Morris County - Countywide - PATHWAYS OF HISTORY 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION


Saturday-Sunday, September 21-22 – Morris County
PATHWAYS OF HISTORY 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
A SELF-GUIDED AUTO TOUR! FAMILY FRIENDLY! ADMISSION-FREE!
Saturday, September 21 ~~ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm and Sunday, September 22 ~~ Noon – 4:00 pm
The Pathways of History tour began in 2010 as an experiment to generate interest in and visitation of small, local museums and iconic landmarks. The fledgling event was well attended, with the museums and tour-goers enriched by a sharing of history, volunteerism and community pride. Each year interest in the Pathways of History tour has continued to grow, making it a much- anticipated event promising surprises and revelations. This year’s tour features 18 groups and 20 historic properties spanning almost 300 years of Morris County history! The communities represented are Boonton, Boonton Township, Denville, Dover, Florham Park, Kinnelon, Lake Hopatcong, Mine Hill, Montville Township, Mount Tabor, Parsippany, Pequannock Township, Randolph, Rockaway Township, Roxbury Township and Washington Township. Pathways is not an ordinary event – it’s an extraordinary event, providing the unprecedented admission to multiple venues over two days.
 The museum buildings offer an outstanding anthology of architectural periods and styles; most are listed on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places. Venerable 18th century structures, some predating the Revolutionary War, include German folk-tradition, Georgian and Saltbox construction. Designs of the 19th century are represented in buildings of varied uses and sizes including a Folk Victorian Camp Meeting Cottage; an 1890’s Colonial Revival; a diminutive two-family iron miner’s dwelling included on the New Jersey Women’s Heritage Trail; five schoolhouses; a railway station; a Morris Canal lock tender’s house; a general store; church ruins and several wonderful examples of vernacular farmhouses.
Many things have changed along the Pathway’s route during the past ten years. You will be delighted by the meticulous restorations at
Boonton Township’s Oscar A. Kincaid Home of History; L’Ecole Kinnelon Museum; Florham Park’s Little Red Schoolhouse; Rockaway Township’s Ford-Faesch Ironmaster’s House; Mine Hill’s Bridget Smith House; Montville’s Museum and Washington Township Land Trust’s Obadiah LaTourette Grist Mill.
 Friendly docents, some in period costume, will provide a warm welcome at each tour stop. Make this a family day – drive your vintage automobile, bring the kiddies and grandparents, too! There will be special activities for children; archival material; genealogical information; digitized historical photographs; old newspapers and even high school yearbooks to peruse at select locations. There are wonderful vignettes depicting 19th and early 20th century schoolrooms, a prominent woman doctor’s early 20th century “examining room”, an iron mine re-creation and examples of 18th century fireplaces with hearthside cooking utensils
 Whatever your interest, something for everyone is included in this year’s anniversary event. Some tour highlights include New Jersey’s original inhabitants, the Lenape people; Morris County’s pivotal role in the American Revolution; iron mines and forges during the American Revolution and in the years following. Exhibits documenting how the Morris Canal, railways, industry, mining, commerce and agriculture have influenced, shaped and linked the Pathways communities through the years. Travel back to the era when Lake Hopatcong and Randolph’s Mt. Freedom were tourist meccas. Be sure to stop by the Richardson History House, a small 19th century Folk Victorian Camp Meeting cottage in Mount Tabor to learn about this charismatic community founded as a permanent Camp Meeting ground. 
 At each venue you will find the NEWLY DESIGNED TOUR GUIDE/MAP to direct you to your next history stop of choice. Helpful “Auto Tours Within the Tour” have been created to assist in planning your itinerary.
  Please visit our website for detailed information about this exceptional heritage tour. www.PathwaysofHistoryNJ.net

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