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Lossing, Benson John. The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea. New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1866. Internet Archive identifier: hudsonfromwilder00lossi. Illustrated travel-history of the Hudson River valley by the writer and artist Benson J. Lossing, whose chapter on Teller's / Croton Point is a primary source for Senasqua place-name etymology, Sarah Teller's 1682 purchase, and the Underhill vineyard.
When near the "High Bridge," at
the old head of boat navigation, I obtained a most interesting view of the
Mouth of the Croton, including Dover Kill Island near, the railwaybridge in the distance, and the high hills on the…
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
Sarah was
the wife of William Teller who long lived upon the
Point, she having survived her husband several years-
It is decribed in the Indian deed to Van Bursum as,
" all that parcel], neck, or point of Land, with…
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…They had a smaller village at the moulii of
the Kitchawan or Croton River.
The Kitchawancs had a large village upon Van
Cortlandt's Neck, connecting Croton Point with the
mainland. They had here the strongest fortress of
any in…
Various (1971)
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…Cultures of the Susquehanna tradition directly follow and clearly overlap recognized complexes of the narrow point tradition in the Hudson Valley (Ritchie 1958; Funk 1965; n.d.), on Long Island (Ritchie 1959), Martha's Vineyard (Ritchie 1969b: 219-223), and…
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Chromium, ASP ASP Mercury 1 Croton Point Sanitary Landfill Railroad 1 Landfill, NYSDEC Site #360001 Post Closure Monitoring and Sampling Report, Table 6 (RR6): Groundwater Constituent: Sampling Period: Sampling Date: DL/LOQ Units RR-6 RR-6 2018 2020 10…
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.
…The great enterprise shown by the Americans on the Westchester
shore in bringing a cannon down from Verplanck's Point and firing
on the " Vulture " from Teller's (Croton) Point probably had quite as
much to do with the ultimate…
Various (1971)
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…Kneberg, Madeline 1956 Some Important Projectile Point Types found in the Tennessee Area. Tennessee Archaeologist, Vol. XII, No. 1, pp. 17-18. Knoxville. Kraft, Herbert C. 1970 The Miller Field Site, Warren County, N.J. Part 1. The Archaic and…
croton_point_sampling_2021_raw.txt
…LOQ Croton Point Sanitary Landfill Railroad 1 Landfill, NYSDEC Site #360001 Post Closure Monitoring and Sampling Report, Table 1(RFW-6): Groundwater…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
side of the rocky hill, and continues over an uneven surface
encountering two tunnels before it reaches Manhattan Valley, which is about 35 miles from the Croton dam. This
valley is four fifths of a mile wide where the Aqueduct…
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…Total Toxic Organics Croton Point Sanitary Landfill Railroad 1 Landfill, NYSDEC Site #360001 Post Closure Monitoring and Sampling Report, Table 4b: Leachate (RR Sump) County Daily Wastewater DL/LOQ Units Limits (Avg.) RR Sump RR sump RR sump mg/L…
Various (1971)
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…In New York State, I have called attention to the rare and random occurrence of several forms of the bifurcated base point (Ritchie 1961: 9, 115), some of them now identifiable as LeCroy Bifurcated Base (Plate 34, figs. 1-3…
Various (1971)
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[Various (1971)] I also wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Department of the Interior, National Parks Service for the 1967 field session. They very patiently allowed us to continue the field contract to include the Fall 1968 field…
Various (1971)
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…12 THE BULLETIN 1965b The "Small Stemmed Point" in New England. Pennsylvania Archaeologist, Vol. XXXV, Nos. 34, pp. 134-138. Gettysburg. 1968 The KI Site, the Vergennes Phase and the Laurentian Tradition. The Bulletin, New York State Archeological Association, No…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The southern shore of the Croton river at the point where the dam
but not
is located, is a gneiss rock moderately sloping up the hill from the water's edge,
;
Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
…Up the narrowing bay at the east, below Croton Point and
beyond the line of the Hudson River Railroad, may be seen,
near its head, a quaint old mansion. The water, once deep, now rapidly changing into salt meadow
