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NEW JERSEY. BY: Karlee Post Class: Mrs. Price. The Old Red Mill.
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NEW JERSEY BY: Karlee Post Class: Mrs. Price
The Old Red Mill • The Hunterdon historical museum- location of the Old Red Mill. The old red mill was built in 1812 to process wool. In the 1830’s a large stone mill would be constructed across the river on the east bank; the proprietors here stuck to grinding grain : and the two mills stood and stand yet as eloquent testimony to a once keen harmony between man’s needs and Nature’s possibilities.
Hancock house • The Hancock house built in 1734, the home of the Salem county, also the scene of a British-led massacre during the revolutionary war.
Rockingham The Rockingham in 1783 while the Continental congress was meeting Nassau hall in nearby Princeton, Congress rented the house from the widow of Judge John Berrien for use by General George Washington from August 23 to November 10, 1783.
Top 5 vacation spots • Asbury park • Wildwood • Seaside heights • Cape may • Bays and rivers of the jersey shore
Nickname and motto • Nickname- the garden state • Motto- liberty and prosperity
Governor • Chris Christie is the 55th Governor of New Jersey. He has been in office for 10 months. • Chris Christie was born in Livingston, graduated of the university of Delaware, elected a free holder in 1977. in 2002 named attorney for the district of New Jersey. In 2008 left the attorney office. In 2010 elected governor of New Jersey.
State capital • Trenton
Industries • Glass making and iron working
UNIVERSITYS • Trenton • Princeton • Anthem institute • Harris school of Business • Etc.
Total population • 8,707,739