Founding of New Jersey
New Jersey began as a royal gift from James, Duke of York, to Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley. It was named after a battle fought to defend the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel. New Jersey marks its 350th anniversary on June 24, 2014 with a look back at the colonial roots of New Jersey, originally divided into territories known as East Jersey and West Jersey.
It Happened Here: New Jersey is a production of Kean University, in partnership with the New Jersey Historical Commission. The series is narrated by Willie Geist. PCK Media is serving as producer of the series. For more information about this and other activities planned for New Jersey's 350th Anniversary, visit officialnj350.com.
Top 12. Best Tourist Attractions in Newark - Travel New Jersey
Top 12. Best Tourist Attractions and Beautiful Places in Newark - Travel New Jersey: Prudential Center, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark Museum, Ironbound, Branch Brook Park, Military Park, Downtown, St. Lucy's Church, The New Jersey Historical Society, The Jewish Museum of New Jersey, Newark Symphony Hall
BORDENTOWN NEW JERSEY PROFILE: Short History of Bordentown New Jersey
BORDENTOWN NEW JERSEY PROFILE: Short History of Bordentown New Jersey
A short history of Bordentown NJ told by Douglas Palmieri.
Bordentown, New Jersey
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For the township, see Bordentown Township, New Jersey.
Bordentown, New Jersey
City
City of Bordentown
Clara Barton School
Clara Barton School
The City of Bordentown highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
The City of Bordentown highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Bordentown, New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Bordentown, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40.149824°N 74.707642°WCoordinates: 40.149824°N 74.707642°W[1][2]
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Burlington
Incorporated December 9, 1825 (as borough)
Reincorporated April 3, 1867 (as city)
Named for Joseph Borden
Government[6]
• Type Walsh Act
• Body Board of Commissioners
• Mayor Joseph R. Malone III (term ends May 14, 2017)[3][4]
• Clerk Patricia D. Ryan[5]
Area[1][7]
• Total 0.968 sq mi (2.507 km2)
• Land 0.929 sq mi (2.407 km2)
• Water 0.039 sq mi (0.100 km2) 3.99%
Area rank 503rd of 566 in state
36th of 40 in county[1]
Elevation[8] 49 ft (15 m)
Population (2010 Census)[9][10][11]
• Total 3,924
• Estimate (2014)[12] 3,900
• Rank 415th of 566 in state
31st of 40 in county[13]
• Density 4,222.3/sq mi (1,630.2/km2)
• Density rank 142nd of 566 in state
4th of 40 in county[13]
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST) Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4)
ZIP code 08505[14][15]
Area code(s) 609 exchanges: 291, 298, 324, 424[16]
FIPS code 3400506670[1][17][18]
GNIS feature ID 0885165[1][19]
Website cityofbordentown.com
Bordentown is a city in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 3,924.[9][10][10] The population declined by 45 (-1.1%) from the 3,969 counted in the 2000 U.S. Census, which had in turn declined by 372 (-8.6%) from the 4,341 counted in the 1990 Census.[20]
Bordentown is located at the confluence of the Delaware River, Blacks Creek and Crosswicks Creek. The latter is the border between Burlington and Mercer Counties. Bordentown is 5.8 miles (9.3 km) southeast from Trenton and 25.3 miles (40.7 km) northeast of Philadelphia.
Bordentown was originally incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on December 9, 1825, from portions within Chesterfield Township. It was reincorporated as a city on April 3, 1867, and separated from Chesterfield Township c. 1877.
History[edit]
Thomas Farnsworth, an English Quaker, was credited with being the first European settler in the Bordentown area in 1682, when he moved his family up river from Burlington. He made a new home on the windswept bluff overlooking the broad bend in the Delaware River. The Farnsworth's cabin was situated near the northwest corner of Park Street and Prince Street, perhaps where an 1883 frame house now stands. Farnsworth Landing soon became the center of trade for the region.[22] Farnsworth is also the namesake of one of Bordentown's main street, Farnsworth Avenue.
