From the Civil War to District School #44
For this year's Quasquicentennial Celebration, The Rock Recorder Blog will post a chronological (as much as possible) history of Glen Rock, NJ. My main source for framing this series is an unpublished manuscript in the Glen Rock Historical & Preservation Society's archive, which was written by George Hubschmitt. This is Part #5 of the series. Almost exactly 158 years ago today, in April 1861, Fort Sumter, South Carolina, fell after a heavy bombardment and the Civil War bega