The postcard shows what is now the entrance to town at the intersection of Main Street and Franklin Turnpike as it appeared in 1908.
In a town that counts its violent crimes in the single digits per decade, any killing is going to cause a sensation and Ramsey’s had a few over its couple of hundred year history.
This was a fun project completed with the Ramsey Historical Association (RHA), whose web site I’ve been working on.
In honor of local politics, today’s post is an original 98 year old letter from the webmaster’s collection, sent to Ramsey’s first mayor, Dr. John B. Finch by the Republican County Committee.
The postcard shows what is now the entrance to town at the intersection of Main Street and Franklin Turnpike as it appeared in 1908.
This photograph shows the Ramsey, NJ train station as it looked in 1911.
Established in 1918 by Louise and Charles Pfuhl as a lunch and dinner restuarant.
Parvin’s Drugstore as it appeared on Main Street in Ramsey in 1908.
Star football player Ryan Grant of the Green Bay Packers played his high school football at Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey, NJ.
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