![]() ![]() ![]() Towards the end of the 19th century, the current First and Fourth Ward areas started to build up. With the advent of water power for the factories, the city needed to expand its housing for its citizens so in rapid order the Eastside or Dundee section quickly filled up. The future arrived a few short years later as trains became powered by steam engines by 1834. As the city grew in size, the first population concentration was in the area of Prospect Street and Main Avenue as this was close to the landing and, beginning in 1831, the newest mode of transportation, the horsedrawn railroad. The population of the city of Passaic took hold along stretches of the Passaic River for obvious reasons, transportation. ![]() The vastly enlarged and now abundant fresh water supply became the basis for the industrial boon that would fuel Passaic’s rapid growth. This growth was mostly due to the completion of the Dundee Dam and Dundee Canal in July of 1861. In 1854, the Village of Acquackanonk took the name of the river that it bordered, Passaic.īy the late 1860’s, the Village of Passaic was steadily growing in population and commercial and residential size. In February of 1837, the County of Passaic was created from parts of northern Essex and western Bergen County. “Acquackanonk Bridge” was the name used by General George Washington to identify the area in a letter he wrote in 1886 to then Governor Richard Livingston. The village and city of Passaic were first known as Acquackanonk, believed to be either the name or a variation of the name used by the native Lenni-Lenapi Indians. In October of 1693, the Township of Acquackanonk was created in the northern part of Essex County. Between 16-85, deeds and patents were acquired between the original settlers and the Native Americans, the Lenni-Lenapi, that secured for the original settlers the land including and surrounding modern day Passaic. On April 4, 1678, a Dutch settler and trader, Hartman MICHIELSEN (later VREELAND), purchased a “great island in the river of Pasaick near by Aquickanucke by the Indians called Menehenicke (translation of the Dutch from the original deed).” The island came to be known as Dundee Island and today that area is known as Pulaski Park and Dundee Island Park. Passaic also celebrates over 320 years of existence, as the area of modern day Passaic was originally settled by Dutch pioneers in 1678. Newsletter of The Passaic County Historical SocietyĪn act to incorporate the City of Passaic was signed Wednesday, April 2, 1873. ![]()
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