Sunday, April 11, 2021

Old Maps of Bethlehem, PA - Part 2: What Used To Be (Northampton Heights)

Following my post about Clearfield Village, I heard a lot about another former neighborhood: Northampton Heights. 

Formerly located along E 4th Street (Southside Bethlehem), Northampton Heights was originally part of Lower Saucon Township. It was incorporated as a borough in 1901 (population 650) [1], and then incorporated into the city of Bethlehem in 1920 (population 4000) [2]. 


Since the neighborhood was demolished by the Bethlehem Steel Company in the mid 1960s, there is nothing left of Northampton Heights. There were two schools, a number of businesses, several churches, and many homes: gone. Fortunately for us, we can re-create some of the neighborhood using historic maps and Google Earth. 


The 1912 Sanborn fire insurance maps [3] proved to be a good starting place. Sheets 55 and 56 show the neighborhood in detail. This helped me understand the street layout, east to west: Emery, Diamond, Carbon, Bessemer, Anthracite.

As with Clearfield Village, I used the USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer. In particular, I used the Hellertown 1965 and 1972 maps, showing the neighborhood just before and after the demolition.

These maps helped me pinpoint a few things: 

  • Emery Street still exists and the historic map aligns to modern roads best at the northern end of the street. 
  • Anthracite Street aligns north/south with today's Redfield St, albeit on the opposite side of E 4th Street in South Terrace.
  • The Lynn Avenue bridge (south of E 4th St) is between Bessemer and Carbon, but slightly closer to Bessemer. 

From there I estimated the locations of the other north-south streets based on the nearest aligned street in South Terrace. I estimated the locations of 1st through 6th Streets by drawing a straight line from their current existence (hence the long lines in the map you're about to see).

Here is the resulting neighborhood, recreated:


I also took the 1912 Sanborn map images and overlaid them in Google Earth. This confirmed street locations and allowed me to begin plotting points of interest, businesses, churches, etc. The file is huge so I can't post it here; contact me if you'd like a copy of the file. I plotted additional places on the map based on information from articles, Facebook posts, books, etc. Using many sources I was able to create a fairly complete view of the former Northampton Heights neighborhood.
 

Pictures of Northampton Heights:

My map gives you an idea of where things were, and I embedded some pictures I found along the way. Here are some additional pictures to give you a better sense of the neighborhood. 

  The original St Josaphat's Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic Church  

Scroll down a bit to see the Saucona Hotel 
(scroll down in the frame to see)

There's a bit more information about the hotel, including details on the architect, Albert Wolfring Leh, here: https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pj_display.cfm/106440 

 
McIlvain Fire Co, which was also used as the Borough Hall
before Northampton Heights was incorporated into Bethlehem.

There is a longer article on that same page if you click through.

Example of rowhomes in Northampton Heights in 1964

This photo was used to claim that the neighborhood was 'in too much disrepair to save'. The City, HUD, and Bethlehem Steel worked together on an "Urban Renewal" project to demolish the neighborhood so the Steel could build the BOF.

 
Demolition in progress, 1967
 
 
"A trolley crosses Fourth Street at Anthracite Street in 1950" 
(scroll down in the frame to see)
 

Louis Polack & Sons Brickote Company 
1604 E 2nd St

Louis Polack's family home being demolished in October 1968

Today

Northampton Heights was demolished by the Bethlehem Steel Company in the mid-1960s to build the Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF), the latest in steelmaking technology at the time. Since then of course, Bethlehem Steel went bankrupt and the BOF was also demolished in 1998 [4]. The site sat vacant for a number of years but has since been redeveloped into an Industrial Park, which includes some office buildings, a hotel, and several giant warehouses. 


