A Diary of What Remains https://en.mazungue.com/jerseyotherwise/ 2026-04-16T18:08:14+00:00 https://en.mazungue.com/jerseyotherwise/ https://en.mazungue.com/jerseyotherwise/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2026-02-05T02:12:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://en.mazungue.com/jerseyotherwise/doku.php?id=history:newark_forgotten_chinatown&rev=1770257575&do=diff Newark’s Forgotten Chinatown For years I have read about the Chinese community of the early 20th century in Newark, NJ. Some writings state that it was bigger than Chinatown New York at the time. Is that so? Note: Watch the excellent YouTube video linked at the bottom of the page. text/html 2026-02-05T02:13:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://en.mazungue.com/jerseyotherwise/doku.php?id=history:newark_ironbound_otherwise&rev=1770257618&do=diff The Ironbound, Otherwise People in the Newark Ironbound Before the factories, before the rail lines stitched the land into something new, the Ironbound was simply the quiet edge of Newark — a stretch of marsh and woodland where people went when they needed food, or distance, or a bit of sky. text/html 2026-02-05T02:13:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://en.mazungue.com/jerseyotherwise/doku.php?id=history:newark_russians_of_the_1890s&rev=1770257592&do=diff Russians? Volga Germans in the Ironbound In the late 1800s, a small group of Volga German families found their way to Newark’s Ironbound — people who had lived for generations along the wide, slow bend of the Volga River before crossing an ocean in 1887. text/html 2026-03-18T22:36:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://en.mazungue.com/jerseyotherwise/doku.php?id=history:start&rev=1773873416&do=diff Stories & Landmarks text/html 2026-02-05T03:40:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://en.mazungue.com/jerseyotherwise/doku.php?id=history:the_elizabeth_river&rev=1770262826&do=diff The Elizabeth River: A Quiet Thread Through New Jersey Most rivers announce themselves. They carve valleys, feed marshes, or gather towns along their bends. The Elizabeth River does none of that. It slips through New Jersey almost unnoticed, a narrow ribbon of water that has shaped centuries of history while rarely being spoken of at all.