|
Written by Marty Kane
|
|
Saturday, 24 July 2010 |
|
From its beginning as a resort in the 1880’s, boats were an important part of Lake Hopatcong’s development. Steamboats met most visitors arriving by train at the lake. As cottages began to spring up, it was natural that their owners desired to have a boat. With the introduction of launches powered by naphtha in the 1890’s, attention shifted from rowboats and canoes to motorized vessels.
|
|
read more...
|
|
Written by Marty Kane
|
|
Tuesday, 29 June 2010 |
This July 9th marks the 100th anniversary of the formal opening of the club house of the Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club.
|
|
read more...
|
|
|
Written by Marty Kane
|
|
Wednesday, 16 September 2009 |
|
The Jefferson House Restaurant is located on the site of one of Lake Hopatcong’s great early pavilions. Following the introduction of rail service to Nolan’s Point in 1882, this area of Lake Hopatcong really began to develop. John Lee, a popular photographer from Philipsburg, New Jersey, first came to Nolan’s Point around 1887, establishing a studio at Allen’s Pavilion (formerly located in the area where the Windlass Restaurant is located today).
|
|
read more...
|
|
|
Written by Marty Kane
|
|
Saturday, 15 August 2009 |
|
Called by Thomas Edison “the most versatile man in America,” Hudson Maxim was an inventor, scientist, author and explosives expert. He was first drawn to Lake Hopatcong at the beginning of the twentieth century while working with the American Forcite Powder Company (formerly located in what is today the Shore Hills section of Landing).
|
|
read more...
|
|
|
Written by Marty Kane
|
|
Monday, 27 July 2009 |
|
The Windlass Restaurant can trace its roots back to the 19th century when Lake Hopatcong was just starting to rise in prominence as a great northeast resort. On September 6, 1882, the Central Railroad of New Jersey ran the first passenger rail service to Nolan’s Point. On June 25, 1883, the Central Railroad commenced regular passenger service and the tourist boom at Lake Hopatcong was on.
|
|
read more...
|
|
|
Written by Marty Kane
|
|
Tuesday, 14 July 2009 |
 Charlotte Mignon (Lotta) Crabtree was born in 1847 in New York City but grew up in the wild Gold Rush town of Grass Valley, California. At the age of eight, her mother Mary Ann embarked her on a theatrical career which made her a child star throughout gold country. However, it was the theaters of San Francisco which brought her to a real stage for the first time and started her on the road to fame.
|
|
read more...
|
|
|
|
