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David Cochran

Dec 15, 20225 min read

85 A New Home for the Lost Windmill

Print Post The lost has been found. The disassembled has been reconstructed. This tale has its roots in Blawenburg on the old Nevius/Van...

David Cochran

Nov 15, 20229 min read

84 First Responders

Print Post When an emergency occurs today, we are fortunate to be able to call 911 and have help arrive within a matter of minutes. But...

David Cochran

Oct 17, 20225 min read

83 Farewell to an Old Friend

Print Post The Blawenburg ash stood like a silent sentry along Georgetown-Franklin Turnpike for over a century and a half. She survived...

David Cochran

Sep 9, 20224 min read

82 A Day to Remember - 9/11/01

Print Post Tuesday, September 11, 2001 is one of those days we shall never forget. Most people can tell you where they were when they...

David Cochran

Aug 15, 20226 min read

81 Mystery at the Old Tavern

Print Post Pete Lewis, one of our blog subscribers, contacted me recently to report that he lived in the Griggs house, aka, Blawenburg...

David Cochran

Jul 18, 20225 min read

80 The Voorhees House

Print Every building in Blawenburg has stories to tell. The Voorhees House, built in 1870, was the last of the original houses built in...

David Cochran

Jun 16, 20222 min read

79 A Glimpse of the State Village

In 2021, I posted a four-part blog series on the State Village for Epileptics. Founded in 1898, the village served residents with a...

David Cochran

May 16, 20227 min read

78 The Frog War and M&S Demise

Print Post Railroads were a growing industry in the 19th century, and Blawenburg was served by the 25-mile Mercer & Somerset Railroad...

David Cochran

Apr 19, 20226 min read

77 The Bats of Blawenburg

Print Not all Tales of Blawenburg are about the early history of the village. This blog was inspired by a recent visit by a bat to my...

David Cochran

Mar 15, 20225 min read

76 The Famous Preachers of Blawenburg

Print Post A new church in a small village with several famous preachers… how did they end up preaching in Blawenburg? Blawenburg was a...

David Cochran

Feb 17, 202212 min read

75 The Wandering Blaws

By Edwin Olen ‘Ted’ Blew Print Have you ever wondered what happened to the Blaws, whose family name graces the historic village of...

David Cochran

Jan 17, 20224 min read

74 When Ansel Adams Came to the Village

In this blog, we note a visit by Ansel Adams to the village of Blawenburg and the picture he took while he was here. Download/print Ansel...

David Cochran

Dec 17, 20215 min read

73 The Other Blawenburg Village

Print Post Do you know that there is another Blawenburg Village? Some might call it the other Blawenburg Village, while others may call...

David Cochran

Nov 18, 20214 min read

72 The Old Parsonage

Print Post In the previous blog, we told the story of the ghosts in the old church parsonage, including some tales and a firsthand...

David Cochran

Oct 25, 20216 min read

71 The Ghosts in the Old Parsonage

Print Post In this blog, we share the story of the ghost of Gracie Talmage, who along with other apparitions, is said to have roamed the...

70 Eagle Scout Project Brings New Life to Cemetery Entrance

David Cochran

Oct 4, 20215 min read

70 Eagle Scout Project Brings New Life to Cemetery Entrance

Print Post When Montgomery Township Scout Troop 46 was formed in 1933, it was called Blawenburg Troop 46, and it was sponsored, as it is...

David Cochran

Sep 13, 20216 min read

69 Blaw's Mill

Print Post Many of our life experiences occur by happenstance. Circumstances can lead us to random places where unpredicted things...

David Cochran

Aug 16, 20213 min read

68 In Memory of Brood X

Print Post This blog about cicadas may seem like it’s reporting old news. After all, aren’t those cicadas gone for the next 17 years?...

David Cochran

Jul 23, 20217 min read

67 How Not to Put Out a Fire

Print Post I believe that many of the life's surprising experiences are foreshadowed, but they seem novel to us because we aren't...

66 Katharine A. Van Zandt Blawenburg Poet and Teacher

David Cochran

Jun 23, 20216 min read

66 Katharine A. Van Zandt Blawenburg Poet and Teacher

Print Post Katharine A. Van Zandt (1873-1944) was a published poet and teacher with a playful spirit who grew up in Blawenburg. She was...

David Cochran

Jun 3, 20219 min read

65 The State Village, Part 4

An Outside View Print Post This is the final blog in a series about the NJ State Village for Epileptics, which later became NJ...

David Cochran

May 18, 202111 min read

64 The State Village - Part 3

Growing Up at NJNPI Print Post In previous blogs in this series, we explored the founding of the New Jersey State Village for Epileptics...

David Cochran

May 3, 20217 min read

63 The State Village - Part 2

Dr. Dan Pullen Remembers the State Village Print Post In Part 1 of this four-blog series, we shared the story of how the State Village...

David Cochran

Apr 15, 20219 min read

62 The State Village—Part 1

Print Post The State Village for Epileptics was located where Skillman Park is today, adjacent to Blawenburg, just north of Rock Brook....

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