History along McDade Trail I: Hialeah Picnic Area to Turn Farm (on River Road) (STG Fall 2002 Vol. 24 No. 3) Sketches of history along the initial 5-mile segment of McDade Recreational Trail. KEYWORDS: McDade Recreational Trail, McDade Trail, Walpack Bend, River Road, Kautz, Hialeah, Newcomb House, Robacher House, Roebacher House, summer kitchen, historic Smithfield Township Schoolhouses, Smithfield Beach, Tocks Island Dam, 1955 flood, Zion Church, Zions Evangelical Lutheran Church, Delaware Valley Conservation Association, Office of Historic Preservation and Design, Michaels House, Michael House, Theune Dairy Farm, Mosier's Knob PA, John Turn Farm, Weave House, Weaver's House, Camp Ministerium, Freeman Tract Road. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Chronology of River Road and its Ferries, Historical Narrative of River Road (and Freeman Tract Road), History along McDade Trail II: Milford Beach to Pitman Orchard, Farming the Park, In her own words: Nancy (Michael) Shukaitis, The Tocks Island Dam Controversy.