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What was the reason/cause that your city was founded?
It can be stereotypical or technical.
For example, many would think Houston was founded because of oil, but it was founded by the Allen brothers and they quickly started getting more people to settle there, and named after Sam Houston, the first president of Texas, and commander of the Texas army that led to it's independence.
John Needly Bryan visited the Dallas area in 1839 looking for a place to create a trading post. After finding a good spot, he returned to Arkansas to settle affairs. In November of 1841 he returned to Texas, where he learned that a treaty had forced half of his prospective customers, Native Americans, out of North Texas. Bryan decided that a trading post was no longer feasible, so instead he established a permanent settlement, which eventually became the burgeoning city of Dallas.
Where I live now (Bloomfield) was a part of Newark at one point.
Bloomfield (when it was a neighborhood of Newark) was bought from the Yantecaw, a subtribe of the Lenni-Lenape Indians. English settlers came from Connecticut to the southern end of town, and Dutch settlers from the Hudson River Valley set up farms in the Stone House Plains section, now Brookdale Park. (This is when it was first settled in 1666)
In 1812 Bloomfield seperated from Newark and was incorparated as an independent town, though Montclair, Belleville, Glen Ridge, and Nutley (nearby present towns) were all apart of Bloomfield until they all seperated throughout the century. (New Jersey splitted a lot of towns and cities up, hence why there's so many, It was a huge mistake if you ask me)
Anyway, I think Bloomfield has a lot of history for only being a suburb.
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If only they knew seperating Bloomfield, Montlair, Nutley, and Belleville from Newark was a bad idea, Newark would of been more of an appealing, prominent city.
Where I live now (Bloomfield) was a part of Newark at one point.
Bloomfield (when it was a neighborhood of Newark) was bought from the Yantecaw, a subtribe of the Lenni-Lenape Indians. English settlers came from Connecticut to the southern end of town, and Dutch settlers from the Hudson River Valley set up farms in the Stone House Plains section, now Brookdale Park. (This is when it was first settled in 1666)
In 1812 Bloomfield seperated from Newark and was incorparated as an independent town, though Montclair, Belleville, Glen Ridge, and Nutley (nearby present towns) were all apart of Bloomfield until they all seperated throughout the century. (New Jersey splitted a lot of towns and cities up, hence why there's so many, It was a huge mistake if you ask me)
Anyway, I think Bloomfield has a lot of history for only being a suburb.
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If only they knew seperating Bloomfield, Montlair, Nutley, and Belleville from Newark was a bad idea, Newark would of been more of an appealing, prominent city.
Home to the Sopranos and Roche or whats left on the East Coast
Home to the Sopranos and Roche or whats left on the East Coast
Haha, Your right about Roche USA, but I wouldn't really consider Nutley "home of the Sopranos" The show was all over, The "Bada Bing" was in Lodi (my hometown , you'd be able to see the Sopranos set from route 17), The Sopranos Household was in North Caldwell, Satriales is in Kearny, Junior Soprano lived in Belleville, The therapist scenes were in Montclair (except when Tony told her to get out of town ) and the last episode where the cliff hanger ending took place was in... Bloomfield
Obviously, I was a huge fan of the show.
Nutley is nearly 50% Italian though, so I can see the connection.
Haha, Your right about Roche USA, but I wouldn't really consider Nutley "home of the Sopranos" The show was all over, The "Bada Bing" was in Lodi (my hometown , you'd be able to see the Sopranos set from route 17), The Sopranos Household was in North Caldwell, Satriales is in Kearny, Junior Soprano lived in Belleville, The therapist scenes were in Montclair (except when Tony told her to get out of town ) and the last episode where the cliff hanger ending took place was in... Bloomfield
Obviously, I was a huge fan of the show.
Nutley is nearly 50% Italian though, so I can see the connection.
And they filmed the golf scenes on the course at route 3 and the Parkway
I actually just had dinner in montclair - more there than i had thought - and Bloomfield Ave is a pretty continuous urban street full of lots of stuff,
i grew up in Paterson NJ and it was SILK CITY. they used the great falls as their "power" and many many mills operated there since the 1700's. if you ever get there to downtown and look past the now decrepit-ness and all the problems Paterson is plagued with, you will see beautiful architecture, and Lambert castle built on Garret mountain so that the owner of the the mill could see it from his home.
Paterson has a great history, and although not founded for it--it was home/birthplace to the famous Lou Castello of Abbet and Castello!
The Lambert Castle Story
Lou Costello Memorial in Paterson, NJ on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23021987@N06/2294655903/ - broken link)
There were ruins all over the valley of a Hohokam indian city from about a thousand years ago and running between them all were dry canals. Settlers in the late 1800's saw the canals and realized the year round farming potential.
Like the mythical bird that rises again from it's own ashes, the modern Phoenix rose from the ruins of the ancient city.
In 1879 James Sweetland built a sawmill next to the Flint and Pere Marquette railroad. That started my little community, Scottville, MI.
Where I graduated High School from was Sault Ste Marie, MI which was renamed in 1668. It was a growing little European settlement before then, that was established for fur trading. The spot was picked due to it being a meeting place that had been used for almost 2000 years already by Indian traders in the area.
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, you'd be able to see the Sopranos set from route 17), The Sopranos Household was in North Caldwell, Satriales is in Kearny, Junior Soprano lived in Belleville, The therapist scenes were in Montclair (except when Tony told her to get out of town 
) and the last episode where the cliff hanger ending took place was in... Bloomfield 
