24500 passages in 309 source items for “Prohibition's Wild Croton”

Rum Running Submarines Off Croton Point §8 — Like Loading... Related Tagged bootlegging prohibition rum smuggling Published January 4, 2014

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…

The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §44 — man in the naval aviator’s uniform and why did George McCall not mention him in his account of the crash? Learn more about Croton in the Prohibition era: Rum-running Submarines off Croton Point? The Motorist’s Playground Oscar…

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The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §12 — troopers from White Plains examine the contraband found in the wrecked plane. Speaking “out of professional knowledge, gained in enforcing the prohibition laws in the wilds of Westchester,” Captain Warner said the whiskey was of “excellent quality.”

The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §45 — …Dine Roy Kojima, Busted and Boastful Our Multi-Talented Federal Prohibition Agents If You Follow the Road to Harmon, You Surely Can’t go Wrong Tumble Inn Mikado Inn “Real Photo” Postcard, circa 1920 This is Mikado Inn What’s

The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §33 — …Day, who happened to be the Federal Prohibition Director for the State of

The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §20 — Glens Falls a black line followed the Hudson River to Croton, where the line forked. One branch ran to Briarcliff, across Westchester County to Stamford, CT, then south to the Long Island Sound. The other branch ran south from Croton…

The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §32 — in length.” 8 A Croton Connection? Was it a mere coincidence that the rum plane crashed so close to the Tumble Inn, one of Croton’s notorious speakeasies? Since the area is so hilly it’s hard to imagine where…

The Mystery Of The Rum Plane §10 — McCall called the police and “Captain Warner, Lieutenant Roberts and three troopers piled into an automobile and burned up the miles from White Plains.” When they got to Croton “they found a little group of country folk grouped about the…

Our Multi Talented Federal Prohibition Agents §5 — Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Like Loading... Related Tagged Nikko Inn prohibition speakeasies Published March 14, 2013 August 12, 2014

Our Multi Talented Federal Prohibition Agents §1 — Rabbi’s wine, a widow’s whiskey still and further upstate some multi-talented agents raided the Nikko Inn. The Nikko Inn at Harmon-on-Hudson [was] raided yesterday by Federal Prohibition Agents William McKay, Peter Reager and Leonard Gallante…

Our Multi Talented Federal Prohibition Agents §0 — On June 17, 1922 the New York Times published an article on several raids conducted by Federal prohibition agents. The Central Brewing Company in New York City was indicted for selling beer with more than 4% alcohol content. The Feds…

Our Multi Talented Federal Prohibition Agents §2 — Nikko Inn the agents represented themselves as actors. Charles Hase, the owner of the place, asked them to “do a turn” for him. McKay fiddled, Reager sang and Gallante danced. The innkeeper was satisfied with their work and was about…

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Our Multi Talented Federal Prohibition Agents §3 — when the agents, after having been served with drinks, as they alleged, at $1.50 a drink, arrested Hase and a waiter, Hero Gotow, on a charge of violating the Volstead act. They gave $1,000 bail each for appearance…

Boardwalk Empire of the Air: Aerial Bootlegging in Prohibition Era America §6 — …Similar narrative interludes may be found in Sally Ling's Run the Rum In: South Florida During Prohibition and John Kobler's Ardent Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.

Boardwalk Empire of the Air: Aerial Bootlegging in Prohibition Era America §3 — From the Progressive perspective, the implementation of the Volstead Act, and the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution that created Prohibition, represented the beneficent reorientation of the newly risen modern federal state's power for social transformation inward from its wartime…

Boardwalk Empire of the Air: Aerial Bootlegging in Prohibition Era America §24 — …A Pilot's History of Pan Am, 1935-1955. Lunenburg, VT: The Stinehour Press, 1979. Collar, Charles. Barnstorming to Air Safety. Coral Gables, FL: Lysmata Publishing, 1997. Funderburg, J. Anne. Bootleggers and Beer Barons of the Prohibition Era. Jefferson, NC…

Boardwalk Empire of the Air: Aerial Bootlegging in Prohibition Era America §2 — …From the Progressive perspective, the implementation of the Volstead Act, and the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution that created Prohibition, represented the beneficent reorientation of the newly risen modern federal state's power for social transformation inward from its wartime…

Boardwalk Empire of the Air: Aerial Bootlegging in Prohibition Era America §7 — Yet, there is some admirable scholarship, including Anne Funderburg's Bootleggers and Beer Barons of the Prohibition Era, which features an entire chapter on the airplane's role in bootlegging. Unfortunately, she is unable to quantify the place of the…

Boardwalk Empire of the Air: Aerial Bootlegging in Prohibition Era America §11 — …In 1967, Ed Bergman, in an article for Private Pilot magazine, interviewed the members of Florida's OX5 Club chapter (an organization of "pioneering" aviators) on their experiences in Prohibition era smuggling on the Bimini to Miami run, he noted…

Boardwalk Empire of the Air: Aerial Bootlegging in Prohibition Era America §25 — …A Pilot's History of Pan Am, 1935-1955. Lunenburg, VT: The Stinehour Press, 1979. Collar, Charles. Barnstorming to Air Safety. Coral Gables, FL: Lysmata Publishing, 1997. Funderburg, J. Anne. Bootleggers and Beer Barons of the Prohibition Era. Jefferson, NC…

