| Clark Contributor(s): Total, Brian P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738513059 ISBN-13: 9780738513058 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: Primary Coverage Area: Clark area, Westfield Linden |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 974.936 |
| LCCN: 2003107447 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.38" W x 9.4" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Clark explores a community with a history dating from 1864, the height of the Civil War. Accessed by Exit 135 on the Garden State Parkway, Clark was originally the Fifth Ward of Rahway until a group of disgruntled farmers, led by founding fathers Robert A. Russell, William Bloodgood, William H. Enders, Smith Woodruff, and Judge Hugh H. Bowne, declared its independence and established a self-governing township. The men named the town for a local American patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Abraham Clark. The vintage photographs included here represent Clark's history from its days as a rural farm town of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to its current status as a thriving suburban community. |
Contributor Bio(s): Total, Brian P.: - Clark councilman and municipal historian Brian P. Toal is a lifelong Clarkite and the author of Clark's one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary journal. He serves as curator of Clark's museum and archives and has conducted many educational programs that highlight Clark's glorious past. |