“Navigating Burlington County“- First Mayor Edward H. Ogden and wife Sarah helped transform Riverton
- Nelly Bly‘s namesake still proves elusive
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HSR presents Abigail Adams: Remember the Ladies . . . March 26- First Mayor Edward H. Ogden and wife Sarah were active in business & civics
Click here to view #135 Gaslight News March 2009
Author presents Colonial Burlington County Cookery, Thursday November 13th- T. J. Zurbrugg & The Philadelphia Watch Case Company: The decades old mystery of the Watchcase Clock Tower is solved
- New Era printer’s stand and block type trays donated to our archives
- PHS to host presentation on Meerwald ship
Click here to view #134 Gaslight News November 2008
How to place your historic home on the national and local registers Thursday October 9th- Theophilus Zurbrugg and the Philadelphia Watch Company
- The HSR steps back in time with a program on the history of the phonograph
- A View from the Tree House
- HSR led efforts to list Riverton on National the Register
Click here to view #133 gaslight News September 2008
HSR wears the green on St. Pat’s Day- Genealogy and Internet searching: a beginner’s guide ( Dr. Alexander Marcy, Jr. & wife, MaryAnn Mecray Marcy)
- Mary Mapes Dodge: St. Nicholas Magazine Editor and Mrs. Marcy’s “Pansy Club”
Click here to view #131 Gaslight News March 2008
Popular postcard program reprised- President’s message: A view from the tree house
- Mary Biddle Fitler, Riverton author, 1879-1966
Click here to view #130 Gaslight News January 2008
A History of the Welsbach Streetlighting Company- Frances Rupert, Part Two
- House Tour Home Sponsored by HSR: Biddle Wedding Dress Displayed
- HSR Sponsors School Project: 8th Graders Conduct Oral History
- NY Times Online Archives: A Bonanza for History Buffs at https://www.nytimes.com/search
- HSR Donates Historical Plaque
Click here to view #129 Gaslight News November 2007
History of the Riverton Country Club- Things Gone By: Hannah McIlvain Biddle
- A View from the Tree House
Click here to view #128 Gaslight News September 2007
Groups, Organizations, and Corporations of Early Riverton presentation at May HSR meeting- Frances Rupert – Riverton Track Star
- History Corner: Joseph A. Campbell
- Things Gone By: Riverton’s Lawn House
- Second Annual Victorian Fair June 2, 2007
Click here to view #127 Gaslight News May 2007
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McDermott’s Handy traditional Irish music at March HSR meeting
- January presentation recap – A Riverton Pictorial
Click here to view #126 Gaslight News – March 2007
