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…It weighs five pounds. Old musket ram-rod found in clay. In possession of H. G Morehouse. Underhill Homestead. Old oak tree, a
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Croton Point 1898 §6
— …It weighs
five pounds. Old musket ram-rod found in clay. In possession of H. G Morehouse. Underhill Homestead. Old oak tree, a
Croton Point 1898 §4
—
Croton Point. The group held an option to purchase the land in 1917 and published an article in the first issue of their bulletin, likely written by Hall, that detailed the historic importance of the
Point. "The Trustees of the…
Croton Point 1898 §0
— …This fascinating map of "Teller'
s Point or
Croton Point" was drawn by Edward Hagaman Hall for an article published in the March, 1898 issue of the magazine The Spirit of
Croton Point 1898 §5
— Historic Preservation Society hope that the project for a public park on
Croton Point . . . will receive the public support which it deserves." 1 Explanation of Map Place whence Peterson and Sherwood fired on the boat . . . the Vulture , September
Croton Point 1898 §7
— …Squaw
Point. Directly opposite, on the western bank, André landed from the Vulture and first met Arnold. Picnic
Point, where Enoch
Croton Point 1898 §10
— Americans 2 when they brought the cannon down to the
point. Vouched for by
S. W. Underhill, who lived there for sixty years. Dotted shore is low and sandy. Where the shore has declivity marks it is high and rocky…
Croton Point 1898 §2
— century. According to the New York Preservation Archive Project , Hall'
s "efforts in preservation can be attributed in large part to the City Beautiful movement in the early 1900s. . . . Hall was pivotal in the nascent efforts to pass legislation
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.
…1,) being the East River lott, from
Teller's Point, extending all along Croton River together with the Perry-house and Kerry
thereunto belonging, including the farm where David Brown now lives, and also a lott of
land on the…
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en.wikipedia.org
Normal Teenager Lives the 'New Normal' " . The New York Times . Retrieved February 11, 2012 . ^ Croton Cortlandt News , January 16, 1964 ^ "Don Wallance, 80, Designer of Furniture" . The New York Times . May 28, 1990 . Retrieved September 30, 2012 .
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Croton-on-Hudson, New York §87
— Normal Teenager
Lives the 'New Normal' " . The New York Times . Retrieved February 11, 2012 . ^
Croton Cortlandt News , January 16, 1964 ^ "Don Wallance, 80, Designer of Furniture" . The New York Times . May 28, 1990 . Retrieved September 30, 2012 .
Croton-on-Hudson, New York §30
— and woman fishing in
Croton Point Park After the New York Central Railroad folded into Penn Central in 1968,
Croton-on-Hudson'
s economy slowly stagnated. Although
Croton-Harmon station still served as the main transfer
point northbound between local
Croton-on-Hudson, New York §34
— …In addition,
Croton Point Park is also along the riverfront. [ 13 ] Arts and culture [ edit ] Dummy light at the intersection of Grand Street and Old Post Road.
Croton Point Park hosts the Clearwater Festival , an annual folk music, art and
Croton-on-Hudson, New York §3
— 41.20417°N 73.88611°W / 41.20417; -73.88611 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Village in New York, United States
Croton-on-Hudson, New York Village Village of
Croton-on-Hudson View from
Croton Point Park Flag Seal Location…
Croton-on-Hudson, New York §40
— …
Croton Dam on the
Croton River overlooks the New
Croton Reservoir that it creates (outside the village limits in the Town of Cortlandt).
