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Hackensack was the exonym given by the Dutch colonists to a band of the Lenape, or Lenni-Lenape ("original men"), a Native American tribe. The name is a Dutch derivation of the Lenape word for what is now the region of northeastern New Jersey along the Hudson and Hackensack rivers. While the Lenape people occupied much of the mid-Atlantic area ...
Hackensack map c. 1896. The earliest known inhabitants of the area were the Lenni Lenape, an Algonquian people who became known to settlers as 'the Delaware Indians.' They lived along a river they called Achinigeu-hach, or "Ackingsah-sack", which translates to stony ground—today this river is more commonly known by the name 'the Hackensack River.' [29] A representation of Chief Oratam of the ...
Oratam (or Oritani/Oratamin) [1] was sagamore, or sachem, of the Hackensack Indians living in northeastern New Jersey during the period of early European colonization in the 17th century. Documentation shows that he lived an unusually long life (almost 90 years) and was quite influential among indigenous and immigrant populations.
George Cassedy (1783–1842), represented New Jersey in Congress from 1821 to 1827. [9] Enoch Poor (1736–1780), one of George Washington’s officers. [10] Richard Varick (1753–1831), former mayor of the city of New York and former New York Attorney General [11]
The Hackensack Water Company Complex is a set of historic buildings in Weehawken, New Jersey, registered in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.The Hackensack Water Company, a predecessor of Suez North America, developed water supply and storage in northeastern New Jersey from the 1870s to the 1970s, initially to provide service to the city of Hackensack and the towns of North Hudson ...
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Hackensack River, in New York and New Jersey, U.S. Hackensack Township, New Jersey , a former township in Bergen County, New Jersey Hackensack University Medical Center , a highly specialized tertiary-care hospital in Hackensack, New Jersey
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