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Oakland (NJ) (Images of America)
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by John Madden and Kevin Heffernan
Sales Rank: 1135731
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List Price: $19.99
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Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing September 21, 2003
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0738513016
ISBN-13: 978-0738513010
Product Dimensions:
9 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
Book Description
The conductor announces Oakland Station resort, and the passenger cars quickly empty. It is summer in the late 1800s, and travelers from New York City and Paterson are eager to begin their vacations. They have come to enjoy a mountainous place of pristine beauty, cooled by a river, ponds, and springs. After two and a half centuries as a sleepy farming community within sight of New York City, Oakland had become a summer resort with its own railroad station and grand Victorian hotels. ÝÝFirst settled nearly a century before the American Revolution by ten Dutch families, this Ramapo Mountain community has a rich heritage that includes the founding of the Ponds Dutch Reformed Church in 1710, George Washingtonís visit to the Van Allen House in 1777, and the establishment of the borough of Oakland in 1902.
About The Author
Oakland portrays the fascinating history of this Bergen County borough in more than two hundred vintage photographs and detailed narrative, compiled by John Madden, a member of the Oakland Historical Society, and Kevin Heffernan. The authors offer it as a tribute to Oakland and to the residents and visitors, past and present, who have helped shape the community into what it is.
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