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Title: Historical collections of the state of New Jersey : containing a general collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to its history and antiquities, with geographical descriptions of every township in the state. Illustrated by 120 engravings
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885 Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
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Publisher: Newark, N.J. : B. Olds, for J.H. Bradley
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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les NW. of Belvidere, con-tains a large saw-mill, several mechanic shops, a Methodist church,and about 25 dwellings. Knowlton Mills, upwards of a mile NE.of the above, on the Paulinskill, contains a large grist, a saw, and aclover mill, and a few dwellings. Blairstown, formerly called 508 WARREN COUNTY. Gravel Hill, contains a store, a grist-mill, several mechanics, a tan-nery, 15 or 20 dwellings, 1 Methodist and 1 Presbyterian church.Centreville, Walnut Valley, and Sodom respectively contain a fewdwellings. The passage, in the Blue or Kittanny mountain, through whichthe Delaware river winds, is partly on the boundary of this town-ship. It is supposed by geologists that this deep, winding chasmwas wrought by some mighty convulsion of nature, clearing therocks and opening a passage for the river, which previously flowedthrough some other channel. The annexed description, by thejunior compiler of this volume, was published in September, 1842,and entitled A Day at the Delaware Water Gap.
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Southern entrance of the Delaware Water Gap. This wild and romantic pass is usually approached from the south. At a great dis-tance in this direction the Blue mountain is seen running southwesterly in one unva-rying line, for perhaps 50 miles, crossing into Pennsylvania and forming the boundaryof the horizon. The range rises nearly 2,000 feet, and forms an unbroken chain, except-ing where two deep notches appear to be cut through the mountain. The first, theWater Gap, through which the Delaware forces its passage ; the second, the Wind Gap,fourteen miles southwest of the former, in Pennsylvania, over which winds a stage-road. A week since last Wednesday, I left the fine village of Belvidere for the Water Gap,and will now endeavor to describe my adventures at that interesting spot. For severaldays previous, I had a distant view of the Blue mountain with its deep chasm, andlonged to Visit those lonely regions, where, retiredFrom little scenes of art, great Nature dwellsIn awful solitude

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