| Oakland Contributor(s): Madden, John (Author), Heffernan, Kevin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738513016 ISBN-13: 9780738513010 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.48" W x 9.22" (0.72 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. First 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 Washington's visit to the Van Allen House in 1777, and the establishment of the borough of Oakland in 1902. |
Contributor Bio(s): Madden, John: - 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.Heffernan, Kevin: - 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. |