Posts Tagged ‘1990’s Cliff Notes’
Three 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.
Read MoreTriassic Park
Fossil finds over the decades have shed light on the prehistoric past of the Palisades.
Read MoreOn His Lordship’s Mysterious Ascent
Controversy has persisted over the precise landing site used by British General Cornwallis for his 1776 invasion of New Jersey.
Read MoreRequiem for a Nut
It may be tempting, then, to suppose that here, at least, a piece of New Jersey’s woodlands has been preserved as it has stood for centuries untold, a sliver of the Forest Primeval just as Henry Hudson came upon in 1609.
Read MoreThe Mystery of the Beaches
A host of factors led to the closing of the park’s thriving Depression-era bathing beaches.
Read MoreFire on the Mountain
The Palisades Mountain House was one of the most elegant hotels in the country when it burned to the ground in 1884.
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