Posts Tagged ‘1920s’
Cliff Dale
Though it was razed in 1939, hikers still come upon the impressive ruins of George Zabriskie’s summer estate on top of the Palisades in Alpine.
Read MoreFootnote
Remembering Margaret Oltman Dean, who grew up in the house that became our Headquarters building.
Read MoreStranger Than Weird
In the 1920s, Cora Timken and John Burnett built a secluded estate atop the Palisades in Alpine.
Read MorePenlyn
Our Park Headquarters was once“Penlyn,” the home of Henry Herbert Oltman and his family.
Read MoreThree Ghosts of Forest View
Overgrown and forgotten since World War II, Forest View was once a bustling picnic grove, boat basin, and campground along the Hudson in Alpine.
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