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Daniel Kennedy is a local history buff and a board member of the Ramsey Historical Association.

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Fortitude Club Masonic Lodge

Filed in Organizations by on May 6, 2010 1 Comment • views: 4749
Fortitude Club Masonic Lodge

A patch dating from the 1940’s identifying its bearer as a member of the Fortitude Club, a Masonic Lodge, in Ramsey, NJ.

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Main Street, Ramsey, NJ

Filed in Streets by on May 4, 2010 8 Comments • views: 67392
Main Street, Ramsey, NJ

The second post card I’m going to post is my favorite from my personal collection, a picture of Ramsey, Main Street from 1908.

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It Started with the Train Station

Filed in Transportation by on April 29, 2010 3 Comments • views: 10046
It Started with the Train Station

There is no one event more responsible for the birth of modern Ramsey then the Paterson & Ramapo Railroad putting a train station on land purchased from a local landowner named Peter Ramsey.

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