06/27/2026
A project years in the making is finally complete.
As part of America's 250th Anniversary, I'm proud to share what I believe is the most comprehensive history ever assembled on North Bergen's legendary Three Pigeons Tavern.
For nearly two centuries, the Three Pigeons stood at the crossroads of our community at Six Corners. It was a colonial inn, a Revolutionary War landmark, a stagecoach stop, a polling place, a gathering place, and one of the most recognizable sites in old Bergen County. Yet despite its importance, its story has never before been brought together in one place.
Drawing from Revolutionary War diaries, military correspondence, newspapers, maps, deeds, genealogies, county histories, photographs, and archival collections, this article traces the tavern's history from its probable eighteenth-century origins through its disappearance around the turn of the twentieth century. Along the way, it explores its connections to "Light Horse Harry" Lee's march to Paulus Hook, Anthony Wayne's Bull's Ferry campaign, early transportation, politics, community life, and the development of North Bergen itself.
The article is also dedicated to the memory of Ron Skokandich, whose passion for local history inspired so many of us to continue asking questions about the Three Pigeons and helped ensure that its story would never be forgotten.
My hope is simple, that this work preserves one of North Bergen's most important landmarks for future generations and serves as a foundation for those who continue researching our town's remarkable past.
I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed researching and writing it.
As always, I welcome additional information, photographs, documents, or family stories that may help continue uncovering the history of the Three Pigeons.
Local history is American history.
