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CELEBRATING

HUNTERDON COUNTY HERITAGE

Hunterdon County Celebrates 300 Years in 2014
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2018 brings us the 304th anniversary of Hunterdon County. Join us for a year of exploring the many facets of how water has affected Hunterdon's history -- from the migration of the Europeans using the Delaware and Raritan Rivers, to the Great Flood of '55, to Lenape encampments along the rivers, to our historic mills and ferries, the importance of the D&R Canal, the history of the reservoirs and so much more. A year of fun events, trips and talks.

HERE'S A SNEAK PEAK OF SOME OF OUR 2018 EVENTS PLANNED SO FAR:

February 27th: The History of Slavery

March 4th: In the Beginning, There Was Water

April 3: Settlement and Trade Along the Pre-Canal Delaware River

April 17: The Six 19th Century Bridges to Pennsylvania

April 29: Life Along the South Branch: Between Clinton and Flemington

May 1: History of Shad Fishing

May 12: (Tentative; Rain Date, Saturday, May 19th):  SPLASH BOAT Trip on the Delaware

May 15: Devastation on the Delaware:  The Flood of 1955

June 3: Lake Solitude and the Forge

June 19: Spring Fish-Runs & Lenape Indian Encampments in the Hunterdon Region

Sepember 4: And from Watersheds Came Waterworks...

September 16: History of Red Mill

September 25: History of the Mills of Readington Township

October 9: History of the D&R Canal

October 14: Canoe Trip with County Parks Department, Bulls Island to Prallsville Mill

October 14: Prallsville Talk and Tour

October 23: History of Round Valley Reservoir

November 4: Bus Tour of D&R Canal

November 10: Special Veterans Day Talk:  WWI, the Red Cross and Hunterdon County

November 17: The Town That Disappeared Overnight

 

The Hunterdon County Tricentennial is a Federal 501C3 Not For Profit Organization: Tax returns available upon request.
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