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Skillman is named after the Skillman family. The first Skillmans were Dutch, but lived in England before moving to Brooklyn in 1664, according to family accounts. In 1729, Thomas Skillman ventured westward, buying some 500 acres (2.0 km 2) of farmland on the Millstone River, near the village of Rocky Hill, for his sons, Jan and Isaac.
Roughly bounded by Budd Avenue, Budd's Run, Egbert and Cedar Road, and Rancocas Creek and NJ Central Power and Light Company 39°58′12″N 74°41′01″W / 39.97°N 74.683611°W / 39.97; -74.683611 ( Pemberton Historic
Residents walking in Skillman Park. Skillman Park is a public park in Skillman, part of Montgomery, Somerset County, New Jersey. It is operated by the Somerset County Park Commission. The park was opened in 2015. [1] The 247-acre area was bought by Somerset County from the township in 2011. [2] It once housed Skillman Village. In the subsequent ...
Appel Farm was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 1978 and, in 1987, Mark Packer, then Camp Director, became Appel Farm's Executive Director. Albert Appel officially became Director Emeritus but still actively participated in the organization's operations. [3] An annual arts and music festival was introduced in 1989.
White Violet Center for Eco-Justice is a non-profit eco-justice education center focusing on organic agriculture, spiritual ecology and social advocacy. Founded in 1996 by Sister of Providence Ann Sullivan, the center is a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.
In the middle of the 20th century, New Jersey had over 500 dairy farms, with many delivering milk directly to residents homes. [3]Due to both governmental and industry changes since that time, many small New Jersey dairy farms have disappeared.
Alpacas were domesticated thousands of years ago. The Moche people of Northern Peru often used alpaca images in their art. [6] Traditionally, alpaca were bred and raised in herds, grazing on the level meadows and escarpments of the Andes, from Ecuador and Peru to Western Bolivia and Northern Chile, typically at an altitude of 3,500 to 5,000 metres (11,000 to 16,000 feet) above sea level. [7]
Fernbrook Farms is a 230-acre (93 ha) working farm located along County Route 545 (Bordentown-Georgetown Road) in Chesterfield Township in Burlington County, New Jersey. Originally an 18th-century farm, it was briefly a stock breeding farm, known as the New Warlaby Stock Farm, in the 19th century.