Croton Point Park is a 508-acre county park on a large peninsula in the Tappan
Croton-on-Hudson, New York §64
— Part II [ citation needed ] War of the Worlds : Shot at
Croton Point. [ 47 ] Madam Secretary 2016, filmed on the
Croton River just below Quaker Bridge See also [ edit ] Historic Hudson Valley History of Westchester County, New York References [ edit
Croton-on-Hudson, New York §44
— walkways to
Croton Point and
Croton Landing Park. [ 23 ] Silver Lake Park is a 13.5-acre park with a beach along the
Croton River with trails to Carrie E. Tompkins elementary school (CET) and the north tip of Cleveland…
Croton-on-Hudson, New York §8
— become
Croton-on-Hudson since at least 7000 BC. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Kitchawanc tribe, part of the Wappinger Confederacy of the Algonquian peoples , signed a peace treaty with the newly arriving Dutch people at
Croton Point in 1645, now commemorated…
crotonfriendsofhistory.org
Contact Us / Unbuilt Croton By Carl Oechsner Edited by Gretchen Bock View of Croton with New Croton Dam in background. Villages—like people—are born, grow and evolve as time passes. In our personal lives events take place that influence…
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Unbuilt Croton §3
— Contact Us / Unbuilt
Croton By Carl Oechsner Edited by Gretchen Bock View of
Croton with New
Croton Dam in background. Villages—like people—are born, grow and evolve as time passes. In our personal
lives events take place that influence…
Unbuilt Croton §61
— 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
Unbuilt Croton §80
— Negroes. Area newspapers expressed a different view saying, “Officially or not, agitation from nearby residents was given heavy consideration.” For $360,000
Croton Point became a Westchester County public park. 1930 map of
Croton Point. In 1926 an
Unbuilt Croton §81
— international planning conference was held at
Croton Point Park where county officials stated:
Croton Point is destined to become one of the greatest inland bathing beaches and recreation centers in the state. To say that parks provide places of
Unbuilt Croton §70
— Commission at
Croton Point in 1923. In 1923 negotiations by two groups began with the Detroit, Michigan, real estate company that owned
Croton Point, a 350 acre property. The first group was the newly formed Westchester Park Commission which visited
Unbuilt Croton §73
— …1923 photograph of
Croton Point. In view of the fact that we have nowhere to go for amusement where we will feel free from objections and restrictions,
Croton Point lends itself for this great movement. We endeavor to make a…
Unbuilt Croton §51
— authorized the erection of “certain lighthouses.” Aerial view of Teller’
s Point (today called
Croton Point). The legislation called for the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase tracts of land within the United States and to “cause said lighthouses
Unbuilt Croton §56
— …Underhill, to whom the land belonged at Teller’
s Point, objected strongly to a lighthouse being placed there, alleging that his own dwelling was near the
point, and all the land was cultivated as a vineyard and highly
…But, whereas that port of entry for humanity has been under investigation for five decades by students from all over the United States and Canada, New York prehistory is a product almost exclusively of the work of New Yorkers, of…
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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.
…For fifteen to twenty years before the World War, Croton
Point was anybody's stepchild. During the war, it became perilously
near becoming the site of enormous factory plants. Finally Westchester
County rescued it. Its five hundred acres are now…
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The Story of Croton §21
— …For fifteen to twenty years before the World War,
Croton
Point was anybody'
s stepchild. During the war, it became perilously
near becoming the site of enormous factory plants. Finally Westchester
County rescued it. Its
five hundred acres are now…
The Story of Croton §20
— …
s Point; and then the modern world demanded that its identity be linked with the river and the village, so called it
Croton Point. In its day,
Croton Point has been a principality all its own, with
seventy-
five acres…
The Story of Croton §25
— More than a
hundred years ago, the sprawling little village was designated as Collabergh Landing, but when Teller'
s Point was christened
Croton Point,
the natives made it unanimous by changing Collabergh to
Croton
Landing. Sloops and barges lay at…
The Story of Croton §24
— …More than a
hundred years ago, the sprawling little village was designated as Collabergh Landing, but when Teller'
s Point was christened
Croton Point,
the natives made it unanimous by changing Collabergh to
Croton
Landing. Sloops and barges lay at…
The Story of Croton §14
— …Their daughter Ann
Van Cortlandt Wyck married Judge Alexander Wells and Gertrude
Van Cortlandt Wells, a daughter of that union,
lives in
Croton-on-
Hudson today. She is well known as Baroness de Graffenried. She is
known as "The Baroness…
The Story of Croton §8
— …with one thousand
five hundred acres more
across the Hudson on the Haverstraw shore. The only sizable tract that
Stephanus missed was eighteen hundred acres now occupied by part
of Peekskill and Buchanan, between Verplanck'
s Point and Annsville
Creek…
The Story of Croton §7
— …with one thousand
five hundred acres more
across the Hudson on the Haverstraw shore. The only sizable tract that
Stephanus missed was eighteen hundred acres now occupied by part
of Peekskill and Buchanan, between Verplanck'
s Point and Annsville
Creek.
The Story of Croton §4
— …Little did he realize that within a
hundred years from the night he gazed up
Croton'
s River, a kingdom
would be created there producing more wealth and power than he
would ever know. The
point of land which sheltered…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The great earthquake, which in 1755, destroyed thousands of lives, in Lisbon, numerous houses, palaces, and churches, and shook all
the peninsula, had no effect upon this noble structure, which continued to pour its waters
into the ruined city, with…
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A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §193
— …The great earthquake, which in 1755, destroyed thousands of
lives, in Lisbon, numerous houses, palaces, and churches, and shook all
the peninsula, had no effect upon this noble structure, which continued to pour its waters
into the ruined city, with…
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.
…Three bridges -- Tompkins's Bridge, the bridge
at the Wire Mill, and Quaker's Bridge -- were swept away, and several
mills and dwelling houses were destroyed; but, so far as was known,
only two residents lost their lives. This was…
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History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1279
— …
Croton (incorporated village),
Croton Aqueducts,
518. 613.
Croton Bay. 9.