Boardwalk Empire of the Air: Aerial Bootlegging in Prohibition Era America §4 — …of the official records of the Bureau of Prohibition in its various forms, along with its allied agencies. Besides minimizing the significance and legacy of aerial smuggling in defining aviation's role in the creation of an American twentieth century…

Old Croton Aqueduct §225 — arboretums Nature centers New York City parks POPS New York state forests wild historic sites parks wildlife management areas Trails rail trails Category Erie County Nassau County New York City NYS DEC NYS OPRHP Commons v t e Hiking trails…

Old Croton Aqueduct §98 — Entablature, New Croton Reservoir, Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, NY ", 1 photo, 1 measured drawing, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page HAER No. NY-132, " New Croton Dam & Reservoir, Croton River, Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, NY ", 22

Old Croton Aqueduct §101 — Esopus Creek Neversink River Rondout Creek Delaware River East Branch West Branch Aqueducts New Croton Old Croton Catskill Shandaken Delaware Neversink East Delaware West Delaware Storage reservoirs Croton Distributing Highbridge Hillview Jerome Park

Old Croton Aqueduct §2 — (Redirected from Old Croton Aqueduct ) Aqueduct in New York (1842–1955) For the current aqueduct which superseded this one, see New Croton Aqueduct . United States historic place Old Croton Aqueduct U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S.

Old Croton Aqueduct §99 — photos, 7 color transparencies, 3 data pages, 3 photo caption pages v t e New York City's water supply system Croton reservoirs New Croton Boyds Corner Middle Branch East Branch / Bog Brook Titicus West Branch Amawalk Muscoot Cross River…

Old Croton Aqueduct §59 — …15, Tarrytown (November 2020) Trail sign marking the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park in Tarrytown Section of the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park in Sleepy Hollow 135th St Croton Aqueduct Gatehouse in New York City is listed on…

Old Croton Aqueduct §71 — Marvel" . Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct . January 15, 2009. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016 . Retrieved April 14, 2026 . ^ "Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Trail – Hike, Bike, Explore Westchester" . www.visitwestchesterny.com

Old Croton Aqueduct §227 — Skyline Taconic Tongue Mountain Range Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Croton_Aqueduct&oldid=1348836551 " Categories : Croton Aqueduct Aqueducts in New York (state) Aqueducts on the National Register of Historic Places

Croton on Hudson Bricks §70 — …the horns of a stag killed on the manor, when deer ran wild there; the buttons from the yager coat worn by one of the captors of André a box made of the

Croton on Hudson Bricks §114 — of the old Cornell Farm on the Croton River. 1898 – Croton incorporated. c. 1900 -- Judge Decker of Croton headed the Croton Point beach area and organized the Croton Point Club. (There were 23 vacation bungalows along the beach.) 1900 – a…

Croton on Hudson Bricks §48 — Croton Point, NY Source: https://village.croton-on-hudson.ny.us/Public_Documents/CrotonHudsonNY_WebDocs/HistoricalSociety Croton Brickyard Owners & Operators: From Brick Manufacturers of the United States by Jim Graves, IBCA: CROTON BARLOW, GEORGE J.

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 §125 — a lot of resentment in the village over the loss of a big part of Croton history. 1972 -- some 40 million gallons of toxic waster were running into the Hudson River from the landfill at Croton Point. 2003 – Croton is…

Croton on Hudson Bricks §126 — affluent to middle-class people. SOURCES CONSULTED: Croton-on-Hudson Historical Society https://village.croton-on-hudson.ny.us/Public_Documents/CrotonHudsonNY_WebDocs/HistoricalSociety/CrotonPoint https://www.westchesterarchives.com

Croton on Hudson Bricks §44 — https://village.croton-on-hudson.ny.us/Public_Documents/CrotonHudsonNY_WebDocs/HistoricalSociety/cpmap.jpg About 1900 the Underhill holdings on Croton Point passed into other hands. The supply of clay was exhausted. The Village no longer prospered.

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

A Croton River Disaster 197 Years Ago Today §2 — look back to a time when the Croton River ran wild and spring thaws would often bring massive freshets—river floods caused by heavy rain and/or melted snow and ice. On Tuesday, March 10, 1818—exactly 197 years ago…

A Croton River Disaster 197 Years Ago Today §3 — …Cortlandt.” 1 “Croton River.—The rapid thaw on Saturday . . . and the succeeding day, attended with heavy rain, occasioned the Croton river to rise

A Croton River Disaster 197 Years Ago Today §12 — embankment of the old Croton Dam—destroyed the Van Cortlandt mills, along with all the bridges and buildings on the banks of the lower Croton River. 3 What’s remarkable is that the water power produced at the site was…

A Croton River Disaster 197 Years Ago Today §7 — mills operating on the lower Croton River in 1818. As shown in the map above, they were both on the south side of the river. The “race” that diverted water from the Croton River also powered a sawmill. The mills…

A Croton River Disaster 197 Years Ago Today §21 — LinkedIn Like Loading... Related Tagged Croton River Great Freshet of 1841 Philip Van Cortlandt Underhill family Underhill flour mill Published March 10, 2015 January 2, 2017

