EARLY HISTORY OF SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY

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A PIECE OF FORGOTTEN AMERICAN HISTORY

THE BATTLE OF MINISINK was such an embarrassment to the Americans that it took 43 years, before the bodies of the dead were collected and buried. Please press the link to learn the details.

http://home.earthlink.net/~godbless_america/_american_heroes/

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What would you think about building ball fields over ancient Egypt, Greece or Rome ruins...

Ancient History

The Great Pyramid in Egypt built by Cheops was built 4,490 years ago.

Athens Founded 3,235 years ago.

Solomon builds temple in Jerusalem 3,017 years ago

First Olympic Games held in Greece 2,776 years ago

Rome Founded 2,753 years ago

Roman Republic Founded 2,510 years ago

Construction on the Parthenon begins 2,446 years ago

Trial and Death of Socrates 2,399 years ago

Plato dies 2,347 years ago

Aristotle tutors Alexander the Great 2,343 years ago

Gaius Julius Caeser dies 2,044 years ago

Jesus born 2,004 years ago

Nine thousand (9,000) years ago (Over 4,000 years, before the building of the Great Pyramid in Egypt), early Native Americans lived in the MAPLE GRANGE area of VERNON, SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.

Native American sites dating back 11,000 years have been found in the DELAWARE WATER GAP area.

http://www.ehistory.com/world/TimeLineDisplay.cfm?Era_id=4

THE MAPLE GRANGE STORY HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS WEBSITE.

Find out what local town leaders tried to do to a 9,000 year old Native American site in Vernon, New Jersey.

The site, where 10,000 Native American artifacts were found, was almost knowingly turned into ball fields.

http://home.earthlink.net/~sussex_nj_history/id4.html

TERRI SCHINDLER: REMEMBER THE KAREN ANN QUINLAN STORY IN 1975

http://home.earthlink.net/~sussex_nj_history/id9.html

Learn what Karen Ann Quinlan's parents did in her name. Maybe, something similar could happen in Terri Schindler's name. (Or you can donate in Terri Schindler's name directly to the Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice.)

Helping People Remain at Home with Loved Ones.

Jack http://www.CapVeterans.com

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DISNEY made it big on good, moral, honorable, American family stories. It's when DISNEY changed their format that the Corporation started having problems.

Wal-Mart made it big; because they advertised everything sold in the store was American-Made.

Boy, how things change!!

Jack http://www.CapVeterans.com

ALL, but the Maple Grange articles and pictures found on this website have been taken from Sussex County's Newspaper:

THE NEW JERSEY HERALD

http://www.njherald.com/

The newspaper has a great history department. Established in 1829, the newspaper is a big part of history.