HI Bill, While doing the Google search I came across this: http://nj.usgs.gov/adr/WDR-NJ-06-3/bycounty_nm3.html It references a well in Bull Run Park, it might be relevant. Larry On Jun 30, 2008, at 10:50 PM, William Hartman wrote: > Thank you Larry, > > However, One must be very careful using Google. I used your search > criteria and came up with too many hits to look at all of them. > Yes, Rio Grande did come up, but that is Rio Grande, New Jersey > which is located near Cape May in the very Southern part of New > Jersey. I narrowed the search down to "Rio Grande" "Delaware > Township" "New Jersey" eventually added "Bridge" and "Lambertville" > which got me around 300 hits. But as I noted above, the "Rio > Grande" refereed to in all cases was the one in South New Jersey. > > If you did find a reference that noted 'a bridge over the Rio > Grande (river) near Lambertville' I would appreciate the reference. > > Many thanks for taking the time to look this up. > > Regards, > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lawrence Housell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:32 PM > Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Rio Grande, Delaware Township > > > Hi Bill, > I just googled Rio Grande, Delaware Twns,NJ. > A bridge at Lambertville came uo. > Larry H > On Jun 30, 2008, at 8:26 PM, William Hartman wrote: > >> Does anyone know the location of "Rio Grande" in Delaware Township? >> >> I have checked the book "Hunterdon County Place Names" by Phyllis >> B. D'Autrechy and the name was not listed. >> >> It was found in the Hunterdon Republican Newspaper dated August 20, >> 1874, on page 3, left column about mid-way down!: >> >> "The Board of Freeholders met at Sergeantsville on Tuesday of last >> week and after viewing the site, ordered a new bridge to be built >> at Rio Grande, in Delaware Township. It is to be an iron stringer >> bridge, the trusses to be enclosed with boards, which has proved to >> be the most economical method. The building of the bridge was >> placed in the hands of the following committee, viz: Capt. James >> Bird, W. B. Hockenbury, and Joseph Smith. The probable expense of >> its construction will be about $700." >> >> Thank you for any positive assistance. >> >> Regards, Bill >> Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >> ~njhunter >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http:// > www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks again Larry, See the conversation with Marfy Goodspeed in the email that I just posted to the NJHunter list. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Lawrence Housell To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:53 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Rio Grande, Delaware Township HI Bill, While doing the Google search I came across this: http://nj.usgs.gov/adr/WDR-NJ-06-3/bycounty_nm3.html It references a well in Bull Run Park, it might be relevant. Larry On Jun 30, 2008, at 10:50 PM, William Hartman wrote: > Thank you Larry, > > However, One must be very careful using Google. I used your search > criteria and came up with too many hits to look at all of them. > Yes, Rio Grande did come up, but that is Rio Grande, New Jersey > which is located near Cape May in the very Southern part of New > Jersey. I narrowed the search down to "Rio Grande" "Delaware > Township" "New Jersey" eventually added "Bridge" and "Lambertville" > which got me around 300 hits. But as I noted above, the "Rio > Grande" refereed to in all cases was the one in South New Jersey. > > If you did find a reference that noted 'a bridge over the Rio > Grande (river) near Lambertville' I would appreciate the reference. > > Many thanks for taking the time to look this up. > > Regards, > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lawrence Housell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:32 PM > Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Rio Grande, Delaware Township > > > Hi Bill, > I just googled Rio Grande, Delaware Twns,NJ. > A bridge at Lambertville came uo. > Larry H > On Jun 30, 2008, at 8:26 PM, William Hartman wrote: > >> Does anyone know the location of "Rio Grande" in Delaware Township? >> >> I have checked the book "Hunterdon County Place Names" by Phyllis >> B. D'Autrechy and the name was not listed. >> >> It was found in the Hunterdon Republican Newspaper dated August 20, >> 1874, on page 3, left column about mid-way down!: >> >> "The Board of Freeholders met at Sergeantsville on Tuesday of last >> week and after viewing the site, ordered a new bridge to be built >> at Rio Grande, in Delaware Township. It is to be an iron stringer >> bridge, the trusses to be enclosed with boards, which has proved to >> be the most economical method. The building of the bridge was >> placed in the hands of the following committee, viz: Capt. James >> Bird, W. B. Hockenbury, and Joseph Smith. The probable expense of >> its construction will be about $700." >> >> Thank you for any positive assistance. >> >> Regards, Bill >> Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >> ~njhunter >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http:// > www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message