Beautiful homes of Morris County and northern New Jersey : containing photographic reproductions ... with a brief description from colonial days to the present time (1900)
Surdam, Charles E, Osgoodby, William Gardner · Morristown, N.J. : Pierson and Surdam, publishers · leaf 10
of the country,ami the establishment of hoir.es, and more than a century ago, many forges were established along theriver-side, and the hills were denuded of their forests in order to provide the charcoal to supply themwith fuel. Other industries followed, and in time this section becam.e noted for… … VKf;ET.\BLi; G.NRHn.V .\t I.INUEXWOI.D. ^lorristo-vn and .Morris county were named for Govermjr Lewis Morris, who was the first Governorof the province as distinct from New York. Morris countv was set off from Hunterdon by the ProvincialLegislature on ]\Iarch 15, 17,^9, about a month after the…
