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Nutley History
from the American Revolution to the Cold War
from Annie Oakley to the Red Cross Circus to the Morris Canal
from farmlands to Memorial Park to a Walk in the Park
from country club golf courses to a gated community
from the first ice cream cone to the ice house to heavyweight pro wrestlers
from a peach farm to a dozen homes and Radcliffe School
from a hole full of rocks to the Velodrome to a favored park ...
Sharpshooter Annie Oakley Once Lived in Nutley, New Jersey
Annie Oakley Lived in Nutley NJ
Vreeland Homestead
The Vreeland House changed hands in May 2012, when the Junior Woman's Club of Nutley turned over the property to the township of Nutley, N.J. The town placed oversight of the 200-plus year-old house in the hands of the Nutley Historical Society.
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The Longest Three Hours in Nutley History
Two Policemen Pulled from River, Town Worker Dies, in Effort to Save Boy from Flooded Third River
The Enclosure Historic District That Almost Wasn't
Nutley Museum Dedication Program
Former One-Room School House
Renovated by Town Volunteers
Lambiase Farm: The Last Farm In Nutley
How Lambiase Farm Became Radcliffe School, Not Nutley Junior High
Nutley Museum Dedication Program
Former One-Room School House
Renovated by Town Volunteers into Township Museum
Nutley Velodrome
In 1933, the world came to Nutley Velodrome as a premier venue for the grand sport of international bicycle racing. The greatest bike riders from around the world traveled to Nutley during the 1930s to compete at the wooden 'saucer' built by businessman and cycling enthusiast Joseph Miele.
New Route 21 Highway Virtually Replaces Passaic River Riverbank Access in Nutley and Belleville
The extension of Route 21 northward through Belleville and Nutley as a six-lane high-speed freeway, bordering the Passaic River, became a reality in June 1957.
Army Anti-Aircraft Base in Nutley
Discussion and Video Debut
Nutley
Historical Society encore discussion and new video
detailing the History of US Army "Camp Nutley," officially known as
Battery A of the 98th AAA Air Defense Battalion.
US Army 'Camp Nutley' aka Battery A of the 98th AAA Air Defense Battalion
Did you, or someone you know anyone who served in Nutley at Battery A of the 98th AAA Air Defense Battalion from 1952 to 1957?
The Nutley History Society is seeking former members and artifacts of this chunk of Nutley history in protecting the free world.
Share your story and preserve our history by sharing your tales of serving at the camp. Please call us at 973-667-1528 and leave your contact information.
The camp was located on the south side of Park Avenue near Route 21 where the ball fields, tennis courts and hockey rink stand today. Its four 90 MM radar controlled guns were assigned to defend the George Washington Bridge, just 11 miles away, from Soviet bomber attack.
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NUTLEY Yesterday - Today - Ann Troy & Vivian Noyes Fikus
Where all great study of Nutley history begins
Commuting by the Erie in the Old Days
Dutch Introduced Skating as Nutley Winter Sport
The Franklin Theatre, a 75-Year History of Films and Memories
George LaMonte & Son National Safety Paper Company, Nutley, NJ
Nutley Dairy Farms, Operated by the Steinlauf Family
Nutley Was Setting for Indian Thanksgiving
Route 21 highway to Passaic replaces Nutley's riverbank open spaces
When Nutley Was a Golfer's Heaven
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The circus that inspired a town
- Annie Oakley, Eaton Stone, Henry Bunner, and the Red Cross
The Franklin Theatre, a 75-Year History of Films and Memories by David Wilson and John Demmer
Nutley Library Presentation
History of Memorial Park
A Walk in the Park: Historic Nutley Walking Tour at Memorial Park with John Simko
May 28, 2017
More than two dozen locals brushed up Nutley history with “A Walk in the Park,” hosted by Nutley Museum Director, John Simko.
The walking tour stepped off on Sunday, May 28, 2017, at the Mud Hole (near the intersection of Passaic and Vreeland Avenues) and traveled along the Third River.
Mr. Simko talked about the river’s role in Nutley history as a source for early industry, as an inspiration for world-class artists, as a symbol of civic pride, as an important boundary marker, and as a fitting memorial to our war veterans.
The tour visited the sites of three former mills as well as the pre-Revolutionary Van Giesen homestead. Those on the tour learned why the Third River splits in two, about the beginnings of our hundred-year-old Carnegie Library and even older Town Hall, and walked through one of Nutley’s oldest cemeteries.
The tour concluded inside an 1875 brick schoolhouse (now the Nutley Historical Society and Museum). The museum was open for browsing, and tour-related museum objects were on display.
The real story of the Vreeland Manor is just one stop on the historic tour of Nutley led by NHS trustee John Simko. See Nutley Videos below.
Nutley Historical Society
John Simko, Museum Director
Walk In the Park, 2017
Walk in the Park, Schools, Part 6
Walk in the Park, School, Part 7
Walk in the Park, Womens Club, Part 8
Walk in the Park, Womens Clu, Part 9
Walk in the Park, Womens Club Interior Part 10
Walk in the Park, Womens Club Interior Part 11
Walk in the Park, Water, Part 12
M Walk in the Park, Mills Part 13
John Simko at the Mud Hole (2012)
Online Nutley Museum Tour (2020)
Nutley Library History Talks
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Nutley Author
Frank R. Stockton
Frank R. Stockton Wrote The Lady or The Tiger, Rudder Grange
The Lady Or The Tiger? Mystery Revealed?
LOST AND FOUND: Beautiful Buildings
That Once Graced Nutley
“Lost and Found: Beautiful Buildings That Once Graced Nutley” curated by Art Director Barry Lenson of the Nutley Historical Society. It was on view at the library July-September 2014, as part of the Nutley Library Centennial.
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Guest speakers included Anthony Bowens AKA "Vigilante" who wrestled his first match on April 13, 2013, in his hometown of Nutley and who later went on to win his first title on April 12, 2014, Sal Scarpa, brother of Joe AKA Chief Jay Strongbow, who brought lots of memorabilia.
Local Mural Competition Recalls Nutley Amateur Circus
March 26, 2016
Nutley Museum Director John Simko looks back at the Nutley Amateur Circus, a colorful fundraiser to help those in need more than 100 years ago. Although this event took place in 1894, it inspired a local mural competition unveiled in 2016 and installed at John Walker Middle School.
Fall Pumpkin Festival
October 15, 2017
The Nutley Historical Society thanks the Nutley High School Key Club students who wonderfully volunteered to help with our Pumpkin Festival.
Historical Society Supports Performing Arts' Annie Get Your Gun
Nutley High School, Nutley, NJ—Nutley High School Performing Arts presented three performances of Annie Get Your Gun at Nutley High School in March 2017.
Nutley in the News
Know Your Town, Nutley: Early History
By Jesse K. Bartel
The natural wilderness which was once Nutley was first disturbed by the tread of the Lenape Indians on their eastward migration from the west of the Mississippi...
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Nutley Historical Society
Now is a great time to join or renew your Nutley Historical Society membership.
Thanks to all our members who supported the Nutley Historical Society’s events and activities.
Our trustees and docents continue to itemize, catalog and preserve as much Nutley history as we can.
If you have an item tied to our town's history, please consider donating it to the Nutley Museum.
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