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Composite image of National Parks Service photo of SCR-270 radar similar to that used at Opana Point in 1941, public domain; and cropped screen capture of SCR-270 from movie Tora! Tora! Tora!, consistent with Fair Use Doctrine.

December 7, 1941

The Curious Story of the Two Men Who Detected the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor and Their Connection to Monmouth County

Editor’s note: This article was first published in 2020; it has been updated as of December 2, 2022, with new information and images, including that provided us by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Historical Office, today’s keepers of the...

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Featured Monmouth County History Timelines & Stories

November 4, 1902

Laura Biggar, Fugitive Gold-Digger, Finally Turns Herself In

by John R. Barrows

Bicentennial Hall today, formerly Fisk Chapel A.M.E. Bethel Church of Fair Haven. Image credit: Google Maps.

August 20, 1882

Bicentennial Hall, formerly Fisk Chapel, the African Methodist Episcopal Bethel Church of Fair Haven

The first E.C. Hazard ketchup factory in Shrewsbury before it burned in 1888. Public Domain.

November 7, 1888

E.C. Hazard’s State-of-the-Art Ketchup Factory is Destroyed by Fire

A photo of artist Steve Schreiber standing before his new painting, "The Middletown Militia Secures its Prize," at the unveiling ceremony held at the Middletown Township Public Library on September 15, 2023. This painting was commissioned by Monmouth Timeline and donated to Middletown Township Historical Society, which has loaned the art to the library so that it can be on public display.

September 15, 2023

Artist Steve Schreiber Talks about his Newest Painting

by Steve Schreiber

November 14, 1973

Marilyn Levy, A Genius Photo-Chemist at Fort Monmouth

by John R. Barrows

May 4, 1933

Karl G. Jansky, the Father of Radio Astronomy

by John R. Barrows

June 25, 1946

Russell S. Ohl, Inventor of the Silicon Solar Cell

by John R. Barrows

Composite image of three Lovett's Nursery catalogs. Images courtesy Little Silver Historical Society.

September 24, 1912

John Thompson Lovett Sr., the Small Fruit Prince of Little Silver

by John R. Barrows

Dr. Emily Frisby, chief climatologist at Fort Monmouth. Photo courtesy U.S. Army Signal Corps Archives, public domain.

June 8, 1968

Dr. Emily M. Frisby, Fort Monmouth Climatologist: “Weather can be made to work for the world, if it is interpreted properly.”

by Melissa Ziobro

Photo of Oscar Hammerstein mansion. Creator, date of creation, publisher and date of publication unknown. Image courtesy Ralph Bitter and Middletown Township Historical Society, used with permission.

October 16, 1929

Bootlegger Compound Raided in Former Middletown Home of Oscar Hammerstein Sr.

Charles Lee Esq'r. - major general of the Continental-Army in America. Probst, Johann Michael, engraver. Created between 1776 and 1790. Library of Congress, public domain.

August 12, 1778

Continential Army Major General Charles Lee Convicted at Court-Martial

Postcard image of PS Alexander Hamilton. Public domain.

November 8, 1977

PS Alexander Hamilton – A National Historic Site You Can’t Visit