A Croton River Disaster 197 Years Ago Today §18 — “ponderous shoals of ice”—high enough and powerful enough to move a two-story building off its foundation—swept down the Croton River to the Hudson. The Westchester Herald began publishing in Sing Sing in Feburary, 1818—one month before…

A Croton River Disaster 197 Years Ago Today §13 — …Remains of the mill complex on the Croton River. Photo courtesy of

A Croton River Disaster 197 Years Ago Today §6 — …The whole loss is estimated at upwards of $3,000.” Although the article is short it gives us a wealth of information about the flour mills on the lower Croton River. There were two separate

Croton in the 1850s §47 — …the horns of a stag killed on the manor, when deer ran wild there; the buttons from the yager coat worn by one of the captors of Andre, a box made of the wood of the Endearour, the ship in…

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Croton in the 1850s §66 — Programs / Articles / Silver Lake, Croton's Hidden Gem A Dummy Forever! The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery Postcard Tour The Other Harmon In Search of Teatown Who We Are / How to Join / Contact Us / Croton Friends of History Croton Friends…

Croton in the 1850s §1 — Join Contact Us Croton Friends of History Programs / Articles / Silver Lake, Croton's Hidden Gem A Dummy Forever! The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery Postcard Tour The Other Harmon In Search of Teatown Who We Are / How to Join / Contact…

Croton in the 1850s §2 — Friends of History Croton in the 1850s Croton Friends of History Programs / Articles / Silver Lake, Croton's Hidden Gem A Dummy Forever! The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery Postcard Tour The Other Harmon In Search of Teatown Who We Are…

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 §67 — History is dedicated to preserving and promoting the history of Croton-on-Hudson and the Hudson Valley. Support our programs by becoming a member . Follow us on Facebook . Copyright © Croton Friends of History / Powered by Squarespace .

Croton in the 1850s §29 — below, by which the route from Croton to Sing Sing would be much shortened. Here was the “Croton Bridge” of revolutionary times, frequently mentioned in connection with military movements between New York and the Highlands; and here is now the…

August 13 1841 A Ride To The Croton Dam §4 — …Dame nature, seems to have indulged in some wild freaks… View original post 96 more

August 13 1841 A Ride To The Croton Dam §3 — …A severe freshet * last winter carried away all the bridges, so we were obliged to drive through the Croton river,

August 13 1841 A Ride To The Croton Dam §0 — Here is an account of a trip from Sing Sing to the old Croton Dam that took place 172 years ago today. This is from a wonderful blog that publishes the diary of Julia Lawrence Hasbrouck, who “lived and wrote…

August 13 1841 A Ride To The Croton Dam §2 — …At three oclock, we set off to ride seven miles, to see the Dam at the Croton water works. Our ride was very pleasant

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August 13 1841 A Ride To The Croton Dam §1 — City . . . [and] then moved to a rural community in upstate New York, a transition that her diaries describe as a difficult one.” Sing.Sing. Friday. August. 13. teenth. 1841. A beautifull day, the sun obscured, and a cool breeze blowing…

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A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §763 — …82,217, 18 Creek, Morrisianna, 93, 10 Croton Aqueduct,. .106, 24, 37, 39, 41, 56, 97, 202, 4, Slave Labor, 202, 8 17 Spring Water Company, 128 Spirits, Ardent prohibition of, 145 Croton River, .... Ill, 13, 14, 16, 18, 133…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §713 — Design on back, Mazeppa bound to a wild horse ; drawn by 30 men, same uniform. CROTON AQ.UEDUCT. 285 Mohican Company, No. 50. Red and gilt. Design on the back, the city Coat of Arms ; drawn by 40 men, uniform…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §712 — …Design on back, Mazeppa bound to a wild horse ; drawn by 30 men, same uniform. CROTON AQ.UEDUCT. 285 Mohican Company, No. 50. Red and gilt. Design on the back, the city Coat of Arms ; drawn by 40 men, uniform…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §645 — …Engineer's Office, 1st division Croton Aqueduct, Sing Sing, October 11, 1842. GENTLEMEN : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, and to signify my acceptance, of the invitation to join with the Common Council of the city of New…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §559 — …between reservoirs - 2.176 40.562 It is proper to add to the above, the length of the Croton reservoir, which has been formed by the erection of the Croton dam and other work necessary to obtain the water, at…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §646 — …Engineer's Office, 1st division Croton Aqueduct, Sing Sing, October 11, 1842. GENTLEMEN : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, and to signify my acceptance, of the invitation to join with the Common Council of the city of New…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §558 — …between reservoirs - 2.176 40.562 It is proper to add to the above, the length of the Croton reservoir, which has been formed by the erection of the Croton dam and other work necessary to obtain the water, at…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §644 — …Nelson's Hill, Mamaroneck, 8th October, 1842, To C. CROLIUS, JR., E. D. WEST, WM. DODGE, Esqr's. Committee, etc. GENTLEMEN : Your polite invitation to join in the interesting ceremonies of celebrating the introduction of the Croton water into the…

