'Line War' with New York helped give New Jersey it's northern slant

New Jersey's border with its neighbor, New York, wasn't always as peaceful as it is today. It took the intervention of a king to make it so.

As the country looks back at its history as the 250th anniversary approaches, we reflect on some North Jersey history.

We look back on a Sunday in 1765, when settlers along New Jersey’s northern edge marched on their neighbors in Port Jervis, New York, to settle years of border disputes.

The clash was brief but violent. It was also unexpected, breaking out at a local church where men expecting quiet prayer were met with fists and fury. Caught off guard, New York leaders were overpowered, captured and taken briefly to Sussex County before tempers cooled, according to local histories.

Ultimately, that church brawl became the final flare-up in the Ne