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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation AreaAlong Old Mine Rd at Handlers Curve. NPS Photo by Warren Dean.
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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Features from Back Issues 2000

2000 (Volume 22)

Farming the Park (STG Spring 2000 Vol. 22, No.1) An assessment of the park's agricultural permit program by wildlife biologist Larry Hilaire. KEYWORDS: farming, agricultural leasing (agricultural permits), kahesana Xaskwim, manitowouk, hedgerows, no-till, minimum-tilled, disking, wheat, rye, oats, barley. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Agriculture in the park, Corn: An American Native, Historic Orchard at Roberts Farm NJ.

Corn: An American Native (STG Spring 2000 Vol. 22, No. 1) By wildlife biologist Larry Hilaire. KEYWORDS: corn, maize, Three Sisters Garden. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Cultural Connections, Farming the Park, Agriculture in the park.

 

A Ride Down Old Mine Road (STG Summer 2000 Vol. 22, No. 2) An auto tour guide. By park historian Susan Kopczynski. KEYWORDS: Old Mine Road, King's Highway, Road to Esopus, Kittatinny Point, Coppermine Hiking Area, Copper Mines, Pahaquarry Copper Mines, adits, Calno School, Pahaquarry Township, Hardwick Township, Depew Recreation Site, Van Campens Glen, Van Campen Brook, Watergate Recreation Site, Abraham Garis, Abram Garis, Abraham Garris, Abraham Garris, Salamovka, Andrew Salama, Nelda Salama, Flat Brook, Flatbrookville, Peters Valley, Bevans, Wallpack Center, First Rosencrans House, Isaac Rundle, Jasper Rundle House, Buttermilk Falls, Chado Farm, Frank Chapot, U.S. Olympic Equestrian Team, Jacob Roe House, Deep Spring Farm, Walpack Valley Environmental Education Center, Walpack Bend, Walpack Mountain, Walpack Cemetery, Walpack Post Office, Wallpack Post Office, Van Scoder Knight House, Peters Valley, Peter Van Neste, Bevans, Hensfoot Corners, Mrs. Victor Bevans, Daniel Rosencrans, Dutch Reformed Church of Peters Valley, Greek Revival House, Valley Brook Farm, Hilltop Farm, bank barns, Nelden-Roberts Stone House. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Dutch Mines Fact or Myth?, Millbrook Village, Garis House, Photo Gallery: Restoration at Garis House, Delaware View House, An Introduction to Military Trail, Military Trail (trail guide), Walpack Center and Van Campen Innrestoration of Van Campen Inn, slaves of the Van Campen and Rosencrans familiesbank barns, Peters Valley Craft Center, Greek Revival in the park, Dingmans Bridge, Historic Houses of Montague NJ (Foster-Armstrong/Nelden-Roberts), Montague Association for the Restoration of Community History (M.A.R.C.H.) LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: Walpack Inn (restaurant),  History of the Civilian Conservation Corps on the CCC alumni website, History of Warren County NJ including Pahaquarry (defunct) and Hardwick Townships.

On the Frontier of New Jersey: An Introduction to Military Trail (STG: Summer 2000 Vol. 22, No. 2) Narrative and views of Military Trail, a one-mile trail dating from the 1700s. KEYWORDS: Lenape (delaware) natives, Captain Jonathan Hampton, John Rosencrans, Newton (Sussex Court House) NJ, Balesville NJ, Myrtle Grove NJ, Mecca Lake, Pompey Ridge, General Horatio Gates, Benedict Arnold, Battle of Trenton, Count Casimir Pulaski, Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt, General John Sullivan, Sullivan Trail. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Exhibits on Line: A Constant Patrol: Hampton's Forts (Fort Johns), Exhibits on Line: Hampton's Letter and Map, The French and Indian War in the Delaware Valley, A Ride down Old Mine Road, trail guide to Military Trail (Military Road).

 

Park Profiles: Philosopher Charles Peirce (1839-1914) (STG Fall 2000 Vol. 22 No. 3) Mathematician and pragmatist philosopher Charles Peirce lived at Arisbe, a historic home now within the recreation area. By park ranger Megan O'Malley. KEYWORDS: Charles Peirce, Juliette Froissy, Arisbe, pragmatism, pragmatists, USC&GS, NOAA. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Service (NOAA), Peirce on the website of the Pike County Historical Society
Additional Material
A Biography of Charles S. Peirce. By Keri A. Jean. KEYWORDS: Harriet Melusina Fay, Zina Fay, Charles Hawthorne, Paul Weiss, geodesy, metrology, spectroscopy, fallibilism, tychism, agapism, synechism, semiosis. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: The Peirce Edition Project at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

 

Railway Avenue and the Delaware Valley Railroad (DVRR) (STG Winter 2000 Vol. 22, No. 4) Railway Avenue, once a street in the village of Bushkill, is now a flat trail through the woods and along an old railroad bed. KEYWORDS: Village of Bushkill PA, Bushkill Railroad station, Turn Store BUshkill PA, Railway Avenue Trail, Maple Grove PA, Lawrence Butz. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Railroads in the Park, East Stroudsburg Railroad Landscape (DL&W). LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: Pike County Historical Society.

A wooden AT sign attached to a tree along the trail  

Did You Know?
... that on its way through Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, the Appalachian Trail goes right through the village of Delaware Water Gap PA, which has a bus station. For 10,000,000 city dwellers, pristine ridgetop ponds and scenic mountaintop views are only a bus-and-backpack trip away.
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Last Updated: September 30, 2009 at 10:30 EST