Common Marmoset

Historical marker location:

Middle Township, New Jersey

( Marker can be reached from County Park Road, 0.2 miles west of North Main Street (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling west.)

<i>Callithrix jacchus</i>.

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.