SORRY FOR THE LAPSE IN POSTS ON THIS WEBSITE. OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, I HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK PUTTING TOGETHER THE PROGRAM SHOWN IN THE...

I hope to see some of my many visitors to this website on Monday evening as we continue on the Hamilton Historical Society's effort to...

Note that the beautiful sign constructed by the Boy Scouts outside the Kuser Mansion is in error. Had it been put up next to the Goldy far...

  Our April 2014 Hamilton Township Historical Society program was a rousing success! We're going to do it again. Those who decide to ...

For many years, one of the targets of my historical research has been centered around my "Kuser Farm" folder; our local treasu...

As that old cigarette commercial had for a slogan back in the day, "You've Come a Long Way, Baby,"here is mute testimony to...

Thanks  to Mrs. Barbara Eckert Baggott for this photo taken by our classmate, the late Bill Baggott II. What wonderful memories surround ...

This was one of the area's very tragic fires.

What a joy it was to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of Hamilton High School's Class of 1951 at Mercer Oaks last Sunday, April 13! It w...

One hundred years ago, the horrible "Titanic disaster" occurred. One of the local victims was Charles G. Roebling. Here's a...

Despite a blustery and very rainy night, the "Little Theater" at the Hamilton Township Public Library was filled to capaci...

Some of my more popular history related columns revolved around a fictional Trenton newspaper "stringer"  named "Lawson...

It was big news back in August, 1951 when Hamilton Township hosted the Babe Ruth World Series. In the photo above, we see Mr. Cliff Fovour...

The digital age has proven over and over to give credibility to my 20 year old slogan, "The Computer and Local History: Perfect T...

Mr. Tom Tighue is very proficient at  the task of finding these old Trenton tax photos from the Trenton Free Public Library's Trenton...

It was a time of relative prosperity. It was also an era that saw groundswell changes in the character of Hamilton Township. The township...

One of the tragedies of recent years has been the demise of Roman Catholic grammar schools. The above article tells the sad story of the ...

I often wonder just how much incredibly important historic material has been thrown into the re-cycle bin by those who do not understa...

It has always been a complete mystery to me why our town fathers back in the 19th and into the 20th century failed to capitalize on...

Once again, I draw on a splendid engraving of the old market that once ran up the middle of North Broad Street to Academy Street. A parti...

I really love those old engravings that were published in the newspaper before the advent of photographs. Above is a pristine scan and...

Google Earth has opened a whole new world for those of us who are interested in travelling to locations referred to in old newspaper arti...

When you're out in those wide open spaces at Kuser Park, there will never be a standing room only crowd coming to my Sunday afternoo...

How we loved to read those rural highway signs back in the 1940's when "BURMA SHAVE" was a very popular product. With the p...

The area in which Liberty Street and Chestnut Avenue meet is the general area of the Lalor Park Tract as illustrated in these old...

This article I wrote many years ago proves that a young boy's hormones begin to stir at a very early age. My very first girl friend wa...

We Roman Catholics take the Lenten season very seriously. Here's an 1869 article on the season of  Lent as observed in 1869. When...

THIRTY YEARS! Yes, it's been 30 years since I penned this two parter recalling one of the most looked forward teen age events, Cru...