Barbara Walker

Historical marker location:

31 N Michigan Ave, Atlantic City, New Jersey

( Marker is on North Michigan Avenue just south of Arctic Avenue, on the left when traveling south.)

Memphis, TN. Miss America 1947.

The Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey, played a key role in the early development of the American industrial revolution. Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States, helped to develop the first water-powered cotton spinning mill in Paterson in 1791.