Of the 15 men and women who sat in the editor’s chair at the Times-Republic office in Princeton between 1940 and 1990, none contributed more
Tag: Princeton WI history
LOTS O’ HISTORY | 500 RIVER ROAD
From the time workers dug the seven-mile canal from the Mecan River to the Fox River in Princeton by pick and shovel in the 1850s,
HARRY HOBART & THE PRISONERS OF WAR
Allied forces launched the largest amphibious attack in military history on June 6, 1944 – “D-Day” – with nearly 130,000 soldiers swarming the beaches of
OLD HOUSES | RUFFLE SHIRT HILL
Part 2 of our tour of Old Houses focuses on the homes on the north side of West Water Street built mostly in the early
OLD HOUSES | PART 1
The recent post about the Mackowski/Kreilkamp house piqued my interest in other late-19th and early 20th-century homes that continue to grace my neighborhood. The Mackowski/Kreilkamp
80 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
I love these old photos! This picture shows people filling about half of the 500 block of Water Street during Princeton’s Fall Festival and Jamboree