FEW CAN DISAGREE THAT OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ARE A GOLD MINE OF LONG FORGOTTEN HISTORICAL EVENTS. THROUGH THE YEARS, THE TRENTON TIMES FAMILY ...

ONE ACCOUNT BURIED DEEP IN MY FILES TELLS OF A YOUNG LADY WHO WAS IN THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE WHITE CITY "CASINO" AND SAW THE HEAD ...

With St. Patrick's Day still in the news, it was appropriate that I found this interesting article on the ancient custom of "Barter...

Over the past few years, I have had a number of interested citizens asking if I had anything on the Trenton area's brick manufacturing c...

Here's an interesting and little known insight into the construction of the Battle Monument.

This young man who passed away very early in his life was one of the main reasons there is an Ellwood and Watson avenue here in Hamilton. Mi...

When I was a boy, it was a real treat to open up that familiar paper bag with "OTC" oyster crackers from the Adam Exton cracker ba...

ON MARCH 18, I POSTED AN INTERESTING ARTICLE REGARDING U.S. CONGRESSIONAL SEGREGATION WHICH WAS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH...

EVEN AS SAMUEL CLEMENS, AKA MARK TWAIN TOLD OF THE LURE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, SO TOO DID THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS HIGHLIGHT THE LORE AND THE...

IN AN EARLIER POST, I SUBMITTED AN ARTICLE WHICH INCLUDED THE ABOVE VERY PRIMITIVE OFFSET PHOTO OF THE "MERCERVILLE ROADHOUSE," (T...

THE FASHION STUD FARM, LOCATED IN THE GENERAL AREA OF SEWARD JOHNSON'S "GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE" WAS THE SITE OF HENRY N. SMITH...

DURING THE 19TH CENTURY, THE NORM WAS A DAY THAT BEGAN AT DAWN AND WENT UNTIL 6 AND SOMETIMES 7 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AS SEEN IN THI...

WHEN I WAS IN THE CHOIR AT HAMILTON HIGH BACK IN THE 40'S AND 50'S, OUR TEACHER, LOUISE BAIRD FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO THE MAGNIFICENT...

BACK IN EARLIER YEARS AND RIGHT UP TO THE EARLY 1950'S, THERE WAS A JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE MARKET, UNION, AND COOPER STREET AREA. IN S...

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MOST INTERSTING TO SEE THE AREA EAST OF EAST STATE STREET AND CLINTON AVENUE AS THE AREA BEGAN TO DEVELOP. THE PERDICARIS...

THIS INCISIVE NOTE RECEIVED FROM FELLOW HAMILTON HORNET LT. COLONEL JIM ROSS, SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE DEPRIEST U.S. CONGRESS SEGREGATION ISSUE...

I, AND MANY OTHER VISITORS TO THIS SITE WHO WERE PARISHIONERS AT ST. ANTHONY PARISH IN HAMILTON WILL REMEMBER FATHER PATRICK FITZPATRICK. HE...

DID YOU EVER WONDER WHAT IT WAS LIKE BACK DURING THE DEPRESSION YEARS HERE IN HAMILTON? READ THIS INTERESTING ARTICLE AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTIO...

THE SCOBEY FAMILY WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE HAMILTON TOWNSHIP FARMING COMMUNITY BACK IN THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY.

I HAVE A FOLDER DEDICATED TO TRENTON'S NOTORIOUS "SWAMP," A PLACE WHICH MADE MUCH NEWS BACK IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CE...

THANKS TO CLASSMATE ALICE SCHMIDT MULLEN FOR THIS GREAT POSTAL CARD PHOTO FROM THE INTERSTATE FAIR. IN LOOKING AT THE VINTAGE AUTOS, I PLACE...

WESLEY GROVE WAS AN EXTREMELY POPULAR VENUE FOR THE METHODISTS FOR MANY YEARS. MANY OF THE ATTENDEES WERE FREQUENT VISITORS TO THE BEAUTIFUL...

HERE'S AN AD FROM THE YEAR 1934 ANNOUNCING THE NEW COLONIAL MEMORIAL PARK. NOTE THAT IT IS LISTED AS "TRENTON;" HAMILTON WAS A...

RUSLING, WILLEY, AND ROWAN: THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS BEHIND THE EARLIEST YEARS OF THE HISTORIC BROAD STREET PARK AREA. THIS IS AN EXTRACT FROM...

THIS GENTLEMAN, ALONG WITH JAMES R USLI

EACH EASTER FOR THE PAST TEN OR MORE YEARS, IT HAS BECOME A TRADITION AT THE CHURCH OF CHRIST ON LIBERTY AND WESLEY AVENUE, TO USHER IN T...

