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Postcard image of PS Alexander Hamilton. Public domain.
November 8, 1977

PS Alexander Hamilton – A National Historic Site You Can’t Visit

On November 8, 1977, during a storm, the Passenger Steamship Alexander Hamilton caught fire and sank next to the Navy Pier in Raritan Bay, where she remains to this day, off-limits to visitors. In her heyday, she carried 3,500 passengers...
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Featured Monmouth County History Timelines & Stories

Original painting of Monmouth Boat Club by E. J. Bilderback, 2009. Image credit: Monmouth Boat Club, used with permission.
March 20, 1883

Monmouth Boat Club – A National Historic Site

November 4, 1902

Laura Biggar, Fugitive Gold-Digger, Finally Turns Herself In

by John R. Barrows
The first E.C. Hazard ketchup factory in Shrewsbury before it burned in 1888. Public Domain.
November 7, 1888

E.C. Hazard’s State-of-the-Art Ketchup Factory is Destroyed by Fire

November 8, 1775

A Timeline of the Escaped Slave Titus who Became the Dreaded Loyalist Raider Colonel Tye

Sign at entrance to Huddy Park in Highlands, N.J. Photo by John R. Barrows.
November 8, 1735

A Timeline of Patriot Martyr Joshua Huddy

Postcard image of PS Alexander Hamilton. Public domain.
November 8, 1977

PS Alexander Hamilton – A National Historic Site You Can’t Visit

Photo of the Count Basie Center for the Arts, f.k.a. The Count Basie Theatre.
November 11, 1926

The Count Basie Theatre

Photo showing the lettering behind the iconic statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., is an example of the work of expert stone cutter and sculptor Ralph Ardolino. National Park Service photo, public domain.
November 11, 1950

The Amazing Monument Men of Monmouth County

by Rick Burton
Sachse, Julius Friedrich. (1907). The Wreck of the Ship "New Era" upon the New Jersey Coast, November 13, 1854. An illustration of the clipper ship New Era, after a sketch made on the morning of the wreck. Public Domain.
November 13, 1854

240 Drown as The New Era Sinks off Deal Beach

Cars belonging to organized crime leaders parked at Joseph Barbara's home in Apalachin, N.Y. FBI file photo, public domain.
November 14, 1957

The Meeting at Apalachin: The Beginning of the End for Vito Genovese

by John R. Barrows
U.S. Army photograph of civilian scientist Marilyn Levy. Image courtesy U.S. Signal Corps Archives, public domain.
November 14, 1973

Marilyn Levy, A Genius Photo-Chemist at Fort Monmouth

by John R. Barrows
Illustration of the uniform worn by Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian regiment soldiers. National Parks Service photo, public domain.
November 15, 1775

Titus Becomes Tye in Lord Dunmore’s Ethiopian Regiment of Black Loyalist Soldiers

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