Roy Kojima Busted And Boastful §20 — Pinterest Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Like Loading... Related Tagged Nikko Inn prohibition speakeasies Published March 13, 2013 August 12, 2014

Roy Kojima Busted And Boastful §3 — …Kojima’s denial, the Nikko Inn was, in fact, a “speakeasy” during Prohibition. It must have been quite a romantic

Roy Kojima Busted And Boastful §5 — …He was a bon vivant , famous enough in his day that there is a cocktail named after him in the classic Savoy Cocktail Book (in the section titled “Cocktails Suitable for a Prohibition

Roy Kojima Busted And Boastful §18 — …Some multi-talented Federal prohibition agents use a clever ruse to bust the

Roy Kojima Busted And Boastful §15 — with pheasant or wild boar meat was a great delicacy. Now we make with beef or chicken.” The porch of the Nikko Inn. “You know all these popular jazz songs have same rhythm as geisha girl song,” he said, coming…

Roy Kojima Busted And Boastful §9 — And sure enough there was a clipping from a local newspaper published in 1926 with the stanzas and with “Prince” Roy’s name above them. While the words of the song reveal a considerable variation from these stanzas, the idea…

Roy Kojima Busted And Boastful §6 — …So let’s mix ourselves a “Karl K. Kitchen”, savor

A Delightful Place To Dine §4 — In, near Peekskill, . . . on a profitable basis,” and “previously . . . had operated Nikko Inn at Harmon. . . .” Coming soon: A different Nikko Inn proprietor gets busted for serving highballs during Prohibition and later brags about being the real

A Delightful Place To Dine §1 — …The back side confirms this because there is no publisher’s imprint, just a name, “Edward H. Sommers”, hand-stamped in the upper left corner above the handwritten note. This is where it gets interesting. Although

A Sharp And Palpable Difference §6 — Pinterest Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Like Loading... Related Tagged Harmon Harmon-on-Hudson Mikado Inn Nikko Inn prohibition speakeasys Transportation Published August 25, 2014

A Sharp And Palpable Difference §4 — …have been in those days—and the “sharp and palpable difference” we would have “felt in the riding quality” of our car “shod with Goodyear Cord Tires.” For more on the Nikko, the Mikado and Harmon’s rich history, see

Mikado Inn Real Photo Postcard Circa 1920 §11 — on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Like Loading... Related Tagged Clifford Harmon Mikado Inn Nikko Inn prohibition speakeasys Published August 11, 2014 August 11, 2014

Mikado Inn Real Photo Postcard Circa 1920 §3 — with the Tumble Inn on the other side of town, were speakeasys during Prohibition—though in 1921 the Admiral was acquitted in what newspaper accounts at the time called the first case to be tried in Westchester County for alleged…

Mikado Inn Real Photo Postcard Circa 1920 §8 — …The Motorist’s Playground An ad for the Mikado and two other Croton-area

Mikado Inn Real Photo Postcard Circa 1920 §7 — Oscar Levant Plays the Mikado Oscar Levant, the quick-witted pianist, composer, actor, author and quiz-show panelist performed there as a teenager, sharing “sleeping quarters with twenty or thirty Japanese waiters in the cellar.” What’s Cookin’ at

Mikado Inn Real Photo Postcard Circa 1920 §4 — …1 This postcard is what’s called a “real photo postcard” because the image is an actual photograph made from a negative, not a halftone reproduction. The process was invented in 1903 by Kodak with the introduction of the No…

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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §1801 — …The prohibition amendment carried 171 to 130, while the high license amendment lost by a vote of 161 to 118. First Soldier's Relief Commission The first commisioners to look after relief for old soldiers was appointed in 1890, and…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §951 — …It is called Wild Horse hill. One outfit caught one hundred horses in one trip. Over in the canyons just south of Oshkosh is Wild Horse Corral, a natural corral formed by steep rocks, in which wild horses were trapped…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §630 — …Two wild horse trailers had captured a band and had them in Kane's big pine pole corral. The trailers were Jerry McGahon and Walter Harris, called "Wild Horse Jerry," and "Wild Horse Harris." They were excited over Fritzie's…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §682 — …There were several men engaged in the work of capturing wild horses, and breaking them for domestic uses. Murshied and Pashon, two of the old-timers, had roped a wild horse near Callahan & Murshied's ranch, and had him in…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §684 — …A hastily selected jury heard the boy's story that Wild Bill had killed his brother in Kansas the year before. He was found "not guilty," according to the code of the times, but was told to get out of…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §57 — It is quite generally known these peculiar creatures of the wild used to frequent the most inaccessible cliffs of old Scotts Bluff, and they could be seen standing out in bold relief on the outermost pinnacles, surveying the bad lands…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §631 — out on the prairie somewhere, and Harris said he would ride a wild one. Jerry held the lantern and Harris threw a rope at random into the corral. He caught a wild-eyed mare. They snubbed her up to the…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II §2092 — …Danley's Chadron Dairy; R. Mc- Leod's Boston Store ; Smith's ladies' furnishings. The Northwestern Prohibition Publishing Company was incorporated to handle the Advocate and do other printing, with George D. Read, Levi G. Sweat, B. F. Van Lehn…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §902 — …or, at their own doors, to those who were not of New York, and that, in consequence of that prohibition, they were limited to those local purchasers, forestallers, or speculators, who should incline to purchase, and at prices which were…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §903 — …disregard of the provisions of that Resolution of the Continental Congress which was used as the warrant for the prohibition of the reciprocal trade of Westchester-county with Connecticut ; and the market of New York, for nothing else than theproducts…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §817 — …Farmer : " " What disappointments sad and bilkings, " Awaited poor departing W s; " What wild confusion, rout and hobble, you " Made with his farmer, Don A. W." (Trumbull's Origin of McFingal, 31, 32 ;) and within six months after Trumbull's publication…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §818 — " What wild confusion, rout and hobble, you " Made with his farmer, Don A. W." (Trumbull's Origin of McFingal, 31, 32 ;) and within six months after Trumbull's publication, Samuel Seabury, in that portion of his Memorial to the General…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1272 — …preceding day, leaving the river-line unguarded, the boats from the ships went ashore, "at one Bailey's," near the mouth of Croton-river ; " went back, half a mile ; and drove off " a pair of oxen, two cows, one calf…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1332 — …Odell, "Philipse's Manor, Augt. 31, 1776," Journal of Die Committee of Safety, " Croton-river, at the house of " Jno. Blagge, Augt. 31, 1776." 10 There is no record of the doings of the Committee, on Sunday, the first of…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1271 — …s Point," and ceased to make 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…

Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution §1657 — …Brigade which he commanded, " to keep pace with the enemy's left flank, and to ■' push up, also, to Croton-river, should he plainly " perceive that the enemy's route lays that way." 5 At the same time that the…

Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §1 — …Arrowheads and various implements which have been found on Croton Point in recent years bear evidence of the inhabitance of the Indians in this area . They roam- ed the forests , picked fruit , hunted wild animals for food and clothing and…

Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §6 — The British warship " Vulture " an- chored above Teller's ( now Croton ) Point , in plain view of this little hamlet . While the warship awaited Andre's arrival from New York ( he had come to Dobbs Ferry by horse and was being…

Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §10 — …The Iron Horse The first great change in the quiet rural life of Croton ( called Collabergh Landing when the Point was Teller's Point ) came with the advent of the steam engine in 1849 . Men employed by the New York…

Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §11 — The Iron Horse The first great change in the quiet rural life of Croton ( called Collabergh Landing when the Point was Teller's Point ) came with the advent of the steam engine in 1849 . Men employed by the New York…

Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §13 — …Thus was created the present enlarged village of Croton - on - Hudson . Incorporation of Croton - on - Hudson Fifty years ago , on February 12 , 1898 , Croton - on - Hudson was incor- porated as a village under the laws of the State of New…

Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §7 — As they worked , they espied the British war- ship's boat being rowed toward the Croton shore . All day long the Cro- * Croton Journal , August 31 , 1906 ton neighbors had discussed the strange ship at anchor above Tel- ler's…

Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §12 — …remain a hamlet , incorporate or annex to Croton - on - Hudson . The committee could not agree and was dissolved . On July 21 , 1928 , the Harmon Annexation Party of 102 members , with Ernest S. Holcombe as chair- man , was organized at a…

Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948 (Brief Historical Sketch) §2 — …The point of land which we call Croton Point was known to the In- dians as Senasqua . After the Dutch came it was called Teller's Point for over a hundred years . The Van Cortlandts In the year 1681 , Stephanus…

The Story of Croton §4 — …it was called Teller's Point, and at times Sara's Point. After Henry Hudson visited the site of Croton in 1609, the Kitchawan Indians continued to occupy it and -all the hinterlands rich with wild game, fish, fruits and…

The Story of Croton §5 — wild game, fish, fruits and fertile soil. 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…

The Story of Croton §18 — In front of the Van Cortlandt Manor House was Croton Bay, into which flowed the rushing waters of the Croton River. It is difficult for the last three generations of Americans to realize that the marshes with their tall reeds…

The Story of Croton §23 — …The Methodist Episcopal Church of Croton erected its first church edifice in 1780 and has maintained a strong and steady growth all through the ensuing years. Ninety years ago, there were not ten Roman Catholics in all Croton. Today, the…

The Story of Croton §24 — …His sons also shed lustre on Croton. Cyrus Frost continued his father's merchantile business with signal success, was for years president of the same Westchester County National Bank. Orrin Frost operated his father's brick plants prosperously. Eugene Frost…

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 §27 — …Our finest Italian residents date back to the building of the Croton Dam, and are among our best citizens. The engineer, John Byron Goldsborough, remained in Croton as a permanent resident. Croton, as a community, is two hundred and fifty…

