Editing Rahway, New Jersey (section)

==Trivia==
===Marquis de Lafayette===
From July 1824 to September 1825, the French [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]], the last surviving major general of the [[American Revolutionary War]], made a tour of the 24 states in the United States, stopping at the Peace Tavern in Rahway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/rahway/sections/rahway-in-history/articles/local-masonic-lodge-places-marker-commemorating-lafayette-s-visit-to-rahway|title=Local Masonic Lodge Places Marker Commemorating Lafayette's Visit to Rahway|website=TAPinto}}</ref><ref>Al Shipley, City Historian and Rahway Library Research Consultant. ''OUR TOWN Rahway'' • Page 8 • August 2015 • "Lafayette’s Visit to Rahway in 1824."</ref><ref>
Heinrich, Adam R., and Brock Giordano. “Late-Nineteenth-Century Foodways in the ‘Garden State’ at the Woodruff House, Rahway, New Jersey: Insights from Small Faunal and Large Macrobotanical Samples.” Historical Archaeology, vol. 49, no. 4, 2015, pp. 12–29. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/2475703</ref>

===Nikola Tesla===
In the 1880s, [[Nikola Tesla]] opened [[Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing]] in Rahway.

===Legends of pirate treasure===
According to recently resurfaced 19th century lore, Captain [[William Kidd]] buried treasure in the Rahway area, alongside the body of one of his men he had just murdered.

The location of this pirate treasure was said to be on the southern banks of the [[Rahway River]] at a spot called Price's or Post's Woods, said to be midway between Rahway and the [[Arthur Kill]].

The murder and burial of treasure was witnessed secretly from a tree, allegedly, by a [[Lenape]] chieftain known as Ra-wa-rah who is the namesake of the city of Rahway. Ra-wa-rah allegedly witnessed the murder and burial of treasure while returning from a fishing journey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rennamedia.com/buried-treasure-on-the-banks-of-the-rahway-river/|title=Renna Media &#124; Buried Treasure on the Banks of the Rahway River|date=March 27, 2019}}</ref>

===East Jersey State Prison===
[[East Jersey State Prison]], formerly known as Rahway State Prison, actually is located in [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|Woodbridge Township]] at the border with Rahway. The prison's mailing address is in Rahway, leading many to believe the facility was located there. The prison's official name was changed to East Jersey State Prison as of November 30, 1988, at the request of the citizens of Rahway.<ref>Malwitz, Rick. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130723200059/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mycentraljersey/access/1846003261.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+15%2C+2001&author=RICK+MALWITZ&pub=Home+News+Tribune&desc=What%27s+in+a+name%3F+Plenty+if+we%27re+talking+prison&pqatl=google "What's in a name? Plenty if we're talking prison"], ''[[Home News Tribune]]'', February 15, 2001. Accessed May 20, 2012. "The name was officially changed to East Jersey State Prison Nov. 30, 1988."</ref> East Jersey State Prison is seen at the beginning of the movie ''[[Ocean's Eleven (2001 film)|Ocean's Eleven]]'', starring [[George Clooney]]. The 1978 documentary ''[[Scared Straight]]'' was filmed there, as was the 1989 movie ''[[Lock Up (1989 film)|Lock Up]]'', starring [[Sylvester Stallone]]. The prison was briefly mentioned in [[John Sayles]] ''[[City of Hope (1991 film)|City of Hope]]'' (1991).<ref>[http://www.injersey.com/day/story/0,2379,355117,00.html What's in a name? Plenty if we're talking prison], [[Home News Tribune]], February 15, 2001.</ref>

===The Unknown Woman===
The [[Rahway murder of 1887]] was the unsolved murder of an unidentified young woman whose body was found in the city on March 25, 1887, garnering attention from the press and the public.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.merchantsanddrovers.org/rahway-cemetery/|title=The Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum|website=The Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum|date=May 22, 2014|language=en-US|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>