1996 (Volume 18)

Flooding and Funding (STG Spring 1996 Vol. 18, No. 1) The effect of the January 1996 flood upon the recreation area. KEYWORDS: Smithfield Beach. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Major Floods in this park (under Stories). LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: Map of the Delaware River Basin (on the website of the Delaware River Basin Commission)
Additional Material:
• Photo Gallery: The Flood of January 1996 KEYWORDS: Kittatinny Beach NJ, Smithfield Beach PA, Hialeah Air Park PA, Dingmans Access PA, Milford Beach PA.

Separation of the church from the state of decay (Phoenix Antiques/Dutch Reformed Church) (STG Spring 1996 Vol. 18, No. 1) A successful historic leasing venture. By park architect Tom Solon. KEYWORDS: Doug Cosh, Dutch Reformed Church of Dingmans Ferry PA, Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: historic leasing, Designated Historic, National Register properties in the recreation area, Greek Revival style in the recreation area, photos of Phoenix Antiques (at end of article), Village of Dingmans Ferry PA. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: examples of Greek Revival buildings. (No. Arizona Univ.)

Cultural Connections (STG: Summer 1998 Vol. 18 No. 2) Archeological evidence of human settlement within the park's boundaries in prehistoric and colonial times. Includes drawings of Native American artifacts and lifeways. By park archeologist John R. Wright. KEYWORDS: Pleistocene glaciation, Wisconsin glaciation, land bridge, fluted projectile points, Archaic Period ( 6000-1000 B.C.), Algonkian natives, Late Woodland Period (900-1550 A.D.), Owasco culture, domesticated cultigens, Contact Period, sketches of Native American life. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Native American Archeology, Archeology in the Minisink Today, Archeologist Herbert Kraft, Colonial and historic archeology, Corn--an American Native, Tocks Island Dam Controversy.

1997 (Volume 19)

Art and Architecture: VIP treatment (STG Spring 1997 Vol. 19, No. 1) A summer as a park volunteer in historic preservation. By volunteer-in-parks David Tipson. KEYWORDS: David Tipson, Volunteers in the parks, internships, interns. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Volunteering for the park, Walpack Church.

A Map of Millbrook's Past (STG Spring 1997 Vol. 19, No. 1) Preservation of an 1852 map of Warren County for MillbrookVillage. By park historian Susan Kopczynski. KEYWORDS: Millbrook Village, map of Millbrook Village, Warren County 1852, 1852 Warren County map, map conservation, Daniel McCarty, Wagner and McGuigan's Steam Litho Press Philadelphia, Garis House, Hill House, Garis Grist Mill, Abram Garis, Van Campens Mill Brook, Van Campens Brook RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Millbrook Village, Map and Guide to Millbrook Village. 

Art and Architecture: View...tiful (STG Summer 1997 Vol. 19, No. 2) Salamovka/Delaware View House on Old Mine Road near FlatbrookvilleNJ. By park historian Susan Kopczynski. KEYWORDS: Salamovka, Andrew Salamov, Andrew Salama, Charles Yetter, Flatbrook Hotel, Losey Boarding House, Delaware View House, Flatbrookville NJ.  RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Old Mine Road.

A Balancing Act (STG Summer 1997 Vol. 19, No. 2) The role of resource management in the balance of nature. By park volunteer Nicole Voigt. KEYWORDS: balance of nature, exotic plants, hemlock woolly adelgid, oriental bittersweet, ailanthus altissima, tree of heaven, tree-of-heaven, purple loosestrife, phragmites. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Hemlock woolly adelgid, alien species, Biodiversity.

1998 (Volume 20)

Aliens Invade Park! (STG Fall/Winter 1998 Vol. 20, No. 3) An overview of the exotic plant situation in the recreation area. KEYWORDS: alien plants, exotic plants, non-native plants, purple loosestrife, Japanese knotweed, autumn olive, tartarian honeysuckle, multi-flora rose, Tree of heaven, ailanthus altissima. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: A Balancing Act, Biodiversity.

