For a backdrop Montclair has First Mountain, from which the British were denied entry to the upper Passaic River Valley during the Revolution.
In nearby Upper Montclair a normal school was established in 1908; today Montclair State University is New Jersey's second-largest college. Mountainside Park on Upper Mountain Avenue includes the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens, which usually bloom in May.
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