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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O5R_eldorado-amusement-park_Weehawken-NJ.html
From 1891-1894, the Eldorado Amusement Park, set atop the Weehawken Palisades thrilled thousands of visitors from New York City and surrounding New Jersey locales. Conceived by Hungarian entrepreneur Bolossy Kiralfy, the 15-acre site encompassed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O5N_weehawken-korea-and-vietnam-memorial_Weehawken-NJ.html
1950 Korea 1953
1958 Vietnam 1975
Salvatore P. Cemelli
Lawrence Mahurter
Peter Progopio
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NVQ_weehawken-gateway-to-new-york_Weehawken-NJ.html
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Weehawken's history was influenced by two geographic features: the Hudson River and the Palisades. The town's location along the river provided a tremendous economic trade opportunity as it facilitated access to m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19CJ_highwood_Weehawken-NJ.html
In 1832, James Gore King (1791-1853), a New York banking magnate and son of statesman Rufus King, moved his family here to Weehawken, overlooking the Hudson. King was an early president of the Erie Railroad and served in the US Congress from 1849-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4IC_weehawken-dueling-grounds_Weehawken-NJ.html
Somewhere below this site, on a wooded ledge twenty feet above the Hudson River, lay the dueling grounds. Among the many known and unknown duelists who fought here were Governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), Secretary of the Treasury, A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4IB_the-hamilton-burr-duel_Weehawken-NJ.html
The most famous duel in American History took place on this date at the dueling grounds in Weehakken, between political rivals, General Alexander Hamilton and sitting Vice President of the United States, Colonel Aaron Burr. Hamilton fell mortally …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4IA_death-rock-of-alexander-hamilton_Weehawken-NJ.html
Upon this stone rested the head of the patriot, soldier, statesman, and jurist Alexander Hamilton, after the duel with Aaron Burr.