Middlesex County - South River - The History of Johnson Park and the Horse Track



Wednesday, November 28 – Middlesex County

    The South River Historical & Preservation Society will hold its Annual meeting 
on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 7:00 PM at the South River Museum (Old School Baptist Church) 64-66 Main Street, South River, NJ. The program is free to the public and a light dinner will be served. 

   The topic of the November meeting will be The History of Johnson Park and the Horse Track. Local historian and research consultant Anthony Timek will present the history of Piscataway’s Johnson Park and its race track. Find out how the park came to be and the story behind the horse track. Who came up with the idea and why? The presentation will include many early pictures and newspaper clippings. Anthony Timek will also discuss other area race tracks, including South River’s Middlesex Driving Park. 

    The South River Museum is open to the public from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month (second Sunday if the first is a holiday.) The remaining 2018 dates are November 4, 2018 and December 2, 2018. The first three dates in 2019 are January 9, 2019, February 3, 2019 and March 3, 2019. 

    If you need additional information, please feel free to contact me by calling (732) 794-7023.


Location: 64 Main St, South River, NJ 08882, USA

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