From a huge and very rare "Nol 1882" map that came into my possession, I am learning some very enlightening tings about who was...

This rare wall map recently came into my possession and I immediately placed in the Hamilton Township Public Library's. Local History ...

From my "VILLA PARK" folder, this photo was part of a real estate ad relating to the area of Hamilton Township's Norway/Hami...

Even as the city of Trenton identifies it as Quniton Avenue, I'm sure it was an easy mistake to make, and assuming the street was n...

It took a little longer than I usually do to put together this graphic, but my admiration and respect for our men in women in uniform ser...

 I had to re-post these graphics. Some sort of "glitch" in Google resulted in an aberration where Ray Paskiewicz's comment w...

Early news accounts of this very desirable Trenton neighborhood had decided that Villa Park needed a park, and thus we had the name of ...

Here's an interesting R.C. Maxwell photo from the Duke University Archives. It is from an old glass negative and I have converted it fro...

What a wonderful, relatively clean Trenton community! I often venture into Villa Park as I go to pickup one of Ricky D's tomato pies. Ba...

Few people associate Edward Boyd with Villa Park. In my computer database I have a photo of him when he was very active on the Boyd Farm in ...

It was a landmark along Villa Park's Park Avenue when I was a boy. I passed the school whenever I was going to Tony Amato's for a ha...

Here is a real estate ad from the new Villa Park. Note that the branch office was located in "The Homestead." I would ask any Vill...

Did you know that Quinton Avenue in Trenton was named for the Quintin family who were operating a horse racing track where Villa Park is loc...

The Kindergarten class, or as we Hamiltonians called it, "Reception Grade" is illustrated in the photo above. I see little Paul ...

Once upon a time, Villa Park one of Trenton's most popular communities, was out in the suburbs. Quintin's race track was the main at...

Engine 7 referenced above was the same as today's Engine 7 at Hamilton Avenue and Anderson Street in Trenton.

From the "Wilbur" folder this article on Cook School, and in keeping with my custom of posting familiar local family names, herewi...

It is assumed that the photographer didn't have his pen or pencil handy when he took this photo, identifying only one of the boys in the...

I received the following email from an old friend whom I spent may happy hours with on religious retreats at San Alphonso Retreat House in W...

What a wonderful graphic! Can you imagine a dirt road known as Revere Avenue with maple trees lining the thorofare? The Colonial Land Co. al...