Mad Hatters, Radium Girls and the Asbestos Hotel
As an industrial state, NJ is no stranger to industrial toxins. In recent decades, we have been home to over 140 Superfund cleanup sites...
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Local History Online
- May 5, 2018
A History Ramble through Rosedale Cemetery
Over the centuries many families in our community have chosen Rosedale Cemetery as their final place of rest. It consists of 92...
- Mar 11, 2013
The Hickories: A Budding Naturalist
The extended Roosevelt family were great believers in the benefits of summer vacations in the country and outdoor pursuits. Teddy, as a...
- Aug 4, 2008
The Lenape Who Came Before Us
The earliest residents of the Maplewood-South Orange area were The Lenape (len-AH-pay), Native Americans who once populated “a vast...
- Mar 8, 2008
After the Hickories: William Howard Curtiss: Visionary or Failed Promoter?
The executors of the C.V.S. Roosevelt Jr. estate were enmeshed in a long dispute over his will, but upon its resolution, William Howard...
- Mar 8, 2008
After the Hickories: Thomas Benton Ackerson, Master Developer
Thomas Benton Ackerson, owner of the eponymous T. B. Ackerson Company, entered the Roosevelt Park story in 1904. A developer of houses...
- Feb 11, 2007
Down in the Valley: The History of the Dunnell Road Area
Long before the police station and fire department were located beside Memorial Park following Maplewood's incorporation, the area had...
- Aug 28, 2006
Apple Groves and Cider-Making in Old Maplewood
For centuries, apples have been the most commonly grown and consumed fruit in the northern latitudes. In 2006, a detailed and expansive...
- Nov 14, 2003
The Separation of Maplewood and South Orange
sources: 1. John P. Snyder, The Story of New Jersey’s Civil Boundaries 1606-1968. (Bureau of Geology and Topography, Trenton, New Jersey,...
- Jan 12, 2003
Maplewood, in the Orange Mountains
The name “Maplewood” dates back to 1860, but the history of the section can be traced back many, many years, to a time before the hum of...
- Nov 1, 2001
The Battle of Springfield - June 1780
The Revolutionary War Battle of Springfield, in June 1780, took place little more than a stone's throw from Maplewood's borders. Although...
- May 31, 2000
A Brief History of The Durand-Hedden House
The Durand-Hedden House, whose original structure was built in about 1790, sits on two acres of the original plantation that was part of a...
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