On the lighter side this week, I’ve dug up some fun and random facts & figures about the Bergen County NJ area.  Whether you’re a Bergen County homeowner, or just interested in learning more about the area, I think you’ll find these tidbits interesting:

• Dutch Colonial architecture once dominated Bergen County
• Washington’s retreat from the US Revolutionary War began in Bergen County
• When the Cloisters museum was built in New York City, John D. Rockefeller also purchased land on the NJ side of the Hudson River to keep the wooded view from the medieval museum undisturbed
• Fort Lee was the first center of movie making in the United States
• Mary Higgins Clark is from Bergen County and enjoys setting some or all of her mysteries in and around the area
• John Travolta grew up in Englewood
• Alan Alda commuted between his home in Leonia and Hollywood while he was starring in M*A*S*H

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