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Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, April 17, 1900: "SERGEANT MURDERED. First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike. SOLDIER SHOT BY ASSASSIN. Member of Mount Vernon Militia, While Relieving Guard, Suddenly Falls, Pierced With Bullet Fired By Unknown—Excitement Runs Wild Over Affair." Public-domain newspaper dispatch from Croton Landing covering the first death at Camp Roosevelt during the 1900 New Croton Dam strike — Sergeant Robert Douglass of the Eleventh Separate Company, New York National Guard, shot at 9:50 p.m. April 16, 1900. Transcribed verbatim by Jeff Paine at https://jeffpaine.blogspot.com/2022/12/first-bloodshed-during-croton-dam.html
…How many miles of new road are built in Cortland county this year and how well they are maintained depend entirely upon the individual cyclist. Buy a badge, that's all; the commission will do the rest. Died of Scarlet…
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SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §11
— …How many miles of new road are built in Cortland county this year and how well they are maintained depend entirely upon the individual cyclist. Buy a badge, that's all; the commission will do the rest. Died of Scarlet…
SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §3
— Before the deputy sheriffs about the works knew of the arrival of troops in Croton valley the strikers were aware of it. There was a blowing of horns, and while the troops were resting at the station waiting for the…
SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §2
— …Before the deputy sheriffs about the works knew of the arrival of troops in Croton valley the strikers were aware of it. There was a blowing of horns, and while the troops were resting at the station waiting for the…
SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §4
— …The impression was that some one had fired on the troops and there was a halt. Fortunately the accidents did not alarm the strikers. As the troops swung into the narrow lane called the Bowery, the strange sight met their…
SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §12
— The sidepaths and the manner in which they are kept are of interest to every owner of a wheel. How many miles of new road are built in Cortland county this year and how well they are maintained depend entirely…
SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §0
— …CROTON LANDING, N. Y., April 17.--The first bloodshed as the outcome of the strike at the Cornell dam was the life's blood of Sergeant Robert Douglass of the Eleventh Separate company of Mount Vernon, who was shot dead…
SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §6
— …Senator Raines, appropriating $11,500 to provide for accommodations for the director of the New York Agricultural Experiment station. Senator White, appropriating $10,000 for the improvement of navigation in the Oneida river. Mr. Fowler, appropriating $35,000 for the…
SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §1
— …Then the guards were called in and concentrated in the valley, with the exception of those placed at the cable station where the shooting took place. SITUATION AT CROTON. Seventh Regiment of New York Sent With Other Troops. CROTON LANDING…
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the right of the railroad tracks was filled in long ago, altering the original banks of the river. The pond-like area at the bottom left between the tracks and Riverside was also filled in. Other interesting features include: The…
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Croton Landing 1872 §2
— the right of the railroad tracks was filled in long ago, altering the original banks of the river. The pond-like area at the bottom left between the tracks and Riverside was also filled in. Other interesting features include: The…
Croton Landing 1872 §1
— …If you look at the top left side you can see that Riverside Avenue got its name because it did once run right along the side of the Hudson River. That area to
Croton Landing 1872 §7
— Croton Landing Quaker Meeting House Published January 6, 2014 November 5, 2018
Croton Landing 1872 §0
— Croton Landing from plate 44 of the County Atlas Of Westchester New York , published by J.B. Beers & Co., 1872. Here is a detailed map of what Croton looked like in 1872. Known then as Croton Landing, the village consisted…
Croton Landing 1872 §5
— Brook Street was then called Upper Landing Road. ↩ See this previous post for an 1850 map showing the Quaker Meeting House in more detail. ↩ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in…
Croton Landing 1872 §4
— Brook Street, and Terrace Place still exists today and is said to be the oldest house in Croton. The entire map and the rest of this 1872 Westchester County atlas can be seen at the David Rumsey Map Collection . Although…
Croton Landing 1872 §6
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Croton Landing 1872 §3
— …1 In the top right the label “Friends Ch.” is the Quaker Meeting House which was located at the intersection of Grand Street and Mt. Airy. 2 The house labeled “Mrs. Barton” in the triangular area bounded by Old Post…
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…No one knows how old. Vine Cottage. Fish house. Cannon ball weighing nearly six pounds, plowed up in meadow. Squaw Point. Directly opposite, on the western bank, André landed from the Vulture and first met Arnold. Picnic Point, where Enoch
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Croton Point 1898 §7
— …No one knows how old. Vine Cottage. Fish house. Cannon ball weighing nearly six pounds, plowed up in meadow. Squaw Point. Directly opposite, on the western bank, André landed from the Vulture and first met Arnold. Picnic Point, where Enoch
Croton Point 1898 §13
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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 §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
— Click the map to enlarge it. See the key to points of historic interest, below. 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…
Croton Point 1898 §3
— monitoring the aesthetic fabric in New York City." He was also an officer of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks and the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. The ASHPS was instrumental in advocating the preservation of
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
Croton Point 1898 §1
— …In addition to recording the roads and buildings, Hall provided a numbered key (see below) to points of historic interest. Edward Hagaman Hall was a journalist who became involved in a variety of preservation organizations at the turn of the
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.
