nj history

Electrocution, authorized by the legislature just a year before, was viewed as a more efficient and less gruesome method of execution than death by hanging.

A lot happened on the first day of July in NJ history. Here is a partial list of what has happened so far.

On February 7th, 1837, a new county in New Jersey was formed by slicing off part of Gloucester County.

One of the worst peacetime rail accidents in US history took place in New Jersey on February 6th, 1951.

The ban on fireworks goes back 81 years. Here's how it happened.

History buff Judi Franco discovered something new about an amusement park still operating in the Garden State.

It's amazing how Ocean Avenue still looks the same today!

There's a big difference between twenty-somethings today and in the 1800s.

We all know that shore revenue is an important part of New Jersey's overall tourism economy. But what about the state's historic sites? Some experts say the Garden State struggles to capitalize on heritage tourism.

On September 14 in 1944, an unnamed hurricane dubbed "The Great Atlantic Hurricane" battered 900 miles of the East Coast. The hurricane's total death toll was 390, with most of them being marine casualties due to ship wreckage and sinkings. On land, the death toll was 46 people, with 338 people injured and thousands of buildings destroyed.