New Jersey, Camden County, Camden
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Licensed in 1688, it carried New Jersey products to Philadelphia. Terminus for stage lines in 1751, for railroads in 1834 and 1854
(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Licensed in 1688, it carried New Jersey products to Philadelphia. Terminus for stage lines in 1751, for railroads in 1834 and 1854(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Beginning in the 1620s European settlers of Dutch, Swedish and English origin arrived along the Delaware River in the vicinity of present-day Camden, and by the 1670s English Quakers had established permanent homesteads throughout the region. One such Quaker, William Cooper, arrived in America in 1679, first settling in Burlington and moving in 1681, to an area near the mouth of Cooper’s Creek in what is now Camden. William Cooper was a member of the first colonial assembly and was actively involved in the affairs of what was then the province of West New Jersey. By 1689 he had established one of the several other local ferries proved to be essential to the development and expansion of both the city and the surrounding region. 
Incorporated 1850, with 31 acres purchased by 1860. Tombstones older than 1860 reflect reinterment from other graveyards. Buried here are Kentucky governors Joseph Desha and James F. Robinson, Confederate governor George W. Johnson, equine artist Edward Troye, educator Thornton Johnson, Doctor William Loftus Sutton, and reformer Anne Payne Coffman.
Whitman's summer home 1876-1881 "A pleasant house, part of it quite old with maples and lilac bushes growing in the yard." Location 315 Maple Ave.
The first cemetery in Baton Rouge was the cemetery of La Yglesia Los Dolores de la Virgin, Our Lady of Sorrows. Established in 1792 by order of King Carlos IV of Spain. This present cemetery was established in 1824 and the remains of Baton Rouges first settlers were moved here from the original Spanish Cemetery.
Most important mine site in Texas for 30 years. Coal here, probably known to Indians, was “discovered” in 1886 by W.W. Johnson, who with his brother Harvey sold out to Texas & Pacific Coal Company in 1888. (T.&P. Coal Company provided fuel for the Texas & Pacific Railroad, but was independently owned.)
This is the site of the first commercial coal produced in Texas by Texas & Pacific Coal Company, mined in 1888. This company was the forerunner of Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, now one of the nation’s substantial independent producers of oil and gas.
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On March 10, 2012 twenty four year old Peter Dougherty lost his life while kayaking off the shores of South Beach. Six months later on September 2, 2012, Tyler Buczek lost his life while swimming with friends off the shores of North Beach. This pavilion is dedicated to their memory, and to all of those who have lost their lives in Lake Michigan.
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