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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 |
- Foreward and Acknowledgements
- Color maps and Paintings
- Black and white Photographs, Maps and Illustrations
- The Mountain: Definitions
- Drawn and Quartered
- Genesis
- Names
- The Name Sourland
- The Lenape
- The Stout Family
- Local History
- During the Revolution
- 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
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- Roads
- Some Early Bridges
- Inns, Tavern, Hotels
- Canals and Railroads
- Mills
- Lumber
- Agriculture
- Mines, Quarries, Potteries
- Early Mountain Schools
- Cornelius Wilson Larison
- Blacks on the Mountain
- At the Turn of the Twentieth Century
- Summer Residents, Vacationers and George Bellows
- Shady Characters
- The Lindberghs
- Mrs. Higgins and Edgar
- The Twenty-first Century
- Flora and Fauna
- Legends and Folklore
- Color Section
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Sources
- Index
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- Sourland Mountain, Base Map (Joel Coyne)
- Geography (Joel Coyne)
- Revolutionary War Period (Joel Coyne)
- Monument to Nathan Stout
- Section of M. Hughes' Farm Map of Hillsboro,
Somerset Co N.J.
- Land Cover Change in the Sourlands Region (Grant
F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, Rutgers
University
- Wetlands and Land Use Map (Joel Coyne)
- George Bellows, "Jersey Hills"
- George Bellows, "The Brook"
- George Bellows, "Clouds and Hills"
- George Bellows, "The Stone Fence"
- George Bellows, "Winter in Zion"
- George Bellows, "Jersey Woods"
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- Devil's Half Acre
- The Harlingen Tract
- Erskine Map No. 87A
- Monument to Nathan Stout
- Dedication of the Houghton Memorial
- Hunt House
- Hart's Cave
- Fort Hans
- Shadow Lawn
- Edgerly's Castle
- Gardens of Edgerly's Castle
- Mountain Grove School
- Snydertown Mill
- Dawlis Mill
- Wyckoff/Craft Store and Amwell Post Office
- The Dirck Gulick House
- Mt. Airy Church
- Larison's Corner Church
- Neshanic Church
- Harbourton Store
- First Baptist Church of Hopewell
- Blawenburg Church
- Harlingen Church
- Methodist Episcopal Church at Zion
- Old Wertsville School
- Railroad Station at Skillman
- Hollow Road Schoolhouse
- Iron Truss Bridge, Mine Rd.
- Cat Tail Bridge
- Rock Brook Bridge on Long Hill Rd.
- Tavern at Larison's Corner
- The New York Daily Graphic, January 10, 1876
- The G.A.R. Encampment at Skillman
- and 35. Copper Coin of 1787
- Kise's Steam Mill
- Steam Mill in Neshanic
- Neshanic after the Steam Mill had Ceased Operating
- Old Rocks Church
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- and 41. Maps of parts of Hillsborough and Montgomery
Twps., 1873
- Marshall's Corner School
- Hollow Rd. Schoolhouse in Snow
- Amwell Academy, Ringoes
- Academy of Science and Art, Ringoes
- C.W. Larison and his Wife
- On the Platform of the Academy of Science and
Art
- Title Page of C.W. Larison's Biography of Silvia
Dubois
- A Portrait of Silvia Dubois
- C.W. Larison and his Grandchildren
- Silvia Dubois and her Daughter Elizabeth
- Hopewell Mountain Christian Church
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church, Skillman
- Three Women Sitting atop Three Brothers Rock
Formation
- Young Ladies Visiting Roaring Rocks
- The Van Liew/Batchelder/Kyle Residence in Zion
- The O'Neill Vation Home in 1935
- Lindbergh Estate from the Air
- Front of the Lindbergh Estate
- The Ladder in Place Below the Nursery Window
- Amandus Hochmuth
- Millard Whited and his Family
- Edgar Higgins Feeding the Animals
- Dahlias from the Higgins' Garden on the Altar
of the Zion Church
- Edgar and Cora in Front of the Zion Church
- The Elder Higgins in Front of the Smokehouse
- Cora and Annie Craft
- Edgar, Orville Craft and Orville's Family
- Door to the Higgins' Kitchen
- Night Image of Rock Brook near Hollow Rd.
- Knitting Betty Rock
- Grandview Rd. Bridge over Rock Brook
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