1932: BORDENTOWN - READY TO RELIVE ITS PAST

I was pleasantly surprised that I am genealogically related to Joseph Borden for whom this bucolic town is named is directly related to my mother who was a member of the MOUNT family; pioneer settlers in Monmouth County in the area of Navesink and Locust. She nor I never knew that she was directly descended not only from the Borden family, but also John Adams, Conrwallis, and COUNTLESS historic personages from our historic past. Above is a full page scan of the town's history and I am working on page 2. It is a really cumbersome effort to scan these full "broad sheet" pages of the Trenton Times.

1940: "HOJO" AND THEIR 28 FLAVORS

I never did try all 28 flavors, but they sure did have delightful ice cream. This photo will warm the heart of any of my contemporaries who dined at Howard Johnson's back in the day. Note the road side designation Route 25 and 206.

1941: HOWARD JOHNSON ROUTE 25 BORDENTOWN

Back when I was a new teenage driver, one of the things I and my buddies did as we cruised around the area when gas was 19.9 cents per gallon, was to drive up what was then known as the "highway of death" due to all the many accidents and the truck traffic that traversed north and south before the N.J. Turnpike was built. They were such simple pleasures: We would let those 18 wheelers pass us and as they did we would blink our headlights telling him it was OK for him to go back into the right lane ahead of us. He in turn would return the courtesy with a blink of his tail lights as he changed lanes and slipped in front of us. We often rode Route 25 (today's U.S. Route 130, occasionally stopping at Bordentown's Hamburger Haven, a trip to Millside Farms for a banana boat, or sampling one of Howard Johnson's 28 flavors. Ahh, memories are indeed made of this!

FROM OUR BORDENTOWN NEIGHBORS

Hereis an interesting article on the bucolic town of Bordentown, along with 3 postal cards from the early 20th century from Bordentown. There are a number of Bordentown related items in my collection, and they will ultimately be included in this website.

FROM NEIGHBORING BORDENTOWN

Over the many years I have been collecting historic material on the Hamilton-Trenton-Mercer County area, there have always been items from nearby towns included in scrapbooks and other papers in collections I have acquired. This series of postcards from Bordentown are part of a collection of 5 or 6 from the early part of the 20th century.