The Monmouth County Park System
The Monmouth County Park System

Author: Clifford W. Zink

Publisher: Friends of Monmouth County Parks

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780615355016

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Filled with firsthand accounts and historical images, this handsome book commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Monmouth County Park System. After the construction of the Garden State Parkway in the 1950s provided easy access to New Jersey’s shore towns, the park system was established in order to protect natural and scenic resources, as well as to provide recreational opportunities for the increasing number of residents. Today, this central New Jersey county is a nationally recognized leader in parks and recreation, having preserved more than 15,000 acres of open space, including some of the region’s most significant natural areas and historic sites. By taking an in-depth look at one county’s efforts to preserve open space and provide superior recreation opportunities for all, this volume elevates the relationship of parks and preservation to the quality of life in our nation.

Slavery and Freedom in the Rural North
Slavery and Freedom in the Rural North

Author: Graham Russell Hodges

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780945612513

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Focusing on the development of a single African American community in eastern New Jersey, Hodges examines the experience of slavery and freedom in the rural north. This unique social history addresses many long held assumptions about the experience of slavery and emancipation outside the south. For example, by tracing the process by which whites maintained "a durable architecture of oppression" and a rigid racial hierarchy, it challenges the notions that slavery was milder and that racial boundaries were more permeable in the north. Monmouth County, New Jersey, because of its rich African American heritage and equally well-preserved historical record, provides an outstanding opportunity to study the rural life of an entire community over the course of two centuries. Hodges weaves an intricate pattern of life and death, work and worship, from the earliest settlement to the end of the Civil War.

Fairy Houses
Fairy Houses

Author: Tracy Kane

Publisher: Light-Beams Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780970810458

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Kristen is in for a surpise when she sets out to build a fairy house in the woods.

Henry Hudson Trail: Central RR of NJ's Seashore Branch
Henry Hudson Trail: Central RR of NJ's Seashore Branch

Author: Tom Gallo

Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions

Published: 1999-08

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781531601201

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The Central Railroad of New Jersey's Seashore Branch provided rail and boat services from New York City to points along the New Jersey Shore. It discontinued passenger service in 1966, with the last freight train operating in 1983. Official abandonment proceedings sparked the need to keep the right of way for future mass transit needs. This led to interim use. Today, the area is called the Henry Hudson Trail and is one of over 500 parks referred to nationally as a Rail-Trail. This free, ten-mile-long, hiking, biking, and walking trail is administered by the Monmouth County Parks System, and connects several towns of the Raritan Bay shore area. This rare look will enlighten trail users through images of views gone forever, while pointing out structures still in place. Over 200 images are set in geographical sequence to guide the reader along the trail.

The Roebling Legacy
The Roebling Legacy

Author: Clifford W. Zink

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780615428055

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THE ROEBLING LEGACY portrays the story of the Roeblings, from the great immigrant engineer John A. Roebling and his quest to design the Brooklyn Bridge, to his son Washington A. Roebling, who built the bridge with help from his wife Emily Warren Roebling, and since it opened in 1883 has become became the universal symbol of New York. The story spans four generations of the Roeblings through their bridge building and the family business, the John A. Roebling's Sons Company of Trenton, N.J., that developed and produced innovative wire rope and wire products for many emerging technologies over a 125 year period. The Roeblings built the great cables of many landmark suspension bridges, including the George Washington andGolden Gate Bridges, and they built the town of Roebling, N.J., which David McCullough has called "one of the best planned industrial towns ever built in America, a model in every respect." Today the town is thriving with a new Roebling Museum and Roebling factory buildings in Trenton have been adapted for new a variety of new uses.

I Am Daphne
I Am Daphne

Author: Daniella Appolonia

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04-17

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 9781790981991

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"I Am Daphne" is the story of a young girl who spends her childhood feeling different because she's small. Despite wishing and hoping, and her best efforts to change her height, Daphne learns a surprising lesson from her mother -- about where her name comes from and the power behind its meaning. "I Am Daphne" is an inspiring book for anyone who has ever felt less than, and encourages children (and adults!) to embrace what makes them unique, through harnessing the power that lies within. Out there among the stars and blue, know that there lies a moon like you.