If you’d like to read more about Hamilton’s involvement and S.U.M., I suggest going here. Some of the things made there were firearms, locomotives and most famously, silk, giving Paterson the nickname, “Silk City”. harnessed the energy of the falls and used the water power of the Passaic River to power factories in the area. Alexander Hamilton was instrumental in making Paterson a center for industry and help found the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.). Not to mention that my late Grandma (“Mema”) was instrumental in making the Great Falls a National Historic Park.ĭespite what you may have heard about Paterson right now, in the past, it was an industrial center of the USA.
Now, with my interest in National and State parks, I began to grow a bit more curious about the Great Falls.
The Falls have always seemed like no big deal to me, something I drove past from time to time when visiting my grandmother’s house. 80 in the Paterson area.īelieve it or not, the Great Falls of Paterson are one of the highest waterfalls this side of the Mississippi. Now, the famous brown signs indicating where our National Parks are can be seen as you drive down Rt. The city isn’t exactly a “destination”, but recently one of the East Coast’s natural treasures was named a National Park. My grandmother has even lived there, until very recently. As far as I know, all my relatives came from their home countries to the USA and settled here, in NJ. Paterson, NJ holds a special place in my heart.
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