Meet Haddy New Jersey's State Dinosaur
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In 1838, William Estaugh Hopkins uncovered large bones in a marl pit in which he was digging. He took them home and displayed them in his house.
In 1858 William Parker Foulke, an attorney and amateur paleontologist was vacationing in Haddonfield. While there he was alerted to the discovery of large bones on the farm of Joseph Hopkins.
Upon hearing this Foulke began excavation at the marl pit and found 35 bones which he turned over to Dr. Joseph Leidy for analysis.
The site remained obscure until 1984 when a local Boy Scout from Troop 65, Christopher Brees, as part of an Eagle Scout project researched the site generated publicity. As a result, this publicity Haddy has been designated the official dinosaur of New Jersey.
In October 2003, this statue was erected in downtown Haddonfield commemorating the World's First Dinosaur Skeleton Discovery.
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Haddy the Dinosaur, Official Dinosaur of New Jersey, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, U.S. National Historic Landmark, Birth Place of New Jersey, Camden County, Delaware Region, Southern Jersey, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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