Memories

Lower Walpack Cemetery Presentation – July 17, 2022
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July 17th was a beautiful day in the southern-most part of Walpack Township where Walpack Historical Society sponsored a presentation at the Lower Walpack Cemetery. Over 70 guests arrived in anticipation of hearing Sharon Spangenberg share her research on the history of this ancient cemetery. Shortly after 1:00 pm, our guests found a shady spot to set up their lawn chairs to listen to Sharon talk about the cemetery, the

Memories of Walpack
History

My roots in Walpack Township go back to the late 1940s. Beginning as a small child and into mid-adulthood, I spent many days in Flatbrookville, a town that doesn’t exist anymore… and hardly did way back when. My grandfather, Jacob Potofsky, had a vacation home just outside of town, surrounded by 96 acres of undeveloped land. I spent many a weekend and summer at his house and environs – hiking,