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THE PALISADES INTERSTATE PARK 



The Palisades Interstate Park was created in 1900 by the 

 states of New York and New Jersey to stop the destruction of 

 the Palisades of the Hudson and preserve them for a park. In 

 1906 the reservation was extended to take in Hook Mountain 

 and in 1910 again extended north to Newburgh and westward to 

 include the Ramapo Momitains. 



It is controlled by an unpaid commission appointed by the 

 governors of two states and supported by appropriations from 

 the states and gifts. To date, 1922, $15,376,038.49, including the 

 value of land donated, has been put into the park in acquiring 

 lands and general development work. Of this amount. New 

 York state supplied $6,866,552.05; New Jersej^, $1,006,678.63, 

 and private contributors, $7,502,807.81. 



There are 1,060 acres in New Jersey extending for twelve 

 miles along the Hudson River, 550 acres in the Blauvelt tract, 

 west of Nyack, 780 acres in the Hook Mountain-Rockland Lake 

 section, 33,950 acres in the Bear Mountain-Harriman section and 

 850 acres in the Storm King section. 



The development work has all been done by the Commis- 

 sion's own force and all the park activities are conducted by this 

 force. It is organized into eight dejiartments, operating under 

 a general manager, each department being in charge of a sala- 

 ried superintendent and directed by one of the commissioners. 



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