susan haynes 1997 bernards township library bernardsville news

Scattered throughout are traces of these people: arrowheads, tomahawks, hearthstones, hammerheads, and camp rubble, which indicate long occupation. The Lenni-Lenape Indians, a branch of the Delawares (part of the Algonquin Nation) were the first known inhabitants of the Bernards Township area. The village of Basking Ridge honored North America's oldest white oak that lasted approximately 600 years from roughly 1417 to April 24, 2017.AT&T chose Bernards for its global headquarters in 1992.The Bernards Township flag honors the great oak, Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, Lyons, and West Millington, unveiled at the town’s bicentennial in 1960.President Calvin Coolidge approved the area’s largest VA hospital in the Lyons section dedicated Jrocketing Bernards Township's population growth.Samuel Owen of Newark, a pharmaceutical magnate, built his English Tudor estate in 1912 that now serves as Township Hall.Colonel John Jacob Astor IV donated stones to build the Methodist Church, 14 years before he perished in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.Governor Woodrow Wilson made a speech during World War I on the village green in Basking Ridge.A carriage would meet guests at the Lyons depot. Liberty Corner was once a popular summer resort, with vacationers staying at local homesteads and dairy farms.Four years after the Civil war, the Union Army's Chief Surgeon Horatio G.General George Washington and France's General Marquis de Lafayette met under the great oak while colonial troops rested in the Churchyard.Local people called it 'The Buildings', on what was Building Lane. General William Alexander (Lord Stirling) built one of the grandest estates in the Colonies, Stirling Manor in Basking Ridge.Governor Sir Francis Bernard was granted the Charter of Bernardston on May 24, 1760.George Whitefield, English evangelist, preached to 3,000 people under the white oak tree of the Presbyterian Church, during the Great Awakening of 1740.

John Harrison purchased what became known as 'Harrison's Neck' and Bernards Township from the Lene-Lanape native American tribe on June 24, 1717.Recreation, Parks & Pathways Advisory Committeeīernards Township is where the following events occurred:.Emergency Planning Committee & Flood Mitigation.

Susan haynes 1997 bernards township library bernardsville news