramus side of the river, we hope to inspire activism to preserve the Naugle House, the Vanderbeck House, and their surrounding rural landscape as reminders of the Dutch Colonial period of this part of New Jersey.

"The New Jersey State Legislature declared Dunkerhook Road as one of eight historic roads in the Garden State, and we hope to inspire the creation of a historic district linking both sides of the Saddle River. The Vanderbeck and Naugle Properties are presently threatened by development, and in Paramus, all of the historic sites are now archaeological: houses, a church, a school, and a cemetery. We hope to see academic work done by archaeologists, preservationists, and historians to preserve the physical and cultural remnants of this unique community."

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)