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Bulls Ferry (also Bull's Ferry) is an area along the Hudson River, just north of Weehawken Port Imperial in the towns of West New York, Guttenberg and North Bergen in New Jersey. It takes its name from a pre-Revolutionary settlement belonging to the Bull family, who operated a row-and-sail ferry to the burgeoning city of New York across the ...
The Battle of Bull's Ferry on 20 and 21 July 1780 saw two American brigades under Brigadier-General Anthony Wayne attack a party of Loyalists led by Thomas Ward. The Loyalists successfully defended a blockhouse against an ineffective bombardment by four American artillery pieces and a failed attempt to storm the position by Wayne's troops.
The North Hudson waterfront is located north of Weehawken Cove on a long narrow strip of land between the Hudson River and Hudson Palisades.On April 18, 1670 the government of the Province of New Jersey confirmed a grant to Maryn Adriaensen for a parcel of land called Wiehacken in the jurisdiction of Bergen on Hobooken Creek, 50 morgen Dutch measure originally given on May 11, 1647.
Team boats served New York City for "about ten years, from 1814-1824. They were of eight horse-power and crossed the rivers in from twelve to twenty minutes." [10]In 1812, two steam boats designed by Robert Fulton were placed in use in New York, for the Paulus Hook Ferry from the foot of Cortlandt Street, and on the Hoboken Ferry from the foot of Barclay Street.
Twice Governor of New Jersey: Bonn Place Whkn John H. Bonn [22] Founder of North Hudson County Railway: Boyle Plaza: JC John F. Boyle Director interstate commission which built Holland Tunnel: North Hudson-James J. Braddock Park NB James J. Braddock: World heavyweight champion: Burr Place Whkn Aaron Burr: Third Vice President of the United ...
Over 600 of the plush bulls have been sold, NJ Transit officials said. Ricardo the Bull Plush Toy is available at New Jersey Transit's Website. Ricardo the bull was found on the tracks at Newark ...
It lies north of the neighborhood Bulls Ferry, a major river crossing of the period. [citation needed] Shadyside was developed in the late 19th century as a manufacturing village, [1] and railroad terminal for New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway at the end of the Edgewater Tunnel, and site of a major explosion at a glucose plant in 1906. [2]
The Jersey Cash 5 lottery game now costs double what it used to, but offers a larger starting jackpot.. Starting today, July 1, the daily drawing is going up from $1 per play to $2 per play, the ...