More information

Bethlehem has a strong presence of its past. Here, traditions of many immigrant groups are still alive in the form of festivals, bazaars, and church groups. While Northampton Heights may be gone, there is still a lot of information being preserved about the area. To learn more about the history of Northampton Heights, here are some resources:

Facebook posts are also a wealth of information: 

 Additional resources:

Sources: 

  1. "The Fifth Borough. Judge Scott issues a decree incorporating Northampton Heights" in The Allentown Leader, 18 Feb 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4537366/judge-issues-decree-incorporating/ 
  2. "Bethlehem Swallows Northampton Heights" in The Morning Call, 04 Mar 1920. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12904219/bethlehem-swallows-northampton-heights/
  3. Sanborn 1912 Maps of Northampton Heights (Pg 55, 56, 77): https://digital.libraries.psu.edu/digital/collection/maps1/id/4178 
  4. "Steel Demolition Continues" in The Morning Call, 22 Mar 1998. https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1998-03-22-3180927-story.html 

 

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Crowdsourcing Rusyn places in the US

Rusyns may not be a well-known ethnic group, but we have quite a presence if you know where to look. This is especially evident in the Northeastern US, where many onion-domed churches were founded by Rusyn immigrants in the late 1800s or early 1900s.

I always look for Rusyn sites when I'm traveling, and have seen quite a few Facebook posts asking for Rusyn points of interest in Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA), for example. After a quick poll to gauge interest and participation, I started a collaborative Google Map that we could use to map Rusyn places in the US. In under a week, we already had an impressive collection of points on the map!


Data in this map is organized into several layers:
  • Rusyn Places in the US - This is the layer most people will view and/or edit. 
    • Blue points indicate a Rusyn place of interest
    • Brown points indicate a Rusyn-style wooden church (more on that later)
  • Former Rusyn Places in the US - This layer contains places that have a Rusyn history and have been repurposed, closed, or demolished.  
    • Gray points indicate a place that is no longer used by Rusyns, but still has significance (architectural, cornerstone, etc.)
    • Black points indicate a place that no longer has any Rusyn significance or has been demolished. These points still provide context for the extent of a former Rusyn community 
  • Needs More Info - This layer includes places that are too vague to be useful or may be Rusyn but aren't confirmed (by sources or colloquial knowledge). 
    • Red points were identified either during my review of newly added points or in my own research, and require additional digging. 
  • Rusyn Places in Canada - This layer includes two Rusyn-style wooden churches in Canada because they were too interesting to leave off the map, and are very close to the Northeastern US.
  • Russian Brotherhood Organization Lodges (-1959) - This layer includes towns that had a RBO lodge before 1959, as listed on the Rusyns of PA blog. This layer provides places for me to investigate for additional Rusyn communities and places that I may not have found otherwise.
    • Green points are placed on the town, as these lodges often didn't have addresses of their own and met in churches or other businesses.

Findings

Not surprisingly, churches and cemeteries are most of the mark we've left on the US over the past 136 years*. I did find some fun things though:
Of course, Rusyns need their pirogi, so I included a number of Eastern European restaurants in Rusyn areas, along with the famously Rusyn Baba's Pirogies in Brooklyn, and a future Rusyn restaurant in Johnstown, PA.

Take one look at the map and you'll notice that most of the Rusyn places in PA are in NEPA or near Pittsburgh. There are a significant amount of Rusyn places in NJ and OH as well. I also learned more about a number of Rusyn outposts in less likely places, like Hartshorne, OK and Brookside, AL. Rusyns migrated from the Northeastern US to Hartshorne and Brookside for job opportunities in the mines.

The most exciting find though, is a number of Rusyn-style wooden churches in the US and Ontario, Canada! Who knew?!? Here's the list, so far:

Rusyn-style wooden churches in the US and Canada

If you know of any that I missed, please comment below!

Idea for a Road Trip

I'm still stuck at home, trying to stay safe during a global pandemic. I'm not sure when I'll get to do this road trip, but I can dream... I used MapQuest's route planner again and came up with this route. I can visit all of the Rusyn-style wooden churches in the Northeast in 26 hours of driving!


I excluded the two in Ontario, Canada, since Canada is not letting Americans (or any other foreign nationals) in during the pandemic**. I also excluded the church in Georgia, because it is so far from the rest of the churches. I'll have to save that for another trip.