…Sloops and barges lay at anchor in Mother's Lap, waiting
their turn to take on brick and ore for points up and down the Hudson. Steamboats from Peekskill and Poughkeepsie to down river villages
churned into Croton Landing to…
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The Story of Croton §25
— …Sloops and barges lay at anchor in Mother's Lap, waiting
their turn to take on brick and ore for points up and down the Hudson. Steamboats from Peekskill and Poughkeepsie to down river villages
churned into Croton Landing to…
The Story of Croton §24
— …Sloops and barges lay at anchor in Mother's Lap, waiting
their turn to take on brick and ore for points up and down the Hudson. Steamboats from Peekskill and Poughkeepsie to down river villages
churned into Croton Landing to…
The Story of Croton §4
— …the final name for Kenoten's River became as we know it now,
Croton River, and the white man liked it so well that we soon had
Croton Lake, Croton Falls, Croton Landing, Croton Dam, Croton Aqueduct and even Croton…
The Story of Croton §27
— …The cavalcade of wagons and trucks that had rolled and rattled down to Croton
Landing every morning to receive the blocks of granite and tons of
cement which kept pouring into Croton in endless profusion, ceased
to operate. The greatest…
The Story of Croton §20
— Small fortunes were made and the clay beds were excavated until all pay clay was moulded into brick. Then the industry
centered in Haverstraw and upper river points. Croton Point, the beautiful peninsula reaching far into the Hudson, embracing with…
The Story of Croton §26
— The second change
came fifty years later, in the period between 1892 and 1905, as a
result of the building of the great new Croton Dam to conserve all of
the waters of the chain of Croton River lakes. Although…
The Story of Croton §17
— …to
see the Vulture had weighed anchor and disappeared down the River
around the Point. The Croton army hitched the heavy farm horses to
the light artillery and went home to brag about how they had licked
the English navy…
The Story of Croton §5
— …As the Dutch burghers of New
York and Albany prospered and grew more powerful, the choice fowling and fishing attractions of the Croton River region lured the officials
and sportsmen of the seventeenth century. Came the Van Cortlandts ! The year…
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.
…Croton Point and the High Torn Mountain on
the left.
CROTOX POI.NT, FRO.M SI>
It was now the first day of March, and very warm ; the surface of the
river was unruffled by a breeze. Knowing how boisterous…
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The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §400
— …Croton Point and the High Torn Mountain on
the left.
CROTOX POI.NT, FRO.M SI>
It was now the first day of March, and very warm ; the surface of the
river was unruffled by a breeze. Knowing how boisterous…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §466
— …the
Vulture lay, and at the foot of which Arnold and Andre met. Several
other redoubts were cast up in this vicinity ; these commanded the ferry
to Paramus, afterwards Sneden's Landing, and now Rockland.
