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BCHS RESEARCH PDFs

This section is for research papers and will serve as a resource for the history of Bergen County. Please check back as we are able to add to documents and reformat others.

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Gala 2024 Journal
Packed with articles and sponsors of HNBL & our new planned museum.

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1895 Cherry Hill Tornado

History by historian
Kevin W. Wright

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A Church, A Cannon &
Old Bergen

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By Reginald McMahon.
Research on the cannon that was originally located in Hackensack.

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The Nation's Guest: General Lafayette's Return Visit,
1824-25

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The time is long past, and the scene is afar, but it will go from me only when everything else does. One thing is certain. The little village of Hackensack was not found wanting in her part of the welcome extended to the “Nation’s Guest” Rev. J.B. Hague, 1873.   By Kevin W. Wright

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Dugout Canoe Research

Report on the canoe by archaeologist R.Alan Mounier. The canoe has been in BCHS collections since 1905.

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Punkin Duster and the Woodchuck Borough

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A Centennial Review of Bergen County Borough Fever 1894-95, by Kevin W. Wright

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Women's Suffrage in New Jersey: 1790-1807

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by Kevin W. Wright

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Tenafly by Kevin Wright

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Article on the Garden State Legacy website

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Women Storm the State House in 1912

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by Kevin W. Wright

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Bogert's Candy Kitchen

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A history of the Clear Toy Candies and the candy store in Hackensack, NJ.

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Hamilton at New Bridge

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Examining a letter by Alexander Hamilton to Col John Lauren dated Sep. 12, 1780.

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The Swing Bridge at
New Bridge

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By Kevin W. Wright.

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A Short History
of River Edge

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History of the town of River Edge, NJ, by Kevin W. Wright

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Boroughitis with a Review
By Town

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By Kevin W. Wright, October 2015

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The Tree of Life

In 1983 a committee created an exhibit of Bergen County Folk Art and this booklet.

The articles were written by historian
Kevin W. Wright

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Old Bergen's Strawberry Fields

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History from the Strawberry Patch; There’s history in every delicious bite! Who today would imagine that Bergen County was once the market garden for New York City, growing and shipping immense quantities of strawberries to market, by Kevin W. Wright

Suggested Reading

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By Teresa Vega. Feb 2023 Speaker offered a follow up - Ramapough Roots: The Early Native and African American Presence in Bergen County, NJ 

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