Croton
Croton
Croton
Culver.
466, 590, 627.
Falls, 474, 547, 562. 591.
Point.
15. 137, 166, 422. 456, 467. 477, 505. River, 9, 107. 350. 399, 500. 550, 552. Charles…
Hogue, O. Wendell, and Veronica Gilbert Agne. “A Brief Historical Sketch of Croton-on-Hudson.” In Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948, September Nineteenth to Twenty-Sixth. Croton-on-Hudson, NY: Croton Golden Jubilee Committee, 1948. Seq 14 only — additional pages not yet extracted from HathiTrust htid nyp.33433062496793.
…The inscription reads " Let us live for those who have fallen that in our lives they may be resur- rected . " World War II On Sunday afternoon , December 7 , 1941 , the radios blasted forth the announcement that Japan had at- tacked…
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croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw.txt
Division of Hazardous Waste Remediation Croton Point Landfill1 Site Number 360001 Westchester County, New York Record of Decision March 1993 Funded Under Title 3 of the 1986 Environmental Q~alityBond Act New York State Department of Environmental Condewation . MARIO M…
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croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw §0
— Division of Hazardous Waste Remediation
Croton Point Landfill1 Site Number 360001 Westchester County, New York Record of Decision March 1993 Funded Under Title 3 of the 1986 Environmental Q~alityBond Act New York State Department of Environmental Condewation . MARIO M…
croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw §1
— …The peninsula extends into the Hudson river for an estimated 2 n/iles and separates Haverstraw Bay from
Croton Bay. The
Point has a totalarea of approximately 500 acres. The landfill complex occupies approxilately 142 acres on the
Croton Point…
croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw §22
— …The second recommendation is excellent and is being carefully reviewed by DECts biologists and engineers with the goal of providing suitable habitat for breeding, migratory, and wintering species of birds and other wildlife while not compromising the cap'
s integrity…
croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw §11
— …ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD
CROTON POINT SANITARY LANDFILL WESTWESTER COUNTY, N.Y. ID NUMEER 360001 I "Final Feasibility Study Report for:
Croton Point Sanitary L ndfill," prepared for Westchester County by Velzy-Weston, Inc.; June 1 6 2 confirmed to September 1992…
croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw §10
— …maintain the cap'
s integrity. Deed restrictions will ensure that this future use will not result in unacceptable exposure to contaminants. Because this remedy will not allow for unlimited use and unrestricted exposure to wastes, within
five years after completion…
croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw §12
— …for Westchester County, Januaty 1973. "
Croton Point Sanitary Landfill Leachate Collection
S and Operational Procedures" prepared by Savin Enginee September 1992. "Effect of
Croton Point Leachate on the Ossining W W T P ~prepared by the Westchester County Department of…
croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw §6
— …The final topsoil layer will be planted with various plants and grasses t o promote the Long-term use of the areg for scenic walkways in association with the existing County park facilities on the
Croton Point peninsula and t…
croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw §13
— …The County Departments of Public Works and Health complete a comprehensive document titled "The 1981
Croton Point Landfill Investigation" which discusses the health impacts of the site. t The USEPA directs NUS Corporation to perform a "
S te Inspection Report…
Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)
—
original
…Worked bone material recovered from the site consisted of four complete and five broken bone awls. One of the complete awls is decorated by incising and is one of the finest ever recovered by the writer. This is shown as…
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NYSAA Bulletin No. 26 — Croton Point Midden Excavation — Passage 1 §0
— …Brennan et al. (1962)] Number 26 ******************************************************************************************** Contents Notes 1 Hudson River Valley Projectile
Point Correlation Workshop, Sept. 22, 1962 Mauck Brammer 4 Fossils and Concretions from Coastal New York Sites Edward J. Kaesar 5 A Double Child Burial in Orient…
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.
…a
The southern view from the cave aff'ords a splendid prospect
of forty-five miles in extent, terminated by Long Island.
From Lake Wacabuck issues the Peppeneghek, or Cross River,
(one of the numerous tributaries of the Croton,) upon…
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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §595
— …a
The southern view from the cave aff'ords a splendid prospect
of forty-
five miles in extent, terminated by Long Island.
From Lake Wacabuck issues the Peppeneghek, or Cross River,
(one of the numerous tributaries of the
Croton,) upon…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §269
— …Underbill'
s residence is conjectured to have originally formed the bed of the
Croton River,
from the fact that trunks of trees have been discovered four or
five feet beneath its muddy sediment.
The southern declivities of the
Point towards…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §268
— …Underbill'
s residence is conjectured to have originally formed the bed of the
Croton River,
from the fact that trunks of trees have been discovered four or
five feet beneath its muddy sediment.
The southern declivities of the
Point towards…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §121
— …To my son Hendrick all that farm I
now live on, containing 350 acres, in the southwest part of Ryck'
s
Patent.
