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Sandy Hook in 1609 — the low peninsula seen from the water at last light with a small burial cairn on the bluff, colorized
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Sandy Hook, September 1609

1609-09-07

Sandy Hook peninsula (traditional Colman burial site) (approx)

The tradition holds that crewman John Colman, killed by an arrow to the throat in a skirmish with an unknown party of Indians on September 6, 1609, was buried on Sandy Hook the following day. The exact location is disputed. The point known today as Colman's Point is one candidate; there are others.

Then and now

Sandy Hook in 1609 — the low peninsula seen from the water at last light with a small burial cairn on the bluff, colorized
Sandy Hook today from the same vantage — the holly forest, the state park signage, the modern beach

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Sandy Hook, September 1609
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1609-09-07
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Sandy Hook, September 1609 (1609-09-07). Placeholder — stand-in for period reconstruction. The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/first-sails-hook-1609/.