NJ history: 1880 Tenafly woman helped others shatter ceilings
When a carriage adorned with flags rolled up to Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Tenafly home, she knew it wasn’t for her, it was for the men going to vote.
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When a carriage adorned with flags rolled up to Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Tenafly home, she knew it wasn’t for her, it was for the men going to vote.
Meda Simmons Bruce, Harvey Bruce, and Willa Bruce at Bruce’s Lodge. date unknown. Photo from the California African American Museum An American dream came to an end at Bruce’s Beach, but the memory of what happened survived Third in a series by Mark McDermott By the first years of the 1920s, Manhattan Beach was coming together. In the decade since its founding, what had been mostly a scattering of sandswept shacks emerged as an actual town. A city hall was built and residents approved bonds to construct both a waterworks and a pier with a distinctive octagonal roundhouse at its ...
By Mark McDermott First of two parts Willa Bruce bought oceanfront land between 26th and 27th Street in Manhattan Beach on February 15, 1912…
Cudmore: Fulton County’s historic courthouse | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Located at 223 West Main St. in Johnstown, the Fulton County Courthouse was built in 1772 when New York state was still a British colony. The building is the oldest existing courthouse in the state and one of the oldest buildings in the nation still in use as a courthouse. Robert P. Best worked in the historic structure as a state Supreme Court Justice for 15 years, Fulton County Judge for 10 years and district attorney. Best was previously mayor of Gloversville and before that a law clerk to his uncle Willard B...