land…
Various (1971)
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…America older than those along the corridor to Alaska? How do we explain the presence of crude, non-projectile point tool assemblages that seem unrelated to any known and datable New World cultures? As answers to these questions, Brennan suggests…
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The Underhill Vineyards, 1867
The Underhill Vineyards, 1867
In October 1867, Harper's Weekly featured a full-page wood engraving depicting the Underhill vineyards on Croton Point during grape harvest season. The artwork, created by artist D. C. Hitchcock, captured…
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The Underhill Vineyards, 1867
The Underhill Vineyards, 1867
In October 1867, Harper's Weekly featured a full-page wood engraving depicting the Underhill vineyards on Croton Point during grape harvest season. The artwork, created by artist D. C. Hitchcock, captured…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/02/27/the-underhill-vineyards-1867/
The Underhill Vineyards, 1867
The Underhill Vineyards, 1867
In October 1867, Harper's Weekly featured a full-page wood engraving depicting the Underhill vineyards on Croton Point during grape harvest season. The artwork, created by artist D. C. Hitchcock, captured…
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.
…Croton Point; devoted chiefly
to vineyards.
9. Montrose's Point. Eastchester. -- Population, 5,582. Local particulars: -- 1. Eastchester; population, 551: contained two churches. 2. Mount Vernon; an incorporated village; contained " four churches and
several private schools." 3. West Mount Vernon…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The lowest point in the pipes is 102 feet below the bottom of the water way of the Aqueduct on the north side of
the valley. From Manhattan Valley the Aqueduct passes through a
tunnel, and following its course the…
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
From Hellgate along the Sound, including
the whole eastern side of Westchester County, and
Connecticut, as far as Norwalk and its islands, and
inland to the valley of the Bronx and the head waters
of the Croton, a single and…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2014/01/10/hidden-in-the-trees/
…The work depicts a westward view from southern Croton Point and contains a subtle historical detail.
Within the painting's foreground trees, carefully hidden from immediate view, sits the rooftop and cupola of an Italianate villa. This residence belonged to…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/08/23/dr-underhills-elevated-railroad/
…Underhill, the 'Grape King' of Croton Point, was an investor in this company—which began the New York City transportation system." The photograph captures the Ninth Avenue line from Gansevoort Street looking north, dating to approximately 1870-1880.
The post…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2014/01/10/hidden-in-the-trees/
…The work depicts a westward view from southern Croton Point and contains a subtle historical detail.
Within the painting's foreground trees, carefully hidden from immediate view, sits the rooftop and cupola of an Italianate villa. This residence belonged to…
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.
…Croton
water at once directly to the city. "In the Croton River at Pine's
Bridge," said he, " there is never less than 20,000,000 gallons of water
passing in every twenty-four hours. The river at this point…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…Type Significance(s) Current Designation(s) Interpretation Sign MUSCOOT RESERVOIR GATEHOUSE 1905 Plate 15-, New Croton Aqueduct The Muscoot Reservoir, capable of impounding 5 gallons of water, is the collection point for all reservoirs in the Croton Watershed, with the…
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…the Kicktawancks, or
Kitchawongs, whose chief village was just above the
mouth of the Croton river, on the isthmus connecting
Senasqua, or Teller's Point, with the main land, and
near the old Van Cortlandt Manor House. Eastwardly their lands…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The conduit is 6 feet high
within, and 4 feet wide, "arched to a point" says Stuart. At Ariana, about four miles from Tunis, other remains of this aqueduct are visible. When mountains were tunnelled in its course, at every…
Various (1971)
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[Various (1971)] Fewer than 20 out of the 450 post molds recorded had diameters larger than .35 ft. The diameter of these larger post molds was usually .8 ft. It was impossible in most cases to determine how far the…