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Historical Society program on the Revolutionary War hero, Edward 'Ned' Hector, from Conshohoken for whom Hector Street was named. Meet 'Ned' in the pages of the Gaslight News and Noah Lewis who portrays the hero of the Battle of Brandywine.

This local Burlington County resident led a national campaign to win a women's right to vote. Read more about Alice Paul and her prison hunger strike in the Gaslight News.

October, May and January 2008 issues of the Gaslight News

The October newsletter issue features a story about the Philadelphia Watch Case Company in Riverside, N.J.and it's ominous legacy in the history of American capitalism and the organized labor movement. Our May issue features Pat Solin's article on Internet Geneaology Research, Riverton resident U.S. Ambassador Lloyd C. Griscom and an article by HSR President Priscilla Taylor on Riverton's Wright Family residence at the Professor Cleveland home. The January issue highlights the contributions of seven generations of the Biddle family in Riverton and the popular novels set in Riverton by Mary Biddle Fitler.

November 2007 issue of the Gaslight News

November shines a new light on Riverton's Victorian gas lamps and Jennifer Pacek, the 2007 winner of the

Betty B. Hahle Oral History Award..

The Historical Society of Riverton is proud to have John McCormick as

editor of the Gaslight News. John is a HSR board member and was an

educator at the Riverton Public School where he taught history from

1974-2009. John is an avid collector of historic images and has long dedicated his talents to the preservation of local history in New Jersey.

Mary Biddle Fitler (on the right) was born in Riverton and featured our town as a backdrop for her "Reddy" children's adventure book series. Born into a prominent Riverton family Mary married Nathan Myers Fitler the son of Philadelphia Mayor Edwin Fitler. Mary & her husband N. Myers Fitler lived at their home known as 'Graystone' on 109 Bank Avenue in Riverton.

Riverton was home to Celement Acton Griscom, shipping magnate, whose son Llyod C. Griscom became U.S. Ambassador to Italy and consul in Japan where he met novelist Jack London, "Call of the Wild". Also in this issue and article on researching your family's Genealogy with Pat Solin.

T.J. Zurbrugg brought the Philadelphia Watch Case Company to Riverside and with it propserity and controversy. Zurbrugg is known locally for his endownment of the Zurbrugg Memorial Hospital.

Our November 2007 issue of the Gaslight News features the winner of the first annual Betty B. Hahle History Award. October 2005 issue on Alice Paul and the November 2005 issue of the Gaslight News featuring Revolutionary War hero Edward 'Ned' Hector.