I WILL BE KEEPING THIS MESSAGE ON TOP OF MY POSTS UNTIL SUNDAY I HOPE TO SEE AT LEAST A FEW OF THE MANY VIEWERS OF MY WEBSITES AT THIS SUNDA...

I WILL BE KEEPING THIS MESSAGE ON TOP OF MY POSTS UNTIL SUNDAY I HOPE TO SEE AT LEAST A FEW OF THE MANY VIEWERS OF MY WEBSITES AT THIS SUNDA...

I WILL BE KEEPING THIS MESSAGE ON TOP OF MY POSTS UNTIL SUNDAY I HOPE TO SEE AT LEAST A FEW OF THE MANY VIEWERS OF MY WEBSITES AT THIS SUNDA...

I WILL BE KEEPING THIS MESSAGE ON TOP OF MY POSTS UNTIL SUNDAY I HOPE TO SEE AT LEAST A FEW OF THE MANY VIEWERS OF MY WEBSITES AT THIS SUNDA...

I WILL BE KEEPING THIS MESSAGE ON TOP OF MY POSTS UNTIL SUNDAY I HOPE TO SEE AT LEAST A FEW OF THE MANY VIEWERS OF MY WEBSITES AT THIS SUNDA...

I WILL BE KEEPING THIS MESSAGE ON TOP OF MY POSTS UNTIL SUNDAY I HOPE TO SEE AT LEAST A FEW OF THE MANY VIEWERS OF MY WEBSITES AT THIS SUNDA...

I WILL BE KEEPING THIS MESSAGE ON TOP OF MY POSTS UNTIL SUNDAY I HOPE TO SEE AT LEAST A FEW OF THE MANY VIEWERS OF MY WEBSITES AT THIS SUNDA...

HOW I LOVED THOSE HAMILTON HIGH OPERETTAS! HOW I LOVE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERETTAS! BUT I, ALONG WITH COUNTLESS OTHER FUGITIVES FROM THE E...

HOW I LOVED THOSE HAMILTON HIGH OPERETTAS! HOW I LOVE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERETTAS! BUT I, ALONG WITH COUNTLESS OTHER FUGITIVES FROM THE E...

HOW I LOVED THOSE HAMILTON HIGH OPERETTAS! HOW I LOVE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERETTAS! BUT I, ALONG WITH COUNTLESS OTHER FUGITIVES FROM THE E...

HOW I LOVED THOSE HAMILTON HIGH OPERETTAS! HOW I LOVE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERETTAS! BUT I, ALONG WITH COUNTLESS OTHER FUGITIVES FROM THE E...

HOW I LOVED THOSE HAMILTON HIGH OPERETTAS! HOW I LOVE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERETTAS! BUT I, ALONG WITH COUNTLESS OTHER FUGITIVES FROM THE E...

HOW I LOVED THOSE HAMILTON HIGH OPERETTAS! HOW I LOVE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERETTAS! BUT I, ALONG WITH COUNTLESS OTHER FUGITIVES FROM THE E...

HOW I LOVED THOSE HAMILTON HIGH OPERETTAS! HOW I LOVE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERETTAS! BUT I, ALONG WITH COUNTLESS OTHER FUGITIVES FROM THE E...

HERE'S THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AS PRINTED BY THE HAMILTON HIGH PRINT SHOP STUDENTS DURING THE DARK, DREARY AND FRIGHTENING EARLY YEARS OF ...

HERE'S THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AS PRINTED BY THE HAMILTON HIGH PRINT SHOP STUDENTS DURING THE DARK, DREARY AND FRIGHTENING EARLY YEARS OF ...

HERE'S THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AS PRINTED BY THE HAMILTON HIGH PRINT SHOP STUDENTS DURING THE DARK, DREARY AND FRIGHTENING EARLY YEARS OF ...

HERE'S THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AS PRINTED BY THE HAMILTON HIGH PRINT SHOP STUDENTS DURING THE DARK, DREARY AND FRIGHTENING EARLY YEARS OF ...

HERE'S THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AS PRINTED BY THE HAMILTON HIGH PRINT SHOP STUDENTS DURING THE DARK, DREARY AND FRIGHTENING EARLY YEARS OF ...

HERE'S THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AS PRINTED BY THE HAMILTON HIGH PRINT SHOP STUDENTS DURING THE DARK, DREARY AND FRIGHTENING EARLY YEARS OF ...

HERE'S THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AS PRINTED BY THE HAMILTON HIGH PRINT SHOP STUDENTS DURING THE DARK, DREARY AND FRIGHTENING EARLY YEARS OF ...

I WILL BE KEEPING THIS MESSAGE ON TOP OF MY POSTS UNTIL SUNDAY. POSTS FOR MARCH 12 AND 13 ARE FOUND BELOW THIS POST. I HOPE TO SEE AT LEAST ...