Boonton Historical Society News Bulletin Sept. 2012

Boonton Historical Society  

          & Museum

      at the Dr. John Taylor House                   

                           210 Main Street, Boonton, N.J. 

                                       973-402-8840

                                                  Boontonhistory@Boonton.org

_______________________________________________________ September, 2012

September is turning out to be a busy month at the Boonton Historical Society.

Friday September 7

4:00 – 9:00 pm

We will again be celebrating First Friday with refreshments and bargains in our gift shops. Passport to Savings on Main Street continues.

Grace Kobilarcik greets our guests at our First Friday event..

Saturday, September 15

10:00 am

Walking Tour of Historic Main Street

Meets at Canalside Overlook (Main &        

West Main St. intersection)

The tour will discuss the commerce and business of Boonton, as well as the history and architecture of the buildings.  The tour will be led by Lloyd Charlton whose family ran a grocery store on Main Street.

Suggested donation for non-members is $5.00. (Includes discounts for local stores and eateries on Main Street).

Sunday September 16

10:00 – 5:00 pm

We will have a table at the Boonton Transportation Heritage Festival to be held at the Railroad Restoration yard on

Morris Avenue. Our table will be in the Dance Studio building.

See the largest electric locomotives that ever operated in New Jersey.  They were the famous 1930’s GG-1 giants of the rails that traveled over 100mph between NY City and

Washington DC on some of the world’s most famous trains.

See a variety of old diesel locomotives, passenger cars, and freight cars.  Also, in the early 1900s railroad freight house will be

exhibits and exciting multi-media presentations on NJ’s railroads by former railroad employees who reveal what it was like working on the railroad more than half a century ago as well as local railroad historians. 

A special feature will be presentations by NJ Transit on their Operation Lifesaver program for kids and adults.

Want More?   There will be antique trucks and fire engines, old buses from NJ’s Public Service bus company, and several vintage military vehicles on display adjacent to the museum.

This facility is closed to the public and the last time it was open for one day public event was three years ago!  The event is held  rain or shine.

Sunday September 23

12:00 – 4:00 pm

New Exhibit Opening

We will open our new exhibit, entitled Roots, Rocks, Rust: The Visionary Landscapes of JSL Greentree. Join us for a Member’s Preview at 12:00 pm.

Saturday, September 29

4:00 pm

Cemetery Tour

It’s time for our annual Cemetery Tour at Greenwood Cemetery.  The tour starts at the cemetery gates at 4:00 pm, immediately followed by soup to die for at the museum .

This year, the Society will highlight the stories and contributions of some of its proponents of alternative approaches to health and healing. Dr. Elizabeth Geiger (1900-2003), a doctor of naturopathy, had

a practice in New York City and opened her home on Fanny Road as a health resort; Dr. Marietta Crane Woodruff (1861-1912) served the people of Boonton as a general practitioner and obstetrician for over 38 years; She also had an interest in alternative therapy and served as vice president of the NJ State Homeopathic society.  Rev. Henry B. Wilson (1870-1923), in addition to being pastor of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Boonton, was a journalist, author and educator. He started the Society of the Nazarene with a goal "to teach, preach and

heal” and a  purpose to deepen spiritual life and impart strength and health to body and soul by prayer.

Donation for tour $5.00

Soup to Die for (including bowl) $5.00

September 30 is BOONTON DAY. 

12:00 – 4:00 pm

Come and visit us at or booth on Main Street and join in the festivities of another day of celebrations in our town.

Boonton Day 2011

Visitors to Harold Johnson’s walking tour of the Historic Residential District .

Saturday October 20, Sunday October 21

THE PATHWAYS OF HISTORY MUSEUM TOUR: Experience local history in person when thirteen historic homes and museums open their doors and present exhibits, re-enactments, costumed hosts and refreshments 10:00-4:00pm Saturday and Noon – 4:00pm Sunday.  Admission is free. 

For more details and location information visit www.Boonton.org.

Special Pathways Event in Boonton at the Miller-Kingsland House.

33d New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment Company G ~ 2nd Zouaves

         A Civil War re-enactment group.

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Boonton Historical Society and Museum

                    c/o Eric Wallin

            Membership Chairperson

465 Hill Street, Boonton, NJ 07005

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Pathways of History

FOLLOWING THE PATHWAYS OF HISTORY

A SPECIAL MUSEUM TOUR EVENT

Saturday, October 20 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Sunday, October 21 from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Small museums continually search for innovative ideas to promote community history and to entice the public to visit their museums and historic places.  In 2010 five enthusiastic Morris County groups conceived an idea designed to highlight their distinctive museums and historical properties. Housed in venerable buildings of local significance, each had a unique and fascinating story to share.  Aptly called “Following the Pathways of History – Links to Each Other and to the Past,” this two-day museum tour was a huge success.

 

Now in its third year, the Pathways of History Museum Tour has grown to include 13 historic locations.  The two-day 2012 tour will take place on Saturday, October 20 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm and Sunday, October 21, from 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm.  The original five museums in Boonton, Boonton Township, Butler, Kinnelon and Montville Township, are honored to be joined by Denville, Dover, Jefferson Township, Lake Hopatcong, Pequannock Township and Riverdale’s Glenburn.  The museums and historic sites will simultaneously open their doors in welcome.

