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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
WEST PORTAL, 52.1 miles (420 alt.), named for the entrance to the
1,795-foot Lehigh Valley R.R. tunnel, is called "Little Switzerland" by its
neighbors, because of its mountainous setting. A bold swindle was perpetrated here 40 years ago by two supposed contractors from New York, who
arrived to construct a big "Government project." They imported 1,500
Italians from New York, charging each one $5 for his job, and hired local
farmers to aid in building a large stone wall in the form of a square. At
the end of the month, before anyone had been paid, the contractors disappeared. The owner of VAN'S SWIMMING POOL (adm. 25¢) used part of
the stone for construction of his home.
The highway westward passes weather-worn old stone houses, and parallels allels the Musconetcong River.
BLOOMSBURY, 55.3 miles (300 alt., 639 pop.), built on both sides of
the Musconetcong River, has houses so uniform in architectural design
that they give the appearance of a prosperous company town. Many of the
dwellings are tenantless. The graphite mill employs five men year in and
year out, using imported raw materials.
At 56.8 miles is the OLD GREENWICH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (R) at the
top of a small hill. Built in 1835, it has arched windows and stone walls
covered with beige plaster. The congregation was established in 1740. A
tablet on the wall is dedicated to the memory of 19 Revolutionary soldiers
whose graves are in the shaded churchyard.
STILL VALLEY, 58.3 miles (350 alt.), has a farming population. The
records of St. JAMES LUTHERAN CHURCH (L), Belvidere Rd., date back
to 1750. The earlier building was of logs, thatched with straw, and the
present structure (1854) is still known as The Straw Church, though constructed of red brick with slate roof and solid white shutters.
US 22 turns L., underpassing the Jersey Central R.R. and Lehigh R.R.
A length of old houses, many of them crumbling stone and built flush with
the road against a rocky hill, is the first sign of Phillipsburg.
PHILLIPSBURG, 62.1 miles (300 alt., 19,255 pop.) (see Tour 10), is at
the junction with State 24 (see Tour 10).
US 22 turns L. at 62.3 miles.
At 62.4 miles, on the free bridge over Delaware River, US 22 crosses the
Pennsylvania Line, 0.3 miles east of Easton, Pa.
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