1999 (Volume 21)

Rx Fire (STG Spring 1999 Vol. 21, No. 1) The prescribed fire policy explained by fire management officer Doug Riley. KEYWORDS: fire, wildland fire, fire regime, prescribed fire, prescribed burn. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Smokey Bear LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: National Interagency Fire Center (Boise ID), National Wildfire Coordinating Group. (Publications and information)

Boy Scout Camps along the Delaware (STG: Summer 1999 Vol 21 No. 2) A reminiscence of the five boy scouts camps that have disappeared from the river's shores. By park ranger and former camper Albert B. Zusman. KEYWORDS: boy scout camps, paddlerama, Camp Weygadt, Camp Minsi, Camp Cowaw, Camp Pahaquarra, Camp Ken-Etiwa-Pec, Camp Mohican, Camp Calno, Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, Camp Nobebosco, Kittatinny Mountain Scout Reservation, Abegg Lodge, Liddle Cabin, Mohican Lodge, Wildcat Lake, Catfish Pond NJ, Weygadt mess hall, ridgerunner, Urban League, Passaic NJ schools, Trexler Scout Reservation. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Exhibits on Line: Camp Patches and Map of the Camps, Boy Scouts of America, Mohican Outdoor Center, Restoration of Todd Cabin, Old Mine Road, Dutch Mines at Pahaquarry, Eastern National (publisher of There were Camps along the Delaware by Albert Zusman) LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: Mohican Outdoor Center, Yards Creek (Pumped Storage) Generating Station, Camp Cowaw Reunion Site (historic photos)

Twenty years a Weygadt Scout: a Photo Gallery of the Robert Noll Collection (STG: Summer 1999 Vol 21 No. 2) Photo collection of a Camp Weygadt scout. KEYWORDS: Bethlehem Council BSA, Camp Mini, Camp Weygadt, Robert Unangst Noll, Robert Noll, Camp Weygadt, camporee, campaign hats, Weygadt pond, Weygadt dining hall. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: Boy Scouts of America.

The French and Indian War in the Delaware Valley (STG Summer 1999 Vol. 21, No. 2) The French and Indian (Seven Years) from 1753 to 1760 was the occasioned the building of a string of fortifications in the Delaware Valley. By park archeologist John R. Wright. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE:  Exhibits on Line: A Constant Patrol: Hampton's Forts, Exhibits on Line: Hampton's Letter and Map, On the Frontier of New Jersey: Military Trail, Military Trail (trail guide), Native American Archeology, Colonial and historic archeology, Old Mine Road.

Who is buried in the "Slave" Cemetery? Documentary evidence of African American slaves and free citizens in the area. Additional Material to the Military Trail Guide. KEYWORDS: Rosencrans family, Van Campen Family, Dewitt family, De Witt family, abolition of slavery in New Jersey, Absolom Reamer, Cesar Soults, Enos John, Johnson Losey House, Mary Stackhouse, Milton Stackhouse. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: On the Frontier of New Jersey: Military Trail, Military Trail Guide. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: Center for Anti-Slavery Studies (CASS) in Montrose PA.

Restoration at Millbrook Village: Garis House (STG Fall 1999 Vol. 21, No. 3) An appreciation of this 1800s house by historic preservation specialist Ken Sandri. KEYWORDS: Elias Garis House, Elias Garris House, Upper Delaware Valley House, plank construction, sliding window. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Garris House, a Preservation Investigation (1995), Photo Gallery: Restoration at Garis House (1999)A Plan for Park Trails (STG Fall 1999 Vol. 21, No. 3) The process for drafting and accepting the Draft Trails Plan for the recreation area in 1999. By Assistant Superintendent Bob Kirby. KEYWORDS: social trails, Appalachian Trail, Draft Trails Paln, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Draft General Management Plan Amendment. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: McDade Trail I: Hialeah to Turn Farm, McDade Trail II: Milford Beach to Pitman Orchard, Group Campsites.

Wintering Eagles at the Gap (STG Spring 1999 Vol. 21, No. 4) A condensation of a report by the recreation area's Division of Research and Resource Management. KEYWORDS: eagles, wintering eagles, eagle-watching. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Birds in the park, Flight silhouettes (eagles vs vultures)