Stephen Foster
Inscription
Home of song writer, 1854. While here, the composer wrote his most popular work, "Jeanie with the light brown hair."
Location
Sources
More markers in Hudson
"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.