Geocache Identification Permit Approval Number:ASP20160930121
Permit Expires on:09/30/19
The FDR's Secret Love cache is located along theAllamuchy Pond Trail which is located along the grounds of Rutherfurd Hall, one of the last extant large country estates in New Jersey.
In 1920, Winthrop married Lucy Page Mercer (1891-1948). Lucy had been a social secretary to Eleanor Roosevelt when she began a long term affair with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who became the 32nd president of the United States. After marrying, Lucy and Winthrop had a daughter together. Lucy’s longtime association with FDR continued and is a fascinating story.
It has been well documented that FDR was involved with Lucy Mercer during World War I. She was also present at Warm Springs, Ga., on the day that FDR died in 1945.
The Rutherfurd - Stuyvesant geocache series give an in depth history of this important and distinguished american family and the gilded age in NJ. There are two locations showcased in the geotrail. The Stuyvesant Mansion and Rutherfurd Mansion located within Tranquility Farms massive estate was divided by the construction on interstate 80.
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