My name is Sonya Hansen I Just found your wonderful article about Oakland. I was especially excited to see the picture of the Neilsen house. Alf Neilsen was my uncle. My parents Dagny and Hans Hansen brought life into an old building that was about to be torn down. They were able to purchase it for 3,000 dollars for back taxes. We had wonderful neighbors, Pulis, Boone, and Bredimus. Frank Ahlers ran the gas station across the street from us, but I never cared for him. Grumpy, mean old man as far as I was concerned, but I digress. There are five of us, that used to live right there,…
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The Lodge on the Island in Ramapo Lake
The Lodge was on Ramapo Lake Paul Neuman December 26, 2014 These photos are of what remains of the house that stood on the island in Ramapo Lake. I haven’t been out there in a few years. You need a good cold snap before venturing over to it. Does anybody have a photo of the house when it was standing? Was it part of the Van Slyke estate? When was it destroyed? I assume it was burned. I seem to remember reading something years ago that the house was built as a safe haven, maybe from the flu pandemic of 1918 or a later public health crisis (TB, polio?). Of…
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Ed & Elaine Zindel Remember Old Oakland
Ed & Elaine Zindel Remember Old Oakland Pleasureland and the surrounding area was a kid’s playground like few others. The primary recreational features were the yet unspoiled Ramapo River and Pompton Lake which provided quality fishing, swimming, boating, and ice skating. We also fished Muller’s Brook, Mitchell’s Pond and Delmar’s Pond for the beautiful wild trout which flourished there. Potash’s Island, which we accessed from Island Terrace, was a great place to explore and had some of the best waterfowling and woodcock flights that I have ever seen. Rotten Pond, which was a poacher’s paradise, was a stiff walk from Pool Hollow, but we fished it relentlessly; by day and…
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History of Crystal Lake
History of Crystal Lake This picture is from the 1950’s. I recall the brook running down into the Lake behind Rockaway under the bridge that goes over Lakeside Dr; along with the Large body of water known as the Ramapo River running from Mahwah and Upstate NY. creeks and small ponds around Oakland So I called in someone elder than us, as per my 90 year old grandmother, the inception of the lake was in the 50’s at that time the bodies of waters were known as creeks and small ponds around Oakland and the adjacent towns. She further professed the Damn was built in the 60’s a few years…
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History of Sandy Beach and the Brick Factory
History of Sandy Beach and the Brick Factory Yes this is Sandy Beach, or what would have become Sandy Beach. My grandfather, Bill Ebert, and his partner Frank Stutz, built the park by hand, wheelbarrow and vintage pickup trucks from the old brush factory. The lake was formed by diverting a part of the Ramapo River near where “the Colony” was located at that time, off West Oakland Ave. The brush factory building became a beer garden, in the old German style, and the concrete picnic tables were all built one by one, by hand by my grandfather and his partner. I remember on hot summer weekend days in the…
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Oakland Homeowners to be Assessed
1,700 Oakland homeowners to be assessed for lakes’ maintenance February 2, 2012, 8:52 AM By Philip DeVencentis Staff Writer | Franklin Lakes – Oakland Suburban News OAKLAND – Almost 1,700 property owners are being forced to ante up to maintain two lakes owned by Ramapo Mountain Lakes Inc., though some say they never visit the lakes or even benefit from their existence. Crystal Lake, encircled by Lakeshore Drive, and the much smaller Mirror Lake, between Hiawatha Boulevard and Calumet Avenue, are just a mile apart. But the lake association oversees far more land. The lake association was incorporated in 1944 by National House & Farms Association Inc., a developer that acquired…
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Connie Monks Discusses Former Stores
Former Oakland Stores in Town Center Connie Monks Discusses Former 4 Stores on RVR Note: Until the mid 1950s, there were 4 stores on RVR directly across from the Coppertree Mall. The Oakland Military Academy was located on the site of the Coppertree Mall until 1963 when it was demolished. Those stores were moved to what is now Elm Street in the 1950s. Constance Williams Monks Oh boy you bring the memories flowing. To the left was Mr. Proskey’s antique store. Next was Vic the barber and the Green Spot luncheonette. The one farthest to the right was a bunch of things. In the forties my brother Bert had a…
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Crooked Pond Cemetery Grave Listing
Crooked Pond Cemetery Grave Listing Oakland Burials 1913 Hopper’s Crooked Pond•Crooked Pond is at the base of the industrial park.•Two sections are in Oakland and the main part is in Franklin Lakes. ACKERMAN James I. 1772 1823ACKERMAN John 1788 1828ACKERMAN Halmegh 1783 1834ACKERMAN Mary 1832 1839ACKERMAN Edmund D. 1854 1862ACKERMAN George D. 1850 1888ACKERMAN Simeon 1805 1890BARTHOLF Letty 1811 1842BARTHOLF Ellen 1819 1848BARTHOLF Benjamin B. 1814 1856BARTHOLF Ralph 1803 1858BARTHOLF Benjamin 1775 1860BARTHOLF Henry 1808 1861BARTHOLF Benjamin 1849 1865BOWMAN Mary Ann 1821 1822BURNS Anna L. 1813 1888COLWELL Merritt C. 1822 1855COLWELL William F. 1848 1881DYCKMAN Cornelius 1711 1801DYCKMAN Elizabeth 1725 1816DYKEMAN Cornelius 1763 1837FOLLEY Catherine 1880 1883FOLLEY John B. ?…
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Crooked Pond Burial Ground
Crooked Pond Burial Ground Burials Crooked Pond Burial Ground Town of Franklin, Bergen County, New Jersey Crooked Pond Burial Ground is located on the road leading from Oakland to Franklin Lake, adjoining the Adam Boyd Estate and about 1 1/2 miles southeast of the Ponds Reformed Church at Crooked Pond in the Town of Franklin, Bergen County, New Jersey. Crooked Pond Burial Ground Burials ACKERMAN, Edmund D., born Mar. 29, 1854, died Feb. 8, 1862. ACKERMAN, George D., born Oct. 20, 1850, died June 30, 1888. ACKERMAN, Halmegh, died Feb. 28, 1834, age 51 yrs. 6 mos. 24 days. ACKERMAN, James I., born June 13, 1772, died Mar. 5, 1823, age…
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Rev Lisley Boone
Rev Lisley Boone – Pastor of the Ponds Church Wikipedia Ilsley Boone From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Reverend Ilsley /ˈɛlzliː/ Silias Boone, known to relatives and friends as “Uncle Danny” (alluding to Daniel Boone), was born in 1879 in Brooklyn, New York and died in 1968 in Whitehouse, Ohio.[1] He was a charismatic speaker, a powerful organizer, and was the founding father of the American Sunbathing Association (ASA), later reorganized as the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR). Early life His father was Silas Ilsley Boone (1846-1900), who was the older brother to his future father-in-law Christopher Columbus Boone (1863-1926). His mother was Agnes Ferris Turnbull Eldridge (1849-1940). Little is known of Boone’s early life, other than he lived in Brooklyn…
