Spread Eagle Inn Reference document

Penn and Daniel Coxe acquired 9170
In 1731 — 201. acres of this ~
h, Samuel —

Back in 1712 William
acres of land in Hunterdon County.

land was sold to William Johnson. Upon Johnson's deat if
the estate and purchased _

Fleming was named one of the executors for

705 acrés of Johnson land. He built his home: in 1756, which is still
came into being. -

area at that time, —

~ standing, on Bonnell St. and “Fleming's Town’

~ ‘Fleming’s house, one of the most imposing in the
* For many years it was

soon became known) as ‘Fleming: Castle.’

= an Inn and Stage Depot, frequented by many of the patriot leadersz

_. during the Revolutionary War.

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= {n 1785 Flemington was chosen as the county seat in preference
to Trenton, which at that time was part of Hunterdon County. When
the old courthouse burned down in 1828, Lambertville laid claim =
to the county seat. This challenge was fought off and the courthouse

standing today was built.

iY From its beginning, ““Farming’ was the lifeblood of Flemington

= and the county. The 1870's saw the beginning of modern dairy and
poultry farms along with the coming of the railroads. =

> In 1898 fifty four trains a day entered and left Flemington
on the three railroads that served the town (the last passenger train
left Flemington for Jersey City in 1953). It was in 1965 that the Black =
River & Western R.R. commenced operating a full sized steam railroad —
a between Flemington and Ringoes, In the same year work was begun:
on Turntable Junction in an effort to preserve an area rich in history.