"The Story of Snake Hill"
Growing up in Secaucus, New Jersey, the story of Snake Hill has fascinated me. Once a small self contained city of 50 Hudson County buildings including a lunatic asylum, a penitentiary, the almshouse, hospitals for contagious diseases, a potters field with cemetery, three churches and a quarry. The area was active from about 1855 through 1962. More recently Snake Hill was the subject of the award winning "Snake Hill" documentary about the disinterment of 4,571 human remains by the NJ Turnpike Authority from the old cemetery, of which 4,569 were moved to Maple Grove Park Cemetery in Hackensack. For more information, visit this link: http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2414109/article--Hudson-County-Lunatic-Asylum--held-1-872-patients-From-1873-1939--people-signed-their-relatives-in---and-they-didn-t-get-out
About 5,000 bodies are still said to be buried at the site in unidentified graves. This is a only brief summary so hopefully the photos will tell a little more about Snake Hill, enjoy!