In this issue: • The Rosenkrans Family Bible • Walpack Center’s Giving Tree by Audrey Schwab • My House is Built Upon a Rock by Audrey Schwab • The Log Flume by Jeff Stoveken • If You Set your Mind to Wondering by Audrey Schwab • Ruth Ann WhiteSell, former WHS President Download the Fall 2019 newsletter – Click HereDownload past issues – click here.
Sunday, October 13, 12 to 5pm – Join us for our annual Van Campen Day. Learn about this unique property and the family that it is named after on the Old Mine Road. The day will feature the Colonial Musketeers Fife & Drum, Spinning demonstration by Lydia Chappini. Hikes to the slave cemetery provided by Frank Hennion and Gerald DeGroat. Bob Brandt will be demonstrating chair caning. Walt Colombo will
The WHS is pleased to receive a very special donation of the Rosenkrans’s Bible from Suzanne Brown of California. The Bible is signed by Colonial Benjamin Rosenkrans and was printed in 1793.
On Sunday, September 8 at 1:00 PM Walpack Historical Society will host a special showing of the movie “THESE 30 YEARS” which was filmed in the Walpack area in the early 1930’s. This film was produced by the Ford Motor Company to promote its automobiles and features a race between a horse and buggy and a “horseless carriage” of the early automotive era. Various Walpack locations were used in filming and are recognizable today.
Columbia-Walpack Turnpike Van Campen Inn in Need The Seamy Side of Summer Lower Walpack Cemetery: Maintenance and Restoration The Large Tobacco Shed Download
Local artist, Marie Liu will present her popular Power Point presentation “The History of Art of the Minisink Region” to the Walpack Historical Society on August 18 at 1:00 pm. Researched during her tenure as Resident Artist of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area 2015 – 16, she presented her findings about the art that was created of the region and artists who lived here. What she learned was
Download the Newsletter here. CROSSWORD ANSWERS ACROSS 2 Spring 6 Creamery 10 Isaac 11 Parsonage 13 Moravians 15 Jacob Roe 17 Thunder Mountain 18 Docent 21 Flatbrookville 23 Richard Layton 24 Salamovka 26 Blue Mountain 27 DelRusso 28 Frank Chapot 30 Warner 31 Catholic Church 34 Bob Williams 38 Kilns 39 Haneys 41 Military 42 Decker DOWN 1 Donkey 3 Pompey Ridge 4 Walpack Inn 5 Saint Moritz 7 Gunn
Join the Walpack Historical Society on Sunday, June 23rd for an informative presentation by Sharon Spangenberg who will share her research material that proves the true location of Fort Nomanock which has been lost over time. For over 50 years, the location of Fort Nomanock is described as being “down that field on the right.” Understandably, many believe the site of this colonial fort was located at the stone ruins
Fishing in My Memories by Don Stieh The Best Boat Launch for Shad Fishing Meet the Fishers by Audrey Schwab How Much Do you Know about Walpack? – Crossword puzzle by Sharon Spangenberg Download – PDF
Frank Hennion is doing a interesting presentation at Lusscroft Farms on May 18 – “300 Years of History, the American Revolution, My Family”. A story dating back to 1640. Learn more at Lusscroft Farms on Facebook.
