08/31/10

TITLE: Jack Painter of Lebanon Township wins Hunterdon Historical Award (PICTURE)
 

-- Hunterdon County Historical Society President Richard Stothoff (left) presents Jack Painter of Lebanon Township with a copy of Beers' 1873 Atlas of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, the grand prize award in the Society’s “Guess This Place” competition at the Agriculture Fair. The enlargement of a postcard from the Society’s collection is seen in the background. The answer, Taylor-Wharton Iron and Steel Company in High Bridge, was guessed by 64 of the 154 entrants and the winner drawn by County Historian Stephanie Stevens. The second most frequently guessed place was the Paper Mill in Milford. Other sites named were Lambertville Locomotive Plant, Lambertville Lace Co, Lambertville Rubber Co, Lambertville Lumber Co, Flemington Pfaltzgraff, Raritan Lipton Plant, Raritan Iron Foundry, Clinton Paper Mill, High Bridge Peach Basket Works, and Hampton CRR Engine Repair. Ray Jones of Frenchtown won the second-place prize of a one-year membership to the Society. The Beers Atlas is available for purchase from the Society at $40.