Good Morning New Jersey

Good morning, New Jersey! Built in 1750, the historic Oldwick General Store frequented by General Washington and his troops, is still selling goods today. In addition to its remarkable history, this favorite for those in and near Oldwick, also has a diner and a deli.

Good morning, New Jersey! Constructed in 1750 and spanning the rocky Wickecheoke Creek, Green Sergeant’s Covered Bridge in Hunterdon County is the only remaining covered bridge in New Jersey that is accessible to the public.

Good morning, New Jersey! In 1776, the state’s first newspaper, the New Jersey Gazette, issued its first edition. Considered the state’s first regular newspaper, it ran until 1786. Today, New Jersey has dozens of newspapers, the largest being the Newark Star Ledger.

Good morning, New Jersey! In 1766, ten years after Princeton University was established, Rutgers University was founded, but it was called Queen’s College. It wasn’t called Rutgers until 1825 when the school was hoping for a large donation from the wealthy Col. Henry Rutgers. In the end, it worked and they got the donation they

Good morning, New Jersey! In 1756, Princeton University was established. If you visit the Yankee Doodle Tap Room in Princeton, you can see pictures of famous graduates who stayed at the Palmer Inn Hotel, including First Lady Michelle Obama, actor Jimmy Stewart, Governor’s Brendan T. Byrne and Thomas Kean, and astronaut Charles Conrad.

Good morning, New Jersey! In 1758, before we declared our independence from England, the Old Barracks in Trenton were built. The largest building in the city, they housed 300 British and Irish soldiers. During the Revolution, it also served as a hospital.

Good morning, New Jersey! Washington Township was the home of twenty-one Lenni-Lenape tribes. The townships oldest community is the Grenloch Terrace area which was home to the thriving Lenape village called Tetamekon.

Good morning, New Jersey! The first recorded settlement in New Jersey, in 1624, was on Burlington Island. This 400 acre island off the banks of Burlington City, in the Delaware River, was also the site of an amusement park in the early 1900s. Sadly, a fire destroyed the park, but plans are in the works

Good morning, New Jersey! We were originally settled by the Dutch and called New Netherlands. Once the British took control of the land, they changed the name to New Jersey, from the Channel Isle of Jersey and split the colony into East Jersey and West Jersey.