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The Milltown Historical Society is partnering with the members of Raritan River Railroad group to host a model train (and more!) show at the Milltown Senior Citizens building on December 8 and 9, 2012 on Violet Terrace in Milltown. Look for more details to come!

In light of what many are dealing with after Sandy's wrath we have decided to postpone the Holiday Train Show in Milltown. We are hoping to reschedule it for December 8th and 9th but the Senior Center in Milltown has not reopened yet so I have not been able to check if that weekend is available. Please update any blogs, sites, etc. that has the show listed for the upcoming weekend. I will let you know as soon as we have confirmed a new date.

My thoughts and prayers are with each of…

We are planning a bus trip to Steamtown in Scranton, Pennsylvania on October 27, 2012. Tickets will include bus transportation and admission to the National Historic Site. Great fun for train lovers of all ages!http://www.nps.gov/stea/index.htm

Milltown is a town that celebrates July fourth in a grand style, and the rest of the state knows it. Look for a front page story about our historic boro in tomorrow's Star Ledger newspaper, and online at nj.com. And if you live close enough to make it to town, here is the planned schedule of events from Milltown's Fourth of July emcee, Russ Einbinder.

Summary of Events— Wednesday July 4th, 2012

• 6:00am Fishing Derby

• 7:45am Fun…

Perhaps you have stumbled upon this site because of an email that you received. Maybe you forgot that you had once stumbled upon this site in the first place. If that is the case...

Welcome back! We are seeking out new members who can help us achieve our goals of preservation and education. The museum doors have been closed too much as of late, because we just do not have enough volunteers willing to spend a few hours showing other visitors the treasures that we have collected. If you…

The Milltown Public Library and the Milltown Historical Society recently collaborated  for the second time on a photography contest featuring pictures taken in our boro. There are many beautiful images, and its always interesting to see how different artists can make some of the same scenes look so different just by how they shoot their photos.

The pictures have just been hung in the Jane Strimple meeting room of the Public Library, where they will be on display until the end of…

The Milltown Historical Society has decided to take a meeting break for the cold months of January and February, due to the possibility of snowy weather.

If you want to get in touch with any of the Society members, you can call President Kathy or Bruce, whose phone numbers appear on this page, or post a message to this site.

The Museum will open for private tours upon request. Please call the Schwendeman Taxidermy Shop for information about when you can get a tour of the Museum…

Look for the Milltown Historical Society Table at Milltown Day at the Boro Park. We will have photographs and interesting objects displayed, and Milltown History books and other items for sale.

Take an historical walking tour of Milltown, and learn about some of our town's older buildings.

Our website's newest member, Pau Medrano Bigas, a professor of graphic design at a University in Barcelona, Spain is a scholar who has researched the Michelin company extensively. His research, while focused on how Michelin used graphic design in its printed advertisements, was also broad enough for him to learn about the history of the Michelin plant in Milltown. Read this fascinating history in Pau's article "The forgotten years. The American phase of Michelin in Milltown"published in the…

The next open house of the Milltown Historical Society will be Saturday, September 17, 2011 from 1-3 pm.

All are welcome to visit or to get involved with our activities. You too can become part of Milltown's history, or just help us discover and share what we know with others.

Who can get involved? Anyone! Those who know Milltown history, great!  

If you don't know and want to learn, yes!

If you know about…

When I get a request from a new member for some specific picture, or information, I think how useful it would be if I could find a way to search for that information. Especially if it exists on our own website! To help us search better, add tags that describe what you add. For example "1950s" or "Raritan River Railroad".

Thanks, and if you find any new pictures, please add them to the site. We'd all love to see them.

The Milltown Historical Society is a cosponsor of this great event. Click the picture open the article that ran in the Home News Tribune on November 4, 2010.

WHAT: Holiday train display

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 13; noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 14

WHERE: Milltown Senior Citizen Center, 60 Violet…

• KilmerHouse.com A fascinating blog chronicling the history of the Johnson & Johnson Company of New Brunswick
• THE MICHELIN TIRE COMPANY : THE AMERICAN ADVENTURE (1907- 1931) A scholarly paper that discusses Milltown's Michellin Plant and its importance as an early international corporation by Francesca Tesi of the Sorbonne…