Sources

I cited my sources in each point on the map. If there's no comment in the map point, it was a suggestion by someone in the Facebook group, or was added by a user. For further reading, check out these links:

* St Michael's in Shenandoah was the first Rusyn church in the US. It was built in 1884 and demolished in 2015. The congregation still exists, and has a newer church building that they've used for many years.
** I don't blame them. The US has some work to do, as infection numbers are skyrocketing again.

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Saturday, April 25, 2020

Cuba - Cigar Factory Tour, Hotel Nacional, Talk on Economics

If you haven’t read my Cuba pre-travel tips, check them out here.

Other posts from this trip can be found using the label Cuba2018.

Cuba Day 5 – Havana: Cigar Factory, Hotel Nacional, Talk on Economics 


Partagas Cigar Factory

Bright and early we boarded a bus to the Partagas Cigar Factory. We could take photos in the lobby, but weren’t allowed to bring cameras in any further. It was incredible to see each job (done by hand) and learn about the amount of detail that goes into each cigar.


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Next, we visited a gift shop in an old rum distillery. This gift shop was selected for us because it had a good selection of both rum and cigars. Our group purchased a lot of cigars, but I purchased some Havana Club 7-year rum. 


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The gift shop had a small cafe off the main room, and several people ordered a Cuban coffee with rum and sugar. It was quite a show!


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Elder Home Visit

Not far from the gift shop was an elder home run by the local Catholic church. A retired nun gave us a tour of the grounds and their incredible chapel and beautiful gardens.


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Mal Paso Dance Group

We had the opportunity to sit in on a practice session for the Mal Paso Dance Group, followed by Q&A. It was clear that these individuals were excellent at what they do. You can learn more about the group at their website: www.MalPasoDance.com.


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Practice was held at a local Jewish center, which had a holocaust museum of sorts in the lobby. There was a lot of information to take in.

Lunch at Hotel Nacional!

After an action-packed morning, we got to enjoy lunch at the iconic Hotel Nacional! This hotel has played such an important role in Cuban history, and has a beautiful view of the sea.


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After lunch cocktails 

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A mini Hotel Nacional

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View of a fortress

University of Havana

After lunch we visited the University of Havana, and attended a lecture in a recently restored building. Afterwards we walked over to the stairs overlooking the neighborhood for a group photo. 


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One of the recently restored buildings 

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View from atop the steps

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The statue named “Alma Mater”


Sloppy Joe’s

For our afternoon break, boyfriend and I walked around the neighborhoods near our hotel. We decided to have a drink at Sloppy Joe’s, yet another famous and popular bar that was used in a Hollywood movie before the US and Cuba stopped being friends. 

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Economic Lecture and Dinner

One of my favorite things about this trip was all of the lectures we got to attend. #NerdAlert 

But really, there was a lot of good information!! For example:
  • Last year (2017) there were over 500 new paladares (private restaurants) in Havana alone, and over 20,000 new B&Bs 
  • After President Obama eased travel restrictions: 
    • The Havana airport went from 500,000 passengers to 1,000,000 in one week 
    • Havana went from 66,000 visitors per year to 158,000 almost overnight 
    • Havana used to have 12 cruise ships dock per year, but this drastically increased. 1 cruise ship is equal to seven (7) 747-airplanes landing at once. That’s a LOT of people 
  • The US embargo on Cuba is composed of over 3000 restrictions. It practically can’t/won’t be removed in one action, so the goal is to weaken it by allowing specific loopholes.  
  • Cuba has to change, with or without the US. The US could do more to make it a little easier to adapt.

By US regulation, our trip to Cuba had minimal downtime. Everything was planned, and we did everything as a group (approximately 20 people). It was nice to finally have one night for dinner on our own. We were given a list of recommended restaurants and activities, but we were allowed to venture out on our own. We ended up picking the same restaurant as another person from our group, so we made a reservation for 3. The restaurant was called Ivan Chef Justo; a paladar run by a renowned chef. The restaurant was the 2nd and 3rd floor in a building, and was really eclectic. Our table was actually on a tiny terrace with a view of Old Havana’s rooftops.


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 Inside the restaurant
 
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The view

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FINALLY, some fish on this Caribbean island!