Joseph Borden, for whom the city is named,[23][24] arrived in 1717, and by May 1740 founded a transportation system to carry people and freight between New York City and Philadelphia. This exploited Bordentown's natural location as the point on the Delaware River that provided the shortest overland route to Perth Amboy, from which cargo and people could be ferried to New York City.[25]
By 1776, Bordentown was full of patriots. Patience Lovell Wright, America's first female sculptor, was creating wax busts in King George's court in England. Later, however, Bordentown became a rabble-rousing hotbed. In addition to Joseph Borden's son (also named Joseph Borden), who became a colonel during the war, patriots Francis Hopkinson (a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence), Colonel Kirkbride, Colonel Oakey Hoagland and Thomas Paine resided in the area. Due to their well-published activity in Bordentown, the British retaliated. Hessians occupied the town in 1776, and the British pillaged and razed the town during May and June 1778.[26]
Other notable people who have lived in the city include Clara Barton, who in 1852 started the first free public school in New Jersey and later founded the American Red Cross.[27] A recreation of her schoolhouse stands at the corner of Crosswicks and Burlington streets.[28]
The Bordentown School operated from 1894 to 1955.
Spring Lake Historical Society
Film shot by my Grandfather, William E. Edmonds, Jr. in and around Spring Lake, NJ in the late twenties/early thirties. Put together as a gift to the Historical Society by his Grandson, Richard Schilling. Enjoy!
Brick City: The Story of Newark
Newark, NJ Police Director Garry McCarthy and a former gang member DaShaun Jiwe Morris discuss Newark, it's crime issues, and the Sundance Channel documentary that details the political and everyday lives of Newark's citizens.
350 Years of New Jersey History
Program presented March 9, 2014 by Michael Aaron Rockland at the Macculloch Hall Historical Museum in Morristown, New Jersey as part of their Spring Speaker Series in conjunction with the 350th anniversary of New Jersey
History of trucking in New Jersey, America - NJMTA Celebrating 100th Anniversary
History of trucking in New Jersey, America - New Jersey Motor Carriers Trucking Association (NJMTA) Celebrating 100th Anniversary.
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It Happened Here: New Jersey - Preview
Kean University unveils a new video series exploring New Jersey's rich history in celebration of the state's 350th anniversary in 2014. NBC and MSNBC broadcaster Willie Geist narrates the series of 90 second episodes featuring 52 different stories from New Jersey's past. The stories highlight the official themes for the state's anniversary celebration: Innovation, Diversity, and Liberty. New episodes will appear weekly on NJTV Public Media NJ, and will be posted simultaneously on Kean's YouTube channel.
It Happened Here: New Jersey is a production of Kean University, in partnership with the New Jersey Historical Commission. PCK Media is serving as producer of the series. For more information about this and other activities planned for New Jersey's 350th Anniversary, visit officialnj350.com.
What is New Jersey Performing Arts Center?, Explain New Jersey Performing Arts Center
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Description: The New Jersey Performing Arts Center , in downtown Newark, New Jersey, United States, is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. Home to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra , more than 9 million visitors have visited the center since it opened in October 1997 on the site of the former Military Park Hotel.NJPAC has been an important component in revitalization of New Jersey's largest city. Located just west of the Passaic River waterfront, the Center lies in the heart of the city's cultural district around Military Park and Washington Park that also includes the Newark Museum, New Jersey Historical Society, and the Newark Public Library. The Prudential Center is just to the south. NJPAC has one of the largest arts education programs offered by a performing arts center in the nation. The program includes arts training classes, scholarships, in-school residencies, professional development, and family and children's programming, allowing students, teachers and families to interact with professional artists and explore the various genres of music, theater, dance, poetry and more.
