Mountain Lakes, New Jersey
Aross America in the early part of the 20 th century planned communities were being created to satisfy the need for urban areas and new housing. Rural lands were forfeited to development. Imagine Mountain Lakes, New Jersey in 1910; a woodland locale with pristine terrain, rolling hills, woods and boulders and then a mere 10 years later in the 1920s, it was a full-fledged and developed community. New residents were escaping from New York City and learning to commute to their jobs in the city on the newly completed train line. What has Mountain Lakes , New Jersey got to do with Gena Branscombe? Well, I’m glad you asked. Leaving their residence at 1 West 82 nd Street in Manhattan in the summer of 1922, Gena Branscombe and her husband John Ferguson Tenney moved their family of three girls to Mountain Lakes , New Jersey . Eldest daughter Gena had developed asthma which made the move necessary. For two years the fam...