I came across this today when digging on Harvey W.
Black Forest at Glen
A BRIEF HISTORY
New York City, 1937. Like so many New Yorkers had before, and many more to come, C.K. Froehlich and Edgar Zecher loved the energy and opportunity of the city that never sleeps, but they yearned for a quiet and beautiful retreat. They wanted a getaway in nature and most importantly, they wanted a place for their families to call their own.
As recent transplants to America, the prospect of return visits to their native Germany was growing darker by the day, so the two hatched a plan to create a great nature preserve and club in the mountains of New York State.
Froehlich and Zecher first turned to their tight-knit circle of German friends and relatives with a pitch. They would find the land and develop the organization, but in order to fulfill their vision, they would need support of numerous families and investors. After many long drives, scouting the far reaches of upstate New York, followed by animated meetings in the bustling restaurants of New York City, the two settled on a parcel of approximately 1900 acres in Glen Spey, New York, the glorious Upper Delaware River valley.
https://www.
blackforestatglenspeyny.com/history
Not sure if this will right a bell for anyone. But the founding date was worth me dropping it.