Bill, I found a reference to the Blue Mountains in Marion Nicholl Rawson', Under the Blue Hills, Scotch Plains, NJ. Unfortunately, I don't have the complete book but excerpts. It discusses the establishment of a church in Scotch Plains which was a breakaway from the church in Piscataway in 1747. It talks about the various families who met there and in one reference it says: ... the Sutton's from westwardly over the Blue Mountains. The family family mentioned appear mostly those of Rev. David Sutton who lived in Basking Ridge. Given this, a westward movement would have them going over the Watchung's. Dennis At 06:09 AM 9/17/2008, you wrote: >Where is(are) the "Blue Mountain(s)" ? > >If you know for sure, I would appreciate an answer - NO Speculation, >Please - I reserve that prerogative! > >In the Hunterdon Republican newspaper dated November 18, 1885 there >were 2 items regarding the "Blue Mountain(s)": > > >From the correspondent - "Jingo" - at Ringoes we find: >"Mr. L. Dilts and Mr. Mahlon Schenck, with their wives, have >returned from a trip to the Blue Mountains, where they went to visit >Mr. Walter Wilson. The party made the journey in a wagon." > >and from the correspondent - "U-No-Hoo" - at Bloomsbury: >"S. R. Dalrymple and Mark Creveling, spent part of last week at the >Blue Mountain, hunting." > >Since the 2 items are from opposite ends of Hunterdon County, my >impression is that they refer to different "mountains"! The >Sourlands come to mind for the group from Ringoes, but I have no >'speculation' for the northern area of Hunterdon, or perhaps the >southern area of Warren County. > >Thank you for any positive leads! > >I remain your faithful investigator, >MrBill > >PS: I have found no further references to the "Rio Grande" river in >Hunterdon County! > >PSS: The Hunterdon Republican Website is slowly progressing, visit: >www.huntrepnews.com for a peek! >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