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In the 17th century, Lenape Indians traveled the land we now call Franklin Lakes. They made winter camp in the Clove near Buttermilk Falls and fished in Micharagrape Pond ( now Franklin Lake). Slowly, the Dutch settlers made their way west from the Hudson River Valley. In 1701 the East Jersey Proprietors confirmed to Michael Hawden the land around the Pond. In 1772 Franklin Township was formed...