New Jersey offers a mix of urban energy, natural beauty, and a thriving economy, making it an intriguing and dynamic state to explore and live in. Although New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state in terms of land area, New Jersey is densely populated and has a rich history and diverse cu...
1896 - Find out more about New Jersey State Flag 1889 - First electric sewing machine: by the Singer Company in Elizabeth 1896 - New Jersey firsts include the first professional basketball games. 1907 - First vacuum tube: by Lee de Forest of Jersey City 1911 - First air conditioner: by...
I wanted to launch an app that my customers could get Rockaway Recycling’s prices through. And so theiScrap Appwas born…but before I knew what happened, other scrap yards were asking about it, and it spawned a new company whose goal was to connect scrap yards with their customers like...
Dutch influence expanded along the Hudson into modern-day Poughkeepsie and also south into what is now New Jersey. They named it New Netherlands. Towards the end of Dutch control, different conflicts broke out between Native Americans and the Dutch leading to massacres of native people. In 1664...
Paterson Plank Road was built across the marsh at this time, providing a direct route from Paterson to Jersey City via Acquackanonk. Paterson Plank Road was considered a product of the “plank road fever” of the mid-19th century. These roads were constructed of cedar planks about three inch...
Some New Jersey History You May Not Know AboutNew Jersey has made a whole lot of history in its 3 1/2 centuriesof existence -- as the new book...Virginia Rohan
This website celebrates the history of Roxbury Township in Morris County, New Jersey. Our town was founded in 1740 and has a rich heritage. Originally a center for Iron Mining and forges that supplied George Washington and the Continental Army, our community grew with the cutting of roads eas...
Hannah Wright's tombstone, Colonial Cemetery, Westfield, Union County, New Jersey [Buried in 2012] Hannah was the daughter of Jacob Clark, and wife of (1) John Hole, who drowned in 1795 during a ferryboat crossing, and (2) Ezekiel Wright. She very likely died from complications of child...
Carrie Chapman Catt broke a bottle across the radiator as they left 42nd Street on the ferry to New Jersey and headed south. The auto was loaded with two yellow trunks, a “hand” sewing machine, a typewriter, a “fireless cooker” and the tools needed for repairs. When questioned about...
dynamic Fit straps for flexible support, carbon fiber heel counter for support, mesh upper for flexibility and ventilation. The new Jordan Flight Plate that debuted in the midsole of the AJ XX8 was about two years in development. It consisted of a moderator plate, the Zoom Air unit, and rub...