Sussex County

Sussex County
Author: Wayne T. McCabe
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2003-08-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738512945

In 2003, Sussex County celebrates the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of its creation, which took place on June 8, 1753. At that time, all of present-day Sussex and Warren Counties were set aside from Morris County. Warren County was established by the state legislature in 1824, forming the current boundaries of Sussex County. Among the previously unpublished photographs in this history are views of the county's commercial and residential streets, mining and industrial facilities, and business establishments. The vast majority of the unique vintage images included here are drawn from Wayne T. McCabe's extraordinary collection of more than fifteen thousand photographs, glass negatives, postcards, and stereoscopic views of Sussex County.

The Mapping of New Jersey

The Mapping of New Jersey
Author: John Parr Snyder
Publisher:
Total Pages: 234
Release: 1973
Genre: Cartography
ISBN: 9780813507552

Presents biographical sketches of surveyors and cartographers as well as seventy-two maps that reveal the expansion of the state's boundaries, road systems and municipalities since the first Dutch settlement

High Point State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps

High Point State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps
Author: Peter Osborne
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738510842

Perched atop the Kittatinny Mountains, in the northwestern corner of New Jersey, is one of the most beautiful parks in the state. High Point State Park is visited by thousands annually, and from the highest peak in New Jersey one can see three states and enjoy a vista for miles around. This park, one of the oldest in the state, has a rich history going back more than seventy-five years. High Point State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps explores the history of the fascinating landmark, which was a gift of Colonel Anthony and Susie Kuser to the people of New Jersey in 1923. The famed landscape firm Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts, was retained to design the park's facilities. The job of carrying out many of the proposals in the plan fell to the Civilian Conservation Corps, a Depression-era federal agency that combined work relief efforts with conservation work. The laborers, known as the CCC boys, developed the layout of the park from 1933 to 1941. Much of their work remains and is still used by visitors today.