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Founded in 1947, the nation’s only municipally sponsored heronry is the Stone Harbor (pop. 1,128) Bird Sanctuary.

first appeared: 2/27/2005

The horse is New Jersey’s state mammal, which is a fitting choice since the United States Equestrian Team is headquartered in Gladstone (pop. 2,433).

first appeared: 2/13/2005

The first American movie studio—the Black Maria in West Orange (pop. 44,943)—opened in 1893. The tarpaper shack attached to inventor Thomas Edison’s laboratory was named for the slang term used for police paddy wagons at the time.

first appeared: 1/30/2005

In 1936, Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971), who grew up in Bound Brook (pop. 10,155), was hired by Life as a staff photographer. Her photograph of Fort Peck Dam in Montana appeared on the magazine’s inaugural cover on Nov. 23, 1936.

first appeared: 1/16/2005

Actor and singer Paul Robeson, son of a former slave, was born in Princeton (pop, 14,203) in 1898. During the 1940s, he starred on Broadway in the title role of Shakespeare's Othello, with more than 280 performances. His protests of racial inequality helped launch the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

first appeared: 1/2/2005

Chartered in 1832, the New York & Erie Railroad was one of the earliest eastern railroads. By 1851 it linked Dunkirk and Piermont, N.Y., and later had an eastern terminus on the Hudson River in Jersey City.

first appeared: 12/19/2004

The honeybee is New Jersey’s state insect for good reason: There are 2,000 to 2,500 registered beekeepers in the Garden State.

first appeared: 12/5/2004

The old saw "So you're from New Jersey. What exit?" reflects the impact the 118-mile New Jersey Turnpike, the nation's most heavily traveled toll road, has had on the state.

first appeared: 11/21/2004

The first Miss America contest was held in Atlantic City (pop. 40,517) in 1921. Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C., won the title.

first appeared: 11/7/2004

Mickey Walker (1901-1981), the "Toy Bulldog" of Elizabeth, standing only 5-foot-7-inches, held the world welterweight and middleweight boxing titles during the 1920s.

first appeared: 10/24/2004

Dorothy Parker (1893-1967), one of the most successful and influential women writers of her time, was born in West End near Long Branch (pop. 31,340). She was known as much for her lively verbal exchanges as for her writing.

first appeared: 10/10/2004

Actor/writer Joe Pantoliano, who has appeared in more than 40 movies, including Bad Boys and the Matrix, was born Sept. 12, 1951, in Hoboken (pop. 38,577).

first appeared: 10/3/2004

America’s first National Historic Park was established in 1933 in Morristown (pop. 18,544), site of Jockey Hollow, a Continental Army encampment during the Revolutionary War’s brutal winter of 1779-1780.

first appeared: 9/19/2004

Elsie, the original Borden cow, was introduced at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Injured in a 1941 traffic accident, Elsie was buried in Plainsboro (pop. 20,215).

first appeared: 9/12/2004

Allaire Village in Farmingdale (pop. 1,587) was a thriving industrial community in the 19th century, producing iron for a New York-based marine engine maker. Today, the village is a living history museum.

first appeared: 9/5/2004

Following his 1806 expedition to the western United States, Zebulon Pike compared America’s Great Plains to the deserts of Africa. As a result, Pike, who was born in Trenton, helped discourage settlement in the region for decades.

first appeared: 8/29/2004

Chemist Donald Fletcher Holmes, who teamed with William Hanford to invent a process for producing the multipurpose material polyurethane, was born in Woodbury (pop. 10,307) in 1910.

first appeared: 8/22/2004

The highest point in New Jersey is found on the aptly named High Point summit in the northern part of the state near Colesville. The 1,803-foot peak offers views of three states.

first appeared: 8/15/2004

In 1846, Elysian Fields in Hoboken (pop. 38,577) served as the venue for the first baseball game between two organized teams in America. The New York Nine Baseball Club walloped the Knickerbockers by a score of 23-1.

first appeared: 8/8/2004

Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first untethered balloon ascent in North America, traveling aloft from Philadelphia to Deptfort (pop. 26,763) in 1793.

first appeared: 8/1/2004

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