After dinner we were all stuffed and decided to wander around Habana Vieja. Why not try the “microbrewery” in Plaza Vieja?!
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Well, it turns out it was less of a brewery and more of an “all in one” brewing machine. More like a beer-like substance than actual beer. The beer wasn’t good, but the company was great.
And with that, there are 3 more Cuba blog posts coming… I’m determined to finish them soon!
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Saturday, April 18, 2020

Interpreting History of Rusyn Villages based on Church Schematismus Data

Have I mentioned how much I love Archive.org lately? It's so good! There's so much incredible information for those willing to sift through it. I don't remember how, but I found a number of Schematismus books for the Diocese of Munkacs, Hungary. The Diocese of Munkacs is now known as the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo, and is in today's Ukraine. It used to include parts of eastern Slovakia, but today only includes Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. These books detail information on each of the Greek Catholic churches, the village, etc.


Research Subjects

Both of my Rusyn ancestors attended churches in that diocese, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. I thought it would be interesting to see what I could learn about their villages from these church records.The villages are 50km apart (approximately 30 miles):
  • Kalna Roztoka, Slovakia - Current population: 615 [1]
  • Lyuta, Ukraine - Current population: 2412 [2]

Data Collection

In total, I found 32 books on Archive.org, ranging from 1814 to 1915. On average, there were 3 years between each book. I set up a spreadsheet to collect data for each village, including the following:
  • Year
  • Link
  • Village Name
  • Page #
  • Priest's Name
  • Administrator's Name
  • Cantor's Name
  • Church Name
  • # of People 
  • # of People in Other Branches
  • Total # of People
  • Church Name (Other Branch)
  • # of School Children
  • Other Notes
  • District
This is the majority of what can be found in the books. A comprehensive look would want to translate the descriptions and capture additional data, such as whether the village had a train station or post office. Amenities like these were identified with a symbol.

Results

I found it interesting to learn the names of the priests in each village. The priest in Kalna Roztoka in 1915 was Basilius Lyachovics. I have a 1933 letter from him to my great-grandmother, providing the birth and death dates for my great-great-grandparents, and asking her to send money to help care for her sister. In a separate post, I might look into the average length of time priests stayed at these two villages.

One of the most interesting, quantifiable changes over this 100 year period is the population of each village. This chart highlights the largest changes. The image below has the population colorized on a scale of red-yellow-green, where red is lowest and green is highest.


This raises the question: what happened circa 1856, that Kalna Roztoka lost 50% of their village population, and Lyuta lost 17%, in the prior 9 years. Or in 1836 when Kalna Roztoka lost 28% of their village population, and Lyuta lost 25%, in just 1 year.

Here's another view of the population changes:

Data on European Epidemics, Famines, and Weather

I'm writing this blog post while under a Stay At Home order for the COVID-19 pandemic, but I started work on this post in Fall 2019, before the virus was on anyone's radar. At that time I found it interesting how much information there is on historical climate-related disasters, pandemics, and famines. Now I have a different perspective, as we are living through a modern-day pandemic. The situation is eerie.

While I was unable to find any documentation of specific disasters, famines, or epidemics in either Kalna Roztoka or Lyuta, I did find some related information.

Lyuta is on the other side of the mountain crest from Austrian Galicia. It seems logical that a famine in Galicia could indicate difficult times on the other side of the mountains as well. The Wikipedia article on Famines in Austrian Galicia [3, 4] notes famines in 1832, 1853-1855.

The Wikipedia List of Epidemics [5] shows a global epidemic from 1855-1860: the 3rd (Bubonic) plague pandemic.

I looked into potential climate-related disasters, but had a hard time finding specific data. This website has some interesting climate observations: https://www.tambora.org/index.php/grouping/event/list?g%5Bqt%5D=&t%5Byb%5D=1800&t%5Bye%5D=1954&s%5Bcn%5D=9934&sort=t.begin&mode=search&page=14 If anyone has climate data for the 1800s, let me know!

