History of Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Journey back in time to Paterson, New Jersey, USA

• 1791 - Alexander Hamilton built country's first planned industrial city in Paterson
  
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• 1814 - The first church incorporated in Paterson was the 1st Presbyterian church, in 1814.
  
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• 1835 - Colt firearms begins production in Paterson
  
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• 1844 - Paterson
  Paterson was formed from Acquackanock in 1831. Its population in 1840 was 7,598. The village of Paterson, the seat of justice for Passaic county, is...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  View of the Passaic Falls, at Paterson. (1844)
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• 1854 - Paterson
  Paterson, a city, capital of Passaic co., New Jersey, is situated on the right bank of the Passaic river, immediately below the falls, 13 miles N....Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1869 - Great Fire in Paterson.
  Mr. Michael Morris's warehouse, Paterson, and adjacent buildings were burned on Monday. The warehouse owned by Mr. Morris was used as a waste house....Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1873 - Explosion
  Lat night, a patent gas machine at Danforth locomotive works, Paterson, N. J., was exploded by a watchman approaching too near it with a lantern. Two ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1880 - DESTRUCTIVE FIRE in PATERSON, N. J.
  PATERSON, N. J., March 4. - A fire broke out in the oil room of the Danforth locomotive and machine shops, in this city, this morning, about 8...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Paterson
  Pat'erson, a city of New Jersey, the capital of Passaic co., and the third city of the state in population and manufactures, is situated on the right ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1896 - ONE KILLED AND A DOZEN INJURED. RESULT OF A RUNAWAY ACCIDENT IN PATERSON, N. J.
  Paterson, N. J., May 5. - One child was killed, another probably fatally hurt, and a dozen adults more or less bruised by a frightened team on Main...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1902 - HUNDREDS HOMELESS IN PATTERSON FLOOD - Armory Opened and 110 Families Sheltered There
  Mrs. Garret A. Hobart at Head of Relief Committee
  One Life Lost
  Water Starts to Recede
  
  PATTERSON. N. J., March 2 — This city, so recently...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1902 - PATERSON LAID WASTE BY FIRE - Business Section and a Hundred Dwellings Burned
  LOSS ABOUT $8,000,000
  Banks, Churches, Hotels, Municipal Buildings, and Newspaper Offices in Ruins
  MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED
  Police Reinforced by...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1903 - TORNADO SWEEPS OVER PATERSON. FOUR ARE KILLED AND MANY HOUSES WRECKED. MISSILES HURT SCORES. SMALL BUILDINGS CARRIED GREAT DISTANCE -- DEVASTATION IN SECTION THAT ESCAPED DAMAGE BY GREAT FIRE AND FLOOD.
  Paterson, N.J., July 22 - A dense black cloud, assuming the shape of a cone, and whirling with furious rapidity, loomed up over the top of Garrett...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1906
  Paterson, capital of Passaic co., N.J., and the third oity of the state in population and manufactures, is situ ated on the right bank of the Passaic ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  General Hospital
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  Ellison Street
  postmarked 1909
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  Free Public Library
  postmarked 1909
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  Main Street
  postmarked 1909
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  Public School No. 16
  postmarked 1910
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  Main Street (1910)
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  Hotel Manhattan
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  The Hamilton Apartments
  postmarked 1912
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  5th Regiment Armory
  postmarked 1915
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  Birdseye View
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•  1920 - HOTEL DESTROYED BY EARLY MORNING FIRE.
  Paterson, N. J., May 24. - Fire early today gutted the Manhattan Hotel, a four-story brick structure in the business district of this city. Lives of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Market Street
  postmarked 1920
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  Fabien Theatre Building and Alexander Hamilton Hotel
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  Passaic Falls and Chasm Bridge, Paterson, N.J.
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• 1940 - October 30 - Film premiere of "One Night in the Tropics" first film for Abbott and Costello Paterson New Jersey.
  
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• 1964 - August 11 - Race riot in Paterson NJ
  
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