This excerpt shows why the area of Harrison and Kearny was referred to as "East Newark." "During the 1890's there was constant talk that Harrison and Kearny soon would be within the Newark orbit. Harrison and Kearny were willing at the time, but Newark dallied too long. By the time annexation plans solidified, the two Hudson County towns had industrial strength of their own and spurned the wooing of the great metropolis across the Passaic." John T. Cunningham, "Newark" (New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, New Jersey 1966), page 192. Ken Forbes Puyallup WA