Book Review: The History of Folsom, New Jersey 1845-1976. Bicentennial Edition.

Authors

Heinz K. Meier

Keywords

Swiss American Historical Society, book review

Abstract

Gertrude M. Eckhardt, a member of our society, has produced a handsome volume on a small New Jersey community which her grandfather helped found back in the late 1840s. The community was then called New Germany and consisted of a few doxed German immigrants. They founded their Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1853 and went about earning a living out of the abundant forest lands of their neighborhood. Later in the century a small group of Italian immigrants joined the original group, bringing with them new flavors and new skills. The borough never grew into a big settlement but stayed a nice quiet place with fewer than 2000 inhabitants in 1970.

Recommended Citation

Meier, Heinz K. (1977) "Book Review: The History of Folsom, New Jersey 1845-1976. Bicentennial Edition.," Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 13: Iss. 3, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol13/iss3/8