To my son Abraham all that land he
lives on, containing 350
acres, adjoining to Hudson'
s river…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §386
— …They were built of
five inch
plank, nine feet high, and bound around with thick beams, and
studded with port holes. Though it was calculated that thirty
Indians could hold out, in one of these, against two hundred
soldiers, strange…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §105
— …Kitchawan, lying south of Verplanck'
s Point, including Senasquaneck,
(Teller'
s Point,) and the small island of Oscawana.
The Indian villages in their order were, first, Kitchawonk, situated near the mouth of the
Croton, so called from the original
name…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §109
— …Upon the 30th of July, 1667, occurs an act of the English Governor and his council, concerning William Teller and his children, wherein the payment of eighty-
five beavers is enforced as
his daughter'
s share besides other portions to…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §232
— …Howe with information that a part of Clinton'
s army were then
above the new bridge on
Croton River pushing for the
Point ;
and that he was retreating from the
Point as fast as possible. On this Gen. Heath ordered…
comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…Medical Services Croton-on-Hudson’s Fire Department is a volunteer organization that provides fire-fighting and emergency medical response services to the Village. The approximate emergency response time to all points in the Village is five minutes. The Department…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw §22
— …Medical Services
Croton-on-Hudson’
s Fire Department is a volunteer organization that provides fire-fighting and emergency medical response services to the Village. The approximate emergency response time to all points in the Village is
five minutes. The Department…
comprehensive_plan_2003_raw §29
— …Two parks – Westchester County’
s Croton Point Park at the southern end of the Village, and the Village’
s Senasqua Park – draw residents to the waterfront for recreational activities. In addition, several recent projects have created new residential and PAGE…
comprehensive_plan_2003_raw §36
— …83
CROTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN • Harmon/South Riverside, running along
Croton Point Avenue between Route 9 and South Riverside Avenue, and along South Riverside Avenue between
Croton Point Avenue and Benedict Boulevard. The area is an important link to the train…
comprehensive_plan_2003_raw §23
— …Approximately 75% of its student body
lives in
Croton-on-Hudson. PAGE 53
CROTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Table 3.17: Enrollment in
Croton-Harmon UFSD Schools Public Schools Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary School Pierre Van Cortlandt Middle School
Croton-Harmon High…
comprehensive_plan_2003_raw §52
— Years in
Croton Distribution by Age 38.8 4 0.6 Number of Years in
Croton Residents were asked how long they have lived in
Croton. To facilitate analysis, year categories were created of
five-year increments. Of the 97…
comprehensive_plan_2003_raw §3
— named for the Indian chief of the Kitchawanc tribe, Kenoten, which means "wild wind." A plaque on a rock at
Croton Point Park marks the spot where a peace treaty was signed in 1645 between the Dutch and the Kitchawanc…
comprehensive_plan_2003_raw §40
— …Identity The area’
s role as a major gateway should be reinforced through additional signage and other streetscape features. Consideration should be given to the placement of attractive gateway signage at the junction of
Croton Point Avenue and Route 9A…
comprehensive_plan_2003_raw §2
— …The Kitchawanc called the marsh separating
Croton Point from
Croton Neck "Senasqua," a name later used for the park further north.
Croton itself is believed to be named for the Indian chief of the Kitchawanc tribe, Kenoten, which means "wild…
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. II. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…Joe Niehus
lives on the home place at Redington, Mrs. Theodore Scoville lives at Bushnell in Kimball
county. Mrs. Will Borden resides at Bayard,
and the other daughter, Mrs. R. H. Willis lives
at Bridgeport.
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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §1454
— …Joe Niehus
lives on the home place at Redington, Mrs. Theodore Scoville
lives at Bushnell in Kimball
county. Mrs. Will Borden resides at Bayard,
and the other daughter, Mrs. R. H. Willis
lives
at Bridgeport.
Still another name that is…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §552
— The
latter still
lives at Ogallala, and when the
herd was taken to the northwest, Jacket parted
with his interests, and located a ranch in Spring
Canyon, just south of Lewellen, where I believe he still
lives (1919).
Jacket'
s…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §275
— …Two were later killed at Fort Kearney, and the other two died, leaving Al Wiker
the sole living member of the
five.
Mr. Wiker
lives at Alliance, and is modest,
and does not want his name mentioned, but
he was…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §572
— …In the dwelling mentioned, the first rooms
of which were builded over thirty-
five years
ago,
lives one of the first permanent settlers of
the present Scotts Bluff country.
"Fiddler Campbell," the cowboys used to call
him. and far and…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §61
— …And from this
point they loaded their packs of
beaver for St. Louis.
