Announcements

Wednesday Evening Meetings:

March 30, 2011 at 8:00 PM Long Pond Ironworks Visitor Center

Civil Boundaries: The evolution of our local area’s town borders

What happened to the old township? Why so many municipalities? Presented by Ralph Colfax.

April 27, 2011 at 8:00 PM Long Pond Ironworks Visitor Center

The Pompton Valley: The first 100 years 1695-1795

By W. Mead Stapler. Presented by Ralph Colfax. Presented by Edward Lenik

The North Jersey Highlands Historical Society is A Friends of the NJ Parks (Ringwood Manor) Organization Monthly Programs are held at 8:00 PM at The Long Pond Ironworks Visitor Center Greenwood Lake Turnpike (Passaic County Rt. 511), West Milford (Old Hewitt), NJ.

October 15 Highlands Conference

Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. Hike 10am; papers 1-4pm. Admission Free.

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I Remember Ringwood

by Louis P. West, Sr.

The North Jersey Highlands Historical Society is pleased to announce the transcription and publication of, as a local- history resource document, the late Louis P. West’s oral history, I Remember Ringwood, which he recorded directly onto audio tapes for the Society in 1973. Mr. West’s narrative recounted his memories of the old Ringwood mining operation, the Ringwood Manor estate, and the Long Pond Ironworks area (Old Hewitt) in neighboring West Milford, during the 1920s-1940s. Both Ringwood Manor and the Long Pond Ironworks District are now historic sites in the New Jersey State Park system.

Researchers who are interested in obtaining a copy should contact the Society at the address via the publications page and provide your postal address. A large-print version of the transcript is also available.

This project was funded, in part, by the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council at Passaic County Community College, through a general operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.