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David Cochran

Apr 10, 20202 min read

37 Bud’s Spring Beauties

A Tales of Blawenburg Extra Print Post Enjoy this extra edition of Tales of Blawenburg about Bud Conover and his beloved Spring Beauties...

David Cochran

Mar 30, 20202 min read

36 Where John Blaw Lived

Print Post After my Tales of Blawenburg presentation on March 7, Ted Blew came up to me and introduced himself. Of course, the name Blew...

David Cochran

Mar 16, 20204 min read

Blog 35 Missing

Print Blog Not all Tales of Blawenburg are about the old days. This blog is a true story that I wrote and published in the Montgomery...

David Cochran

Mar 2, 20201 min read

34 Hauling Wood

The driver atop this load of wood is believed to be a Van Zandt. With only two workhorses, he is hauling 3,100 pounds wood down from...

David Cochran

Feb 17, 20207 min read

33 Blawenburg Band ~ Since 1890

Print Blog 33 Note: This is a double-feature blog. In 1982, I wrote an article in Princeton Magazine about the Blawenburg Band. My source...

David Cochran

Jan 30, 20201 min read

32 Stagecoaches, Trains, and Busses

Print Version 📷 Despite being a rural community, Blawenburg had both train and bus service to get to nearby cities in the early 1900s....

David Cochran

Jan 15, 20208 min read

31 The Burying Grounds of Blawenburg

Print Death was an accepted part of life among the Dutch settlers of Blawenburg, and early farmers with large families knew all too well...

David Cochran

Dec 30, 20191 min read

30 What Goes Up, Must Come Down

According to Blood, Sweat, and Tears, in their oldie hit Spinning Wheel, "What goes up, must come down." Newton suggested the same thing...

David Cochran

Dec 16, 20199 min read

29 A Tale of Three Firehouses

Print Post In the good old days, fires were plentiful, but ways to extinguish them were few. If you had a fire, you called in your...

David Cochran

Dec 2, 20191 min read

28 A Good Blacksmith is Hard to Find

It's been a long time since this old Blawenburg blacksmith/wheelwright shop has seen activity of the horseshoeing kind. Note the date on...

David Cochran

Nov 18, 20197 min read

27 Annie's House

Print Post Annie's house in 1931 (left) and 2006 (right) Serendipity in Blawenburg Sometimes we learn things intentionally, and at other...

26 Halloween Horror in Blawenburg Cemetery

David Cochran

Oct 28, 20192 min read

26 Halloween Horror in Blawenburg Cemetery

Print Post Blawenburg Cemetery It was a fall evening in 1999, just 20 years ago, and the Blawenburg Cemetery was a buzz with activity....

David Cochran

Oct 14, 20196 min read

25 From Blawenburg Kid to Movie Star

Print Post Blawenburg child actor, Tom Gaman in 1961 By most accounts, growing up in Blawenburg in the late 1950s and 60s was pretty...

David Cochran

Sep 30, 20192 min read

24 World War I Casualty

Samuel E. Duffield is the only person associated with Blawenburg to die in World War I. The memorial plaque in the back of Blawenburg...

David Cochran

Sep 16, 20196 min read

A Church Comes to Blawenburg

Print Post In the Beginning Religion was central to the lives of the Dutch farmers who settled Central New Jersey. They brought the...

David Cochran

Aug 30, 20192 min read

The Mountain View Boys Go Fishing

By Dudley Gaman, Guest Blogger L-R Tom Gaman, Ken Clarkson, Bill (now Dudley) Gaman show their catch after a day of fishing at Van...

David Cochran

Aug 19, 20196 min read

21 Sweet Memories at the DQ

Print Post The summer of 1964 was a busy time in Blawenburg. The Wally Byam Caravan arrived with 5,000 visitors (see blog 20), and the...

David Cochran

Jul 29, 20191 min read

Three Patriots in WWII

Print Post Three patriots from Blawenburg stand in front of Blawenburg Church in October, 1943 during World War II. L-R Bill Terhune...

David Cochran

Jul 11, 20196 min read

20 The Summer of '64

Print Post In this blog, we will cover one of the two “big” events in Blawenburg in the summer of 1964, the encampment of the Wally Byam...

David Cochran

Jun 24, 20191 min read

A Long Way to High School

Print Post A century ago, students went to Blawenburg School through eighth grade. If they wanted to go to high school, they had to go...

David Cochran

Jun 10, 20195 min read

Hillpot's Hilltop Store

Print Post Our last blog traced the history of the “corner store,” which has hosted many businesses in Blawenburg since the 1830s....

David Cochran

May 27, 20191 min read

Getting Hitched

Print Post /.Many a person has been hitched at Blawenburg Church…and many a horse, too! This old pipe in the side yard is still there...

18. Blawenburg’s Long Serving Postmaster – John Nevius Van Zandt

David Cochran

May 13, 20196 min read

18. Blawenburg’s Long Serving Postmaster – John Nevius Van Zandt

Print Post Postmaster John Van Zandt In 1866, John became a general merchant and village postmaster when he bought the store in...

David Cochran

Apr 29, 20191 min read

Blawenburg Sunoco

Print Post This picture of the Sunoco station in Blawenburg was taken in the 1930s. The "garage" was owned by the Higgins family, who...

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