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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.
…Williams, pointing to a small oval table near her, " is the very
table at which that good man asked a blessing."
From the little village of Croton, or Collaberg Landing, I rode to the
dwelling of a friend (James Cockroft…
Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)
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[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] The island, consisting of twenty-seven square miles of surface area, is fairly level and was undoubtedly created by the last ice age. The chief industry has been farming since the island was purchased…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…9 Our own knowledge of the ground and its approaches enabled uh to
make the statement which appears in the text ; and, by a reference to A
Plan of the Country from Frog^s Point to Croton River, the reader…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw.txt
…79 Having ascertained the elevation in the city at which it would be desirable to use the water, it was only necessary then, to find a point on the Croton River where a dam could be constructed that would turn…
Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)
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[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] The area is a gentle rolling plain, rising in a south westerly direction from the river bank which is approximately six feet above the river level. At the present time, the larger portion of…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…The prints depict people walking on country lanes, herding cows, driving rustic carts, paus- ing at work to admire the scene, or engaged in rural recreational pursuits, like fishing or hunting.^" Croton Aqueduct at Clendenning Valley is an especially good…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
The Indian castle of Kitchawan (according to tradition) occupied a commanding position on the neck proper overlooking the
Croton and Haverstraw bays, a little northwest of tlie manor
house. This site was chosen for the purpose of protecting the
fisheries…
croton_point_landfill_review_2019_raw.txt
…19-21, 2018 September 24, 2018 October 1, 2018 • Monitor well RFW-4 was damaged by a village of croton tractor. The CLF crew replaced the damaged outer casing of the well and poured a new concrete pad. • Flare shut…
Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)
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[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] The grave was 26 inches in depth and the fragile skulls were badly fractured by freezing of the heavy soil. The grave was situated 150 feet from salt marshes on land many times inundated…
Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
…gives the name of
Kitcbawonck to the Croton river. The site of the present vil
the Indians
Sinksink"
lage of Peekskill was called Sackhoes and was occupied by an
Teller's point was called
Indian village known by that name…
croton_point_landfill_review_2019_raw.txt
…Construction project started by Cornerstone and Croton landfill crew. Isolated RR1 header from Flare so work could begin. CLF crew excavated a 6" header near RR1 EW-23. They then proceeded to cut the pipe and drain the water that…
comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…North Riverside, pedestrian scale and mixed uses north of Bank Street North Riverside between Brook and Bank Streets PAGE 65 CROTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Municipal Place Shopping Area The shopping area located along Municipal Place and Maple Street includes the Croton…
Macdonald, John MacLean. Recollections of the Revolution. In The McDonald Papers, Part II, Chapter 5, Publications of the WCHS, Vol. V. 1926-27.
…Althouse & his company was sent out by the British & had gone within a short distance of Young's house at Croton. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood collected to-gether & attacked Althouse who defended himself bravely but was overpowered & with his…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
9 Our own knowledge of the ground and its approaches enabled uh to
make the statement which appears in the text ; and, by a reference to A
Plan of the Country from Frog^s Point to Croton River, the reader…
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.
…Total in the Divisions of 1732
and 1733 75,985
Lots South of Croton 7,128
83,113
Lands in Pound ridge 3000
Parson's Point on the Hudson 100
Total east of the Hudson... 8(!,213 „
' Tract on West…
Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)
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[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] Most types of tools have been collected on the surface of this small site during the past 70 years, notably among them a small completely grooved axe two inches in length, no doubt but…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…The construction of the Croton Aqueduct, independent of the service it provided New York, was a turning point in the history of
Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)
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[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] earth containing bones of extinct animals and an obsidian chip were cased together undisturbed and shipped to the Museum where the flake was removed in the presence of scientific witnesses. Mark R. Harrington of…
Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
…Sunday we should have attacked the fort on this side
the River, but General Clinton's arrival at Croton Bridge with
a large force prevented it. It must otherwise have fallen into
our hands soon. Your Friend and Brother
Richard…
croton_point_landfill_review_2019_raw.txt
…This continued for the next couple weeks and at no point in our efforts were we able to drain the water. 2016 Work and Activity Performed April 5-6, 2016 • April 8, 2016 April 13, 2016 • • • • April 18-21, 2016…
croton_point_landfill_review_2019_raw.txt
came back on at 6:00pm when the power returned. • CLF crew surfaced sampled all gas wells on CLF and RR1 with TVA-1000. No hot spots were located during sampling. • CLF crew collected data on CLF and RR1. • CLF…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…on the 16th of August
1804, Robert McCord and wife conveyed another portion of the
neck to Robert Underbill ; upon the death of the latter individual
the whole became vested in his two sons, the present proprietors
of Croton Point.
croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw.txt
…This system will collect clean, precipitation induced rufloft, will eliminate any detrimental discharge of sediments, and bypass the water around the waste mass for controlled discharges to the Hudson River and Croton Bay. . This o Construction of a leachate seepage…
Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. Indian Notes and Monographs, Vol. II, No. 7. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.
…The path entered Central Park at 88th
street and extended northwesterly through
the site of the Croton reservoir. It joined
the Park drive just above the Transverse
road, or 97th street, and followed it to its
croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw.txt
…o Reduce, control, or eliminate the potential impacts to the ecological environment of the Croton Marsh. The following section addressee the alternatives that were evaluated to achieve theee goals. VI. SUMMARY OF TEE EVALUATION OF REW3DIAL ALTERNATIVES A. DESCRIPTION OF…
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 largest of these were upon
Croton Point, where considerable areas are still covered with them to the depth of two or three feet.
This beautiful projection of land was called Senasqua, one of the softest of Indian names, and…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…The official Plan of
the Country from Frog's Point to Croton River and Sauthier's Planof the
Operations, etc., each stated that the column was not in motion after the
twenty-seventh of October.
There is abundant evidence, within…
Raymond, Marcius D., editor and publisher. Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, N.Y., October 19th, 1894. Tarrytown, NY, 1894.
Be it known, that on the 19th of July, 1779, William Davids was
left on the ground near Croton River wounded in a most shocking manner in both body and limbs, with both haul (sic) and bayonet, to the
number…
Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)
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[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] we believe that a series of dates for it from Long Island, up the Hudson and into western New York and into New England would provide what amounts to a road map of the…
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.
…Burr's capture of the West Farms
blockhouse, 4)\; storming of Stony Point, 452:
Tarleton's raid on ['oundridge, 456; British atompond, 458; Hopkins's fight with
(59: American descents on MorrisSastchester (17791. 459, 460; the
.use affair, 461; American…