Hudson County Burial grounds ~
Snake Hill ~ Laurel Hill
In 1820, a county poorhouse farm was established on 200 acres of land in what would eventually become Hudson County, directly across the river from Manhattan. By the end of the century, it had become the sprawling Snake Hill complex, named perhaps for the black water snakes that lived in marshes along the property. The complex included an almshouse, penitentiary, lunatic asylum, and tuberculosis, smallpox, and isolation hospitals, as well as three burial grounds that took in not only the dead of Snake Hill but also the unknown and unwanted from surrounding municipalities such as Jersey City and Hoboken. In the twentieth century, the grim amalgamation of institutions was given the cheerier designation of Laurel Hill.
the rest of the 2005 magazine article by Kristen M. Romney from archeology.org
News January 17, 2003
Today Judge Thomas Olivieri made his decision today to grant the Turnpike Authority the right to disinter the remains of those found in the section of cemetery lying within the Secaucus Interchange Project, to be re-interred at the Hoboken Cemetery in North Bergen, New Jersey.
Judge OKs disinterment to make way for new road
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News January 17, 2003
Today Judge Thomas Olivieri made his decision today to grant the Turnpike Authority the right to disinter the remains of those found in the section of cemetery lying within the Secaucus Interchange Project, to be re-interred at the Hoboken Cemetery in North Bergen, New Jersey.
Judge OKs disinterment to make way for new road
Date: January 19, 2003
Publication: Times, The (Trenton, NJ) Page: a6 SECAUCUS (AP) _ A judge approved the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's plan to dig up bodies from an old burial site to make way for a new interchange serving a railroad transfer station and commercial hub.The authority was given permission Friday to disinter graves in an area of the potter's field where as many as 3,500 people could be buried. Any remains found will be re-interred at a cemetery in North Bergen. The authority needs to excavate the site to construct a $235 million...
Publication: Times, The (Trenton, NJ) Page: a6 SECAUCUS (AP) _ A judge approved the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's plan to dig up bodies from an old burial site to make way for a new interchange serving a railroad transfer station and commercial hub.The authority was given permission Friday to disinter graves in an area of the potter's field where as many as 3,500 people could be buried. Any remains found will be re-interred at a cemetery in North Bergen. The authority needs to excavate the site to construct a $235 million...
The largest disinterment in U.S. history. 4,569 bodies transferred. About 5,000 may still be buried in the near vicinity.
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Snake Hill Documentary
I have not watched the 72 minute documentary.
It is for sale ($25+shipping) or to rent ($3) on amazon.
It is for sale ($25+shipping) or to rent ($3) on amazon.