Sources

  1. Kalna Roztoka Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaln%C3%A1_Roztoka
  2. Lyuta Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liuta
  3. Famines in Austrian Galicia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famines_in_Austrian_Galicia#Chronological_occurrences
  4. Excerpt from "Oil Empire" by Alison Fleig Frank mentioning Galician famines: https://books.google.com/books?id=jNaFc1OdN-QC&pg=PA45#v=onepage&q&f=false
  5. List of epidemics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics

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Saturday, March 28, 2020

Road Trip: Every County in New Jersey


*** While we're all quarantined under Stay-At-Home orders in the northeast, I thought you might enjoy a virtual trip to every county in New Jersey. Boyfriend and I did this back in 2017, and I never got around to posting about it. I hope you enjoy! ***

Road Trip!


You know what state is pretty cool? New Jersey. It gets a bad name, but it's a cool place. There are mountains, beaches, cities, swamps, forests, trains, and other cool stuff. Like beer and live music!

But is New Jersey even truly one place? I’d argue it is not. There’s the North Jersey vs South Jersey debate; and don’t forget to throw Central Jersey (I can confirm that it does indeed exist – I lived there) into the mix. New York City vs Philadelphia. Hoagies vs Subs. Pinelands and Skylands. City and Shore. For a tiny state, it has a lot of variety… and only 21 counties!

You know what would be a fun road trip? Visiting every county in NJ in one day. And better yet, let's visit the County Seat of every county in one day!

The Plan

Google Maps isn't up for this sort of routing, so I used MapQuest. Though the site is pretty slow and full of ads, it's easy to use and has some great features. I typed in the name of every County Seat as a destination, told it to work its magic, and here is the result:



According to MapQuest’s routing trip planner, our mission should take just under 11 hours (10:25, but we also had 15-20 mins to/from home on the 1st and last stops). We planned to do the following in each county:

  • Take a selfie.
  • Check in on FourSquare/Swarm, including the selfie. Cross-post to Facebook.
  • Take a “real photo” of the town/surroundings.
  • Nothing else... no time to waste!

As you’ll soon see, we had to stretch the meaning of “a single day”… But here’s the breakdown for each place!

1.      New Brunswick, Middlesex County

Arrival time: 11:45 AM
Starting our journey!
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2.      Trenton, Mercer County

Arrival time: 12:42 PM
The state capital!
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3.      Mount Holly, Burlington County

Arrival time: 1:15 PM
I didn’t know much about Mount Holly, other than the fact that my weather forecast comes from there. It looked like a nice town!
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4.      Camden, Camden County

Arrival time: 2:02 PM
Camden’s picture is *of* Philly, but taken *in* Camden.
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5.      Woodbury, Gloucester County

Arrival time: 2:45 PM
Another town that looked pretty interesting!
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6.      Salem, Salem County

Arrival time: 3:40 PM
Salem gets two pics because I loooved their library!
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7.      Bridgeton, Cumberland County

Arrival time: 4:15 PM
Bridgeton had a really cool mural in their downtown park. Here’s an excerpt from NJ.com:
“The mural here features the area’s agricultural history and ethnic diversity against landmarks like the courthouse. Lake Street’s “Seven Gables” home is pictured toward the top of the mural. Built in 1871, the building had been a boarding school for girls, a maternity hospital and is now John Moriarty’s house.” More info here: https://www.nj.com/cumberland/2011/10/bridgetons_downtown_mural_park.html
P7010038 - Bridgeton

8.      Cape May Courthouse, Cape May County

Arrival time: 5:30 PM
The driving time from Bridgeton to Mays Landing was 41 minutes. Add Cape May Courthouse in there? 1hr 30mins. Cape May County is so far south!!
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9.      Mays Landing, Atlantic County

Arrival time: 6:19 PM
So much driving.
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10. Toms River, Ocean County

Arrival time: 7:45 PM
A quick stop in Toms River while some fierce storm clouds formed overhead…
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11. Freehold, Monmouth County

Arrival time: 8:15 PM
I didn’t realize Freehold had a downtown. I’ve driven around the area before, but always in the township. I’ll have to go back and spend more time.
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12. Elizabeth, Union County

