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  2. Ramapough Mountain Indians - Wikipedia

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    That the Ramapough Mountain People of the Ramapough Mountains of Bergen and Passaic counties, descendants of the Iroquois and Algonquin nations, are hereby designated by the State of New Jersey as the Ramapough Indians. [8] The tribe asked its New Jersey Assembly member, W. Cary Edwards, to seek state recognition. After several months of ...

  3. List of New Jersey placenames of Native American origin

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    Pohatcong Mountain; Pompeston Creek (tributary of the Delaware River in Burlington County) Pompton River; Pophandusing Brook (tributary of the Delaware River in Warren County) Preakness Range; Rahway River; Ramapo Mountains; Ramapo River; Rancocas Creek; Raritan Bay; Raritan River; Sanhickan, native name for the falls of the Delaware River at ...

  4. Names are changing on several US landmarks; most ... - AOL

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    "I think people's outlook towards other groups, other people, other races have changed," said Wassana. "I think we're viewed differently." Of the mountain, he said, "To give somebody an honor like ...

  5. Category:Ramapos - Wikipedia

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    Articles about people, places and things associated with the Ramapo Mountain and Valley region of New Jersey and New York. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

  6. Ramapo Mountains - Wikipedia

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    Ramapo Torne in Harriman State Park, part of the Ramapo Mountains. The Ramapo Mountains are a forested chain of the Appalachian Mountains in northeastern New Jersey and southeastern New York, in the United States. They range in height from 900 to 1,200 feet (270 to 370 m) in New Jersey, and 900 to 1,400 feet (270 to 430 m) in New York.

  7. Geoffrey Welch, Torne Valley environmentalist, historian ...

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    RAMAPO - Geoffrey Welch, the unofficial riverkeeper in the Torne Valley, a wilderness tucked between the Ramapo Mountains in the historic Revolutionary War area of western Ramapo, has died. He was 80.

  8. How do places get their names? Here are the origins of 22 ...

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    Officially incorporated in 1812 after ceding from Newark, Bloomfield was named after Joseph Bloomfield, who served as a Revolutionary War general and the fourth governor of New Jersey from 1801 to ...

  9. Sterling Forest State Park - Wikipedia

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    Sterling Forest State Park is a 22,180-acre (89.8 km 2) state park [5] located in the Ramapo Mountains in Orange County, New York. Established in 1998, it is among the larger additions to the New York state park system in the last 50 years. [3]