CONTENTS
TALES FROM YESTERDAY
When the Indians Sold Nutley at a Real Bargain
Nutley Was Setting for Indian Thanksgiving Feast
When Dutch and English Had a Boundary Line Problem Too
Over Povershon Hill Came a Stager to Found a Clan
George Washington “Slept (Near) Here,” Too!
Dutch Introduced Skating as Nutley’s Winter Sport
A Dour Scot Changed Nutley’s Whole Way of Life
On Far-Flung Battlefields, Nutley’s Sons Have Died
From Indian Trails to Early Roads
When Nutley Was Famous for a Hole in the Ground
Pigs and Bowling Bring Fame to Town Hotels
Nutley Was Born in Strife, Strategy and Secession
Retail Stores of Early Days in Nutley Homes
When Nutley’s Little Schoolhouse Burned Down
Recreation of All Kinds Marks “Gay ‘Nineties”
Ten Rooms and Lots of Green Grass for $5000
Picnic on a Slow Boat Through a Vanishing Canal
Seven Foot Baron Made Nutley’s First Ice Cream
World’s Fair Visit Inspires Town’s First Telephone
When Nutley Commuted by the “Passaic Queen”
When Bicycling and Auto Races Were Popular
Commuting by the Erie in the Old Days
Horse-and-Buggy Courtship at 6 Miles an Hour
When Nutley Found its Fun in Blacking its Face
Early Days Along the Passaic River
LANDMARKS AND MILESTONES
Churches
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Early Homes
The Woman’s Club (Vreeland Homestead)
Captain Abram Speer House (Tuers Homestead)
Abraham and Warren Vreeland House
Very Important People
General Grant Comes to Franklin
Mrs. John F. Kennedy Visited Nutley
NUTLEY TODAY
Women’s Clubs
American Association of University Women
Daughters of the American Revolution - Yantacaw Chapter
Civic Affairs
Our Town - Its Community Officers
Civic Celebrations Committee Inc.
Town-wide Organizations
Nutley Historical Society and Museum
American Red Cross - Nutley Chapter
Service Organizations
Veterans’ Organizations
Fraternal Organizations
Business Organizations
International Telephone & Telegraph Federal Laboratories