Author: rogerbartel

Last week while taking one of my walks downtown to check on the sturgeon, I happened to run into one of the men from Schultz

Happy Anniversary, City of Princeton! No foolin’. Princeton is celebrating its centennial as a city this month. In 1920, when the census showed Princeton setting

The building at 613 West Water Street, which my generation probably remembers as Tiff’s Barber Shop, is not on the City of Princeton Historical Walking

This plaque on the City of Princeton Historical Walking Tour was oh-so-close to being correct. Only the year is incorrect. The 30-by-100-foot brick building was

I blame, or credit, Laura Skalitzky and Tracy Ebert for sending me on this fun tangent. First, Laura posted the photo of “The First House

I have neglected the blog while trying to finish the first draft of my book, a history of early Princeton, but I wanted to share