After the first year'
s experience, the historic spot became an annual rendezvous -- the
place of meeting to journey to civilization,
and
point of dispersing into the…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §223
— I really wonder if this voice of
eighteen forty-
five was not reechoed from
mountain and sky, while we were driving over
the bridge in eighteen eighty-nine. At any
rate, Cooke'
s advice to on peevish couple on
this…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §814
— …Miller."
There were seven hundred and ninety-
five
young men of the county, between the ages of
twenty-one and thirty-one, enrolled in the
selective draft. Of this number over three hundred were actually called into service, while
there…
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.
…Edward Bright,
editor of The Examiner, who lives at Yonkers ; and
Robert B. Coffin (" Barry Gray "), who lives at Katonah.
In music and the fine arts Westchester is also not
without distinction. Among composers may be mentioned George F. Bristow…
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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3374
— …Edward Bright,
editor of The Examiner, who
lives at Yonkers ; and
Robert B. Coffin (" Barry Gray "), who
lives at Katonah.
In music and the fine arts Westchester is also not
without distinction. Among composers may be mentioned George F. Bristow…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3897
— …New Rochelle has not only held a shining place in the annals of the
colonial commonwealth, but
lives in the nation'
s history as a source of
inspiration, awakening memories that are an uplifting power.
"Although the name of this…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §3830
— …Lester'
s grandfather, who served under
Colonel Ledyard at
Croton Fort, wrote his name in
this way.
Though they had but lately left the mother country
and were still bound to it by ties of noble blood, the
Lesters did…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §696
— …its centre, and
form the main stream of the
Croton, which falls into
the Hudson on the south side of the striking peninsula of Teller'
s, or
Croton,
Point.
Five or six small
streams, the largest of which, is " John…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §695
— …its centre, and
form the main stream of the
Croton, which falls into
the Hudson on the south side of the striking peninsula of Teller'
s, or
Croton,
Point.
Five or six small
streams, the largest of which, is " John…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §2424
— …in America, i., 206 ; Sauthier'
s
Plan of the Operations of the King^
s Army ; Gordon'
s History of the American RevohUi^m, ii., 339 ; Plan of the Country from Frog'
s Point to
Croton
River ; etc.
Bolton, in his…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §93
— The farmer
was murdered in the open field; women and children,
granted their
lives, were swept off" into long captivity; houses and boweiies, hay-stacks and grain, cattle
and crops were all destroyed." The Indians were
now satisfied, and on…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §48
— …At Verplanck'
s Point, and up Sprout
Brook Valley or Canopus Hollow, extends an area
nearly
five miles in length.
Prof. Dana regards Westchester County as topographically a southern portion of the Green Mountain elevation ; that the grade of metamorphism…
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.
…1756),
He subse
dwells, near the said kill."
removed to what is called a
"
wigwam," which stood on the north
bank of Murderer's creek, where Col. Matthews lives." The location is in
Hamptonburgh, on the point of land
quently
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History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §208
— …1756),
He subse
dwells, near the said kill."
removed to what is called a
"
wigwam," which stood on the north
bank of Murderer'
s creek, where Col. Matthews
lives." The location is in
Hamptonburgh, on the
point of land
quently
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §209
— …Matthews
lives." The location is in
Hamptonburgh, on the
point of land
quently
"
Maringoman'
s
Maringo
man'
s " wigwam" are spoken of in dif
ferent deeds. The first was on the north
end of the Schunamunck mountain on
formed by…
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §391
— …The latter expedition left Montreal at the commence
The
point of attack was concealed
ment of February, 1690.
from the Indian allies, by whom it was accompanied, until the
place of destination was nearly reached, when a council was
held…
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §331
— …were wounded, and
was "
village
one
Twenty-one
lives were lost, nine persons
forty-
five
entirely destroyed, except a
rick, and a
little
The new
new uncovered barn^
carried ofF captives.
stack of seed," and in the old village of
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §563
— …The Conestogoes are presumed to have
been the remnant of the old Susquehannocks, whose destruction was accomplished by the English of Maryland aided
by the
Five Nations. They were removed
from Maryland and settled among the
Oneidas until they lost…
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §332
— …were wounded, and
was "
village
one
Twenty-one
lives were lost, nine persons
forty-
five
entirely destroyed, except a
rick, and a
little
The new
new uncovered barn^
carried ofF captives.
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— …the mouth of the
Croton,
represented as one of the most formidable and ancient of the
is
Indian fortresses south of the Highlands.
