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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…
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Rr Croton Harmon Platform 1967
The Croton-Harmon station platform in 1967, showing the transition point where electric locomotives replaced diesel for the run into New York City. This changeover, established in 1913, made Harmon a nationally known railroad name…
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History on the Beach
During a beach walk along Croton Point's north shore, the author discovered old bricks embedded in concrete, stamped with "IX" and "XL" markings. These artifacts originated from William A. Underhill's brickyard at the point…
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vineyards on Croton Point to Van Cortlandt Manor, with a visit to a woman who had met George Washington as a child, a climb to see the view from the top of Prickly Pear Hill and a side trip up…
Higgins, Alvin McCaslin. The Story of Croton. Paper read before the Ossining Historical Society, 1938. Published posthumously in The Quarterly Bulletin of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1940), pp. 49-63.
…Colonel Livingston listened to their story, agreed to loan
them a four-pounder; and before dark, the farm horses were dragging
down the Post Road to Croton and out on to Teller's Point the light
artillery which had an…
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promoting silk wormculture. After the death of Robert Underhill, his two sons, Dr. Richard and William A. Underhill, divided the property and each developed a successful business. Croton Point Wine Dr. Richard, although trained as a doctor of
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(2004). Penn Central Railroad . Voyageur Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-7603-1763-1 . ^ Solomon, Brian (2003). Electric Locomotives . MBI. p. 19; 24. ISBN 978-0760313596 . ^ "Croton Point Park." Westchester County. Westchester.gov, 30 Sept. 2013. Web. 06
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demand in New York City at this time, and could get there without harassment from the British Navy. William A. Underhill Brickyard, Croton Point, NY His sons Richard and William inherited the property, dividing it between them. William concentrated
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William and Sarah Teller operated a trading post on Croton Point. 1645 -- peace agreements signed beneath what became known as the Treaty Oak. 1677 -- Van Cortland Manor of Stephanus Van Cortlandt. 1682 -- Cornelius Van Bursam purchased the land from
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…Croton Point Lighthouse Steamer Mary Powell, “Queen of the Hudson,” built in 1861. In 1846 a group of “masters and owners of vessels and steamboats navigating the Hudson River, of Albany,” filed a petition with the United States House
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light, instead of being put upon Tarrytown Point, should be placed upon Beekman’s Point. Gerald Beekman, the owner of the property, positively declined selling any portion of the point, stating that a light-house would depreciate it for country
Higgins, Alvin McCaslin. The Story of Croton. Paper read before the Ossining Historical Society, 1938. Published posthumously in The Quarterly Bulletin of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1940), pp. 49-63.
In its day, Croton Point has been a principality all its own, with
seventy-five acres devoted to luscious grapes, large apple orchards and
hothouses for the cultivation of roses. William H. Underhill began the
manufacture of brick there over…
Higgins, Alvin McCaslin. The Story of Croton. Paper read before the Ossining Historical Society, 1938. Published posthumously in The Quarterly Bulletin of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1940), pp. 49-63.
…As they worked, they
espied the British warship's boat being rowed toward the Croton shore. All day long the Croton neighbors had discussed excitedly the strange
ship at anchor above Teller's Point, knowing that it was a ship…
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before Andre could reach it. Andre had to find a land route and he was subsequently apprehended in Tarrytown. 1788 Cortlandt became a town with Philip Van Cortlandt its first supervisor. 1804 -- Robert Underhill purchased 250 acres of Croton Point
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camping experiences for both boys and girls. 1924 -- the Westchester Park Commission bought 500 acres of Croton Point. They reserved 70 acres for a landfill for garbage. 1927 a new roundhouse and 100-foot turntable added to the railway complex.
Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)
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…Brennan et al. (1962)] VINETTE I POTTERY* IN THE CROTON RIVER MOUTH AREA Louis A. Brennan Metropolitan & Mid-Hudson Chapters Two weeks ago, (March, 1962), while excavating in the middens at the Kettle Rock end of Croton Point about which…
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…Tellers Point Right Tellers Point Right 2020 2021 Croton Point Sanitary Landfill Railroad 1 Landfill, NYSDEC Site #360001 Post Closure Monitoring and Sampling Report, Table 2(SRF-2A): Surface Water…
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…The buildings pictured are used today for maintenance facitities at Croton Point Park. Remains of Underhill Wine Cellars,
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…In fact, Croton Point became the first commercial winery in the United States. Robert Underhill and his sons achieved acclaim as cultivators of grapes and in the
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…An editorial in the Croton-Harmon News stated, “We wish to report the threatened sale of Croton Point to a corporation of Negroes from Harlem. They would
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…Economy [ edit ] Croton-on-Hudson's economy has historically thrived on the Metro-North train station that up until the early 1980s served as the point at which northbound trains would exchange their electric
Various (1971)
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[Various (1971)] RITCHIE: A VALEDICTION Robert E. Funk, NYSAAF
Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
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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…
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on developing a brick industry around which grew the Village of Croton Point. Bricks with his initials, W. A. U., and others with the very un-Quakerly self-promoting cryptogram IXL (not a proper roman numeral, but rather a claim…
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1877 COX, JOHN 1840 - 1870 CROTON POINT BRICK CO. 1904 FROST & DOTY 1839 FROST, EUGENE 1905 - 1910 FROST, J. W. 1830 - 1850 (lower yard) (father of Cyrus and Orrin Frost) HULL 1839 MORTON, GEORGE W. 1877 MORTON, JOHN 1898 - 1900…
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he purchased Croton Point, and in so doing, acquired the land base which he used to parlay into other businesses. Among these interests, he built a grist mill along the leased water rights, then began an apple orchard and award…
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time at Croton Point. Bricks from the Underhill Brickyard were also used in 1855 to construct Surwood (later called Evergreen), a home of the John J. Wood family in the Mt. Kisco complex known as the Woodpile. This home was…
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"Collaberg Landing" an old name for Croton. According to Wilson's Illustrated Guide to the Hudson River it was at "Collaberg Bay, north of Teller's Point and about thirty-three miles from New York, the grade of the original…
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Pine’s Bridge on the Croton, where he was suspected; Tarrytown, where he was captured, and the long wharf of Piermont, near Tappan where he was executed. View from Prickly Pear Hill (looking south, toward Croton Point) All of these…