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24 unusual facts about Hoboken


12275 Marcelgoffin

It was named in honour of Marcel Goffin (1913-1999), an accomplished amateur violin maker living in Hoboken, Belgium.

1845 to 1868 in baseball

At Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, the Weeksville of New York beat the Colored Union Club 11–0.

Alexander Cartwright

The first clearly documented match between two baseball clubs under these rules took place on June 19, 1846, at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Carlos Alomar

In 2005, Alomar joined the teaching staff of Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, New Jersey) as an adjunct professor of Music & Technology, producing several tracks for the inaugural release of the school's Castle Point Records label's Delusions of Grandeur (2006).

Chesapeake and Ohio 614

It was then used for a series of popular excursions between Hoboken, New Jersey and Port Jervis, New York in conjunction with New Jersey Transit (NJT) between 1996 and 1999.

Conchita Marquita Lolita Pepita Rosita Juanita Lopez

Their marriage and eventual settlement in Hoboken would be a happy one, resulting in thirteen children with both Irish and Spanish names.

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 1151 class

One assignment was the early morning Merchants Express (Train 26) from Scranton to Hoboken, New Jersey, returning in the late afternoon hauling the Scrantonian (Train 11).

Denzil

This, their first show on US soil, launched over 80 dates in 1994 across nearly every state in the Union, ending at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, New Jersey on December 9 1994.

Dirty Boots

The band selected her for the video after seeing her dance at a Dinosaur Jr. show at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ.

Giuseppe Ciancabilla

This led Ciancabilla and other collaborators to leave that magazine and to start the journal "L'Aurora" in West Hoboken.

Grote 1-MeiPrijs

The Grote 1-MeiPrijs (also named Ereprijs Victor De Bruyne) is a European single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders, around Hoboken.

Harry Ward Leonard

In 1896, Leonard organized and became president of Ward Leonard Electric as an Edison company in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Herman Charles Koenig

Koenig was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, the last child in the family of Herman Koenig (listed as “Henry König” in the 1870 U. S. Federal Census) and Anna Poggenburg, German immigrants.

John D. Spreckels

In October 1877, he married Lillie Siebein in Hoboken, New Jersey, and together they had four children: Grace (born September 1878), Lillie (born November 1879), John (born April 1883), and Claus (born March 1888).

John Forrest Kelly

He was educated in Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, received the degree of B. L. in 1878 and that of Ph. D. in 1881 (at age 22).

Muck and the Mires

The band wrapped up 2009 sharing a New Year's Eve show with Roky Erickson at the famed Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Nora Kovach

The couple traveled to the United States, arriving in Hoboken, New Jersey on the SS Nieuw Amsterdam on November 13, 1953.

Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Rail Authority

Its primary objective is to re-establish rail passenger service with New Jersey Transit between Scranton and Hoboken, New Jersey by way of the New Jersey Cut-Off, with connecting service into Manhattan, New York.

Robert L. Stevens

Colonel Robert Livingston Stevens (October 18, 1787 – April 20, 1856 Hoboken, New Jersey) was the son of Colonel John Stevens.

Robert Waters

In 1868 he accepted an appointment back in the United States at Hoboken Catholic Academy in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Songs That Slipped Through the Cracks

It was recorded in his home studio in Hoboken, New Jersey and released upon his return to Texas for a brief tour in March 2007.

The Hazey Janes

In 2007, the band recorded a second album, Hands Around The City, with producer John Agnello (The Hold Steady, Sonic Youth, The Walkmen) at Water Music Recorders in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Waited Up 'til It Was Light

It was recorded in Hoboken, New Jersey with producer Machine, whose previous credits include work with notable contemporary hard rock acts as well as the progressive rock group King Crimson.

William Ranney

The club met at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, and also played in Hoboken's Fox Hill, which today is Columbus Park, and the high school field between 9th and 11th Streets on Grand Street.


Beer in New Jersey

The first brewery in New Jersey was established in a fledgling Dutch settlement in what is now Hoboken when the state was part the Dutch New Netherland colony.

Bohnstedt

Frederick W. Bohnstedt (1825-1883), German American Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey from 1867 to 1869

Christian Bauman

Following his honorable discharge in 1995, Bauman spent the next few years writing and playing guitar on the North American folk circuit, both alone and as part of the group Camp Hoboken (which also included folksingers Gregg Cagno and Linda Sharar in its ranks).

