Jersey City
Inscription
First Dutch patroonship named Pavonia by Michael Pauw. He built two log houses here in 1629 within what is now Jersey City.
Location
AddressSoutheast corner of the Holland Tunnel Exit Highway at
Henderson Street
CityKearny
CountyHudson
StateNew Jersey
Coordinates40.748010, -74.095460
Sources
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"La Tourette"
Norwood, NJ
Site of the first American home of Irenee Dupont, 1800.
Baseball
Jersey City, NJ
On June 19, 1846 the first march game of baseball was played here on the Elysian Fields between the Knickerbockers and the New Yorks.
Baseball
Jersey City, NJ
Here, on Elysian Fields, the Knickerbockers and The New York Nine played the first match game of baseball on June 19, 1846.
Early Brewery
Jersey City, NJ
Site of first brewery in New Jersey, built by Aert Teunissen Van Putten on his bowerie, 1642.
Ford Plant
Jersey City, NJ
In 1918 the first Ford Assembly Plant in New Jersey was founded here.