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The Seeing Eye, a nationally known agency set up to help the blind become mobile, is headquartered in Morristown (pop. 17,000).

first appeared: 2/4/2001

—After the state of New Jersey, the federal government, the United States Postal Service, and AT&T, the largest employer in New Jersey is Pathmark stores, with 20,500 workers.

first appeared: 1/28/2001

In 1846, Alexander J. Cartwright (1820-1898) laid out the first baseball field in Hoboken (pop. 33,300). Cartwright also devised the first rules and regulations for the modern game of baseball.

first appeared: 1/21/2001

Inventor of the image-projecting kinetoscope, Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) established a motion picture lot in 1893 at his laboratory in West Orange.

first appeared: 1/14/2001

In Ocean City, the first week in August, the world’s only “Crustacean Beauty Pageant” is held. Participants bring their decorated pets, teaspoon-size hermit crabs, to enter both a beauty contest and a race.

first appeared: 1/7/2001

Although the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are associated in many people's minds with New York City, both are located in New Jersey.

first appeared: 12/31/2000

Every Christmas in Trenton (pop. 84,500), a re-enactment depicts George Washington crossing the Delaware. A monument commemorates the battle that took place the next day, Dec. 26, 1776.

first appeared: 12/24/2000

The first intercollegiate football game to be played in the United States was in New Brunswick in 1869 with Rutgers pitted against Princeton. Rutgers won.

first appeared: 12/17/2000

The street names in the game of Monopoly were derived from street and place names in Atlantic City (pop. 38,300), including the town’s famous boardwalk.

first appeared: 12/10/2000

New Jersey has the highest population density in the United States—an average of 1,030 people per square mile, which is 13 times the national average.

first appeared: 12/3/2000

New Jersey has more than 50 cities and towns that are primarily resort areas. Some of these include Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, and Cape May.

first appeared: 11/26/2000

When the Cold War ended, many of America's missile bases were dismantled. One such base in Livingston (pop. 26,600) was preserved and opened to the public as Riker Hill Park. The former command center and barracks have been leased to local artists for use as studio space.

first appeared: 11/19/2000

Looking for two eggs over easy with bacon and toast? New Jersey has more diners than any other state and is sometimes referred to as the diner capital of the world.

first appeared: 11/12/2000

America’s first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden (pop. 84,000) on June 6, 1933. Richard Hollingshead supposedly came up with the idea because his mother was too large to fit comfortably into theater seats.

first appeared: 11/5/2000

The most accepted explanation as to how the town of Ho-Ho-Kus (pop. 3,995) got its name is that it’s a contraction of Mehohokus, a Delaware Indian term meaning “the red cedar.” Most older Indian words beginning in “me” or “mah” often lost this first syllable over time.

first appeared: 10/22/2000

When Bette Cooper, 17, of Bertrand Island won the Miss America crown in 1937, she got a bad case of nerves. She apparently had second thoughts about her commitment, failing to appear for a photo shoot the next morning. She refused to make public appearances, but no other contestant was crowned Miss America.

first appeared: 10/8/2000

Trenton is the capital of New Jersey. However, the governor’s mansion, Drumthwacket, is in Princeton. Princeton is about 12 miles north of Trenton.

first appeared: 9/24/2000

Grover Cleveland, who was born in Caldwell, is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885-1889 and 1893-1897.

first appeared: 9/10/2000

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