Its precise
location
was at the entrance or neck of Teller'
s point (called Senasqua),
and west…
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §914
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Esopus
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Croton river, aboriginal
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superintendent of Ohio country, 260
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Point, expedition for capture…
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73.89306°W / 41.18222; -73.89306 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Croton Point ) Park Croton Point Park Croton Point Park is a Westchester County park in the village of Croton-on-Hudson . The park has several public
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Croton Point §2
— 73.89306°W / 41.18222; -73.89306 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from
Croton Point ) Park
Croton Point Park
Croton Point Park is a Westchester County park in the village of
Croton-on-Hudson . The park has several public
Croton Point §7
— events each year, including the annual Hudson River Sloop Clearwater festival, the
Croton Point Shindig, and Hudson River Eagle Fest. References [ edit ] ^ Map by Dalton Fowler External links [ edit ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Croton
Croton Point §4
— History [ edit ] In the 1800s the Underhill family owned the land that is now
Croton Point Park. Grapes, watermelons, and apples were grown. A brickyard was also on the property. A few buildings built with these bricks are still standing…
Croton Point §8
— …Official county website 41°10′56″N 73°53′35″W / 41.18222°N 73.89306°W / 41.18222; -73.89306 Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=
Croton_
Point_Park&oldid=1340550058 " Categories : Parks on the…
Croton Point §5
— …Fishing in the Hudson River from
Croton Point Park, 1973 A substantial portion of the land on which the park is situated today was the site of a
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— different from Wikidata Use mdy dates from February 2026 Use American English from February 2026 All Wikipedia articles written in American English Commons category link is on Wikidata Coordinates on Wikidata
Croton Point §3
— attractions including a miniature aircraft airport, boat launch, tent and RV camping, cabin rental, cross-country skiing, fishing, group picnicking, hiking and walking trails, a museum, nature study, pavilions, a playground, swimming, and a beach.
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use of Croton Point began about 1900 when Judge Decker of Croton leased the beach area and began the Croton Point Club. Summer bungalows were built and in 1923 the “Croton Point Park” was open featuring dancing, swimming, and other…
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Croton Point 1924 §1
— use of
Croton Point began about 1900 when Judge Decker of
Croton leased the beach area and began the
Croton Point Club. Summer bungalows were built and in 1923 the “
Croton Point Park” was open featuring dancing, swimming, and other…
Croton Point 1924 §0
— These photos are from the 1924 Report of the Westchester County Park Commission, published a year after the county acquired the land. The history of recreational use of
Croton Point is described on the Westchester.gov website : Organized recreational
Croton Point 1924 §5
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Croton Point 1924 §3
— overlooking the Hudson River at Squaw Cove. During the 1930s an emergency airplane landing strip with a 214-foot runway was built in the ball field area. Thanks to the Oechsner Archive for these vintage photos. Share this: Print (Opens…
Croton Point 1924 §2
— July 2, 1923 the Westchester Board of Supervisors purchased the park and opened a limited area to the public. They replaced a group of shacks known as “tent city” with baseball fields, and the dance hall with a camp for…
Croton Point 1924 §4
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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.
…barges were used in transporting it to New York, for distribution there,
and exportation.
"We crossed the bay to Croton Point, visited the villa and vineyards of
MOLTH 01 THE CROTON.
Doctor XJnderhill, and then rowed up Croton Bay to…
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The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §402
— …barges were used in transporting it to New York, for distribution there,
and exportation.
"We crossed the bay to
Croton Point, visited the villa and vineyards of
MOLTH 01 THE
CROTON.
Doctor XJnderhill, and then rowed up
Croton Bay to…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §404
— 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…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §6
— …Harlem Plains
Crolon
Point, from Sing Sing
View in Central Park
Rockland, or Slaughterer'
s Landing
The Terrace Bridge and Mall
RockhuKl Lake
A Squatter Village
Mouth of the
Croton
Provoost'
s Tomb -Jones'
s Woods
Croton Dam
View near…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §414
— …Teller'
s Point, off which the
Vulture lay, and from which she received a cannonading that drove her
down the river ; King'
s Ferry, where Andre crossed the Hudson ; the
place of Pine'
s Bridge on the
Croton, where he…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §301
— ,3^
S we passed the foot of Cro' Nest, wo caught pleasant
glimpses of West
Point, where the government of
the United States has a military school, and in a
