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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
WALPACK CENTER, 11.9 miles (420 alt.), is a neat little village, modern to the extent of electric lighting and the bus that brings children from
two other districts to school here. The WALPACK INN (R), 12.1 miles,
probably built in 1750 by Isaac Van Campen, has been so much remodeled
that little of the original except a stone shell remains.
At 13.1 miles, is the entrance to the VALLEY DUDE and LAZY K RANCHES,
New Jersey imitations of life in the mesa and mesquite country. Summer
visitors, dressed in varying conceptions of western cowboy costumes, ride
the trails that spread throughout the region.
water wheel, generating electricity for a private home (L). Southward the
At 14.3 miles (R) a WATERFALL shimmers 150 feet downward to a
valley is studded with small farms and hamlets.
As the road descends once more to the level of the brook, remains of
an older road are visible at several points (L). These are supposedly the
last traces of the original Old Mine Road.
A STEEL BRIDGE (L), 17.8 miles, was built bythe county to provide access to two houses across the stream. Originally there was only one house,
the large white one, whose occupants erected the small gray dwelling in
order to take advantage of a county regulation that provides for bridge
construction whenever two or more houses will be served.
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