Near Dobbs's Ferry the…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §401
— …how boisterous and blustering
this first spring month generally is, I took advantage of the fine weather,
and crossed Tappan Bay to Rockland Lake village (formerly Slaughter's
Landing), opposite Sing Sing, the most extensive ice-station on the river…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §7
— …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 Hell-Gate
Ventilators
The Beekman Mansion
High Bridge over the Croton
Turtle Bay…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §6
— …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 Hell-Gate
Ventilators
The Beekman Mansion
High Bridge over the Croton
Turtle Bay…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §413
— …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…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §202
— …a Swede,
the first settler at the point at Upper Kinderhook Landing, had a
numerous progeny. The village, which was settled by Dutch and
Swedes at an early period, is upon a plain five miles from the river, with
most…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §287
— …the Cornwall Landing an interesting view of the npper entrance
to the Highlands, between the Storm King and Breakneck Hill, may be
obtained. In our sketch, the former is seen on the right, the latter on
the left. The river…
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Croton Landing 1868 §2
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Croton Landing 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…
Croton Landing 1868 §1
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Croton Landing 1881 §2
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Croton Landing 1881 §0
— Detail from the Atlas of Westchester County, New York. From actual surveys and official records by G.W. Bromley & Co., Civil Engineers. Published by Geo. W. & Walter S. Bromley. 243 Broadway, New York. 1881. The entire atlas is available online…
Croton Landing 1881 §1
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Croton From The Hudson River 1845 §1
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Croton From The Hudson River 1845 §2
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Croton From The Hudson River 1845 §0
— Detail from William Wade’s 1845 Panorama of the Hudson River . Courtesy of the Westchester Historical Society . Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens…
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Anchor Brand Bricks At Croton Landing 1889 §1
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Anchor Brand Bricks At Croton Landing 1889 §0
— “No Overburnt Brick” An ad from the Real Estate Record and Builders’ Guide , July 6, 1889. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in…
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Road. [ 23 ] Mayo's Landing is a 1.1-acre park along the Croton River. [ 23 ] Paradise Island Park is a 22.2-acre undeveloped island in the Croton River. [ 23 ] Croton-on-Hudson section of Westchester RiverWalk features interpretive…
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Croton-on-Hudson, New York §46
— Road. [ 23 ] Mayo's Landing is a 1.1-acre park along the Croton River. [ 23 ] Paradise Island Park is a 22.2-acre undeveloped island in the Croton River. [ 23 ] Croton-on-Hudson section of Westchester RiverWalk features interpretive…
Croton-on-Hudson, New York §10
— as Croton Landing where the Croton River meets the Hudson River , where the manor house was built. A 1718 census reported 91 inhabitants, including Dutch settlers and English Quakers . People worked the manor primarily as farmers or millers . New
Croton-on-Hudson, New York §33
— Crossining pedestrian footbridge across the Croton River , the bicycle trail extensions around Half Moon Bay Condominiums, rehabilitation of the "Picture Tunnel" (repaving and closing it to cars), and acquisition and clearing of the Croton Landing
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 §42
— …Brinton Brook Sanctuary [ 22 ] is Saw Mill River Audubon's largest sanctuary, covering 156 acres and offering over three miles of hiking trails through a variety of habitats. Croton Landing Park is a 12.2-acre park containing a
Croton-on-Hudson, New York §51
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Croton-on-Hudson, New York §41
— Zee segment of the Hudson River . Van Cortlandt Manor is a National Historic Landmark established at the mouth of the Croton River at the Hudson River on the Tappan Zee. Jane E. Lytle Memorial Croton Arboretum [ 21 ] conserves over 20…
Croton-on-Hudson, New York §11
— Croton Dam and Reservoir, Croton River, Croton-on-Hudson, NY In the mid- to late 1800s first the Croton Dam , then the New Croton Dam , and the Croton Aqueduct were built on the Croton River to supply New York City…
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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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Croton on Hudson Bricks §89
— "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…
Croton on Hudson Bricks §1
— | HOME A BRIEF HISTORY of CROTON-ON-HUDSON from the perspective of the Great Hudson River Brick Industry at Croton Landing and Croton Point. TALES FROM CROTON POINT Sarah Gibbs Underhill, Kerhonkson, NY The first time I came to a…
Croton on Hudson Bricks §54
— Company (James Stevenson Van Cortlandt) The Croton Landing Brick Co. (1882) (Robert Ray & Schuyler Hamilton) George & Eliza A. Morton John MORTON Anchor Brick Company (1890)(Gertrude and Schuyler Hamilton) Underhill Talcott Brick Co. (William A.
