Randolph’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Randolph. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The earliest known inhabitants of what is now Randolph were the Lenni Lenape Native Americans. The earliest European settlers of what is now Randolph were Quakers and one of the pioneering landowners was Hartshorne Fitz-Randolph, who purchased 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) of what would become the township in the Mine Hill area in 1753, later becoming the namesake of the township. New Jersey's first iron mine was established in Randolph in 1713, and for hundreds of years the mines fostered the development of the township, providing the raw materials for weapons used by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. During the war, this area was a supply point for George Washington's army during their winter encampment in nearby Jockey Hollow.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Randolph’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Randolph’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view00129.BB#001--Property required f…, 1906: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Randolph, decade by decade
1980s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 00129.BB#001--Property required from Caroline Jones--Dover, NJ [1906.01.23] (1906) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.