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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message