Croton on Hudson Bricks §50
— 1877 SOUTHARD, THOMAS D. 1859 - 1877 WAGER & HULL 1839 WOOD, JESSE 1838 CROTON LANDING ANCHOR BRICK CO. 1888 - 1895 ARTHUR, G. D. & CO. 1888 COX & BARLOW 1874 CROTON BRICK CO. 1888 - 1900 FROST, ORRIN 1895 HAMILTON, SCHUYLER 1886 - 1890 MORTON,
Croton on Hudson Bricks §95
— New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition , St. Louis 1904, by DeLancey M. Ellis "Catalogue of Exhibitors in the Department of Mines and Metallurgy:" "W. B. Underhill Brick Co., Croton Landing" Excerpt from: History of Westchester County ,
Croton on Hudson Bricks §0
— TALES FROM CROTON POINT:A BRIEF HISTORY of CROTON-ON-HUDSON Hudson River Brickmaking | Brick History/How Bricks Were Made Links | Brick BLog | IBCA | THE OLD BRICK STORE Visitors' Comments/Collections/Brix Pix | Our Collection/Brick Finder Site Index
Croton on Hudson Bricks §80
— of Croton, or Collaberg Landing, I rode to the dwelling of a friend (James Cockroft, Esq.), about two miles northward, passing on the way the old house of Tellar (now Moodie), where the incident just related occurred. Accompanied by Mr…
Croton on Hudson Bricks §93
— Croton Landing for $125,000 to M. B. Wilson of this city. From The New York Times , Sept 1, 1890: A MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING From St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, "Our History:" "On July 30th, 1857, the cornerstone was set for…
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Croton Area Driving Wheeling Map 1892 §4
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Croton Area Driving Wheeling Map 1892 §2
— …We especially desire names of creeks and ponds and information respecting new roads, etc.” Note the Iron Works & Rolling Mill at the site of High Bridge, between the mouth of the river and Quaker Bridge. The entire map is available…
Croton Area Driving Wheeling Map 1892 §1
— of Sportsmen, Wheelmen, and Driving Parties, and we respectfully request that any errors or omissions which may be noticed, or other Suggestions for their improvement, shall be at once reported to us, that they may be incorporated into future
Croton Area Driving Wheeling Map 1892 §3
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Croton Area Driving Wheeling Map 1892 §0
— A detail from Colton’s driving & wheeling map of the country twenty-five miles north of the city of New York. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. 312 Broadway, New York, 1892. A note in red above the title says…
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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…
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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
— Hudson River. 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…
Camping At Croton Point 1905 §1
— paddle takes one across 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…
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 §2
— this article is the description of the "network of creeks" in the marsh which was tragically filled in by the Westchester County dump. The map detail below gives a good idea what the marsh was like. "Croton Point [is] separated…
Camping At Croton Point 1905 §5
— A liveryman will call for him morning and evening when the weather is unpleasant. 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…
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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The wooden work bridge, built across the Croton River near today’s Route 129. The bridge was used to move men and supplies from the docks at Croton Landing up to the New Croton Dam worksite. The buildings along the…
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Bowery Bridge Below New Croton Dam §0
— The wooden work bridge, built across the Croton River near today’s Route 129. The bridge was used to move men and supplies from the docks at Croton Landing up to the New Croton Dam worksite. The buildings along the…
Bowery Bridge Below New Croton Dam §3
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Bowery Bridge Below New Croton Dam §1
— community known as The Bowery. Below is another view of the Bowery, looking north toward the dam, which can be seen in the distance. The label on the card incorrectly refers to the “Quaker Bridge Dam”, which was one of…
Bowery Bridge Below New Croton Dam §2
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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…
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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 §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 §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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industry in the 1850s there were more than 25 brickyards on the shores of Haverstraw Bay and in Croton there were five in the area between what is now Half Moon Bay and the end of Croton Landing Park. 1…
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History On The River §2
— industry in the 1850s there were more than 25 brickyards on the shores of Haverstraw Bay and in Croton there were five in the area between what is now Half Moon Bay and the end of Croton Landing Park. 1…
History On The River §0
— If you’re walking on Elliott Way, south of the Yacht Club, you’ll see some red bricks scattered among the rip rap along the shore. These all appear to be what were called Croton Point bricks, made at the…
History On The River §5
— A. Underhill Published April 9, 2017 April 9, 2017
History On The River §3
— …Hudson River No. VI, Topographical Survey by F.H. Gerdes. August, 1854. ↩︎ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook
History On The River §1
— end of the point. Some Underhill bricks were stamped with his initials (WAU) but others, like the partial example shown above, were stamped IXL, a clever bit of self-promotion meaning “ I excel ” at brickmaking. During the height of the…
History On The River §4
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Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
…Oliver Ferris 's
house, -- the Sunnyside of future years. The "beaming" objects of youthful admiration, met at the church
or down by the mill-pond between services, or perhaps
at the market-boat landing, gave, we cannot doubt, a
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The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §241
— …Oliver Ferris 's
house, -- the Sunnyside of future years. The "beaming" objects of youthful admiration, met at the church
or down by the mill-pond between services, or perhaps
at the market-boat landing, gave, we cannot doubt, a
l…
The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §50
— …The accounts given of the landing of Lafayette and
his reception at Castle Garden, in August, 1824, show
how far from being a new thing it is for the average
Manhattanite to express his feehngs vehemently when
a reception is…
The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §295
— …rir
CROTON A\n VFRPLANCK S POIXTS AND ANTHONY NOSE -- FROM
OF SING SING
quarters, and proceeded to Verplanck's Point; from
thence he went to the house of Joshua Hett Smith, on
the opposite side of the river.