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President Reagan's Departure from Newark, New Jersey on October 25, 1985
Full Title: Trip to New York, President Reagan and Nancy Reagan departure via Air Force One, Newark Airport in New Jersey on October 25, 1985
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Collection: Records of the White House Television Office (WHTV) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
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Production Date: 10/25/1985
Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted
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Contact(s): Ronald Reagan Library (LP-RR), 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065-0600
Phone: 800-410-8354, Fax: 805-577-4074, Email: reagan.library@nara.gov
If All the World Were New Jersey: The Past and Future of the Garden State
Kenneth T. Jackson, Prof. of History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University
Despite the negative stereotypes and many issues that are in fact negative—corruption, high taxes,and unbelievable political balkanization, for example—New Jersey is demonstrating a positive direction for the nation as a whole. New Jersey is dense, diverse, and characterized by a fine public transit system, high disposable incomes, generally excellent schools, a Mount Laurel decision that at least attempts to deal with diversity issues, and attention to the preservation of open space. Professor Jackson specializes in American social and urban history. His publications include The Ku Klux Klan in the City, 1915--1930, Cities in American History, Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States, Silent Cities: The Evolution of the American Cemetery, with Camilo Vergara, and, as editor The Encyclopedia of New York City. He is presently working on two books to be entitled Gentlemen's Agreement: Race, Class, and Differential Development in Newark, White Plains, and Darien, 1840--1990 and The Road to Hell: Transportation Policy and the Decline of the United States.
(Nov 9, 2006 at Princeton University)
Tour of Historical Governors Mansion - Historical Society Elizabeth New Jersey
Ken gives high school students a tour of the historical governors mansion in Elizabeth .
NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE SUPER HIGHWAY 1950s NEWSREEL 74752
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The New Jersey Turnpike (shortened to NJTP and colloquially known to New Jerseyans as the Turnpike) is a toll road in New Jersey, maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. According to the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, the Turnpike is the nation's sixth-busiest toll road and is one of the most heavily traveled highways in the United States. The Turnpike is a major thoroughfare providing access to various localities in New Jersey, as well as Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York. The route divides into four roadways at exit 6, with lanes restricted to carrying only cars, and with lanes for cars, trucks and buses.
The northern part of the mainline turnpike, along with the entirety of its extensions and spurs, is part of the Interstate Highway System, designated as Interstate 95 (I-95) between exit 6 and its northern end. Construction of the mainline from conceptualization to completion took 23 months, from 1950 to 1952. It was officially opened to traffic in November 1951, between its southern terminus and exit 10.
The Turnpike has 12-foot-wide (3.7 m) lanes, 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) shoulders, 13 rest areas named after notable residents of New Jersey, and unusual exit signage that was considered the pinnacle of highway building in the 1950s. The Interstate Highway System took some of its design guidelines by copying the Turnpike's design guidelines. To some degree, the Turnpike is considered iconic in pop culture, having been referenced in music, film and television.
The task of building the Turnpike was not an easy one. One major problem was the construction in the city of Elizabeth, where either 450 homes or 32 businesses would be destroyed, depending on the chosen route. The engineers decided to go through the residential area, since they considered it the grittiest and the closest route to both Newark Airport and the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal seaport.
When construction finally got to Newark, there was the new challenge of deciding to build either over or under the Pulaski Skyway. If construction went above the Skyway, the costs would be much higher. If they went under, the costs would be lower, but the roadway would be very close to the Passaic River, making it harder for ships to pass through. The Turnpike was ultimately built to pass under. As part of a 2005 seismic retrofit project, the Turnpike Authority lowered its roadway to increase vertical clearance and allow for full-width shoulders, which had been constrained by the location of the skyway supports.[31] Engineers replaced the bearings and lowered the bridge by four feet (1.2 m), without shutting down traffic. The work was carried out under a $35 million contract in 2004 by Koch Skanska of Carteret, New Jersey. The engineers for the project were from a joint venture of Dewberry Goodking Inc. and HNTM Corp. Temporary towers were used to support the bridge while bearings were removed from each of the 150 piers and the concrete replaced on the pier tops. The lowering process for an 800-foot (240 m) section of the bridge was done over 56 increments, during five weeks of work.
While continuing up to the New Jersey Meadowlands, the crossings were harder because of the fertile marsh land of silt and mud. Near the shallow mud, the mud was filled with crushed stone, and the roadway was built above the water table. In the deeper mud, caissons were sunk down to a firm stratum and filled with sand, then both the caissons and the surrounding areas were covered with blankets of sand. Gradually, the water was brought up, and drained into adjacent meadows. Then, the construction of the two major bridges over the Passaic River and Hackensack River were completed. The bridges were built to give motorists a clear view of the New York City skyline, but with high retaining walls to create the illusion of not being on a river crossing. The 6,955 ft (2,120 m) Passaic River (Chaplain Washington) Bridge cost $13.7 million to construct and the 5,623 ft (1,714 m) Hackensack River Bridge cost $9.5 million.
