Gordon Bond

North Jersey Legacies: Hidden History from the Gateway to the Skylands (New Jersey) (The History Press) Gordon Bond

The crossroads of the Revolution, the laboratory of Thomas Edison, World War I submarines--behind these landmarks of New Jersey history are forgotten stories, nonetheless important. Few may realize the role North Jersey played in the evolution of the railroad industry in the twentieth century or the enormous contribution to civil rights made by Thomas Mundy Peterson of Perth Amboy, who cast the first vote under the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870. How did Newark Airport come to be, and what did North Jersey have to do with Sputnik II? These and other accounts have been uncovered by local author Gordon Bond, and despite their scarce remembrances, they have left indelible marks on the history of the Garden State.