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1524, Verrazano and the coast of what became the Garden State.
Giovanni De Verrazano, was an Italian explorer who discovered the New York harbor as well the Garden State as we know it. -
Bergen county and how it came to be.
During a brief war called (Kieft's War) in the upper part of New Jersey. A group of eighty Lenape's were killed, by Dutch settlers on the night of February 25, 1643. Known as the massacre of Povian.
Given way to what we know as the oldest township in New jersey. -
East and West Jersey Divided in 1676
In 1676 the province of New Jersey was divided into east & west. The West part of new jersey was considered a dependent of New York. The East was governed by Carteret. -
1790, The first National Census count of New Jersey.
In the first United States census, New Jersey had a population count of 184,139 and ranked at number 9 for how populated it was. -
1811, the first ferry moved along the harbor between Hoboken and New York.
In Oct.11,1811 the first ferry carried New Jersey residents between the harbor of Hoboken and New York. This grew into a multi-million dollar transit line between the two states over time. -
1824, the first locomotive train took onto the tracks.
In 1824, John Steven's a resident of Hoboken, NJ. Made possible a locomotive train to transport people on tracks, which would change the course of transportation as we know it. -
The first town to have running electricity, Roselle NJ.
Thomas Edison, gave way to the first town in New Jersey to have running electricity, giving the opportunity that wires running with electric could give light to millions of new jersey down the decade. -
The first drive-in movie theater.
New Jersey became the states of many different ideas that would make the life of many Americans today easier to say the least. In 1933 on a 10 acre lot, the first drive in movie theater was built; in the county of Camden, Nj. This would also bring upon many residents from the parts of the state ever closer to each other.
