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 My main source for framing this series is an unpublished manuscript in the Glen Rock Historical & Preservation Society's archive, which was written by George Hubschmitt.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 #2 of the series. In 1675, East Jersey was first sub-divided into four counties: Bergen, Essex, Middlesex and Monmouth. In 1837, Passaic County was cu

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 My main source for framing this series is an unpublished manuscript in the Glen Rock Historical & Preservation Society's archive, which was written by George Hubschmitt.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 #1 of the series. The natives of New Jersey were the Delawares or Lenape, known to themselves as the "true people". Family ties were strong among the