the Indians. 1686 -- Stephanus Van Cortlandt acquired all the land between the Croton River and Anthony's Nose. 1697 -- the area was part of a vast land grant from King William III to Stephanus Van Cortlandt; Van Cortlandt had been purchasing blocks
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