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First Snow Storm Of Season Hits New Jersey
The falling temperatures made some roads in New Jersey dangerous Monday; CBS2's Alice Gainer reports.
Camden,NJ. The poorest city in the US
Camden,New Jersey has the highest murder rate in the country,and the highest crime rate per capita. the criminals and drug deals operate in the open and the police department is understaffed. some residents are working hard to get their city back on track.
The New Jersey Diner
The New Jersey diner is an eating tradition unique to the northeast and a specialty of the Garden State. Many of the most beautiful and unusual Diners date from the 1920's. During the 40's and 50's, open-all-night Diners became a symbol of a nation on the move. Known for their abundant, yet inexpensive fare, many New Jersey Diners evoke a colorful and nostalgic era.
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The New Jersey Plan
The Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia in 1787. The Great Compromise combined elements of the New Jersey Plan, put forth by William Paterson, that proposed two representatives from each state regardless of population, with the proposal that representatives be given based on population.
It Happened Here: New Jersey is a production of Kean University, in partnership with the New Jersey Historical Commission. PCK Media is serving as producer of the series. For more information about this and other activities planned for New Jersey's 350th Anniversary, visit officialnj350.com.
Civil Disobedience Action at the Hall of Records in Newark, NJ - First Arrests
On June 29, 2018 a group of protestors delivered a message to Joseph DiVincenzo (Joe D.), the county executive of Essex County by protesting at the entrance to the Hall of Records in Newark, NJ where his office is located. The county executive has a contract with ICE for 800 beds at $117 per bed to be made available in the county jail. The concentration camp, located in the immigrant section of the “sanctuary” city is a stain of massive proportions. The United States 73 years ago placed people of Japanese descent in concentration camps without charge. The government got away with it because the rest of the population didn't resist. We're committed to ensuring that history won't repeat itself. No business with ICE or no business as usual.
Jay Arena, the Jobs and Equal Rights for All candidate for Essex County executive, Eric, Whit, Mary, Derev and Yael were the first to block the entrance in an act of civil disobedience. The response of the deputies was swift. Purple-shirt (we don't know his name) assaulted Jay, shoving him into other protestors causing the protestors to crash into the news reporter. Amusingly enough purple-shirt immediately hid behind two rows of deputies--what one would expect from a thug with a badge. He is then later seen shoving Eric from behind after Eric stated And if the police want to help us block the entrance, we thank them for helping us block the entrance. Purple-shirt then ordered the arrest of Eric and Jay.
When Eric asked if he was under arrest and for what crime, purple-shirt said we have laws in this country that you follow! A full 32 seconds later, he ordered the unlawful arrest of an activist that was criticizing his behavior. Deputies followed through with the illegal order. Purple-shirt demonstrated through his actions that he has neither knowledge of the law nor the temperament to work in law enforcement. He should be fired immediately. The deputies that carried out the arrest should be retrained.
Sgt. Mike Minichini was sent to clean the image of the Sheriff's Office. In an interview with NJTV he stated, We’re here to protect you. Our question is: from whom exactly? The only violent people at the protest were people in his own department.
That purple-shirt had no concern about the multiple cameras trained on him is indicative of the kind of department Sherriff Armando Fontoura is running. When the Sheriff was confronted by protestors at the unveiling of the Immigrant Memorial in Peter Francisco Park he took up the podium to defend himself. His defense essentially amounted to I went to war. Therefore he is above criticism. It seems like the rest of the department received the memo and believe themselves above criticism too.
The Sheriff's Office of Essex County showed on whose side they are on. They are on the side of Joe D., ICE and Trump. Jobs and Equal Rights for All will continue the resistance until the ICE contract is broken and our platform is carried out or Joe D. is unseated by our candidate.
Winner National History Day New Jersey
A documentary that placed top 100 in the nation and won first place at the state compition