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<html> <head> <title>CityofJerseyCity.org - Jersey City History</title> <BASE TARGET="_top"> <meta name="keywords" content="jersey city, new jersey, frank hague, hague, jersey city history, history, paulus hook, bergen, abraham lincoln, lincoln, underground railroad, genealogy, van vorst, kenny, Apple Tree House, sip, Aaron Burr, Black Tom, Lenni Lenape, Dutch, revolution, Battle of Paulus Hook, Lafayette, Lee, Champe, Van Reypen, Tuers, Fulton, schundler, glenn cunningham"> <meta name="description" content="Jersey City history Web Site"> <meta name="webmaster" content="anthony.olszewski@gmail.com"> <meta name="rating" content="General"> <meta name="revisit-after" content="10 days"> <meta name="robots" content="all"> <META name="copyright" content="copyright 2015 GET NJ">  </head> <BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <center><table cellpadding=5><tr><td> <center><img src="/banners/ferrylampcrop350.JPG"></center> </td><td> <Center>Jersey City History</font</center></td></tr></table></center>  <center> <table> <tr valign="top"><td> <table bgcolor=black cellpadding=5> <tr valign="top"><td> <a href="/news.shtml"> News</a> <a href="/docs/neighborhoods.shtml"> Preservation Districts</a> <a href="/docs/grundy.shtml"> Government</a> <a href="/ur/index.shtml"> Underground Railroad</a> <a href="/fd/Resources/OpeningPages/History.shtml"> Fire Department</a> <a href="http://www.getnj.com/jchist/blacktoma.shtml"> Black Tom Explosion</a> <a href="http://JERSEYCITYLANDMARKS.COM"> Historic Buildings</a> <a href="/significantdates.shtml"> Significant Dates</a> <a href="/mayors/jcmayors.shtml"> Mayors</a> <a href="/hague/index.shtml"> Frank Hague</a> <a href="http://www.getnj.com/hud70/index.shtml"> The John V. Kenny Era</a> <a href="/schundler/index.shtml">Bret Schundler</a> <a href="http://www.getnj.com/rememberglenn/index.shtml">Glenn Cunningham</a> <a href="http://www.getnj.com/njags/city/jerseycity.shtml"> 1939 WPA Guide</a> <a href="/docs/njroom.shtml"> Research Resources</a> <a href="/docs/afroam.shtml"> Afro-American Museum</a> <a href="/champe/index.shtml"> John Champe</a> <a href="/lincoln/index.shtml">Abraham Lincoln</a> <a href="http://www.getnj.com/jchist/histcem.html">Cemeteries</a> <a href="/docs/first_baptist_church.shtml"> First Baptist Church</a> <a href="http://www.getnj.com/saintpatricksdayparadejc.shtml">Saint Patrick's Day Parade</a> <a href="/fleming/index.shtml">Thomas Fleming</a> <a href="http://www.getnj.com/njindian.shtml"> Indians</a> <A href="/print/index.shtml">Old Prints</a> <A href="/docs/postcard.shtml">Postcards</a> <A href="/sinatra.shtml">Frank Sinatra</a> <A href="/rockandrollgetoutoftown.shtml">Rock and Roll Banned</a> <A href="/docs/links.shtml">Links</a> </td></tr> </table> </td><td> <table bgcolor=black width="100%" cellpadding=5> <tr><td> <center> <a href="http://www.getnj.com/hudberg/index.shtml">Genealogical History Of Hudson And Bergen Counties New Jersey </a> </center> </td></tr> </table> <table align=center cellpadding=3><tr><td> <center><img src="/photo/robinson/statue250.JPG"></center> <center><a href="http://audio2.thebook.com:8081/ramgen/faximusmaximus/jackie_robinsonedit160.rm">This Statue of Jackie Robinson in Journal Square commemorates his groundbreaking game in Jersey City. This event ended the color barrier in professional sports. </a></font</center> </td><td>   </td></tr> </table> <table bgcolor=black width="100%" cellpadding=5> <tr><td> <center> <a href="http://www.getnj.com/jchist/index.shtml"> Jersey City And Its Historic Sites</a>, <a href="http://www.getnj.com/jchist/index.shtml">Published in 1899</a> </center> </td><td> <center> <a href="/oldberg/index.shtml">Old Bergen</a>, <a href="/oldberg/index.shtml">Published in 1902</a> </center> </td></tr> </table> <center><table cellapdding=5> <tr><td> <center><img src="/photo/mayors/smithbutton.jpg"></center> <center>Thomas F. X. Smith was Mayor from July 1, 1977 to May 12, 1981. His book, The Powerticians, is perhaps the best known history of Jersey City</center> <center><a href="http://www.getnj.com/jcbuttons/jcbuttons.shtml">More Campaign Buttons</a></center> </td><td> <center> <table bgcolor=black> <tr><td> <center><img src="/larovere/vanvorstfarmcrop250.JPG"></center> <center><a href="vanvorstfarmhouse.shtml">Dating from 1740, Jersey City's Oldest House </a></center> </td></tr> <tr><td align=right"> <a href="/laroverebio.shtml"> Original prints of this and other images are available from the artist, Richard La Rovere.</a> </td></tr> </table> </center> </td></tr> </table></center> <table bgcolor=black width="100%" cellpadding=5> <tr><td><center> <a href="/federalistjc/index.shtml">The Federalist Fathers and the Founding of Jersey City</a>, <a href="/federalistjc/index.shtml">Published in 1927</a> </center> </td></tr> </table> <table bgcolor=black cellpadding=5> <tr><td> <center><img src="/hague/hague010147crop250txt.JPG"></center> <center><a href="/hague/index.shtml"> <center>Mayor Frank Hague</a> (right), a teetotaler, held a early morning reception on New Year's Day. His followers had the choice of imbibing moderately the night before or suffering silently through the ceremony. This photo dates from January 1, 1947 the last year of Hague's rule. </center> </td></tr> </table> <center> <table bgcolor=black cellpadding=5> <tr><td> <center> <a href="http://JerseyCitypolitics.com"> Jersey City Politics Facebook Group</a></center> </td></tr> </table> </center> <table bgcolor=black width="100%" cellpadding=5> <tr><td> <center> <a href="http://AnthonyOlszewski.com"> Anthony Olszewski</a></center> </td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <center><a href="http://www.libertystatepark.org"><img src="http://www.getnj.com/lsp/ellisisland.jpg"></a></center> <center><a href="http://www.libertystatepark.org">The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and The Central Railroad Terminal Visit Liberty State Park!</a></center> <Center><table bgcolor=black cellpadding=5> <tr><td> <center> <a href="/questions.shtml">Questions? 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