When…
The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §296
— The landing [of Andre, from the V';(/////-r] was made at
a dock used as a shipping place for wood and stone. A portion
of this dock still remains. There is an old stone house three
hundred feet north of…
The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §92
— …Among the |:)rincipal steamers that make
a landing at Hoboken are those of the North German
Lloyd, Hamburg, and Wilson lines. The river front is
uniriviting -- a region of coal-sheds, of depots, and
elaborate complications of rails.
The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §474
— …Hook landing. It was at De Koven's Bay that the British landed
when they burned old Clermont. They made a demonstration at the house of John Swift Livingston, another
descendant of the original proprietor, but were met
with such…
The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §49
— …The accounts given of the landing of Lafayette and
his reception at Castle Garden, in August, 1824, show
how far from being a new thing it is for the average
Manhattanite to express his feehngs vehemently when
a reception is…
The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §5
— …Fishkill Landing 283
Under cliff -- TJu^ Home of the Poet .]h->rris . From an old print. The River Road, near Coldeuham
Where the Brooks }h^t -Pilewild . 299
View South from Sing Sing, about iS4(S 2gi
Croton and Verplanck…
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.
…Croton
village in this town, is situated on the north side of the Croton
river, near its confluence wiih the Hudson : it contains one
Methodist Church, one tavern, two stores and fifteen dwellings. Here is a convenient landing known as…
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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §255
— …Croton
village in this town, is situated on the north side of the Croton
river, near its confluence wiih the Hudson : it contains one
Methodist Church, one tavern, two stores and fifteen dwellings. Here is a convenient landing known as…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §266
— …Teller's
Point." The road from the Manor House to Croton Landing
passes along the edge of Haunted Hollow.
In connection wUh the above, another tradition deserves to be
recorded, which asserts that several of the river tribes had a…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §1108
— …along the East river about one mile and a half, and John
"NVooley owner and proprietor of a certain tract in the township
of Hampstead in Queens county, on Nasscau Island, opposite to
the landing place on the said Samuel…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §230
— …Soon after, upwards of thirty sail of transports were seen,
standing down the river. The British had a sloop at anchor off
Peekskill Landing and a ship off the Dunderberg. Lest the enemy meant a deception, the Americans were ordered…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §1115
— …From this circumstance the place acqin'red its present name. City Island. Flagging stones are frequently met with on various
parts of the island. One of the principal proprietors is George
W. Horton. On the north-west side reside the…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §1020
— …Young, engineer of the works, commenced
May, 1838, completed October, 1840.
Near the village landing are situated the nursery gardens of
Mr. James Lock, a well known Horticulturist. Jn the vicinity of
Sing Sing the sliores of the Croton bay…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §233
— 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…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §188
— …Here they commenced cannonading with two small field pieces which they had brought
■with them, while their light troops entered the village by another road higher
up the river. The Americans unprepared, and withal too weak to resist so
formidable…
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.
…As it stands the name is one of the oldest and most
sonorous in the valley of Hudson's River. Ponkhockie is the familiar form of the name of the point, co\'e
or landing-place on the south side…
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Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §619
— …As it stands the name is one of the oldest and most
sonorous in the valley of Hudson's River. Ponkhockie is the familiar form of the name of the point, co\'e
or landing-place on the south side…
Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §397
— From the same root Winne, Willi, Wirri,
Waure, Wule, etc. The name is met in equivalent forms in several places. Wenaque and Wynackie are forms of the name of a beautiful valley in Passaic county, N. J. (Nelson.) Winakaki, " Sassifras…
Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §620
— As it stands the name is one of the oldest and most
sonorous in the valley of Hudson's River. Ponkhockie is the familiar form of the name of the point, co\'e
or landing-place on the south side…
Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §661
— …directly opposite the present steamboat landing at Albany, presumably on the bluff at
Greenbush.
