History

The 1858 discovery of a nearly complete dinosaur skeleton in Haddonfield contributed handsomely to the field of paleontology, but it also sounded the call to arms in the “bone wars,” […]

Most New Jersey residents probably know that there is a state flower (the common blue violet) and a state bird (the eastern goldfinch). Fewer might be aware that we also

It was a year ago that this column featured a series on the French-born Fort Lee, New Jersey filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché, one of the most accomplished and innovative silent movie

When Bob Dylan described in his 1983 song “Blind Willie McTell” a “fine young handsome man” with “bootlegged whiskey in his hand,” it was almost as if he was carefully

The fact that 19th century Vineland and Landis Township were part of the temperance movement imposed by founder Charles K. Landis is common knowledge, but an earlier attempt in the

Just before becoming a part of Owens-Illinois, Kimble Glass of Vineland attracted national attention in 1944 when its workers decided to strike. As a manufacturer of glassworks crucial to medical

Before Kimble Glass, the Chicago-based company established by Evan Ewan Kimble in 1901, became part of Owens Illinois following World War II, it enjoyed a successful series of decades after

Route 47, commonly known as Delsea Drive by local residents, has been a well-known pathway to the shore no matter what name we choose to call it. But the stretch

Tracing the folk songs written or performed in South Jersey during the early 20th century hasn’t been a common practice but, in 1983, Dorothea H. Lewis did just that for