During the Civil War, the siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) in Mississippi was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign. Print of Vicksburg, Mississippi ca. 1848 In a series of maneuvers, Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove […]
My Mother had the secrets for self-confidence by Clifford Dobyns My mother was born in 1897 and grew up in Martha, KY which is a small dot on a good map. My Dad grew up within that same dot and their family farms were about 1 ½ miles apart. My parents were married in the […]
Hightstown, New Jersey – the final days (continued from Garment Plant faces difficulties) Many of the New Deal communities were disliked, for one reason or another, by the older inhabitants in the surrounding areas. This local hostility was very marked at Jersey Homesteads. The type of architecture, the extravagance, and the character and nature of […]
SEE THE STORY BEHIND THIS PICTURE FOR FREE! JOIN US Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron – FREE Hightstown, New Jersey – Garment Plant faces difficulties continued from Hightstown “By December the $60,000 contributed by the 120 approved homesteaders of Hightstown Homestead in New Jersey was exhausted, and orders for coats had not been large enough […]
See more stories like this Join our Alabama Pioneers Patron Community! Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron And GET ALABAMA PIONEERS PATRONS APP today! Hightstown, New Jersey – The Opening of the Garment Plant (Continued from Hightstown, New Jersey – Moving day and a surprise statue) “The central idea back of Jersey Homesteads was co-operation. M. […]
(Before we had television and video games to fill our time, domino games were a popular past time among men and boys of all ages, nationalities, and economic situations throughout America as can be seen by the following photographs from the late 1930’s and early 1940’s.) Unlock all Alabama Pioneers stories Alabama Pioneers members see […]
Hightstown, New Jersey – Moving day and a surprise statue (Continued from Troubles continue for Hightstown, New Jersey) “As finally completed, the town section of Jersey Homesteads contained 200 white, concrete-block homes of from five to seven rooms, located on small homestead plots of approximately one acre.” (The two photos below are of the Model […]
Author – Donna R Causey COMEGYS HOUSE Built 1708 Commanding a splendid view of the upper Chester River and the surrounding country, this rare example of Dutch architecture was the home of Dr. F. N. Sheppard and his wife. Mrs. Sheppard is a descendant of Alethia. daughter of the William Comegys who built the house […]
In 1987, the small town of Roosevelt received national publicity when a man who never sought the position and did not want to be was elected mayor. Roosevelt, New Jersey has a rich history. The town was actually started as a Resettlement community for Jewish immigrants in the New York garment district of New York. […]
Trouble Looms Ahead for Jersey Home-steaders “As soon as Benjamin Brown and Max Blitzer began to try to turn their plans for Jersey Homesteads into a reality, troubles multiplied. First of all, Brown failed to maintain the support of all the original sponsors, particularly those representing labor and charity groups. Brown was also foiled in […]
