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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
LEBANON, 40.4 miles (260 alt., 1,269 pop.), lying on a ridge, was
founded in 1731 by German immigrants. Local historians relate that a
group of Palatines bound for New York were greatly perturbed to find
themselves in Philadelphia. They started overland with babes and bag-
gage; when they came to this fertile, rolling country they decided to remain. Other Germans drifted down from New York State and soon the
whole valley northward was known as German Valley (see Long Valley,
Tour 10).
Right from Lebanon on a macadamized road is COKESBURY, 3 miles (580 alt.), a
quiet community of two churches, stores, and scattered houses.
Right from Cokesbury on a graveled road is MOUNTAINVILLE, 4.7 miles (400
alt.), a tiny settlement of white houses at the foot of HELL MT. or FOX HILL
(957 alt.), a haven for buzzards and foxes. The surrounding area has attracted many
wealthy New Yorkers and Philadelphians, including Thomas J. Watson, president
of International Business Machines and one of the highest salaried men in the
United States.
West of Lebanon a long uphill stretch takes the highway past the
sprawling, gray stone buildings of ANNANDALE STATE FARM (R) at
41.7 m., a State reformatory for boys. Until 1938 a large, black, four-
story barn-like building stood high on the hill (R), its windows closed
with white paper. It was a ghoulish reminder of the $500,000 investment
of the Annandale Graphite Co. in 1925, abandoned in 1935. For 50 years
one company after another failed to make a profit here, even though the
hillsides for many miles northward contain large quantities of graphite.
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