| During the filming of the TV program, "The | | | | settlers who made their way to the inviting |
| Sopranos", various parts of New Jersey were | | | | shores of the colony. Throughout its state history, |
| used for film locations. Many people born in New | | | | New Jersey experienced waves of settlers, |
| Jersey felt the program focused solely on | | | | Germans, Scottish, Irish, Italians, Polish and French |
| Northern New Jersey which cast the entire state | | | | who left their mark on the state. The famous |
| in the mistaken view of New Jerseyans as clones | | | | poet, Walt Whitman, resided in the town of |
| of New Yorkers. Nothing is further from the truth. | | | | Camden. Thomas Edison, the inventor of the |
| The farther south one travels in New Jersey, the | | | | electric light bulb, is another famous New |
| more one finds vast differences between New | | | | Jerseyan. Going "Down The Shore" In the late |
| Jerseyans and New Yorkers. The lines blur most | | | | 1850's, people traveled from areas north of New |
| south of Union County. In fact, so does the | | | | Jersey to bask in the summer sunshine at the |
| crowding and congestion associated with this | | | | New Jersey shore. Cape May retains its vintage |
| most populus state, per square mile as populated | | | | Victorian flavor; whereas, Atlantic City, Long |
| as Hong Kong. New Jersey - A Most Historic | | | | Branch, Asbury Park, Brigantine and other shore |
| State New Jersey was originally home to Leni | | | | towns evolve from one generation to the next. |
| Lenape Indians who settled along the banks of | | | | Still crowds keep coming for the famous salt |
| rivers throughout the state. Most New Jersey | | | | water taffy, waffle ice cream sandwiches, |
| museums display numerous artifacts of the Leni | | | | amusement parks, deep sea fishing boats and the |
| Lenape. New Jersey is actually named for the Earl | | | | sand and surf New Jersey is most famous for. |
| of Jersey who under King George explored the | | | | There are many beaches along the Eastern |
| vast forested areas of this undeveloped colony. | | | | seaboard. Yet, people hop on a bus or train or |
| Throughout areas of New Jersey, from east to | | | | drive hours down the New Jersey Turpike just to |
| west, there are reminders of the Revolutionary | | | | go "Down The Shore". In winter New Jerseyans |
| War. The most active Revolutionary War group, | | | | spend their time in historic inns like Forsgate |
| the Sons of the American Revolution are located | | | | Country Club, a former barracks of George |
| throughout New Jersey where they re-enact the | | | | Washington where a Revolutionary War fireplace |
| Revolutionary War to thongs of people and | | | | burns brightly beneath a two-hundred year old |
| provide the most comprehensive information on | | | | war mural. In Stockton, New Brunswick and all |
| the subject of the Revolutionary War. As would | | | | over western New Jersey, arts are featured. In |
| be found in the New Jersey Archives at the | | | | Princeton, President Woodrow Wilson was once a |
| Monmouth County Archival Library, New Jersey | | | | member of the ultra-exclusive, all male "Nassau |
| counties names reflect the origins of the first | | | | Club" and Albert Einstein developed his theory of |
| English explorers: Middlesex, Burlington, Mercer, | | | | relativity, tucked into the gracious, sprawling |
| Monmouth are a few old English names of early | | | | campus of Princeton University. |