"Secret Treasures: A Bus & Walking Tour Of Historic Stillwater and Millbrook Villages" will be held 10 am Saturday, May 22
(Hardwick/Warren Co. & Stillwater/Sussex Co.) You are invited to a free tour of the historic buildings, farmsteads, farm lanes, historic districts and archaeological sites within sight of the PSE&G transmission line and the existing 80' towers. Will the proposed new 195' towers have significant impacts upon the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area, the Appalachian Trail, the Middle Delaware Scenic River, and these charming historic hamlets? You be the judge. The tour is sponsored by the New Jersey Highlands Coalition in association with the Historical Society of Stillwater and the Millbrook Historical Society.
See the existing and remnants of the 18th century Dutch, Welsh, Quaker, German and Scotch-Irish settlements, the farming and mining operations they engaged in, and the early roads they traveled on. Learn how these settlements were formed, and how their home countries influenced their development patterns and architecture, as we travel by bus from Stillwater, into the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area, and into Millbrook Village.
This corner of the state, incorporating the Kittatinny Ridge and the Middle Delaware River, offers expansive vistas of forests, farms and hamlets. On the bus, interpreters will discuss the area's geological and human history. At selected sites along the route, such as the Water Gate Tannery and Millbrook Village, we will be met by an interpreter who will guide us on a walking tour.
The tour duration will be approximately 2.5 hours. Following the tour, all are invited for conversation and pay-your-way lunch at the Boat House Restaurant on nearby Swartzwood Lake. The tour is free of charge.
Meet at:
The Historical Society of Stillwater Township
900 Main Street
Stillwater, New Jersey 07875
10:00AM
For more information and to RSVP:
Elliott Ruga
New Jersey Highlands Coalition
(973) 588-7190, or elliott@njhighlandscoalition.org
Seating is limited, please reserve early
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