few moments the whole outline of the promontory
and the…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §400
— On returning to the village across the flelds northward of Mount
Pleasant, I obtained a full view of Teller'
s or
Croton Point, which divides
Tappan from Haverstraw Bay, It is almost two miles in length, and was
called Se…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §413
— …cactus, called Prickly Pear,
grows there abundantly), almost
five hundred feet above the river, from
which may be obtained the most extensive and interesting views in all
that region. From no
point on the Hudson can be seen, at a…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §433
— …fine monument of white Westchester marble, about twenty-
five feet in
height, is seen at the side of the highway, and on the margin of a little
stream called Andre'
s Brook. It is surrounded by an iron railing, and…
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…Croton Point is jutting out into the river and the Palisades can be seen in the distance. William Hart came from a family of artists. His sister, Julia Hart Beers, painted a very similar view of Croton Point. Although the…
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Croton Point Circa 1869 §1
— …
Croton Point is jutting out into the river and the Palisades can be seen in the distance. William Hart came from a family of artists. His sister, Julia Hart Beers, painted a very similar view of
Croton Point. Although the…
Croton Point Circa 1869 §4
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Croton Point Circa 1869 §2
— this engraving was 1872, the copyright was 1869—the same year attributed to his sister’
s painting. Perhaps they climbed the hill together, each recording the beautiful vistas they saw below. This image is courtesy of The Old Print Gallery…
Croton Point Circa 1869 §0
— This hand-colored engraving, after a painting by William Hart, is from the portfolio Gallery of Landscape Painters—American Scenery published in New York by G.P. Putnam & Sons in 1872. The view is looking southwest from what we know…
Croton Point Circa 1869 §3
— 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…
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Croton Point 1865 §1
— unusual books in a variety of fields, is offering this map for sale on their website and they were kind enough to provide this image of the
Croton Point section. Their detailed catalog description says these “were working river charts…
Croton Point 1865 §0
— This detailed Civil War period map of
Croton Point is but a small detail of a magnificent 4 sheet, hand-colored map of the Hudson River, produced by the United States Coast Survey from 1861 to 1865. Kaaterskill Books, which…
Croton Point 1865 §4
— and surveyor who established the first magnetic observatory and served as the first president of the National Academy of Sciences. For more information on the history of this innovative organization, see this NOAA website . One fascinating tidbit:
Croton Point 1865 §2
— bordered with cloth and hanging loops, hand colored, red borders. Though the U.
S. Coast Survey rarely produced charts on rivers, the Hudson was one exception given its position as a major thoroughfare. Interesting, unusual, and quite uncommon as a
Croton Point 1865 §3
— complete run of the river from one user.” The map was produced from “a Trigonometrical Survey Under the Direction of A.D. Bache” the second Coast Survey Superintendent, who was great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Bache was a physicist, scientist,
Croton Point 1865 §6
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Croton Point 1865 §5
— James McNeill Whistler, who went on to paint the iconic “Whistler’
s Mother,” was a Coast Survey engraver. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook…
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An Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of American Grape Vines , published in 1883: Croton. Hybrid cross between Delaware and Chasselas de Fontainbleau, originated by . . . Underhill, of Croton Point, N. Y.; bore its first fruit in 1865. In 1868 and
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The Grape King Of Croton Point §4
— An Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of American Grape Vines , published in 1883:
Croton. Hybrid cross between Delaware and Chasselas de Fontainbleau, originated by . . . Underhill, of
Croton Point, N. Y.; bore its first fruit in 1865. In 1868 and
The Grape King Of Croton Point §5
— following years it obtained prizes at the New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Horticultural Societies and other grape exhibitions, attracting marked attention. The late H. E. Hooker, of New York, said: “The
Croton succeeds very well indeed in
The Grape King Of Croton Point §3
— …This was the first large vineyard in the country.” Underhill’
s hybrid grapes. “
Croton” (above) and “Senasqua” (below) were described in
The Grape King Of Croton Point §1
— Brooklyn from André Parmentier, a wealthy, educated Belgian who came to America to escape the French Revolution. Parmentier started a nursery that included a vineyard. At first he sold only European grapes but, according to Hedrick, he later added
The Grape King Of Croton Point §2
— “the two American varieties, Catawba and Isabella, which were then becoming popular.” Underhill’
s first batch of European varieties died, but he “had been fired with a consuming desire to grow grapes. In 1827 he began planting Catawbas and Isabellas.