The Story of Croton §0 — of the Westchester County Historical Society Vol. 16 1940 No. 3 The Dyckman Family Crest From a print presented to the Society by Mr. Robert Brooke PUBLISHED BY THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §1795 — …or, at their own doors, to those who were not of New York, and that, in consequence of that prohibition, they were limited to those local purchasers, forestallers, or speculators, who should incline to purchase, and at prices which were…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §71 — In November, 1624, among the cargo of the first laden vessel from New to Old Amsterdam were 7246 beaver-skins, 675 skins of otters, 48 of mink, 36 wild-cat and various other sorts. In Wassenares' " History of the New…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §1796 — …disregard of the provisions of that Resoludon of the Continental Congress which was used as the warrant for the prohibition of the reciprocal trade of Westchester-county with Connecticut ; and the market of New York, for nothing else than the…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4091 — He came to Nieuw Amsterdam in Stuyvesant's time, under an engagement with the West India Company for five years, during which time he worked on the forts at Nieuw Amsterdam and Esopus. He married, in 1662, Margaret Hardenbrook, widow…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4028 — However, by God's help, we maintain our ground, and though some of our members are corrupted with the wild enthusiasm of the new sect, I hope the measures I use to strengthen and establish my people in the faith…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §2900 — …still members of the Union, can new States be carved out of them without their own consent, against the prohibition of the Constitution on that head? On some of these points we entertain very decided opinions, which we refrajn, however…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4029 — Wetmore's letter in September of the same year he writes: "As to the state of my parish, nothing very remarkable has happened since my last, but I find my cares and labors much increased by having two (iirobably one…

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4092 — O'Neale " received a good part of her payment in horses and mares," with which she was about to '■ return home into Maryland, y« place of her abode ; " but hearins report of a prohibition against importing horses to that colony…

Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §121 — …The reservoir forms a beautiful sheet of water in the lap of the hills in the wild region of the Croton, and has received the name of the " Croton Lake." Pine's Bridge over the Croton River, which is mentioned…

Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §136 — …The wild vines will soon climb the walls and cover them ; vegetation will gather over the work until nature and art be harmoniously wedded. From Mill River the Aqueduct passes the village of Tarrytown and through one tunnel and over…

Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §2 — …Aqueduct Bridge for Road-way, Croton Aqueduct at Mill-River, ... - Croton Aqueduct at Jewell's Brook, Croton Aqueduct at Hastings, Croton Aqueduct at Yonkers, ... ----- - -

Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §3 — …Aqueduct Bridge for Road-way, Croton Aqueduct at Mill-River, ... - Croton Aqueduct at Jewell's Brook, Croton Aqueduct at Hastings, Croton Aqueduct at Yonkers, ... ----- - - - - - Croton Aqueduct at Harlem River, - - - - - 110 View of the Jet at Harlem River, - - - - - 112 Croton Aqueduct…

Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §194 — …4.080 The Croton water was taken from the Croton dam, and when perfectly clear was found, as appears by the above analysis to contain 4.998, or about Jive grains of solid matter to the gallon. The Schuylkill water…

Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §94 — The country bordering upon the Croton is generally elevated and uneven, not sustaining a dense population and cleared sufficiently to prevent injury to the water from decayed vegetable matter. The river has a rapid descent and flows over a bed…

Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §93 — …Sources of the Croton River. The sources of the Croton River are principally in the county of Putnam, at a distance of fifty miles from the city of New-York ; they are mostly springs which in that elevated and uneven…

Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §193 — …4.080 The Croton water was taken from the Croton dam, and when perfectly clear was found, as appears by the above analysis to contain 4.998, or about Jive

Hooch Airplane Captured by State Troopers §4 — …Tho Captain spoko out of professional knowledge, gained In enforcing tho Prohibition' laws In Westchester. Tho stuff all bore tho Btamp of tho Quebec Liquor Commission. Somo of It had been packed In two gunny sacks. They searched tho wreckage…

Hooch Airplane Captured by State Troopers §3 — …Tho Captain spoko out of professional knowledge, gained In enforcing tho Prohibition' laws In Westchester. Tho stuff all bore tho Btamp of tho Quebec Liquor Commission. Somo of It had been packed In two gunny sacks. They searched tho wreckage…

Hooch Airplane Captured by State Troopers §2 — …McCall, a former Deputy Sheriff of Westchester County, has farm "about a mile and a quarter above Croton and twenty-flvo miles from White Plains. It faces the Albany Post Road. A quarter of a mile away is Tumble Inn…

Hooch Airplane Captured by State Troopers §1 — …McCall, a former Deputy Sheriff of Westchester County, has farm "about a mile and a quarter above Croton and twenty-flvo miles from White Plains. It faces the Albany Post Road. A quarter of a mile away is Tumble Inn…

Hooch Airplane Captured by State Troopers §0 — …of Scotch and Irish whiskies an aerial rum runner was bringing in from Canada, when the machlno fell at Croton, Westchester County, last night. The aviator escaped in an au tomobile that was ready to pick him up. Of him…

Hooch Airplane Captured by State Troopers §6 — …Women's solid u kt. Wrist Watches 24.75 formerly 34.7S They; arc extremely small in size and unique in shape. Each case is solid kt. white gold, with a 15 jcwcllcd lever movement, and rib bon bracelet. Wc…

Hooch Airplane Captured by State Troopers §5 — America's Rremotl Specialists OPPENHEIM.gLUNS 34th Strut New York Fur Storage In Modern Dry Cold Vaults On Our Own Premises INDIVIDUAL, SKILLED ATTENTION GIVEN TO EVERY FUR GARMENT WHICH, BEFORE STORAGE, IS CARE FULLY CLEANED, THUS RESTORING ITS NATURAL…

