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=== 20th century === The Hackettstown State Fish Hatchery, a popular tourist destination, was established in 1912.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife – The Charles O. Hayford State Fish Hatchery in Hackettstown|url=https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/hacktown.htm|access-date=June 16, 2021|website=www.state.nj.us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Caracappa|first=Michael|date=July 31, 1949|title=JERSEY FISH HATCHERY; Plant Near Hackettstown Popular With Tourists|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/07/31/archives/jersey-fish-hatchery-plant-near-hackettstown-popular-with-tourists.html|access-date=June 16, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1925, a [[Rockport train wreck|train wreck]] just outside of town killed about 50 people and injured about 50 others en route to [[Hoboken, New Jersey]], from [[Chicago]]. The derailment involved a Lackawanna Railroad train and occurred at the Hazen Road grade crossing near Rockport Road at approximately 3:30 am, as a result of debris washed downhill by a storm fouling the road crossing. The event made national headlines and stands as the deadliest event in Warren County history.<ref name="United Press International">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120906005751/https://www.gendisasters.com/new-jersey/13434/hackettstown-rockport-nj-train-disaster-june-1925?page=0%2C0 "Big Toll Taken In A New Jersey Wreck. Latest Report Shows At Least 27 Were Killed. Thunderstorm Clogged A Switch With Sand Causing A Derailment."], ''Sterling Daily Gazette'', June 16, 1925. Accessed March 17, 2015.</ref><ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1925/06/17/archives/derailed-in-big-storm-special-train-leaves-rails-in-early-morning.html "Derailed In Big Storm; Special Train Leaves Rails in Early Morning Near Hackettstown."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 17, 1925. Accessed July 6, 2012. "Hackettstown, N.J., June 16. -- Thirty-nine persons are dead and 48 are in hospitals, as the result of the wreck of a special train early this morning on the Delaware, Lackawanna Western Railroad near here, and about sixty miles from New York."</ref><ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1925/06/19/archives/wreck-death-list-now-45-in-jersey-one-more-victim-dies-and-13.html "Wreck Death List Now 45 In Jersey; One More Victim Dies and 13 Others Are in a Critical Condition. Funeral Special Departs Bodies Due in Chicago Tomorrow -- Coroner's Inquest Is Set for Monday Night."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 19, 1925. Accessed July 6, 2012.</ref> Fund-raising campaigns for a new hospital started as early as 1945, supported and organized by local civic and business groups including [[Kiwanis]], Unico International, [[Parent–teacher association|PTA]] and others, a large donation by the Seventh Day Adventists and a grant from the [[United States Public Health Service]], the 106-bed Hackettstown Community Hospital was established in 1973.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hospital History – Hackettstown – Atlantic Health|url=https://www.atlantichealth.org/about-us/foundations-auxiliaries/hackettstown-foundation/hackettstown-history.html|access-date=June 16, 2021|website=www.atlantichealth.org}}</ref> In 1977, a [[mass shooting]] occurred in the town when Emil Pierre Benoist, a 20-year-old graduate of [[Hackettstown High School]] and former [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine]], took random shots at passing cars over the course of about four hours and shot and killed six people before turning his sniper rifle on himself.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/08/27/archives/sniper-slays-6-in-jersey-and-then-takes-own-life-6areswinihjersey.html|title=Sniper Slays 6 in Jersey And Then Takes Own Life|date=August 27, 1977|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 14, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/08/29/archives/quarrels-at-home-cited-as-cause-in-jersey-shootings.html|title=Quarrels at Home Cited as Cause in Jersey Shootings|last=Times|first=Pranay Gupte Special To The New York|date=August 29, 1977|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 14, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/16/us/rampage-killings-fast-facts/index.html|title=Rampage Killings Fast Facts|last=Library|first=C. N. N.|website=CNN|date=September 16, 2013|access-date=June 14, 2017}}</ref> In 1994, a charity BBQ picnic organized by the "Tri-County Motorcycle Club" at the [[Elks lodge|Elk's Lodge]] in Hackettstown was crashed by rival members of the outlaw [[Pagan's Motorcycle Club]]. "An altercation started that escalated into knives and guns being used", according to the Warren County Prosecutor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 18, 1994 |title=2 Die in Altercation At Cycle Club Event |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/18/nyregion/2-die-in-altercation-at-cycle-club-event.html |access-date=October 7, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Two Pagans were killed and three other bikers were injured.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hanley |first=Robert |date=July 19, 1994 |title=Details Sifted in Biker Clash That Left 2 Pagans Dead |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/19/nyregion/details-sifted-in-biker-clash-that-left-2-pagans-dead.html |access-date=October 7, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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