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From: "Jim Eisele" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Fwd: New Jersey History - Off Topisc
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:57:05 -0500
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I'm an accountant by trade some of my biggest clients are garbage companies
in Newark and Elizabeth. I'm there alot. The 1-9 corridor is probably the
ugliest of areas in all of NJ. One patch of trees in the middle of hell does
not a postcard make. remember that we are talking about an area that
contains more federal Superfund sites per square mile than any other area in
the country. I moved to PA because even Morris County was getting to
blighted for my tastes. I grew up in Pittstown right on Mechlin's Corner Rd.
That's my idea of beautiful, but who can afford to buy there anymore?

I'm sure the area was much more pleasing back in the days of Carteret &
Berkeley, I wonder what Sir George would say if he could see what has become
of Elizabethtown?

Jim


>
> Jim, you should leave the NJ Turnpike and get to know some of the Union
County cities. Elizabeth has the gorgeous Warinanco Park with its azalea
gardens and Rahway has the Rahway River Park. Not everything in Union
County is ugly and not everything looks like Route One.
> Cousin Sharon

> Jim Eisele <> wrote:Oops left out that Rahway is just south
of Elizabeth & Newark and is prety
> much as ugly.
>
> If you really want to know what the area looks like watch the beginning
> credits of the Soprano's on HBO. The scenes are mostly Newark & Harrison
but
> if you close your eyes Rahway and Elizabeth smell the same. I may be
getting
> confused with another show but I thought there was a scene in Sopranos
that
> showed The Rahway Federal Pen.. It's the only prison I know of with a
> beautiful domed roof albeit surrounded by concertina wire.
>
> Jim
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Eisele"
> To: "Marietta Pickell" ;
> ;
>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 7:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Fwd: New Jersey History
>
>
> > Elizabethtown, NJ was named for Elizabeth Carteret if memory serves me
> > correctly. Elizabethtown also served as the capital of the province of
NJ.
> > The name was shortened to Elizabeth in the mid? 1800's - The City of
> > Elizabeth is right next to Newark and is a port City, Many container
ship
> > dock there on a daily basis.
> >
> > Rahway, is, was and will aways be Rahway.
> >
> > Both towns had large amounts of Quaker poplutions back in the day.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Marietta Pickell"
> > To:
> > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 9:00 AM
> > Subject: [NJHUNTER] Fwd: New Jersey History
> >
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I was wondering if someone can help Pamela Truly. My family is from
> this
> > > part of the country but not me so I don't know where all these places
> > might
> > > be. Can some help her and let her know. She is not on the NJ list so
> you
> > > will have to email her directly.
> > >
> > > Many thanks for any help you can provide.
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Pamela Truly"
>
> > > >To:
> > > >Subject: New Jersey History
> > > >Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 23:21:59 -0600
> > > >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200
> > > >
> > > >I am trying to find where the towns of Elizabethtown, NJ and Rahway,
NJ
> > > >would have been located in 1685. Have they been renamed or no longer
> > > >exist? What would their vicinity approximately have been?
> > > >
> > > >Thank you,
> > > >Pam
> > >
> > > Marietta PicKell
> > >
> > >
> > > "To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a
human
> > > being. I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it
> is
> > > to protection by man from the cruelty of man" - Mahatma Gandhi
> > >
> > > ______________________________
> >
>
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