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The story of the Pleasant Valley School in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey reveals how the people of the Valley experienced education and community identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As industrialization and urbanization gradually replaced the predominantly agricultural and rural lifestyle of the nation, the people of Pleasant Valley experienced the same threats to their lifestyle that were felt by countless other rural communities in the United States. The stories of individual teachers, students, and community members who lived through these changes show us the...

Pleasant Valley lies in the northwestern corner of Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and has been fortunate in not being subject to the type of suburban development that has obscured so much of the farmland and rural communities in the Mid-Atlantic States. A visitor to the Pleasant Valley area can still "read" elements in the landscape and buildings that tell the knowledgeable observer some of the history of the Valley as an agricultural region. For over 250 years farming was the primary activity in the Valley and a sense of community identity developed focused first on the local...