Hudson's river on the west. 179
or castle thereon, which they were forced to leave by a freshet in
the spring of 1542, and that…
Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §396
— …Land Papers, 108.) (See Pietawickquasick.)
* From the root Wulit, Del. From the same root Winne, Willi, Wirri,
Waure, Wule, etc. The name is met in equivalent forms in several places. Wenaque and Wynackie are forms of the name of a…
Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §364
— …on the
south by Scroton's River " (deed of 1703) ; " Called by the Indians
Kightawank, and by the English Knotrus River." (Cal. N. Y,
Land Papers, 79.)
Titicus, given as the name of a branch of the Croton flowing
from…
Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §261
— …being at the head of the lake that day, there is the following entry
in his book :
" Saturday, Post came from the Narrows ; and they broug'ht
Lord How to ye Fort, who was slain at their landing; and in…
Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names §146
— …His argument fixed its limitation. " First, let France cede to the
United States so much of Louisiana as lay above the mouth of the
river Arkansas, West Florida, NewOrleans, and the territory on the
west bank of the ^Mississippi." Talleyrand…
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…on the river side of the tracks, across from the intersection of today’s North Riverside Avenue and Grand Street (then called River Street and Lower Landing Road, respectively). There is a different photograph of this station in the Croton
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Crotons First Train Station §3
— …on the river side of the tracks, across from the intersection of today’s North Riverside Avenue and Grand Street (then called River Street and Lower Landing Road, respectively). There is a different photograph of this station in the Croton
Crotons First Train Station §2
— courtesy of the Ossining Historical Society . Croton’s First Train Station, circa 1849 This is a very early photograph—possibly the earliest—of the first train station in what was then called Croton Landing. The station was built in 1849…
Crotons First Train Station §7
— year the station was constructed. Detail from an 1850 map of the property of Phillip G. Van Wyck in Croton. The road on the right is today’s Grand Street, then called Lower Landing Road. Coming next: A photograph of…
Crotons First Train Station §10
— Landing Hudson River Railroad Ossining Historical Society Phillip G. Van Wyck Published August 28, 2014 August 29, 2014
Crotons First Train Station §0
— …Croton filmmaker, journalist and history-buff Ken Sargeant has shared with us a disk of images he acquired many years ago when he was doing some work with the late Roberta Arminio at the the Ossining
Crotons First Train Station §9
— …Related Tagged Croton
Crotons First Train Station §1
— …Arminio was a long-time director of the OHS, as well as the Ossining town and village historian. We’ve selected a few rare 19th century images of Croton from Ken’s cache and are pleased to present the first…
Crotons First Train Station §6
— …1 The map helps approximate the age of the photo because it shows landfill and buildings on the river side of the station which don’t appear in the photograph. The map is dated 1850, making it likely that the…
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.
…Here is a convenient landing
known as the Collabergh landing from whence sloops ply to the city of
New York, and other places on the Hudson River. There is also the
Croton landing, Depot of the Hudson River Railroad, telegraph…
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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §477
— …Here is a convenient landing
known as the Collabergh landing from whence sloops ply to the city of
New York, and other places on the Hudson River. There is also the
Croton landing, Depot of the Hudson River Railroad, telegraph…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §476
— …Here is a convenient landing
known as the Collabergh landing from whence sloops ply to the city of
New York, and other places on the Hudson River. There is also the
Croton landing, Depot of the Hudson River Railroad, telegraph…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §703
— Wilsie, both of which, running nearly west, unite soon after
crossing the Albany post-road ; here, commingled, they flow through a
rocky glen enclosed between high wooded banks. Passing under the
arch of the Croton acqueduct, the waters again appear…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §305
— …1, south of
the Croton, together with 112 acres north of that river.
Peekskill, the principal town in Cortlandt town, is beautifully situated
at one of the most picturesque points on the Hudson and east shore of
the Bay of…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §398
— The Village landing is pleasantly situated at the foot of a high bank,
commanding a fine view of Peekskill Bay, the Dunderbarrach, Rahway
Hook, and the entrance to the Highlands; directly opposite is Caldwell's Landing, in Rockland county, with…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §504
— …Teller's Point." The road from the Manor House to Croton
Landing passes along the edge of Haunted Hollow.
