Chatham (Images of America: New Jersey)

The resources of this book give historical information about Chatham, New Jersey through a pictorial tour. In this visual tour, readers will experience Chatham's history from when it was found to builder of the first span across the Passaic River. This book shows how Chatham's success increased with its flourishing of early mills and factories. Small shops, hotels, and railroad have brought nineteenth-century prosperity to the town. Residents of the community are captured in this period of success while communting from through the town to get to Newark and New York City. This book chroicles this growth and the relationship between populace and the river through wonderful photographs and intriguing historic details.