Park History – Page 2 – Palisades Interstate Park

Hazard’s

By PIPC Staff | May 15, 2011 |

As our venerable boat ramp marks its golden jubilee, we consider the rich history associated with the site.

By PIPC Staff | July 15, 2010 |

Bob Hartwick shares his memories of being a lifeguard at the Beaches in the park during the Depression.

By PIPC Staff | September 15, 2009 |

On September 27, 1909 the governors of New Jersey and New York dedicated the Palisades Interstate Park at the “old Cornwallis Headquarters.”

By PIPC Staff | March 15, 2009 |

In the early 1900s, the painter Van Dearing Perrine spent his winters in an old schoolhouse beneath the Palisades.

By PIPC Staff | January 15, 2009 |

2009 marked the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s epochal voyage — and the hundredth of the dedication of the Palisades Interstate Park.

By PIPC Staff | September 15, 2006 |

Reflections on bringing a “living history” program to the Kearney House.

By PIPC Staff | June 15, 1999 |

Overgrown and forgotten since World War II, Forest View was once a bustling picnic grove, boat basin, and campground along the Hudson in Alpine.