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Cresskill stands on Lenape homeland,

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in the valley behind the Palisades.

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1776. In November,

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British troops cross the Hudson and climb
a farm road toward what is now Cresskill.

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1808. A Dutch stone house
rises on County Road.

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1859. The Northern Railroad opens,

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and a village grows
around Cresskill Station.

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1871. Palisades Township is formed,

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with the Cresskill hamlet inside it.

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1882. A county history describes
Cresskill as a village on a

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little stream full of cresses.

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1894. In May, Cresskill
votes to become a borough,

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formed from Palisades Township.

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1917. Camp Merritt opens,

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a World War One embarkation
camp of 770 acres.

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1924. On Memorial Day,

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General Pershing dedicates
the Camp Merritt monument.

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1983. Three of Cresskill’s
stone houses join

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the National Register of Historic Places.

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From river road to railroad village,

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Cresskill’s story lives
in the places it keeps.