Fair Lawn, New Jersey : historic tales from settlement to suburb

In Fair Lawn, New Jersey, the layered heritage is clear from the mix of Native American, Dutch and English names adorning its street signs. Author Jane Lyle Diepeveen traces Fair Lawn's history from its origins as a settlement at Sloterdam, a site of the developing Dutch Colonial architecture, to the innovative neighborhoods of Radburn, a cutting-edge planned American garden city. Through interviews with longtime Fair Lawn residents, Diepeveen honors the days of dairy farms and swimming holes, as well as this vibrant community's progress today. From Warren Point to Columbia Heights, Fair Lawn reveals the hidden story of this jewel of New Jersey.

• Foreword p. 7 Elaine B. Winshell
• Acknowledgements p. 9
• Introduction p. 11
• The Lenape: The First Inhabitants p. 13
• Sloterdam: Garretson Farm and the First House p. 17
• Dunkerhook: Jacob Vanderbeck and His Mill p. 21
• Dunkerhook: Myths, Facts and the Lafayette Connection p. 29
• Lost Fair Lawn p. 35
• An Indigenous Architecture p. 45
• A House in the Country: How Fair Lawn Was Named p. 51
• The Mystery of George Morlot p. 55
• History in Street Names p. 61
• The Birth of a Borough p. 73
• Industry and Commerce p. 83
• Recollections p. 93
• The First Fire and Police Departments p. 97
• Radburn: The Town for the Motor Age p. 107
• Radburn: A Memoir p. 117
• Fair Lawn Becomes a Suburb p. 125
• Changing the Government-Over and Over p. 135
• Fair Lawn Up to Date p. 139
• Bibliography p. 145
• About the Author p. 157