Tales of our heritage Description: Tales of our heritage. unknown: unknown, 1984. View this book online Subject(s): Bergen County (N.J.) -- History. Passaic County (N.J.) -- History. New Jersey -- Passaic County. New Jersey -- Bergen County. Table of Contents: Front matter Hudson overlooks route to Passaic Area under water 15,000 years ago Pulaski Park sold for bottle of rum Life in New Jersey under communism Jersey mosquitoes plague Hollanders "One Fatt Henn" closes Dundee deal Tribes hold horse races in Garfield Ruffians slaughter slumbering Indians Indians steam out illnesses in cave How Indians took care of whiskers Passaic wampum booming business Burial ceremonies of Passaic Indians Old-Time farmers beat tax collector Old Acquackanonk world unto itself Colonial farmfolk frown on bathing Witches, wizards in the olden days How they spelled in Colonial times Pioneer who shot 99 Lenape Indians Plain boxes, quick burial in old days Early housewives tied to many jobs Wild forests once hunters paradise Bundling--That old enchanting custom Sunday brisk day at first taverns Passaic-New York once full-day trip Negro slave finds fortune in copper Old farmers make rum, wine, brandy Colonial families run to 20 children High-calorie meals rule on old farms Catholics abused in colonial Jersey Pupils battle with wax, pins and ink When whiskey sold for $1.25 a gallon "Rattlesnakes gall done up in chalk" Ragged volunteers file across river Old Acquackanonk spelled 80 ways Passaic welcomes Revolutionary hero Bergen hostile to Washingtons army Greedy British lets Americans escape Paine camps with troops in Passaic Freelolders fight over bridge site British loot farms on way thru area First lock-out in Paterson in 1794 Farm manufacture spreads to shops Shopkeepers sells "Spirets" on cuff Paterson escapes ghost town fate Conditions brutal in Paterson Mills Fickle girl causes rivals pistol duel Iron horse comes to Acquackanonk Colt founds pistol plant in Paterson Morris Canal once paradise for boys Paterson first in locomotive output First teacher paid $300 for full year Highwayman robs unwary traveler Old taxes go for poor, roads, dogs Great Notch Brook pearl hunt of 1857 Dundee Dam puts Passaic on map Steamboating on old Passaic River Slaves lot : Long hours, poor food Slavery comes to New Jersey early Negroes auctioned like cows, horses Masters brutal to friendless slaves Slaves whipped to crowds diversion Indians enslaved, youths bound out Slaves protest by revolting, running Slave burned alive at stake in Bergen Copperheads try to end Civil War Lincoln loses vote in Bergen in 1860 Alfred Speer--A remarkable man 6,300 Jersey men killed in Civil War "Medicinal" liquor lowers sinfulness Politicos "Rotten to core"--Speer Odd races staged on Passaic River 1870 conflict over school intergration Firemen killed as idle crowd gapes Steamer sets off river free-for-all Passaic fireman--notorious firebug Old firemen fight, let buildings burn First barber shop run by housewife First policemans pay $25 a month Lynch mob nearly strings up grocer "Paulisons folly" long a landmark Blizzard of 1888 immobilizes town Suffragettes wage long ballot battle Smallpox epidemic leaves four dead Trolleys screech thru, horses shy Immigrants draw natives disdain "Shake no more" cure for Malaria U. S. labor unions originate May Day 34 nationalities settle in Passaic Fire eats through heart of Paterson Paterson anarchist shoots Italian King 1903 flood leaves hardship in wake 3 killed in South Paterson twister Democrats suffer papers prejudice Gasoline buggies sputter on scene How Paterson got Silk City nickname Bankers concocts salt-water canal Wobbly lands in "Poisonous Hole" 25,000 workers strike silk mills Historian survives two death notices Big Bill loses 80 pounds in strike Back matter

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