In connection with the above, another tradition deserves to be recorded, which asserts that several of the river tribes had a…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §435
— …When the troops had
advanced a little to. the westward of Drake's farm, Col. Mayland came
up from Gen. Howe with information that a part of Clinton's army were
then above the new bridge on Croton river, pushing…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §750
— …to the city of New
York, and a number of sloops are also owned here, which run to various
places on the river.6 Near the water's edge, in the vicinity of the landing, is situated the residence of…
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Prayer Meetings, and in Revivals of Religion . Summer camp meetings for Methodists who lived in the Hudson River Valley were first held in Carmel around 1804. In 1805 Croton Landing became the new site with hundreds of religious enthusiasts attending
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The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §26
— Prayer Meetings, and in Revivals of Religion . Summer camp meetings for Methodists who lived in the Hudson River Valley were first held in Carmel around 1804. In 1805 Croton Landing became the new site with hundreds of religious enthusiasts attending
The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §1
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The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §76
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The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §12
— other stone that was available. Until transportation by rail became an option, most communities used whatever stone was brought by wagon from the nearest quarry, although villages like Croton, on the banks of the navigable Hudson River, were able to
The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §41
— …Christ was the true anchor in the storm of life. Believing in Him was the one sure way to attain heaven. With Croton’s proximity to the Hudson River, it is quite possible that the Lents were involved in some…
The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §11
— were marked with local fieldstones or with wood markers. None has survived so it is impossible to know how many there may have been. Grave markers that followed were made from slate, sandstone, marble, granite, limestone, schist, soapstone, and any
The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §3
— Search of Teatown Who We Are / How to Join / Contact Us / Text by Carl Oechsner Photographs by Howie Myers Cemeteries are a record of our nation’s past. There is a rich collection of history located on their grounds. Here…
The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery §50
— …so fair, called home by early doom, just came home to show how sweet a flower in paradise would bloom.” This is a fine example of a family plot, a creative rough-hewn carving. The significance of cemetery plots is
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…211,) he wrote these words: " It
" had been proposed to Sir William Howe that the troops should have
"been marched to Harlem Point " [Hoern's Hook, at the mouth of the Harlem River, opposite Hell-gate,} " there met by the…
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Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1390
— …211,) he wrote these words: " It
" had been proposed to Sir William Howe that the troops should have
"been marched to Harlem Point " [Hoern's Hook, at the mouth of the Harlem River, opposite Hell-gate,} " there met by the…
Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1411
— …Hutchinson' s-river, from Throgg'sneck,] "next to East-Chester-creek." He said that
Colonel How was near the landing-place, "with a
" Regiment of Militia ;" but it was evident that not
enough was known of Colonel How's military…
Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1392
— …When the enemy had effected a landing, on the
Neck, in the morning, his advance pushed forward,
towards the causeway, for the purpose of occupying
that line of communication with the mainland; but
the detachment whom Colonel Hand had sent…
Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1271
— …any attempt to
effect a landing, anywhere. 6
On the twenty-sixth of July, the ships were said to
have dropped down the river, still further,' probably
to the mouth of the Croton-river ; 8 and it is very
evident…
Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1391
— …211,) he wrote these words: " It
" had been proposed to Sir William Howe that the troops should have
"been marched to Harlem Point " [Hoern's Hook, at the mouth of the Harlem River, opposite Hell-gate,} " there met by the…
Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1217
— …2 It was
called out to guard the banks of the Hudson-river'
and those of Long Island Sound. 4 Reinforcements of
the Continental Army were taken from it, whenever
reinforcements were called for ; 5 the passes in the
Highlands…
Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1273
— …no
"doubt had the assistance of some Tories, on Bhore." [Pierre Van
Cortlandt and Zephaniah Piatt, Junr., to tJte Convention, '* Head quarters,
"Mouth of Croton, Augt. 2,1776.")
