Croton Lake rose to its high normal level and the water poured over the spillway to the delight of hundreds of thousands who have viewed it since. "Little Italy" faded away and the colorful pay night became a memory. The cavalcade of wagons and trucks that had rolled and rattled down to Croton Landing every morning to receive the blocks of granite and tons of cement which kept pouring into Croton in endless profusion, ceased to operate. The greatest gain that came to Croton through this achievement was the permanent acquisition of the best Italian and American artisans who found the village congenial and a pleasing place to live. Our finest Italian residents date back to the building of the Croton Dam, and are among our best citizens. The engineer, John Byron Goldsborough, remained in Croton as a permanent resident. Croton, as a community, is two hundred and fifty years old. It was incorporated as a Village in 1898. Seven years ago, the Village area was increased from one square mile to five square miles by the annexation of Harmon, Mount Airy and part of Oscawanna. The flour mills, the wire mills, the blast furnaces, the brick yards, the sloops, the barges and the steamboats are just history now. Less picturesque today, perhaps, Croton is, nevertheless, a pleasant little modern community with its happy homes, its fine schools, its train service, its churches and its contented people.

MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST HUDSON RIVER CONSERVATION SOCIETY MEETING The annual meeting of the Hudson River Conservation Society was held at the Dykeman-Cruger House ("Boscobel"), in Cruger Park, on June 21. During the meeting, Mr. Harvey Stevenson of Crotonon-Hudson, a newly elected director of the group, spoke on the history of "Boscobel" and praised the Westchester County Park Commission for its care of the building.