Bill Ryan - Proprietor, Dover, New Jersey

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="008005a0dkcfqa.png"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.vernco.com/DealershipProject/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.vernco.com/DealershipProject/"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     | </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Willys Dealership Project</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>             Back to: </B><A HREF="id430.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Jersey"><U><B>New Jersey</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Use your browser's Back button for best results</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Unknown Dealership Name (Bill Ryan, Proprietor)</div> <div> Unknown Address</div> <div> Dover, New Jersey</div> <bR> <div> The Mountain Lakes Historical Preservation Committee maintains an online oral history of the area.  <A HREF="http://www.mtnlakes.org/History/Oral/OH.Ryan.Hcra052.1947.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mtnlakes.org/History/Oral/OH."><U>Bill Ryan's  interview</U></A> makes mention of moving to the area in 1947 when his father (also named Bill) started a Willys dealership in nearby Dover, paraphrased as follows:</div> <bR> <div> "My family moved to Mountain Lakes in September 1947 from Nutley, NJ when my father, Bill Ryan started a Willy's Jeep Dealership in Dover, NJ"</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>