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The Royal Sussex Regiment’s 4thAnnual Grand Victorian Tactical at Ringwood Manor Saturday, August 14th, and Sunday, August 15th, 2010
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| Enchanted Evening ToursWe will Begin accepting reservations for Enchanted Evening Tours on Wednesday, August 25th. Please do not contact us before that date to make reservations. Groups are limited to 20 people.
Advance Payment & Registration are Required. Click here for flier or to go to the description on the events2010 webpage. |
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I Remember Ringwoodby Louis P. West, Sr.The North Jersey Highlands Historical Society is pleased to announce the transcription and publication of, as a local- history resource document, the late Louis P. West’s oral history, I Remember Ringwood, which he recorded directly onto audio tapes for the Society in 1973. Mr. West’s narrative recounted his memories of the old Ringwood mining operation, the Ringwood Manor estate, and the Long Pond Ironworks area (Old Hewitt) in neighboring West Milford, during the 1920s-1940s. Both Ringwood Manor and the Long Pond Ironworks District are now historic sites in the New Jersey State Park system. Researchers who are interested in obtaining a copy should contact the Society at the address on the bottom of this page and provide your postal address. A large-print version of the transcript is also available. This project was funded, in part, by the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council at Passaic County Community College, through a general operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State. P.O.
Box 248, Ringwood, NJ 07456
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Ringwood State Park (the manor grounds) is open year round from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Ringwood Manor (the house) is open Wednesday through Sunday, year round, from 10 a.m. to 3 or 4 p.m. From Memorial Day through Labor Day, tours run every half hour: 10am, 10:30am, 11am, 11:30am, 1pm, 1:30pm, 2pm, 2:30pm, 3pm, 3:30pm, and 4:00pm. Otherwise tours are offered at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m. Tours of the manor house are free. There is a $5 per car parking fee to enter the park on weekends between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
The Forges and Manor of Ringwood is an historic center, sacred ground to the Native Americans and a site of important American developments, both industrial and social, during the Colonial, Federal, and Victorian periods. The manor and the surrounding lands provide a window into New Jersey history.
During the American Revolution, Ringwood was a supply center, transportation route, strategic headquarters, and site of George Washington's critical defense mapping agency. Ringwood and the surrounding Highlands iron works supplied the ore for three wars, urban growth and rail systems.
Later, Ringwood grew into a "Great Estate," a place which influenced the flow of our nation's cultural, political and industrial history. Due to the influence of Abram Hewitt and Peter Cooper, Ringwood was referred to as the "second White House."
With historical structures in an original setting (on 582 acres of the original 38,000) and extensive historical collections illustrative of family life, community, industry and culture, The Forges and Manor of Ringwood is recognized as a National Historic Landmark District and a unique repository of American history.
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Hewitt Handwriting and Emily Post Book Clocks
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