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First Model T Cars in Blawenburg
Print Post Ford Model T While this Ford Model T was not actually owned by anyone in Blawenburg, it is representative of the 13 million...
David Cochran
Jan 14, 20191 min read
10. The Original Houses of Blawenburg: The Nevius/Van Zandt Homestead, Part 3
Print Post Model Farm with Modern Farmers fhis is the third blogf in the Original Houses of Blawenburg Series. In Part 1 (blog #6) we...
David Cochran
Jan 7, 20195 min read
9. The Iconic Windmill of Blawenburg
Print Post The windmill pictured is from the 1960s when Broad View Farm (Van Zandt farm) had an International Harvester dealership. Note...
David Cochran
Dec 17, 20184 min read
Farewell Blawenburg Cafe
Print Post The popular Blawenburg Cafe and Catering Company will close its doors on Saturday, December 15, 2018. Owners Rodney and...
David Cochran
Dec 10, 20181 min read
8 Sinterklaas, A Dutch Tradition in Blawenburg
Print Post Sinterklaas appears before crowds in the Netherlands. Credit: Wikipedia In the third century AD, St. Nicholas, a bishop from...
David Cochran
Dec 3, 20183 min read
Uphill into Blawenburg
Print Post Blawenburg Hill looking south from Skillman Park Whether you are traveling north on Great Road or south on Route 601, it's all...
David Cochran
Nov 26, 20181 min read
7. The Original Houses of Blawenburg: The Nevius/Van Zandt Homestead, Part 2
Print Post How the Van Zandts Acquired the Nevius Farm This is the second blog in the Original Houses of Blawenburg Series. In Part 1 we...
David Cochran
Nov 19, 20186 min read
Blawenburg Cooling System (UPDATED)
Print Post In the days before electricity and refrigeration, keeping food for a long time was difficult. If you wanted milk in the...
David Cochran
Nov 12, 20182 min read
The First Farmstead in the Village
Print Post The Original Houses series of blogs will share information about each of the houses that were built in the first wave of...
David Cochran
Nov 5, 20185 min read
Van Zandt Farmstead 1939
Print Post This aerial shot of the Van Zandt farm, taken in 1939, reveals several features that you might not be aware of. The house on...
David Cochran
Oct 29, 20181 min read
5. What's in a Name?
Print Post Anyone who lives in Blawenburg will be quick to tell you where Blawenburg got its name. "Those guys," they might say. "The...
David Cochran
Oct 22, 20184 min read
Blawenburg's Old Ash Tree
Print Post This old ash tree has been around for about 250 years. Located in my front yard in East Blawenburg, its circumference is...
David Cochran
Oct 15, 20181 min read
4. Getting to and from Blawenburg
Print Post The roads that intersect in Blawenburg were built before there were enough houses to call it a village. We have seen that...
David Cochran
Oct 8, 20184 min read
Beneath the Blawenburg Bridge
Print Post This photo taken in the late 1800s shows two ladies under the Blawenburg Bridge. The big questions are: what were they doing...
David Cochran
Sep 26, 20181 min read
Still Farming
Print Post This picture recently taken just south of the Greenflash Farm (originally Covenhoven Farm) on Mountain View Road shows that...
David Cochran
Sep 26, 20181 min read
3. The Settlers of Blawenburg
Print Post Original Land Patents in Montgomery Township. Hand-drawn map by Ursula Brecknell. You would think that the question of who...
David Cochran
Sep 5, 20185 min read
2. Before the Dutch Arrived is revised as Blog 99
We have updated this blog with additional content and posted it as Blog 99. Lapowinsa, Chief of the Lenape, Lappawinsoe painted by...
David Cochran
Jul 14, 20183 min read
1. Where on Earth is Blawenburg NJ?
Print Post Blawenburg isn't the best-known place on Earth or even in the Princeton area for that matter. I rode through the village many...
David Cochran
Jul 13, 20183 min read
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