Arrival time: 9:05 PM
Last county seat with any daylight. Blue hour is perfect for photos!
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13. Newark, Essex County

Arrival time: 9:30 PM
Is there a better spot for a photo than Newark Penn Station? Probably not - trains are great!
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14. Jersey City, Hudson County

Arrival time: 10:00 PM
Jersey City was really busy! My photo includes a line of taxis.
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15. Hackensack, Bergen County

Arrival time: 10:30 PM
Another first! I’ve been in this area before, but never actually visited Hackensack. Thwarted by an unexpected one-way street, we ended up taking the photo in a park across from the county building.
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16. Paterson, Passaic County

Arrival time: 10:59 PM
If it was daytime, we would’ve gone to Paterson Great Falls. But it was nighttime, and we weren’t sure if it would be open and/or well-lit enough for the selfie. I scouted potential locations while boyfriend drove, and came across the county building’s annex. WOW! It was built in 1899 as a US Post Office. The second picture is the current county building.
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17. Morristown, Morris County

Arrival time: 11:50 PM
I’ve spent some time in Morristown, but couldn’t pick a spot for a photo. Ended up on the Green!
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18. Newton, Sussex County

Arrival time: 12:45 AM
Poor photo quality because I was really tired.
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O.M.G. is it bedtime yet? Ok, guys. This is where we called it. We still had 3 county seats (2.5+ hours of driving) and it was 1am. Just think of the blurry selfies. We drove home (an HOUR from Newton), slept for ~6 hours, and got back on the road with enough time to make it to the remaining 3 county seats in under 24 hours. Still “a single day” in my book.

19. Belvidere, Warren County

Arrival time: 9:48 AM
Back at it! Did you know that Belvidere is home of the “County Seaters”? The tiny downtown was pretty busy on Sunday morning! Fun fact: the guy who founded Scranton, PA was from Belvidere.
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20. Flemington, Hunterdon County

Arrival time: 10:40 AM
Let’s be real. For #20 I wasn’t feeling particularly inspired, and we just took the photo where we ended up parking. As luck* would have it, we ended up parking across from the Union Hotel. This is a really cool building from the early 1800s that was recently slated for demolition (developers wanted to reuse the land), but the community pushed back. The result was a compromise: the developers will use the façade of the hotel in their new development.
*Because we targeted downtown areas in every county seat.
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21. Somerville, Somerset County

Arrival time: 11:15 AM
Our last county seat, and it’s one of my favorites. We made it! To celebrate, we stopped for a real meal at Boulevard Seafood.
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The Results

We did it! Every county in NJ within 24 hours. Total time: 16 hours** (13:30 + 2:30). Woohoo!
Lessons learned?
  • MapQuest’s route planner/optimizer is great! As long as you can put up with ads.
  • Do your math. We ended up spending ~15 minutes in each place (find parking and/or photo location, take photo, post photo, get directions to the next place, and get back on the road), plus we had a few (3?) bathroom/food/gas stops. As it turns out, spending 15 minutes at 21 places would add over 5 hours to our trip. Factoring that in, we made pretty good time. If we had calculated that in advance, we would’ve had a more realistic estimate (and maybe started earlier in the day… I’m not a morning person).
  • Have a plan for the bigger cities. Showing up in Jersey City at 10 PM on a Saturday night without a plan of where we wanted to take a photo proved to be stressful. At that point, we were also nearing 12 hours in the car. I thought I wanted to do the photo in Journal Square, but I *really* wanted to do the photo in a square near Grove Street. Make a plan!
  • Wawa and QuickChek are the. best. We stopped at numerous Wawas and QuickCheks for gas, reliably fast and decent food, and reliably clean bathrooms.

**This does not include the hour we drove home from Newton or the hour from home to Belvidere… the fact that we needed sleep was purely due to poor planning. If someone else were to attempt this trip, those 2 extra hours wouldn’t be necessary.

My full set of photos is available here: https://flickr.com/photos/robotbrainz/albums/72157702834191012. Most are included in this blog post, but there are a few extras there.

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