Did you know:

• Washington was known as the Organ Manufacturing Capital of the World during the early 1900's, with five major manufacturers.

• At Oxford Furnace, cannon balls were made for the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, French and Indian War,  and Civil War.

• The concrete for the original Yankee Stadium came from the Edison Cement Factory in New Village, which was one of Thomas Edison’s most successful business ventures.

• The Morris Canal was an engineering marvel, which overcame more elevation change than any other canal in the world (914 feet).

• The precursor to Consumer Reports Magazine was Consumer Research, which was located at the current Warren Hills District Office on Bowerstown Road.  They split in 1936 after violent riots with communist undertones.

• The "crime of the century" occurred in Changewater in 1843 with the brutal murder of four members of the same family.

• Benedict Arnold married Peggy Shippen.  They visited her cousin's family often at the Shippen Manor in Oxford.  She helped pass secret messages to the British for her husband.

• The Shippen manor was purchased by George and Seldon Scranton in 1839.  They founded Scranton, PA shortly afterwards. 

• The first Autogyro port in the United States was created by Earle Eckel in Pleasant Valley on Millpond Road.

Websites of interest:

Postcards of Washington -  GREAT site 

www.ebpm.com  

Opening ceremony for Washington HS 1932 - now Warren Hills Middle School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dALYnaEXjus

Morris Canal - check out the PDF at the bottom of the page

www.morriscanal.org  

Warren County Historical Learning Center at Bread Lock Park

http://www.co.warren.nj.us/WN/06-01-2009.html

http://www.hiddennj.com/2014/04/barges-edison-and-local-history-at.html - Barge, Edison and local History

http://www.hiddennj.com/2014/03/edisons-new-village-cement-plant.html - Edison Cement Plant

Washington Boro History

http://www.washingtonboro-nj.gov/town-history.html

http://www.apgarindustrieswebdesign.com/historical.html  - see Thomas Edison film from 1903 in Washington

http://history.rays-place.com/nj/war-washington-borough.htm  - Excerpt from book on Warren County history in 1911

http://www.hiddennj.com/2014/12/making-beautiful-music-in-washington.html - Organ Capital of the World

https://antiquepianoshop.com/online-museum/beethoven/ - Beatty Organ Manfacturer - Enzo Pizza building was their international headquarters

https://njpostalhistory.org/media/archive/151-aug03njph.pdf - History of Organ Manfacturing in Washington - Part 1 - Page 6-16 (This is good)

https://njpostalhistory.org/media/archive/152-nov03njph.pdf - History of Organ Mangacturing in Washington - Part 2 - Page 20-30

https://njpostalhistory.org/media/archive/153-feb04njph.pdf - History of Organ Manfacturing in Washington - Part 3 - Page 13-24 

YouTube slide shows 

1968 Fire in Washington

Washington part I

Washington part II

Washington Township History

http://history.rays-place.com/nj/war-washington.htm

http://www.washington-twp-warren.org/about_washington/local_history/index.php

http://nynjctbotany.org/njrvtofc/washingtontwnwc.html

Mansfield History

http://history.rays-place.com/nj/war-mansfield.htm

Franklin History

http://history.rays-place.com/nj/war-franklin.htm

Oxford History

History of the Washington Theater - by John General

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSV-QmU4pMk

Consumer Research movement in Bowerstown

http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/manuscripts/consumers_introf.html

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/20/obituaries/frederick-j-schlink-writer-and-pioneer-in-consumerism-103.html

http://adage.com/article/adage-encyclopedia/consumers-research/98411/http://adage.com/article/adage-encyclopedia/consumers-research/98411/

Changewater / Castner Murders - 1843

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.565112760165491.133476.192393534104084&type=3

Famous People

Earle Eckel