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Points of History in Cumberland County Click on the following categories to move to your interest or scroll down the page for an overview. Some of the Links are outside this website. Be sure to add this page to your favorites, so you can find your way back and check for updates. Prehistory Lenni-Lenape
Indians Europeans Arrive
Colonials The Revolution
1800's Civil War Reconstruction
Era When I think of history, it includes people: People were living on the land that would become Cumberland County for at least 2800 years. Evidence of their pottery making can be found in archaeological remains found in the area. You can see some of these items by visiting You can see some of these items by visiting the Prehistorical Museum in Greenwich NJ . They have provided a nice .pdf file, that shows an overview of their displays along with a map and schedule of their hours.
When the Europeans arrived here the indigenous people living in the area were members of the Lenni-Lenape (called "The Delaware" by the Europeans). As in all encounters with settlers and native peoples there are two or more sides to the story. While the settlers of New Jersey would not be considered to be terrific by today's standards, I think for their time period, they certainly were not as bad as most. (Hardly anything to be proud of, but something?) I have gathered a set of links and sites that give many accounts. It, also, contains information on where the Lenni-Lenape are today. Who were the Early settlers of Cumberland County?
One of my favorite Cumberland County Towns, Greenwich. There are many people who know more about Greenwich then I do, but I think this essay gives you a good idea of the town and the "New Jersey Tea Party". Pictured at right is a monument to the "NJ Tea
Party" Another Historic Town is the County Seat - Bridgeton The Liberty Bell of Cumberland County
Nail
House Museum (1814) - Bridgeton Discovering the Underground Railroad in Cumberland County History of the West Jersey & Camden Railroad A group of re-enactors who meet in Vineland and keep the memory of their Union Ancestors Alive. The link below shows a great picture of the original Lyon's Post #10 of the GAR. Vineland, New Jersey Vineland founded August 1861. (One of the first and most successful planned communities, before they knew to call them planned communities). Thanks to Mr. Charles K. Landis!!!
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Vineland livestock cause great Bovine War (1863-1864) A list Vineland
events (1864-1868) supported by the more "progressive"
settlers in Vineland, One of those early progressive settlers left us his
autobiography: Charles
E. Hires of Cumberland County- Creator of Hires Root Beer Welch's
Grape Juice - Juicy
Story Puts Vineland on the Map Vineland, 1876; The great visionary who founded Vineland in 1861, had a problem with "controlling his dream."
Jury
finds Charles K. Landis innocent Summer of 1888 The Great Bridgeton Fossil Hoax Not the original story, but a summary of it. America's First Defense
Airport - Millville Army Air Field. 1941 The Millville Army Air Field Museum is dedicated to preserving the history of the first U.S. Army Base built for the defense of our country in 1941. It served as a training base for the famous P-47 'Thunderbolt' and P-40 'Warhawk' fighter plane Japanese Relocation Camp in South Jersey (Seabrook) President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9006 that allowed 110,000 Japanese Americans to be considered "enemy aliens" and to be moved into internment camps away from their home on the West (Pacific) Coast. For more extensive discussion on the subject see my webpage on
the NJ-Alhn Site Still working on the history pages,
While you are waiting, the Cumberland County Site has a good start on the History of the County. Celebrating 250 Years of History in Cumberland County
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