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §1188 — Thirdly, that those who, contrary to express orders and prohibition, have undertaken to sell and barter articles of contraband, such as guns, pistols, powder and lead to the Aborigines, and thus exposed themselves, with all those who actually reside, or…

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §891 — …s bill), Althea (Marsh mallows), Cineroton pseudodaphne (Spice bush), Viola (Violet), Irias (Blue flag), Indigo silvestris (wild Indigo), Sigilium salamonis (Solomon's seal). Sanguis draconium (Dragons blood), Consolida (Comfrey), Millefolium (Milfoil), several species of Fern, various wild lilies. Agrimony, (wild…

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §890 — …s bill), Althea (Marsh mallows), Cineroton pseudodaphne (Spice bush), Viola (Violet), Irias (Blue flag), Indigo silvestris (wild Indigo), Sigilium salamonis (Solomon's seal). Sanguis draconium (Dragons blood), Consolida (Comfrey), Millefolium (Milfoil), several species of Fern, various wild lilies. Agrimony, (wild…

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §883 — …NeSlr-' ^s oil nut, large and small ; hickory, also large and small. This timber is very '"'"'• abundant here, and much used as which it is also right well firewood, for adapted; Chestnuts, as in Netherland, but they grow wild without…

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §1312 — …by the inhabitants and subjects of the Parliament of the Republic of England, or of those United Netherlands, any prohibition made or published by the one party or the other, to the contrary notwithstanding. Whereupon, deliberation being had, it is…

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §1473 — …Had we in the slightest degree opposed the Director's usurped Sovereignty, the country would have easily been deluged with blood, which (God mend it!) is even yet to be apprehended. Thus done and resolved in the Assembly of the…

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §940 — …except a prohibition and protest against it. Nothing else could well be done, for the garrisons are not sent out complete agreeably to The rauu of New the Exemption, so that the fault of New Netherland's low condition lies…

History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691) §1472 — …perjured Secretary, Cornells van Tienhoven, who returned hither who is known, and can be proved to contrary to the prohibition of their High Mightinesses; whoremonger and perjurer; who is a disgrace to, and the sole afliiction all the world, to…

SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §0 — …With Bullet Fired By Unknown--Excitement Runs Wild Over Affair. 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…

SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §1 — …SITUATION AT CROTON. Seventh Regiment of New York Sent With Other Troops. CROTON LANDING, N. Y., April 17.--With the arrival of troops at the Cornell dam yesterday quiet was restored and there is no indication of an outbreak by…

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 §5 — …Abrahams left the armory for Croton Dam. STATE LAWS. Some Important Measures Which Have Received Governor's Signature. ALBANY. April 17.-- Governor Roosevelt has signed the following laws: Mr. Apgar, appropriating $50,344 for rebuilding and refinishing the buildings recently…

SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §4 — It exploded and the shot started the men and two men in the advanced guard nervously pulled the triggers of their rifles and the bullets tore holes in the earth 10 feet in front of them. The impression was that…

SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §10 — …to the brick schoolhouse, thence southward to Gillet's grove, and from that point back to the South Cortland path, making a delightful runway of about five miles.

SERGEANT MURDERED — First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike §7 — …A writer in Ainslee's Magazine has collected many interesting facts about the telegraph and cable lines in the world, in the course of which he notes the extent to which rates for messages have been reduced. When the first…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §256 — …The approach to the house is by a road formed on the banks of the Croton river. The entrance hall is adorned with several stag's heads, the only remains of that wild race which anciently spread from the Hudson…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §268 — …When the Croton dam gave way in the fixll of 1840, the wild, hurryins: torrent, as it approached nearer and nearer, is said to have sent a savage roar through these woods, causing the very watch-dogs to howl for…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §257 — The approach to the house is by a road formed on the banks of the Croton river. The entrance hall is adorned with several stag's heads, the only remains of that wild race which anciently spread from the Hudson…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §98 — It appears that the old road laid out to the vineyard purchase in 1739, " extended north from Harris's mill at the west side of Cantetoe ridge on the east side of " deer's delight," and so through to the…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §640 — …sanction to the act of incorporating King's, now Columbia College. He is praised for his political skill in successfully preserving to the Assembly the right of annual appropriation, and evading the prohibition of the crown to issuing bills of…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §734 — …Tradition asserts she perished here in a deep snow. " The hungry worm my sister is, This winding sheet I wear, And cold and weary lasts my night, Till the last morn appear." Margaret'^s Ghost. The wild and romantic scenery…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §731 — These woods formerly covered a much larger district of country, and abounded in fine timber; while the thickets and glades, served as a favorite haunt for large herds of wild deer. The perpetual harassing of this noble game, in spite…

A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §730 — …These woods formerly covered a much larger district of country, and abounded in fine timber; while the thickets and glades, served as a favorite haunt for large herds of wild deer. The perpetual harassing of this noble game, in spite…

Wappinger §36 — coat of the skins of wild cats, or hefspanen [probably raccoon], which is an animal most as hairy as a wild cat, and is also very good to eat. They also wear coats of turkey feathers, which they know how…

