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…The dam was built by thousands of Italian immigrant workers between 1892 and 1906, many of whom settled in the 'Little Italy' neighborhood at Croton Landing.
Date: c.1969
Location: Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Type: photograph
Subjects: dam, waterfall, bridge…
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.
…Boarding houses
and homes, restaurants and shops sprung up. "Little Italy" was its
name, and the local newspapers of that day likened its main street on
pay nights to the Bowery. Croton village itself looked askance at the
mushroom community…
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The Story of Croton §26
— …Boarding houses
and homes, restaurants and shops sprung up. "Little Italy" was its
name, and the local newspapers of that day likened its main street on
pay nights to the Bowery. Croton village itself looked askance at the
mushroom community…
The Story of Croton §27
— Croton Lake rose to its
high normal level and the water poured over the spillway to the delight
of hundreds of thousands who have viewed it since. "Little Italy"
faded away and the colorful pay night became a memory. The…
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
…them of the fact that the militia was on its way to the dam. The telegram from the consul was passed about and had a good effect. Many Italians, who live in Little Italy hill, left the Bowery and went…
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SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §2
— …them of the fact that the militia was on its way to the dam. The telegram from the consul was passed about and had a good effect. Many Italians, who live in Little Italy hill, left the Bowery and went…
SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §0
— …The point where the sergeant fell is situated on top of the hill near Little Italy, where armed strikers were seen drilling or marching about early in the morning, brandishing rifles and shotguns. The spot is high over the huge…
SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §3
— …There was a blowing of horns, and while the troops were resting at the station waiting for the word to move, 40 armed Italians carrying an American and two Italian flags crossed from Little Italy hill to the Bowery. They…
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, April 20, 1900: "TWENTY-SIX ARRESTS. Military Authorities Busy in Vicinity of Strike. CROTON VALLEY'S LIVELY DAY. Sheriff Molloy Secures Thirty-Two Warrants—Houses Searched For Ammunition—Italians Quieter and Many Leaving Their Homes to Avoid Trouble." Public-domain newspaper dispatch from Croton Landing covering the mass-arrest operation that broke the 1900 New Croton Dam strike. Transcribed verbatim by Jeff Paine at https://jeffpaine.blogspot.com/2023/01/twenty-six-striking-dam-workers.html
…One of them who was on crutches stayed around the Bowery during the afternoon and the other three went to Little Italy, where they repeated their harangue. Just what effect their arrest will have on the other strikers remains to…
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TWENTY-SIX ARRESTS — Military Authorities Busy in Vicinity of Strike §3
— …One of them who was on crutches stayed around the Bowery during the afternoon and the other three went to Little Italy, where they repeated their harangue. Just what effect their arrest will have on the other strikers remains to…
TWENTY-SIX ARRESTS — Military Authorities Busy in Vicinity of Strike §0
— …issued for the infantry and cavalry to be placed so as to prevent any persons escaping from either Little Italy or the Bowery. Cavalrymen from Troop C were posted along the roads leading from the valley on the west side.
TWENTY-SIX ARRESTS — Military Authorities Busy in Vicinity of Strike §2
— …The sheriff then went to the other side of the river and scoured the houses on top of the hill and in Little Italy. In this round-up, which lasted nearly four hours, 16 prisoners were captured. Only one revolver…