Matawan and Aberdeen: Of Town and Field (Making of America Series)

Established in the late seventeenth century by European settlers, the small-town agricultural region that became Matawan Borough and Aberdeen Township transformed from a colonial-era shipping hub to a bustling center of commerce and manufacturing, as well as a summer resort destination. The residents' ongoing endeavors to preserve the area have fostered the transition into a cherished suburban bedroom community building toward the twenty-first century.

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Matawan and Aberdeen: Of Town and Field (Making of America Series)

Established in the late seventeenth century by European settlers, the small-town agricultural region that became Matawan Borough and Aberdeen Township transformed from a colonial-era shipping hub to a bustling center of commerce and manufacturing, as well as a summer resort destination. The residents' ongoing endeavors to preserve the area have fostered the transition into a cherished suburban bedroom community building toward the twenty-first century.

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Matawan and Aberdeen: Of Town and Field (Making of America Series)

Matawan and Aberdeen: Of Town and Field (Making of America Series)

Matawan and Aberdeen: Of Town and Field (Making of America Series)

Matawan and Aberdeen: Of Town and Field (Making of America Series)

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Overview

Established in the late seventeenth century by European settlers, the small-town agricultural region that became Matawan Borough and Aberdeen Township transformed from a colonial-era shipping hub to a bustling center of commerce and manufacturing, as well as a summer resort destination. The residents' ongoing endeavors to preserve the area have fostered the transition into a cherished suburban bedroom community building toward the twenty-first century.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780738524030
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 05/01/2003
Series: Making of America Series
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Helen Henderson, former president of the Matawan Historical Society and director of the Burrowes Mansion Museum, is a professional writer and author of Around Matawan and Aberdeen, a pictorial history. Through this compelling new volume, she reunites area inhabitants, visitors, and former residents with their communities' rich heritage through vivid narrative and over 100, many previously unpublished, photographs.

Helen Henderson, former president of the Matawan Historical Society and director of the Burrowes Mansion Museum, is a professional writer and author of Around Matawan and Aberdeen, a pictorial history. Through this compelling new volume, she reunites area inhabitants, visitors, and former residents with their communities' rich heritage through vivid narrative and over 100, many previously unpublished, photographs.

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