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Points of Interest in New Jersey History


Ridgewood High School girl's Basketball Team, 1909- Basketball became a popular sport for high school girls in the early twentieth century.
 Famous Portrait of General George Washington crossing the Delaware River
General Washington's Winter Headquarters 1777, 1779 and 1780.		 Paterson City Hall 1896

Thomas Edison
Atlantic City Boardwalk 1906 Atlantic City Boardwalk, Easter Morning 1900
Louis Franke's Silk Mill, Paterson 1880 This giant Manta Ray was captured off 7 miles off the coast of Brielle, NJ by Capt. A. L. Kahn in 1933. It weighed over 5000 lbs, and was over 20' wide.
Timeline
  1. New Jersey as a Colony
  2. Gaining Independence From England
  3. Building a State & Country
  4. Industry Thrives
  5. Advancements in Science and Education
  6. World War II and Beyond
Land Disputes-
A Written Account
  1. The First Inhabitants
  2. The First Settlers
  3. The First English Entanglements
  4. The Next Wave of Settlers
  5. The Dutch Reassertion
  6. Transfering West Jersey
  7. Quaker Control
  8. New Owners, Old Hands
  9. The End

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