"Was the Bailey, at whose house the landing was thus made, the…
Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1315
— …the flats, at the proposed
place of landing, sufficiently for the floats to leave
Morrisania, and be run ashore. The various sentries,
on the line of the Harlem-river, were said to have
been informed of the character of the…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…is a view of this bridge and the view under
the arch shows the face of the quarry which is near the
work ; the landing at the river is near by, giving a very
rapid descent from the quarry. The…
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Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §137
— …is a view of this bridge and the view under
the arch shows the face of the quarry which is near the
work ; the landing at the river is near by, giving a very
rapid descent from the quarry. The…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §165
— …Multitudes came in from the country around, and from
sister cities :
-- all business was laid aside for the pleasing
ceremonies of the day, and the Croton water, with the beauty
and grandeur of its fountains, met with a welcome which…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §164
— …Multitudes came in from the country around, and from
sister cities :
-- all business was laid aside for the pleasing
ceremonies of the day, and the Croton water, with the beauty
and grandeur of its fountains, met with a welcome which…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §215
— …These salts, however, do not possess an equally protective influence, the
carbonates and sulphates being most, the chlorides the least energetic of those saline
substances commonly met with in waters. As a general rule, it appears that those
whose acid…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §49
— …Herrera
says, many of the vales were exceedingly populous and well
cultivated, " having trenches of water."
The Peruvians carried the system to a great extent. " How must we admire, (says Humboldt,) the industry and
activity displayed by the ancient Mexicans…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §43
— …But the two captains marched out of Tacuba with most of their troops, and though they met with a
very obstinate resistance, they drove the enemy from their
post, and broke the pipes and Aqueduct in two or three
places…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §7
— …The Roman Emperors, with
all their power and the wealth which was at their command,
knew how to perpetuate the glory of their reign by the erec-
--
tion of Temples, Palaces and other public buildings, and
what is more natural…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §214
— …These salts, however, do not possess an equally protective influence, the
carbonates and sulphates being most, the chlorides the least energetic of those saline
substances commonly met with in waters. As a general rule, it appears that those
whose acid…
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Croton Area Circa 1900 §3
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Croton Area Circa 1900 §0
— Details from a multi-page Map of the Hudson River , published by Rand McNally. This map may have been issued separately, but the copy used here was inserted in the book The Hudson River, from Ocean to Source by Edgar…
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Croton Area 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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— …That’s the date when the Postal Service officially changed the name of our post office from Croton Landing to Croton-on-Hudson. 1 See The Highland Democrat, July 4, 1891. ↩︎ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email…
Croton On Hudson Gets Hyphenated §1
— cacheted covers”, inscribed by Croton postmaster Augustus W. Dymes, Jr.—the uncle of Croton’s current Village Historian, Dorothy Pezanowski. In stamp collecting a cachet is a printed or stamped design or inscription (other than a cancellation or
Croton On Hudson Gets Hyphenated §0
— Sixty-nine years ago today, on April 1, 1948, the postal service officially added hyphens to the cancellation stamp for what had been the “Croton on Hudson” post office. The transition was recorded on this pair of envelopes, called “commemorative
Croton On Hudson Gets Hyphenated §2
— pre-printed postage) on an envelope, postcard, or postal card to commemorate a postal or philatelic event. A pair of envelopes like these are apparently referred to as “last/first covers.” Another significant date in Croton’s postal history took
Croton On Hudson Gets Hyphenated §4
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Croton Area In 1886 §0
— Detail of the Croton area from Colton’s Map of the County of Westchester . Drawn, Engraved and Published by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. 182 William St. New York. 1886. The entire map is available online at David Rumsey…
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Croton Area Topographic Map 1891 §0
— Details of the Croton Area from Julius Bien’s Atlas of the Metropolitan District and adjacent country comprising the counties of New York, Kings, Richmond, Westchester . . . Published by Julius Bien & Co. New York. 1891. Share this: Print (Opens in
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…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 the Croton River to the original Croton Dam near Pine’s
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Croton in the 1850s §6
— …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 the Croton River to the original Croton Dam near Pine’s
Croton in the 1850s §57
— Collaberg Landing, I rode to the dwelling of a friend (James Cockroft, Esq.) about two miles northward, passing on the way the old house of Tellar (now Moodie) where the incident just related occurred. Accompanied by Mr. Cockroft, and his…
Croton in the 1850s §34
— old Ferry House on the way, where a party of New York levies, under Captain Daniel Williams, were surprised by some British horsemen in the winter of 1782. At the entrance gate to the mansion grounds, at twilight, I met…
Croton in the 1850s §0
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Croton in the 1850s §66
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Croton in the 1850s §2
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Croton in the 1850s §12
— and vineyards of Doctor Underhill, we then rowed up Croton Bay to the mouth of the river, passing, on our way, under the drawbridge of the Hudson River Railway. It was late in the afternoon. There was a remarkable stillness…