Dawn Zimmer

In the special election, Zimmer faced six opponents: City Councilwoman Beth Mason, businessman Frank Raia, former Hoboken Municipal Court judge Kimberly Glatt, Hoboken Republican Club co-founder Nathan Brinkman, management consultant Everton A. Wilson, and former corrections officer Patricia Waiters.

Dead Rabbits

Lyrics detailing the Dead Rabbits' battle with the Bowery Boys on July 4, 1857, were written by Henry Sherman Backus ("The Saugerties Bard") in Hoboken, NJ.

Edward Bowes

Some of his discoveries did become stars, including opera stars Lily Pons, Robert Merrill, and Beverly Sills; comedian Jack Carter; pop singer Teresa Brewer; and, Frank Sinatra, fronting a quartet known as the Hoboken Four when they appeared on the show in 1937.

Erie Lackawanna MU Cars

Arrow III MU cars, which continued to run to and from Hoboken, initially replaced the Lackawanna MUs.

Future Fossil Records

Future Fossil Records is an independent record label that Chris Butler (Tin Huey, The Waitresses) owns and runs in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.

Got Live If You Want It

It was recorded live at Maxwell's Hoboken, New Jersey, on February 17, 2002 and released seven months later on CD and orange vinyl LP by Anton Newcombe's label, The Committee to Keep Music Evil.

Gregg Cagno

In 1995, Cagno teamed up with Sharar and Christian Bauman (Cagno and Bauman attended North Hunterdon High School together) and the bands The Marys, Big Happy Crowd and The Amazing Incredibles to create the musical collective Camp Hoboken.

Hoboken University Medical Center

One of St. Mary's more notable patients was New York City Mayor William Jay Gaynor, who was shot on the 9 August 1910, as he boarded the SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse at the Hoboken piers.

Horace Greely Prettyman

The trip consisted of four road games in eight days at Wesleyan and Yale in Connecticut, Harvard in Massachusetts, and Stevens Institute in Hoboken, New Jersey.

John T. Hamilton

From 1985 to 1996 Hamilton was the guitarist and principal songwriter, together with Donna Croughn, for the band Tiny Lights, based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Lackawanna Old Road

On June 16, 1925, a passenger train carrying German-American tourists from Chicago to Hoboken was slated to run over the Lackawanna Cut-Off, but in order to avoid freight trains on the line the special train was diverted onto the Old Road to Port Morris.

León Febres Cordero

His father sent him to study in the United States, where he first attended Charlotte Hall Military Academy in Maryland, then Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania for high school, and then graduated as an engineer from the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Live WFMU 91.1

It was originally broadcast and recorded on 13 April 2002 at WFMU Hoboken, NJ.

Major Bowes Amateur Hour

In his comic monologue on his album Sinatra at the Sands (1966), Frank Sinatra describes how his vocal group The Hoboken Four's appearances were so popular on Major Bowes Amateur Hour in the mid-1930s that they were brought back week after week, under a different name each time.

Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey

The Mayor of the City of Hoboken is the head of the executive branch of government of Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.

Meadowlands Rail Line

New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, New York Giants owner John Mara, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, and players from the Giants and Jets rode a special train from Hoboken to the new station for a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

MV Eurovoyager

The Eurovoyager was launched by Belliard Hoboken as the Prins Albert in 1978 for Regie voor Maritiem Transport Belgie on their Ostend to Dover route.

MV Primrose

The Primrose was launched by Belliard Hoboken as the Princesse Marie Christine in 1975 for Regie voor Maritiem Transport Belgie on their Ostend to Dover route.

Paul Land

Paul Calandrillo (born January 31, 1956 in Hoboken, New Jersey - died December 30, 2007), better known as Paul Land, was an American actor who appeared in the movies Spring Break and The Idolmaker.

Retox

In January, 2007 Knut, Tom and Chris traveled to the USA to mix the album together with John Agnello (who previously worked a lot with Dinosaur Jr., and just recently for Sonic Youth's last album Rather Ripped) at Water Music in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Ruben J. Ramos

On February 22, 2013, Ramos announced that he is running for the position of Mayor of Hoboken in the November 2013 elections against incumbent Dawn Zimmer, together with a slate of candidates for City Council.

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency is a 1977 children's book by Daniel and Jill Pinkwater.

The Metromen

The Metromen reunited for a single performance in November 2007 at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ and were joined onstage by old friends Marshall Crenshaw, Glen Burtnik, and others.

Thomas Vezzetti

In the 1985 Hoboken mayoral election, Thomas Vezzetti narrowly defeated Steve Cappiello, who had been the mayor of Hoboken since 1973.