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New Jersey Information: History & Geography

Find out all you wanted to know about the Garden State including local government, economics and tourism information. Source: Newark Public Library

History & Geography

Electronic New Jersey: A Digital Archive of New Jersey History
http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njh
"Material about Jersey homesteads and the Great Depression, social protest in the 1960's, the Revolutionary era, the Civil War era, the World War II era, and Paul Robeson's career at Rutgers."

Delaware (Lenape) Tribe of Indians
http://www.delawaretribe.org/
"The homepage for the Lenape Indian Tribe.  Learn about Lenape customs, clothing, and history."

New Jersey Digital Highway
http://www.njdigitalhighway.org/
"Where history, culture and learning merge."  Currently in development the New Jersey Digital Highway will serve as a starting point in local historical studies.  Already you can sample images about New Jersey's immigration experience.

New Jersey Historic Maps
http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/MAPS.html
"From the Rutgers Cartography Department.  Includes county and period maps, as well as links to other historical resources."

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