Historic Newark; a collection of the facts & traditions about the most interesting sites, streets and buildings of the city; . OLD POINT HOUSEFrom Woodside, by C. G. Hine The Old Point House, the history of which is so closely wovenwith the fishing industry on the Passaic, after changing hands manytimes, became the resort of fishermen, who, though pursuing theirvocation within sight of their own kitchen windows, neverthelesscooked chowders and spun yarns at the old house. Later, whenthere were many rowing matches on the river, the Point House wasconverted into a sort of half-way place for refr
Historic Newark; a collection of the facts & traditions about the most interesting sites, streets and buildings of the city; . OLD POINT HOUSEFrom Woodside, by C. G. Hine The Old Point House, the history of which is so closely wovenwith the fishing industry on the Passaic, after changing hands manytimes, became the resort of fishermen, who, though pursuing theirvocation within sight of their own kitchen windows, neverthelesscooked chowders and spun yarns at the old house. Later, whenthere were many rowing matches on the river, the Point House wasconverted into a sort of half-way place for refreshments, and partiesloitered in picturesque groups beneath the willows. Drivers whotravelled over the river road between Belleville and Newark spokeof the landmark as the half-way house, while oarsmen counted itthe half-way point over the mile and a half rowing course. S3. HISTORIC NEWARK Charles F. Murphy, a veteran angler and hunter of Newark, whomade in 1865 the first split bamboo fishing-rod, gave the New YorkTimes, December 11, 1881, an interview in which he describes thehunting and fishing about Newark from 1830 to 1850. Snipe, wood-cock, and rabbits were as thick as hops right here in Newark, saidhe, and Ive seen flocks of wild ducks and geese cover the groundback of the City Hall. The City Hall then stood at the corner ofWilliam and Broad Streets, and back of it were a pond and marshmade by a small brook. Ive caught trout and perch and shot gamewhere St. Patricks Cathedral and the finest residences now used to scoop up hatfuls of fish during dinner hour, andthe sky was darkened every day by the flocks of wild pigeons thatflew to the trees on the Commons, now Military Park. He said further that he had seen in the Passaic River sturgeonfour feet long spring out of the water and fall back again with asplash, like a man diving. Sme
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