Each participant on the tour has planned something extra special for this extraordinary event honoring history, community and friendship.  In Boonton, visit the Boonton Museum at the Dr. John Taylor House; tour the historic residential area whose early settlers came from England seeking work in the Boonton Iron Works; and be sure to stop by the Miller-Kingsland House to experience the 33^rd Regiment New Jersey Volunteers Civil War encampment.  In Boonton Township, enjoy a pictorial exhibit chronicling the restoration of the historic Oscar A. Kincaid Home of History; participate in a grand celebration honoring the home’s enigmatic folk art face as “he” marks his 175^th year; visit the Kincaid Fine Crafts and Art Shoppe at the historic road stand and take time to observe the ART-IN Group painting on site.  In Butler, witness the sights of Butler’s glory days 100 years ago through news stories, photos and slides; experience the 1957 Pequanoc Rubber Company fire; visit their Little Miss Liberty statue and learn about this town’s connection to her famous relative in New York Harbor.  Because the Butler Railroad Station Museum is closed for renovations, exhibits and artifacts will be on display at the Butler Police Community Center.  At the Denville Historical Society’s Museum, tour the "Garden of Thyme and Roses" and be sure to visit the featured exhibit detailing over three centuries of Denville's history.  Take in a guided tour during your visit.  The Dover Area Historical Society will offer an educational and entertaining presentation of the rich history of the Dover Area.  The Borough of Riverdale’s Glenburn, a grand heritage home given a “New Beginning” when residents and neighbors in surrounding communities saved it from the wrecker’s ball, will be open for guided tours.  Don’t miss the historic barn, outbuildings and beautiful grounds.  In Montville Township, two historic properties, both offering continuous tours, are a must see.  A Revolutionary War encampment will be staged at the Henry Doremus Dutch Stone House. While there, also enjoy live period music and an antique quilt display.  At the Nicholas Vreeland Out Kitchen, which dates to 1780, Dutch architecture, hearthside food practices, and some period take-home recipes will be featured.  At the Jefferson Township Museum costumed docents will welcome visitors and guide them through the Chamberlain house and surrounding gardens.  Quilters will be on hand to demonstrate their craft; Miss Elizabeth’s Shoppe, located in the kitchen of this Victorian gem, will offer unique gifts, local provisions, antiques and homemade goods for purchase.  Kinnelon Borough’s L’Ecole Museum will offer historical displays and vignettes.  “The Life and Work of Dr. Helen L. Miller,” the fascinating story of a charismatic 20^th century physician who brought state-of-the-art medicine to Kinnelon and the surrounding area, and “A History of the 35,000-acre Newark Pequannock Watershed” are featured presentations both days of the tour.  The Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum, located in a rustic 19^th century building which served as a lock tender’s house on the Morris Canal, will offer an entertaining and enlightening look at the history of New Jersey’s largest lake.  For the Pathways of History Museum Tour the Museum will feature a special salute to Bertrand Island Park.  In observance of the Civil War Sesquicentennial, the Museum of Pequannock Township has prepared an extraordinary display to honor Old Pequannock Township’s Civil War Veterans.

Admission to this two-day event is free.  Visitors may start the tour at any location.  Detailed maps and an event brochure will guide you to the next stop.  Refreshments will be served at various locations along the route.

For more information, contact us at 973=316-0976, or visit our website at www.Boonton.org.

Boonton Historical Society Cemetery Tour

SOUP’S ON AT THE BOONTON MUSEUM

BOONTON:  The Boonton Historical Society and Museum will sponsor a Cemetery Tour of the Greenwood Cemetery, Washington Avenue, Boonton, on Saturday, September 29.  The cemetery tour will commence at the cemetery gates at 4:00pm. Nine costumed hosts will portray local residents giving a glimpse into the daily lives and times of Boonton past.

This year, the Society will highlight the stories and contributions of some of its proponents of alternative approaches to health and healing. Dr. Elizabeth Geiger (1900-2003), a doctor of naturopathy, had a practice in New York City and opened her home on Fanny Road as a health resort; Dr. Marietta Crane Woodruff (1861-1912) served the people of Boonton as a general practitioner and obstetrician for over 38 years; She also had an interest in alternative therapy and served as vice president of the NJ State Homeopathic society.  Rev. Henry B. Wilson (1871-1923), in addition to being pastor of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Boonton, was a journalist, author and educator. He started the Society of the Nazarene with a goal was "to teach, preach and heal” and a purpose to deepen spiritual life and impart strength and health to body and soul through prayer.

For an additional $5.00 and immediately following the cemetery tour, guests are invited to a soup tasting experience at the museum.  A selection of soups served in Boontonware bowls with crusty bread will be available to sample at the Museum, 210 Main Street.  You get to keep the bowl !!  For more information call 973-402-8840 or email us at Boontonhistory@Boonton.org