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these cuts the Point almost in two. At half tide, by portaging a couple of hundred feet, one can pass through the Point down to the mouth of the Croton River without going outside into the Hudson." This detail is…
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Camping At Croton Point 1905 §6
— these cuts the
Point almost in two. At half tide, by portaging a couple of hundred feet, one can pass through the
Point down to the mouth of the
Croton River without going outside into the Hudson." This detail is…
Camping At Croton Point 1905 §1
— …the river to catch a train, mail a letter, receive or send telegrams." One of the places featured was
Croton Point, "on the New York side of the river about thirty miles from the city." What’
s particularly interesting about
Camping At Croton Point 1905 §5
— …Camping is restricted to the shores of
Croton Bay, but well-behaved visitors may roam over the
Point at will. A network of creeks enters the southern side and one of
Camping At Croton Point 1905 §3
— bay from
Croton Landing, a station on the New York Central Railroad. This Horseshoe Beach of fine sand is an ideal bathing spot. The river itself and
Croton Bay make ideal sailing waters. The breezes coming across Haverstraw Bay are…
Camping At Croton Point 1905 §4
— …There is fairly good fishing off the northwest end of the
Point. Table supplies may be had from
Croton Landing, and the camper who desires to run to town every other day can be paddled or rowed across in half…
Camping At Croton Point 1905 §9
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Camping At Croton Point 1905 §7
— 1891 1 , but it is probably the most accurate depiction of the water courses in the marsh area as it was in 1905 when this article was written. Atlas of the Metropolitan District and adjacent country comprising the counties of…
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As summer comes to a close, let’s take a look at this nice postcard of swimming at Croton Point, circa 1915. The card was published for “W.H. Noll, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.” by Commercialchrome, a printer located…
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Swimming At Croton Point Circa 1915 §0
— As summer comes to a close, let’
s take a look at this nice postcard of swimming at
Croton Point, circa 1915. The card was published for “W.H. Noll,
Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.” by Commercialchrome, a printer located…
Swimming At Croton Point Circa 1915 §2
— …According to his 1941 obituary in the Ossining Citizen-Register , he had lived in
Croton for 29 years and had operated the restaurant for 25 years. His wife, Ella Munson Noll,
Swimming At Croton Point Circa 1915 §3
— …At the time of his death he lived at 8 Hamilton Avenue in
Croton. 2 A great resource for identifying postcard printers is metropostcard.com . ↩︎ Ossining Citizen-Register, May 23, 1941, page 2 column 4. See here . ↩︎ Share this: Print
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Croton Point 1868 §0
— Detail from the Town of Cortlandt map from Atlas of New York and vicinity … by F.W. Beers, published by Beers, Ellis & Soule, New York, 1868. The entire atlas is available online at David Rumsey . Share this: Print (Opens in…
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Playland At Croton Point §0
— On July 2, 1923 the Westchester Board of Supervisors purchased
Croton Point and opened a limited area to the public. One of the plans for the land was to create a second amusement park, similar to Playland, which opened in…
Playland At Croton Point §1
— …Clarke , shows what the amusement park at
Croton Point would have looked like. The top of the drawing is the Hudson River and the large circular building in the center is where the main parking lot is
Playland At Croton Point §2
— today. Clarke designed many parks and public spaces in New York City and Westchester. This image, along with other works by Clarke, is available online at Cornell University Library . Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link…
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Detail of the Hudson Highlands from a 1775 map, showing Croton Point when it was called “Enock Pt.” From A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England, containing the provinces of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, with the…
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Croton Point 1775 §0
— Detail of the Hudson Highlands from a 1775 map, showing
Croton Point when it was called “Enock Pt.” From A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England, containing the provinces of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, with the…
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Croton Point 1775 §1
— and Rhode Island, Divided into Counties and Townships The whole composed from Actual Survey and its Situation adjusted by Astronomical Observations by Thomas Jeffreys. Augsburg, Germany: Tobias Conrad Lotter, 1775. Share this: Print (Opens in new
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Smugglers, Bootleggers and Scofflaws: Prohibition and New York City by Ellen NicKenzie Lawson, contains an amazing 1924 aerial photo, purporting to show rum-smuggling submarines in the Hudson River near Croton Point. The photo appears in the chapter
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Rum Running Submarines Off Croton Point §1
— Smugglers, Bootleggers and Scofflaws: Prohibition and New York City by Ellen NicKenzie Lawson, contains an amazing 1924 aerial photo, purporting to show rum-smuggling submarines in the Hudson River near
Croton Point. The photo appears in the chapter
Rum Running Submarines Off Croton Point §0
— An aerial photograph, taken by a Manhattan map-making firm June 11, 1924, near
Croton Point, purports to document two submarines (possibly rumrunners), each about 250 feet long and 600 feet apart, below the surface. A recently published book,
Rum Running Submarines Off Croton Point §4
— suggested submarines were thirty miles up the Hudson River near
Croton Point. (German submarines were kept out of the river during World War I by a steel net strung low across the bottom of the Narrows.) The photo purported to…
Rum Running Submarines Off Croton Point §3
— 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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Rum Running Submarines Off Croton Point §5
— …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 Coast Guard Intelligence and filed away.”
Rum Running Submarines Off Croton Point §2
— “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…
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Photo of a woman and four girls posing while dancing on a lawn at the southern tip of Croton Point Park. The photograph was taken by Westchester resident John Gass, whose collection of over 1,000 images of Westchester’s…
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Croton Point Circa 1957 §0
— Photo of a woman and four girls posing while dancing on a lawn at the southern tip of
Croton Point Park. The photograph was taken by Westchester resident John Gass, whose collection of over 1,000 images of Westchester’
s…
Croton Point Circa 1957 §2
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Croton Point Circa 1957 §1
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A wood engraving of Croton Point and the west bank of the Hudson River from Art Journal, 1875 . Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook…
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Croton Point 1875 §0
— A wood engraving of
Croton Point and the west bank of the Hudson River from Art Journal, 1875 . Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook…
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