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We're the Roxbury Township History Website!

This website celebrates the history of Roxbury Township in Morris County, New Jersey. Our Town was founded in 1740 and has a rich heritage. Originally a center for Iron Mining and forges that supplied George Washington and the Continental Army, our Community grew with the cutting of roads east and west and the building of the Morris Canal in 1827. Local Explosives Plants would supply dynamite for the mines and railroad building and employ generations of Roxbury Township residents. By the 1880's the Railroad would overtake the Canal for Commercial transportation and Roxbury exploded in growth with 2 major, and competing rail lines. By 1890 Roxbury was 'the' gateway to the busy resorts of Lake Hopatcong, which remained one of the region's most popular summer destinations for over 60 years. The coming decades brought a 'boom time' of new train stations, schools, homes and businesses, yet always in an orderly sort of way.

This site is also growing and we're adding pages of historical photos and articles on local history. We recently added several pages that were sent in by readers. We'll continue scanning Roxbury High School Yearbooks as they become available and presenting the results here. We welcome YOUR scans of YOUR RHS Yearbook, contact us for tech info before starting. Even though this project is relatively new, a special feature will be a 'look back' at how this website looked many years ago. Sound impossible?, well just click on the "1912 Webpage" button to the left. Check back periodically, we'll be adding new pages as time allows. This website is focused on the history of the Roxbury Twp. communities of Ledgewood, Succasunna, Kenvil & Lower Berkshire Valley. For info on Landing & Port Morris, see our links page for the website:  LandingNewJersey.com

In March 2006 we began a cooperative relationship with The Roxbury Historic Trust and now host their website pages. We're working with them to increase involvement and interest in historical preservation.

RoxburyNewJersey.com is an independent community website. We're non-commercial and welcome submissions of Roxbury historical info in the form of remembrances, articles and photo scans. Visit us again soon!

NEW!  The beginnings of the 1958 RHS Yearbook pages!

The Roxbury High School Class of 1965 has a website:
www.RHSClassof65.com 

 LIVING HISTORY DAY
Ledgewood Historic District
Sunday, October 12, 2008 from 1 PM to 4 PM

The Saltbox House, King Store & King Homestead will be 
open on this date for free tours at 209-213 Main Street, 
behind the former Ledgewood Circle.
You've already seen 2008, now you can experience 1908 at the 
King Buildings, and experience 1808 at the Salt Box House!

JOIN US FOR LIVING HISTORY DAY
Join us on Sunday, October 12, from Noon to 4PM for Living History Day at the Ledgewood Historic Park. Bring your cameras: Victorian gentlewomen will grace the porch of the King Homestead and ride side saddle around our historic area.
There will be antique vehicles, pumpkin decorating and children's games. Richard Cramond will conduct a walking tour of Main Street at 1:30 PM. Come into the King Store where there will be seasonal antique items from Blue Heron Antiques for sale. And don't forget to visit the Silas Riggs Saltbox House for colonial ambiance, hearth cooking and a slide show.

Have you visited us before? If not, or in addition, save some time to tour the King Homestead Museum, keep up with our ongoing rehabilitation, and see our current exhibits: Stationed Abroad: A Tribute to Flight Nurse, Captain Mildred Osmun, and a Remembrance of our WW2 Veterans; and Celebrate Preservation, 2008, featuring photographs Then and Now of Roxbury's five historic churches.

Roxbury Historic Trust, Inc  -  209 Main Street, Ledgewood, 07852
973-927-7603  -  Admission free, donations appreciated

NEW: Two new websites of historic Ledgewood photos:
Pastor Holwick's 'Main Street Ledgewood Then & Now'

Note: Make sure "Java Script" is enabled in your browser to see the new photos hidden underneath the vintage ones
Local resident Rick's 'Main Street Ledgewood Then & Now'
Note: Best viewed in Microsoft IE, some photos may not appear in Mozilla Firefox browser
NEW:  Tribute to Roxbury Fireman Harry E. Davenport

Although this site is an independent effort, we greatly appreciate and highly commend the work of the dedicated volunteers of the Roxbury area Historical organizations:

The Roxbury Township Historical Society  owns and operates the historic Silas Riggs 'Saltbox' House of circa 1770 at 213 Main Street in Ledgewood, open on the second Sunday afternoon of each month. They also sponsor an evening lecture series, open to the public, as well as the very popular "A Saltbox Christmas", an Open House with an Olde Fashioned Soup Supper, held in early December. Contact: Roxbury Township Historical Society, PO Box 18, Succasunna, NJ 07876.  tel# 973-584-6931 or 973-584-2676. 

The Roxbury Historic Trust  has responsibility for the "King Store" & the "King Homestead Museum" at 209-211 Main Street in Ledgewood.  The Store and the Homestead Museum are open for short tours on the second Sunday of each month from 1-4 PM. Overseen by volunteers from the Trust, this is well worth a visit. Operated by Theodore F. King from 1874 through 1928, the Store was originally built in 1815 and retains it's turn of the Century appearance. The Trust is also restoring the adjacent 1881 Victorian House built by the King family. A newly restored Parlor and two Exhibition rooms are open to the public. Roxbury Historic Trust Inc., 209 Main St, Ledgewood, NJ 07852   tel# 973-927-7603  or 973-584-7903. 

We urge you to support your Community heritage by becoming a member of one or both these fine groups

History Timeline  -  Roxbury Website of 1912   -   Morris Canal   -   1940 Hercules Explosion
  Roxbury High School 1955 Yearbook  -  1958 Yearbook    1935 Yearbook

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