Richmond, Westchester . . . Published by Julius Bien & Co. New York. 1891 ↩ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X…

These two prints, from U.P. Hedrick’s, The Grapes of New York , published in 1908, show the grapes that made Richard T. Underhill famous as the “Grape King.” Underhill began his vineyard by planting European varieties of grapes he…

Isabella & Catawba grapes.” The Grape King of Croton Point As readers of this blog know, Richard T. Underhill was the “Grape King,” who built the first commercial winery in the United States on Croton Point. He began his vineyard by…

Croton Point in 1868 from the “ Atlas of New York and vicinity from actual surveys by and under the direction of F.W. Beers ,” showing the R. D. Tallcot Steam Brickyards on the northern tip. We can walk along the…

Washington, D.C., which is offering this print for sale. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X…

a submarine emerge on the Row with a German captain and a French crew. Newspapers in 1924 reported that submarines were smuggling liquor to New Jersey and Cape Cod. An aerial photo, taken by a commercial Manhattan map-making firm…

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bore its first fruit 1865. See Underhill vineyard trade cards and magazine ads here and here . Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in…

"Camping at the City's Doors" was the title of an article in the June, 1905, issue of Country Life in America magazine, which described places where "one can feel as far away from civilization as upon an Adirondack lake…

operated from 1910-1920 and the white border on the front and divided back (with separate space for the message and address) means it was probably printed circa 1915. 1 “W.H. Noll” is likely William H. Noll, proprietor of…

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below the surface of the Hudson River, each 250 feet long and 600 feet apart. The aerial firm sent the photograph to the U.S. Navy, which had no submarines in the area, and the startling image was given to…

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“Rum Row”—the name of the smuggling area of the Atlantic coast from Nantucket to New York City and New Jersey. Lawson writes, “News of a submarine being used on Rum Row appears to have some substance to it. One…

Here’s a link to the book on Amazon, which includes the Rum Row chapter. Thanks to the New York History Blog, which alerted us to this book with their recent review . Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print…

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indicates Havell’s approximate point-of-view when he created the painting. An 1851 map showing the home of J. C. Horton. The arrow indicates Havell’s approximate point-of-view when he created the painting. The map also provides…

detail shows Sarah’s Point, one of the many early names for Croton Point—named for Sarah Teller. The map is interesting for its size and detail, but it is greatly distorted. The area to the southeast of Sarah’s…

…Note that it refers to Croton Point as Enoch Point and moves “Terrytown” up to Ossining. Sources: Library of Congress , New York Public Library Share this: Print (Opens in new window)

…New Croton Dam, circa 1906 Croton Point and Ossining, circa 1905 Double Arches Promenade View from Quaker Bridge Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new

Ad for “Pure and Very Old Wine & Cider Vinegar” for sale at Croton Point from the Highland Democrat , June 17, 1893. If you want to introduce kids to Croton’s agricultural heritage, take them to Thompson’s Cider Mill on…

the 18th and 19th century when the Underhills were growing grapes and apples on Croton Point and “one of the largest orchards in this country” belonging to “Mr. Conklin” was selling barrels of cider 1 for $3 to $7 each…

long bridge on the Ossining side was a drawbridge, to allow boats to sail up the lower Croton River. 6 This detail from an 1871 survey of the mouth of the Croton River shows that at one point there was…

…Detail showing the mouth of the Croton River on the left, part of Croton Point in the upper right, and Van Cortlandt Manor in the lower middle between the trees. After a little research we’re pretty sure

of state legislation authorizing “the board of supervisors of the county Westchester . . . to construct a bridge at or near the mouth of Croton river . . . at such point as they may select between the Hudson river railroad bridge and the present

…In the distance at the end of the road on the right you can see Croton Point, and the flat marshland that existed before it became a county dump. Between the trees along the left side of

…In the area of New Castle, where it comes to a point on the Croton River near Deer Island, there is a J. C. Horton, living along today’s Quaker Ridge Road—which we assume was the “Horton’s Road…

Carl Oechsner and Howie Meyers at the Croton Friends of History website . Coming next: A photograph of the tiny strip of land which once connected Croton Point to the mainland—long before landfill and the county dump altered the landscape…

…Brickmaking was still a major industry in the village and the construction of New Croton Dam, which began in 1892, had finally reached the point where the Croton River had been diverted around the construction