This Day in History: 1893-10-07

His Royal Highness, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was a guest of Theodore Havermeyer at his estate in Darlington. He arrived in Mahwah in a special one parlor car train. He toured the model farm, ordered 700 shoots of American trees and shot many pheasants during his short stay. He was amazed at what he had seen at the Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. Since he was travelling in strict incognito, no presentations of local people to his Highness took place. (Bristow)