Our Fall Newsletter 2021 edition is now available to download. Read: – Back to School in Walpack Center– Walpack Volunteers Clear Brushat Van Campen Inn– Lower Walpack Cemetery Update– Dried Pond – Walpack, New Jersey– Boot Rattling Bones and Restless Spirits– The Rosenkrans Ferry/Jeremiah Rosenkrans
Written by Erik Burro Today’s event focuses on West Jersey, the portion of our State granted to Lord Berkley and resold to a group of Quakers, including William Penn who determined distribution of shares, land purchases and constitution, the Concessions and Agreements. West Jersey was the area south of a diagonal line from Little Egg Harbor, Ocean County to the northwest corner of Walpack Township in Sussex County. In 1675,
Since 1967, the Federal Government began acquisition of most of the properties in Walpack Township. Homes that once stood along the Old Mine Road were either bulldozed or left to fall into a state of disrepair. While traveling south on Old Mine Road toward the Van Campen Inn, have you ever wondered who lived along this old dirt road many years ago? Walpack Historical Society member, Sharon Spangenberg prepared a
All are welcome to our annual Van Campen Day! Our bookstore will be open, and we will be selling snacks and refreshments. Enjoy the fall foliage and explore colonial crafts, apple cider making, and historical exhibits. There will also be tours of the Van Campen Inn and a walking tour of nearby Walpack Center. Guests will be welcome to visit the interior of the Walpack Church with a docent guided
The Walpack Historical Society, in cooperation with the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, has reopened the Van Campen Inn for free tours. Tours will be by reservation only, following the guidelines of the National Park Service and certain restrictions apply. There are no public bathrooms on the site or anywhere in the immediate area. Call the Society at 973-948-4903 to schedule a tour. The Inn, located on Old
Fall 2020 Retracing the East-West Jersey Line in 1819 Captain Manuel Hover: Resident of Lower Walpack A Reflection on the Past: Harmonyville Van Campen Inn Being Respectfully Repaired Walpack Loses a Dear Friend: Beverly Gordon Winter 2021 Captain Manuel Hover Resident Of Lower Walpack (Continued from the Fall 2020 issue.) A Reflection on the Past: Harmonyville Update Now and Then…A Revolutionary Threat Lower Walpack Cemetery Update Obituary: Dot Steckowich has
