An early NY-NJ tug of war over our common boundary

On Thurs. April 30th at 7pm, at Montague Township Elementary, Historian Peter Osborne spoke about: While New Jersey Slept, New York Was Wide Awake.

Few realize that the colony of NJ laid claim to territory as far north along the Delaware River as present day Cochecton, NY. New York, also once tried to extend it's bounds as far south as across from Easton, PA.

The program explored the various issues surrounding the most significant boundary dispute in colonial America. It began in 1664 between the colonies of East and West Jersey and New York and was not finally resolved until 1884. Additional parts of boundary demarcation were not resolved until a Supreme Court decision in 2000.

The program included slides and a handout of maps that demonstrated the complicated nature of the dispute. Co-sponsored by M.A.R.C.H.