Beyond The Green & Morris County Park Commission
What we are doing
Beyond The Green and the Morris County Park Commission have partnered to launch a new segment, Beyond The Green: Parks & Paths. Together, we will showcase the stories, history, and natural beauty of Morris County’s 39 parks, trails, and historic sites—bringing the community even closer to the places that make it special.
Historic Speedwell
Discover the “Birthplace of the Telegraph’’ and Morristown’s unique role in the Industrial Revolution. The buildings and landscape at this historic site capture the flavor of life in the mid-19th Century. The site preserves the remarkable industrial legacy of Stephen Vail, proprietor of Speedwell Iron Works. Within the Factory Building, now a National Historic Landmark, Stephen Vail’s son, Alfred, and Samuel F.B. Morse, perfected the electro-magnetic telegraph and sent the first telegraphed message in 1838.
FOSTERFields Living Historical farm
Experience farm life as it was over 100 years ago at Fosterfields Living Historical Farm. Visit with the cows, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, horses, ducks and turkeys that live on the farm. Visitors can help with farm tasks, like butter churning, corn cracking and collecting eggs, or enjoy a visit to The Willows, the fully restored 1854 Gothic Revival family home built by General Joseph Warren Revere, a grandson of Paul Revere.