This image shows a mid-1800s blacksmith with his tools on the dirt road leading from the south (today’s Route 23) as it comes into Deckertown (today’s Sussex Borough). Introduced here, behind him, is the patented Deckertown Plow, perhaps not in time sequence, but also recognizing the timely and important technological advance produced locally that helped America to become the nation it is today. Sussex County History Today: Abram Shepherd, blacksmith Shepherd had ties to militia men killed during the Battle of Minisink during the Revolutionary War. As in the real battle,... Columns 28 Apr 2026 | 02:31
Main Street in Sussex. (Photo courtesy of Mary Case) Sussex County History Today: Main Street, Sussex Borough This column is by a guest historian, my friend from Sussex Borough, Mario Poggi, who is president of the Sussex-Wantage Historical... Columns 10 Aug 2025 | 09:05
Travelers with bags and tickets outside the Goble Inn about 1905. (Photo provided) Sussex County History Today: Fountain Square Inn Sussex Borough has grown up from an old settlement and is a place with a distinct heritage. The first known person here was... Columns 12 Mar 2023 | 01:07
