Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 63996-h.htm or 63996-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/63996/63996-h/63996-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/63996/63996-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/woodsidenorthend00hine_0/ Transcriber’s note: Text that was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_). WOODSIDE, THE NORTH END OF NEWARK, N. J. [Illustration: The “Magazine” House, 1812. Erected to store powder from the Decatur works on Second river. This stood back of the Summerfield M. E. Church where Woodside Avenue now runs. Here also was the site of the Revolutionary camp ground of General Anthony Wayne, 1779, which stretched north to Second river.] WOODSIDE The North End of Newark, N. J. Its History, Legends and Ghost Stories Gathered From the Records and the Older Inhabitants Now Living By C. G. HINE PART I Early History. Before 1866 PART II C. C. Hine and his times, briefly covering the period of personal recollections and the development of Woodside as a residence section PART III Anecdotes of and matters personal to Mr. C. C. Hine APPENDIX HINE’S ANNUAL, 1909 INTRODUCTION. I believe that those of long ago who wrote books frequently began with an apology to the gentle reader, and I am inclined to do likewise, or at least to rise and explain. The fact is, this narrative was originally undertaken merely as a family reminiscence, but Mr. C. C. Hine’s life was so interwoven with the later life of Woodside that what was intended as a brief sketch to illustrate a series of photographs has gradually grown into a book covering the story of the region now known as Woodside as completely as I have been able to gather it. This will account for the somewhat personal view frequently indulged in and for some of the minor details. Woodside, until it was opened as a residence section, was a purely farming region whose inhabitants went elsewhere for their groceries and religion, and as the average farmer thinks more of making hay than history, the movement must necessarily be somewhat slow. Dr. Macauley once said of Woodside: “As God made it it was a beautiful place, but as the hand of man left it I have nothing to say.” That the hand of man has desecrated it all those who knew its woodlands and waterways twenty-five or more years ago can readily testify, but one of its good points even man cannot reach, and that is its climate, for it is the coolest part of Newark. This in former times was unconsciously testified to by the drivers of the old horse cars, who were in the habit of shedding their coats upon arrival at the cemetery from the north, there to hide them among the bushes, and again resume them on the return trip to Second river.