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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.
…of the Hudson River, where beaver, otter and other valuable fur-bearing animals were abundant. Merchants fitted out vessels and sent them across the ocean under such skillful commanders as the former mate of the Half-Moon and Captains Chris…
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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.
…Riker has ingeniously suggested the outpour from the guns of the " Half-Moon ;" also tlie gushing spring under Cock Hill; but thee.xplanation in Irving's quaint and humorous legend of the ' Trumpeter' will ever meet with popular acceptance. - " Yk…
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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.
…It was, indeed, in the same month that the " Half-Moon " sailed from Amsterdam (April) that the twelve years' truce between the Spanish aud Dutch was signed. Everywhere in Europe this was a period of transition. In England the long…
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Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…205 Park, Half-Moon, etc. It is a sandy plain running west from the clay bluffs on the Hudson to the foot of the mountain, and extends across the Mohawk into Schenectady County. The name is generic Iroquoi, signifying "Great…
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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.
…He and his companion Christiansen were by no means the only seekers of fortune in the splendid realms made known by the captain of the " Half-Moon." Other trading expeditions had gone there, and interest in the resources of this…
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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.
…A single vessel in 1610, the year after the return of the Half Moon, made a successful trading voyage to the "River of the Mountains," returning to Holland with a valuable cargo of peltries. Two Dutch navigators, Hendrick Christiaensen, or…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…rather break a leg or an arm than renounce them. "It was off Verplanck's Point that Hudson's vessel, the 'Half Moon,' came to an anchor on the 1st of October, 1609,° "Here he was visited by the native…
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O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.
…where it disembogues into Hudson's River at the half Moon, and from thence westerly as far as your Honour shall think proper, And from thence Northerly until a due East line will cross Hudson's River at Fort Miller…
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Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…One writer has read it: "From Kaho, a boat or ship," commemorative of Hudson's advent at Half- Moon Point in 1609. Beauchamp repeated from Morgan: "A shipwrecked canoe," and, in another connection : "From Kaho, a torrent." Another writer has…
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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.
Though greatly astonished at the advent of the tk Half Moon," and perplexed by the white skin, remarkable dress, and terrible weapons of its crew, they discovered no fear, and at the first offer of physical violence or duress were…
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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.
In the year 1609, Henry Hudson, an English navigator in the employ of the Dutch East India Company, undertook a voyage in the "Half-Moon," to seek a westward passage to China, and in September entered what is now known…
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…Design recommendations included improvements to a main access road along Half Moon Bay parcel, to the Senasqua tunnel for pedestrian and bike use, renovation of Senasqua Park, improvements to Croton Yacht Club and Croton Bay boat launch, including improvements of…
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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.
…Though greatly astonished at the advent of the tk Half Moon," and perplexed by the white skin, remarkable dress, and terrible weapons of its crew, they discovered no fear, and at the first offer of physical violence or duress were…
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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.
…Robert Juet, the mate of the " Half Moon,'' gravely says in his journal : " Our master and his mate determined to try some of the cheefe men of the country, whether they had any treachery in them. So they took them…
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…designing the entrance to Half Moon Bay as a two-lane road with an adjacent sidewalk, signage, a boulevard PAGE 69 CROTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN treatment and trees; buffering adjacent railroad facilities with solid screen and plantings; rehabilitating the “picture tunnel…
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National Park Service (2021)
…Although they failed to discover a northwest passage to Asia, Hudson’s ship the Half Moon returned to Amsterdam with reports of a beautiful land, rich in resources and navigable by what Hudson’s first mate Robert Juet called “as…
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…the Hudson River waterfront, and established goals and objectives for vacant waterfront land. Conceptual land use plans and general design guidelines were developed for the waterfront area. Design recommendations included improvements to a main access road along Half Moon Bay…
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…These projects include the creation of the Half Moon Bay condominiums, the construction of the Brook Street pedestrian bridge and the purchase by the Village of waterfront property (“Village parcel”) in 1996. Waterfront Land Uses The Hudson River stretches the…
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…the Hudson River waterfront, and established goals and objectives for vacant waterfront land. Conceptual land use plans and general design guidelines were developed for the waterfront area. Design recommendations included improvements to a main access road along Half Moon Bay…
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…The Half Moon Bay condominium development (discussed further in Section 3.5) is located there. Parks Recreation and Education (PRE) districts were created in 1988 to “preserve natural resources, scenic beauty and other land and community resources whose retention is…
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…The WD district along the Hudson River between Croton Point and Senasqua Park also permits multi-family development. The Half Moon Bay condominium development is located in that area. Commercial Centers. The Village has four commercial centers: the Upper Village…
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…These areas include Croton Point Park (a county park) and Hudson National Golf Course, two major open space areas which are both zoned RA-40, as well as a parcel adjacent to Half Moon Bay that should be a part…
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…This Plan also recommends that any further large-scale residential developments, other than the approved extension of Half Moon Bay, be discouraged, so that the existing development pattern in the Village can be preserved and that no further gated communities…
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…The Half Moon Bay condominium development (discussed further in Section 3.5) is located there. Parks Recreation and Education (PRE) districts were created in 1988 to “preserve natural resources, scenic beauty and other land and community resources whose retention is…
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