Historical Map of Sayreville BW

LENAPE TRAILS TROLLEY TRACKS MINING SITES 1. A fatal riot broke out on May 5th, 1889, when approximately 100 railroad workers began constructing a spur from the main line of the Raritan River Railroad, across the land of ex-freeholder Edward Furman, to William F. Fisher's brickyard. Furman was opposed to the tracks crossing his land, and called out his men. The railroad men were then reinforced by men from Fisher’s brickyard. The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper reported the next day: “Furman's men attacked the railroaders and burned their ties, materials and car. Pistols, clubs and stones were freely used. George Kissinger, one of Furman's laborers, was killed outright. He was knocked down with a club and a sharp-pointed crowbar jammed through his head. John Kennedy, a railroad man, was so badly injured that he died within an hour. At 4 o'clock this morning the Sheriff of Middlesex county called out a posse of fifty men. When they reached the place, all was quiet, and the railroad men had stopped work to recruit their force.” 2. The first meeting of the Sayreville Township Committee was held here at the home of Thomas Armstrong, a storekeeper and foreman at Such Clay Company, on April 21, 1876. 3. Charles Durant landed the first hot air balloon piloted by an American, on American soil, on the Johnson Family farm in September 1830; The balloon originated at Castle Garden, the Battery, New York City. 4. On the night of October 4, 1918, a series of explosions at the T.A. Gillespie Shell Loading Plant, which manufactured munitions for the Great War, killed about 100 workers. Three days of calamatous blasts leveled the plant and forced the evactuation of Morgan, South Amboy, and the surrounding area. 5. Site of perhaps the most famous train wreck in silent films; The Juggernaut, starring Anita Stewart and Earle Williams, was filmed in Parlin in 1914 and released in April 1915. In “The Plunge through the Trestle,” the fifth and final episode of The Juggernaut, a locomotive and two cars traveling at 50 mph were dynamited off of a 300 foot trestle and submerged in Duck’s Nest. 6. In 1775 the Morgan family established a kiln at Cheesequake Creek where they produce pottery with local clay. Captain James Morgan (1734-1784) and his son, Major General James Morgan (1757-1822), both served and were briefly taken prisoner in the American Revolution. On August 8, 1777, a British raiding party ransacked their mansion, breaking 23 windows, taking everything of value, and tossing their valuable kiln into Cheesequake Creek. Major General Morgan later served in the 12th US Congress and the War of 1812. A. B. C. 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 5. D. A. United Methodist Church, built 1871 B. Our Lady of Victories R.C. Church, built 1885 C. St. John’s German Presbyterian Church, built 1896 D. Saint Stanislaus Kostka R.C. Church, built 1914

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LENAPE TRAILS

TROLLEY TRACKS

MINING SITES

1. A fatal riot broke out on May 5th, 1889, when approximately 100 railroad workers began constructing a spur from the main line of the Raritan River Railroad, across the land of ex-freeholder Edward Furman, to William F. Fisher's brickyard. Furman was opposed to the tracks crossing his land, and called out his men. The railroad men were then reinforced by men from Fisher’s brickyard. The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper reported the next day: “Furman's men attacked the railroaders and burned their ties, materials and car. Pistols, clubs and stones were freely used. George Kissinger, one of Furman's laborers, was killed outright. He was knocked down with a club and a sharp-pointed crowbar jammed through his head. John Kennedy, a railroad man, was so badly injured that he died within an hour. At 4 o'clock this morning the Sheriff of Middlesex county called out a posse of fifty men. When they reached the place, all was quiet, and the railroad men had stopped work to recruit their force.”

2. The first meeting of the Sayreville Township Committee was held here at the home of Thomas Armstrong, a storekeeper and foreman at Such Clay Company, on April 21, 1876.

3. Charles Durant landed the first hot air balloon piloted by an American, on American soil, on the Johnson Family farm in September 1830; The balloon originated at Castle Garden, the Battery, New York City.

4. On the night of October 4, 1918, a series of explosions at the T.A. Gillespie Shell Loading Plant, which manufactured munitions for the Great War, killed about 100 workers. Three days of calamatous blasts leveled the plant and forced the evactuation of Morgan, South Amboy, and the surrounding area.

5. Site of perhaps the most famous train wreck in silent films; The Juggernaut, starring Anita Stewart and Earle Williams, was filmed in Parlin in 1914 and released in April 1915. In “The Plunge through the Trestle,” the fifth and final episode of The Juggernaut, a locomotive and two cars traveling at 50 mph were dynamited off of a 300 foot trestle and submerged in Duck’s Nest.

6. In 1775 the Morgan family established a kiln at Cheesequake Creek where they produce pottery with local clay. Captain James Morgan (1734-1784) and his son, Major General James Morgan (1757-1822), both served and were briefly taken prisoner in the American Revolution. On August 8, 1777, a British raiding party ransacked their mansion, breaking 23 windows, taking everything of value, and tossing their valuable kiln into Cheesequake Creek. Major General Morgan later served in the 12th US Congress and the War of 1812.

A. United Methodist Church, built 1871B. Our Lady of Victories R.C. Church, built 1885C. St. John’s German Presbyterian Church, built 1896D. Saint Stanislaus Kostka R.C. Church, built 1914