April - June 2017   

PROGRAMS:

WEDNESDAY April 26th 7:00 PM at the Long Pond Ironworks Visitors Center

   LONG POND IRONWORKS: THEN AND NOW

   A PowerPoint presentation exploring the historic district: historic and current views.

   Presented by: Paul Frost

WEDNESDAY May 31st 7:00 PM at the Long Pond Ironworks Visitors Center

   NEW YORK & GREENWOOD LAKE RAILROAD -
      POMPTON JUNCTION TO GREENWOOD LAKE

   The railroad carried vacationers to the resort hotels on Greenwood Lake and
      shipped ice and iron ore out of the area.

   Presented by: Hans Segboer

WEDNESDAY June 28th 7:00 PM at the Long Pond Ironworks Visitors Center

   ART OF THE RAMAPO RIVER VALLEY

   The natural beauty of the Ramapo River Valley as depicted in paintings
     by J. F. Cropsey, John Kensett, David Johnson, Man Ray, John Marin,
     and others. A selection of wood engravings and historic photographs will
     also be included in this beautiful PowerPoint Presentation.

   Presented by: Geoff Welch

EVENT:

SATURDAY, April 22nd 10:00 AM in Kinnelon, NJ

2017 SPRING HIKE

  We will be hiking within the KINCAID WOODS section of PYRAMID MOUNTAIN HISTORIC AREA located in Boonton Township, Morris County, New Jersey. We will be exploring the ROCKAWAY VALLEY MINES and related features such as mine shafts, shaft cribbing, open mine cuts, exploratory pits, roads, and staging areas located on the western slope of Stony Brook Mountain.

  MEET AT 10:00 A.M. AT THE HIKERS' PARKING AREA located at the tri-corner intersection of Kinnelon Road, Powerville Road and Kincaid Road.


 DIRECTIONS

  From junction of Route 23 and Kinnelon Road take Kinnelon Road south traveling about 5.2 miles to the Kincaid Road
hikers' parking area. Meadtown Shopping Center marks the Route 23/ Kinnelon Road junction.

  If you are going north on Route 23, the turn to Kinnelon Road is a jughandle; if you are going south on 23, the turn uses a right hand ramp before the intersection.

  Hike will begin promptly at 10:00 A.M. Wear appropriate footwear as the trail is rough and uphill in some places.

Duration: 2 hours. Hike leaders and commentators: Tom Fitzpatrick and Ed Lenik.

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The North Jersey Highlands Historical Society is A Friends of the NJ Parks (Ringwood Manor) Organization. Monthly Programs are held at 7:00 PM at The Long Pond Ironworks Visitor Center, Greenwood Lake Turnpike (Passaic County Rt. 511), West Milford (Old Hewitt), NJ. unless otherwise noted.

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