New to our Online Collections are the local listings from the Somerset County (NJ) Firemen’s Association Directory for 1937. The members and officers from the following Somerset Hills volunteer fire companies have been indexed: –Basking Ridge Fire Company–Bernardsville Fire Company–Union Hook & Ladder Company (now Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Department)–Liberty Corner Fire Company–Peapack Valley Fire Company
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Next time you’re in downtown Bernardsville, NJ, take a look at 35 Mill Street. The building was built in 1906 as the new firehouse to replace the old one at 1 Anderson Road (site of the current Bernardsville Library). Frederic P. Olcott (1841-1909), Bernardsville’s great benefactor, donated funds to purchase the land. The real photo
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Basking Ridge Fire Company No. 1 hosted its annual carnival Aug. 6-7, 1915 and used a real picture postcard to advertise the event. The Moline fire engine, shown here in front of the old Maple Avenue school (now Bernards Township Library), was purchased in 1911.
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