The  first Bordentown Railroad Days is set to take place on the 180th Anniversary of the first public demonstration runs of the the “John Bull” locomotive which took place in Bordentown New Jersey. It is also the anniversary of the first know train ride by a woman in the United States. This was the start of the first commercially successful railroad in New Jersey and later became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system.
Bordentown Railroad Days is in nine locations on Farnsworth Avenue and Prince Street in historic Bordentown City New …

CALL FOR ART
THEME “Railroad Days”
DEADLINE November 1, 2011
CURATOR Bordentown Heritage
WEBSITES http://www.bordentownrailroaddays.org and
http://www.bordentownheritage.org
Bordentown Heritage is an arts and history non-profit organization. We are seeking art for exhibition and web posting as part of “Bordentown Railroad Days” commemorating the 180th Anniversary of the first public demonstration of the “John Bull” steam locomotive and first woman passenger on a train in America on November 12, 1831.
Please send original unpublished art, mail art, artistamps, ATCs, and railroad models/sculpture. Be creative. We are seeking a wide range of media and styles. Stown Heritage
7 Elizabeth Street
Bordentown, …

SAVE THE DATES
November 12 and 13 for BORDENTOWN RAILROAD DAYS FUN AND HISTORY
Only 30 days to go before Bordentown City goes all out to celebrate the 180th Anniversary of the first public demonstration of the “John Bull” locomotive and the start of Steam Railroads in New Jersey and America’s first women train passenger.
For full details, tickets, and schedules see http://www.bordentownrailroaddays.org Read all about it the Register-News at http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2011/10/13/the_register_news/news/doc4e8b83e645b4e429424133.txt
Buy tickets now for the banquet at Jesters and exclusive morning presentations.
Special thanks to our partners the Camden & Amboy Railroad Historical Group, …