The Trolley Park Era: 1898-1910
It was built as "The Park on the Palisades" in 1898, as a trolley park. It was designed and built by the Bergen County Traction Company to attract evening and weekend riders. In 1908, the trolley company sold the park to August Neumann and Frank Knox. They hired Alven H. Dexter to manage the park. Dexter began to bring in a crude assortment of attractions, including a Ferris wheel, a baby parade, and diving horses.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)