Rick EpsteinSep 7, 20203 minKingwood Farmboy Became Top Expert on ForgeryLEWIS, Aaron Rittenhouse – (1857-?) was the son of Samuel and Eliza, who had a farm near Baptistown. Eliza was a sister of Frenchtown's...
Rick EpsteinSep 3, 20201 minMrs. Shurtz Wanted the Best Brick House $4K Could Build SHURTZ Nathan – (1818-1902) owner of N. Shurtz & Co.'s Empire Spoke Works on the south bank of the Little Nishisackawick. He lived at 3...
Rick EpsteinAug 28, 20201 minJack Mannino, a Frenchtown pizza pioneer PIZZERIAS Jack's Pizza – Pizza-maker Jack Mannino opened his pizzeria in 1972 on western corner of Trenton Avenue and Bridge Street in...
Rick EpsteinAug 24, 20202 min"Barefoot Nomads" Used to Camp in Frenchtown "GYPSIES" – now more courteously known as Romani travelers, used to camp briefly in Frenchtown as they wended their way across the...