Alpine in Bergen County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Lower Closter or New Dock

Huyler’s Landing

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, November 10, 2019

1. Lower Closter or New Dock Marker (East Side of Marker)

Inscription. Lower Closter or New DockHere a British invasion force of 5,000 troops commanded by Lord Cornwallis landed before dawn on November 20, 1776. Guided by three Bergen County residents, Joseph Hawkins, Isaac Perkins, and John Aldington, they climbed the rough road to the top of the cliffs and marched south to capture Fort Lee. At sunrise, Lt. John Clifford of Heard’s Brigade, New Jersey State Troops, saw them, commandeered a horse, and alerted the garrison at Fort Lee. About 3,000 soldiers, led by Generals George Washington and Nathanael Greene, retreated over the Hackensack River at New Bridge on their route to the relative safety of Pennsylvania. This landing place was used in later raids and finally blocked with felled trees in 1780.Sponsored by the Bergen County Historical Society, 2019

Huyler’s LandingFrom colonial times, local farmers brought their harvests down a steep road they built through a natural break in the cliffs to the dock here for shipping to New York City markets. After Peter Huyler improved the road and dock about 1840, this place became known as Huyler’s Landing. Through the 1870s, a multiracial, multiethnic

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community of boatmen, ship-builders, fishermen, quarrymen, and their families lived and labored here. Sloops, steamboats, and smaller vessels transported people, firewood, farm goods, fish, and stone between Huyler’s Landing and ports along the Hudson. A few residents remained into the early twentieth century, after the Interstate Park Commission acquired the land.Sponsored by the Bergen County Historical Society, 2019

Erected 2019 by Bergen County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is November 20, 1776.

Location. 40° 55.605′ N, 73° 55.5′ W. Marker is in Alpine, New Jersey, in Bergen County. It can be reached from Henry Hudson Drive, on the left when traveling south. Marker is located in the Palisades Interstate Park, at the intersection of the red blazed Huyler’s Landing Trail and the blue blazed Long Path. It is not accessible by car. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Alpine NJ 07620, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in

Lower Closter or New Dock Marker (West Side of Marker) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, November 10, 2019

2. Lower Closter or New Dock Marker (West Side of Marker)

New Jersey’s North Jersey,

in Greater Newark,

and in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 1776: British Invasion of New Jersey (approx. 0.3 miles away); Rionda’s Tower (approx. 0.6 miles away); Along the Palisades Riverfront (approx. 1.4 miles away); Cornwallis Headquarters (approx. 1.4 miles away); The Old Alpine Trail (approx. 1.4 miles away); Untangling Folklore from Fact (approx. 1½ miles away); Ella Fitzgerald (approx. 1½ miles away in New York); Closter Dock Road (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Alpine.

Lower Closter or New Dock Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, November 10, 2019

3. Lower Closter or New Dock Marker

Huyler’s Landing Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, November 10, 2019

4. Huyler’s Landing Marker

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, November 10, 2019

5. Lower Closter or New Dock Marker

The trail used by the British Army in 1776, and later by the residents of Huyler's Landing can be seen behind the marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 10, 2019. It was originally submitted on November 10, 2019, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,403 times since then and 89 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 10, 2019, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.