Image: SLATER'S MILL, RIVERDALE, MORRIS COUNTY
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Description: THE FIRST KNOWN COMMERCIAL OPERATION AT THIS SITE WAS A GRISTMILL BUILT BEFORE THE REVOLUTION. THEOSE BUILDINGS EVENTUALLY BURNED. IN 1842 NEW OWNERS REBUILT THE SITE AS A GRISTMILL. JOSEPH SLATER PURCHASED IT IN 1849 AND CONVERTED IT INTO A WOOLEN FACTORY. HE SUBSEQUENTLY MADE FELT FOR STETSON HATS HERE
Title: SLATER'S MILL, RIVERDALE, MORRIS COUNTY
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Author: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD
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