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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
COLESVILLE, 56.9 miles (800 alt., 213 pop.), is a group of small frame
houses – a dun-colored spot in high, bright country. A branch of Clove
River runs through the village.
North of Colesville is a steady rise through intermittent forest and farm
land. Stone walls take the place of frame fences, many of them shot
through with the greenish shimmer of serpentine rock. This is apple
country. At 58.2 miles (L) is a sod-covered STONE HUT well sunk into the
ground-not an underground Revolutionary fort but an apple cellar built
in 1891 by Jacob Slate, who liked his handiwork well enough to place an
engraved stone tablet over the door. The unpainted BARN (R) is more
than l00 years old.
The highway between Colesville and High Point is rough macadam ; at
58.3 miles is the beginning of a stiff two-mile grade to the heart of High
Point Park. A sign at 58.6 miles warns of a $25 fine "for any person leaving
a stone in the road."
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