The history and discovery of the Sourland Mountain is put down in a beautiful book called New Jersey's Sourland Mountain by author T.J. Luce. Its goal is making the mountain better known to the public in the hope that it can help the efforts to preserve it. This book is available by calling our organization or mailing the form at the bottom of this page. Below you will find an overview of the Contents, Color Maps and Paintings, and Black-and-White Photographs, Maps and Illustrations


Contents

  • Foreward and Acknowledgements
  • Color maps and Paintings
  • Black and white Photographs, Maps and Illustrations
  1. The Mountain: Definitions
  2. Drawn and Quartered
  3. Genesis
  4. Names
  5. The Name Sourland
  6. The Lenape
  7. The Stout Family
  8. Local History
  9. During the Revolution
  10. Villages and Crossroads
  • Sourland "Ghost Towns"
  • Surviving Villages
    • Along the Old York Road
    • Along Amwell Road (Rt. 514)
    • Along Malayelick Trail (Rt. 579)
    • Along the Georgetown and Franklin Turnpike (Rt. 518)
    • From Harlingen to Wertsville
    • Villages and Stations Created by the Railroads


  1. Roads
  2. Some Early Bridges
  3. Inns, Tavern, Hotels
  4. Canals and Railroads
  5. Mills
  6. Lumber
  7. Agriculture
  8. Mines, Quarries, Potteries
  9. Early Mountain Schools
  10. Cornelius Wilson Larison
  11. Blacks on the Mountain
  12. At the Turn of the Twentieth Century
  13. Summer Residents, Vacationers and George Bellows
  14. Shady Characters
  15. The Lindberghs
  16. Mrs. Higgins and Edgar
  17. The Twenty-first Century
  18. Flora and Fauna
  19. Legends and Folklore
  • Color Section
  • Abbreviations
  • Maps
  • Sources
  • Index


Color Maps and Paintings

  1. Sourland Mountain, Base Map (Joel Coyne)
  2. Geography (Joel Coyne)
  3. Revolutionary War Period (Joel Coyne)
  4. Monument to Nathan Stout
  5. Section of M. Hughes' Farm Map of Hillsboro, Somerset Co N.J.
  6. Land Cover Change in the Sourlands Region (Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, Rutgers University
  7. Wetlands and Land Use Map (Joel Coyne)
  8. George Bellows, "Jersey Hills"
  9. George Bellows, "The Brook"
  10. George Bellows, "Clouds and Hills"
  11. George Bellows, "The Stone Fence"
  12. George Bellows, "Winter in Zion"
  13. George Bellows, "Jersey Woods"


Black-and-White Photographs, Maps and Illustrations

  1. Devil's Half Acre
  2. The Harlingen Tract
  3. Erskine Map No. 87A
  4. Monument to Nathan Stout
  5. Dedication of the Houghton Memorial
  6. Hunt House
  7. Hart's Cave
  8. Fort Hans
  9. Shadow Lawn
  10. Edgerly's Castle
  11. Gardens of Edgerly's Castle
  12. Mountain Grove School
  13. Snydertown Mill
  14. Dawlis Mill
  15. Wyckoff/Craft Store and Amwell Post Office
  16. The Dirck Gulick House
  17. Mt. Airy Church
  18. Larison's Corner Church
  19. Neshanic Church
  20. Harbourton Store
  21. First Baptist Church of Hopewell
  22. Blawenburg Church
  23. Harlingen Church
  24. Methodist Episcopal Church at Zion
  25. Old Wertsville School
  26. Railroad Station at Skillman
  27. Hollow Road Schoolhouse
  28. Iron Truss Bridge, Mine Rd.
  29. Cat Tail Bridge
  30. Rock Brook Bridge on Long Hill Rd.
  31. Tavern at Larison's Corner
  32. The New York Daily Graphic, January 10, 1876
  33. The G.A.R. Encampment at Skillman
  34. and 35. Copper Coin of 1787
  1. Kise's Steam Mill
  2. Steam Mill in Neshanic
  3. Neshanic after the Steam Mill had Ceased Operating
  4. Old Rocks Church




  1. and 41. Maps of parts of Hillsborough and Montgomery Twps., 1873
  1. Marshall's Corner School
  2. Hollow Rd. Schoolhouse in Snow
  3. Amwell Academy, Ringoes
  4. Academy of Science and Art, Ringoes
  5. C.W. Larison and his Wife
  6. On the Platform of the Academy of Science and Art
  7. Title Page of C.W. Larison's Biography of Silvia Dubois
  8. A Portrait of Silvia Dubois
  9. C.W. Larison and his Grandchildren
  10. Silvia Dubois and her Daughter Elizabeth
  11. Hopewell Mountain Christian Church
  12. The African Methodist Episcopal Church, Skillman
  13. Three Women Sitting atop Three Brothers Rock Formation
  14. Young Ladies Visiting Roaring Rocks
  15. The Van Liew/Batchelder/Kyle Residence in Zion
  16. The O'Neill Vation Home in 1935
  17. Lindbergh Estate from the Air
  18. Front of the Lindbergh Estate
  19. The Ladder in Place Below the Nursery Window
  20. Amandus Hochmuth
  21. Millard Whited and his Family
  22. Edgar Higgins Feeding the Animals
  23. Dahlias from the Higgins' Garden on the Altar of the Zion Church
  24. Edgar and Cora in Front of the Zion Church
  25. The Elder Higgins in Front of the Smokehouse
  26. Cora and Annie Craft
  27. Edgar, Orville Craft and Orville's Family
  28. Door to the Higgins' Kitchen
  29. Night Image of Rock Brook near Hollow Rd.
  30. Knitting Betty Rock
  31. Grandview Rd. Bridge over Rock Brook



The book is available at the Hillsborough and Montgomery branches of the Somerset County Library; the East Amwell branch and main branch of the Hunterdon County Library; and the Hopewell Township branch of the Mercer County Library.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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