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1919 map of original commission's study. The idea for the Rahway River Parkway started in 1919 when Union County Sheriff, James E. Warner began a movement to "save" the river by writing to the local paper, The Cranford Citizen, and urging that the river be made into a memorial to the young men who had died in the recent World War I.
Fair Haven is about a mile and a half east-southeast of Anchorville on M-29 at The Fairhaven ZIP code 48023 serves most of Ira Township. [ 9 ] The community was the site of a French-speaking Metis settlement dating from before 1837 and named after the nearby stream, Rivière des Cygnes .
The Cranford section of the parkway follows the banks of the meandering Rahway River as it flows south through Lenape Park, Nomahegan Park, [8] Hampton Park, MacConnell Park, Girl Scout Park, the Cranford Canoe Club, Hanson Park, [9] Sperry Park, Josiah Crane Park, Droescher's Mill Park (also known as Squire Williams Park), [10] and Mohawk Park ...
Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6
The Rahway River is a river in Essex, Middlesex, and Union Counties, New Jersey, United States, The Rahway, along with the Elizabeth River, Piles Creek, Passaic River, Morses Creek, and the Fresh Kills River (in Staten Island), has its river mouth at the Arthur Kill.
Here's a look at events that happened in Central Jersey from five, 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago this week.
William Miller Sperry (1858–1927) is the namesake of the William Miller Sperry Observatory in Cranford, New Jersey. [1] According to his sworn passport application, he was born on September 14, 1858, in Bristol, Tennessee.
Rahway River Water Supply Dam 40°37′08″N 74°17′22″W / 40.61882°N 74.28953°W / 40.61882; -74.28953 ( Rahway River Water Supply Valley Road