Includes barbeque dinner buffet with sides, cornbread, seasonal pies; Open Bar; and Bouncy House for the kids! Proceeds to benefit scholarships for Riverton School and Palmyra High School students who use our archives to write about local history.

See below for our post of April 1 that announced our writing prize. After a lengthy Covid-related delay, the Historical Society of Riverton is excited to announce our first annual History Writing Prize! It seems like a lifetime ago, but you may recall our Historic House Party in November 2019. Heather Macintosh Huffnagle, House Party … Continue reading Entries for History Writing Prize due May 15

We understand from Bill's family that there will be a memorial service for him at the Porch Club on the Fourth of July. We reprint below our post from Oct. 9, 2021. William C Probsting 1943-2021 William C. Probsting, a valued member of the HSR Board, passed away at his home in Riverton on Monday, … Continue reading Memorial service for Bill Probsting at the Porch Club of Riverton, 11:30-1:30, July 4, 2022

Historical Society of Riverton collections Keith Betten will give a presentation on the Archives Committee’s ongoing effort to organize and catalog the Society’s documents and images at RFL on Thursday, September 22 at 7:00 pm. Carlos Rogers’ $5,500 donation to the Society in June 2019 financed the project. The purchase of shelving and archival-quality storage … Continue reading Archives Presentation by Keith Betten at Riverton Free Library, Thurs., Sept. 22, 7 pm

LOCATION CHANGED TO RIVERTON PUBLIC SCHOOL The Historical Society of Riverton invites you to a presentation by Ned Gilmore, Collection Manager for Vertebrate Paleontology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. The geology of Burlington County yields fossils that date back 92 Mya (million years ago) to the Cretaceous Period through 12,000 years … Continue reading Burlington County Fossils and the people who collected them

The Historical Society of Riverton invites you to join us at a ceremony recognizing excellence in historic preservation and stewardship on May 24, 2023, at 7pm at Calvary Presbyterian Church at 300 Fourth Avenue, here in Riverton. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Phyllis Rodgers at partea@comcast.net or via phone at 856-786-8422. Hope … Continue reading 2023 Preservation Awards

Please see the announcement post for more details: February 8, 2024 Program