Phillipsburg High School - Karux Yearbook (Phillipsburg, NJ)

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I am the Delaware River, my age, unknown, my Birthplace, far to the north where the mighty states of New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey meet. Flowing south, 1 serve as the crossroads of the Atlantic'States and have recorded in my own history the adventures of settlers, the advancing of armies, and the progress of commerce. The stories I can tell about Phillipsburg are inumerable. Written in the molecules of my water are tales of Spanish treasure buried on Mount Parnassusg Indian legends describing how a glacier carried this Mountain on its back from the Delaware Water Gap, and stories telling of Indians jumping off Ol' Parnassus for a bottle of rum. First came the Injuns , the Lenni Lenape Indians, that is. Their presence in our community are permanently recorded by such names as Lopatcong, Pohatcong, and Musconetcong. Then in 1739, the first white settlers came here and established a village somewhere near South Main and Hanover Streets. As time moved on, so did I. But Phillipsburg's progress was delayed by the action of William Pennis heirs. Oh yes, I almost forgot that with the passing of the Revolution, prominent people such as General William Maxwell and George and Martha Washington ferried across my back at the Forks of the Delaware. Eighty years later on a memorable day, March S, 1861, I proudly watched the New Jersey Legislature incorporate Phillipsburg as a town. A century has brought many changes to Phillipsburg and its inhabitants. But Time and I, the River, are changelessg we flow on forever. ,W Mt.: A..

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