Wappinger §101 — were part of the Tankiteke they were probably that portion of the group which occupied the wild interior country around Ridgefield, Danbury, North Salem, and Carmel, and thus were in close contact with the Nochpeem of Putnam county and the…

Wappinger §61 — fortified village, called Navish, at the neck of Croton Point. [ 45 ] Massaco , along the Farmington River in Connecticut Nochpeem, in southern portions of present-day Dutchess and western [ 46 ] and northern Putnam counties, New York. Their tribal

Wappinger §60 — present-day Middlesex County , Connecticut Kitchawank, lived in northern Westchester County , New York in the area of Croton-on-Hudson, New York , site of the oldest oyster-shell middens found on the North Atlantic Coast. There they built a large,

Wappinger §74 — is described as "an area west of today's Boyd's Dam , at the southwest base of the mountain". [ 43 ] [ 44 ] References [ edit ] ^ a b c d Sebeok 1977 , p. 380. ^ a b Ricky, Donald B. (1999). Indians of Maryland…

Wappinger §35 — …Their hair is shorn on the top of the head like a cock's comb. Their clothing is a coat of beaver skins over the body, with the fur inside in winter and outside in summer; they have, also, sometimes…

Wappinger §68 — oxbow bend in the Connecticut River . [ 52 ] Wecquaesgeek (Wiechquaeskeck, Wickquasgeck, Weckquaesgeek), [ 53 ] southwestern Westchester County, New York, [ 54 ] originally centered on the mouth of the Saeck Kill in today's Yonkers , and ranging

Wappinger §8 — Lenape, the Wappinger were highly decentralized as a people. They formed numerous loosely associated bands that had established geographic territories. [ 8 ] The Wequaesgeek , a Wappinger people living along the lower Hudson River near today's New

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §506 — …When the Croton dam gave way in the fall of 1 840, the wild, hurrying torrent -- as it approached nearer and nearer -- is said to have sent a savage roar through these woods, causing the very watch-dogs to howl…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §480 — …From it the eye may take in, at a glance, Croton Bay (the Kitchtawan of the Indians so-called on account of the abundance of wild-fowl that frequented it), over which stretches the Hudson River Railway. Croton Point, so…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §1429 — …The water is supposed to possess medicinal properties, similar to those usually ascribed to sulphur springs."'7 a Ten years ago vast flocfes of wild duck and geese used to frequent tills pond. b The Quimby family were among the…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §1929 — …Sanicula, Tourn. (Black Snakeroot.) S. Canadensis, I.. Shaded places. S. Marilandica, I.. Woods. Daucus, Tourn. (Wild Carrot.) D. Carota, L. Common. (Nat. Eu.) Pastinaca, Tourn. (Parsnip.) P. sativa, L. About dwellings, escaped from cultivation. It is generally supposed that it…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §1972 — …Elymus, L. (Wild Rye.) E. Virginicus, L. Banks of streams. E. Canadensis, L. Banks of streams. E. Hystrix, (Bottle-brush Grass. Hedge-Hog Grass.) Danthonia, DC. (Wild-oat Grass.) D. spicata, Beauv. Among rocks. Aira, L. (Hair-Grass.) A. flexuosa…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §1362 — …552 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. ' ■ " The hungry worm my sister is, This winding sheet I wear, And cold and weary lasts my might, Till the last morn appear." -- Margaret's Gfiost. The wild and romantic scenery of the…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §1328 — …The inscription simply tells that WASHINGTON, Son of William and Sarah S. Irving, died Nov. 28, 1859, Aged 76 years, 7 ruo. and 25 days." " In a little while," says Irving, " this genial warmth which still lingers around my heart…

The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §20 — …Their fields were covered with a rank growth of weeds and wild grass. "Amid all this appearance of desolation, nothing struck my eye more forcibly than the sight of the high road. Where I had heretofore seen a continual succession…

Kitchawank §36 — also, sometimes a bear's hide, or a coat of the skins of wild cats, or hefspanen [probably raccoon], which is an animal most as hairy as a wild cat, and is also very good to eat. They also wear…

Kitchawank §101 — Pachami therefore were part of the Tankiteke they were probably that portion of the group which occupied the wild interior country around Ridgefield, Danbury, North Salem, and Carmel, and thus were in close contact with the Nochpeem of Putnam county

Kitchawank §61 — on the North Atlantic Coast. There they built a large, fortified village, called Navish, at the neck of Croton Point. [ 45 ] Massaco , along the Farmington River in Connecticut Nochpeem, in southern portions of present-day Dutchess and western [ 46 ]

Kitchawank §60 — eastern group at the mouth of the Connecticut River , in present-day Middlesex County , Connecticut Kitchawank, lived in northern Westchester County , New York in the area of Croton-on-Hudson, New York , site of the oldest oyster-shell middens found

Kitchawank §80 — August, 1778" , Richard S. Walling, americanrevolution.org ^ a b Gale Courey Toensing, "Seneca Upset Over N.Y. Casino Agreement" , Indian Country Today , 26 January 2011 ^ Ruttenber, E.M. (1872). History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River .

Kitchawank §22 — Dutch aboard Hudson's Half Moon would have enquired what the people called themselves. The 1643 date reflects a period of great conflict with the Native people, including the preemptive Pavonia massacre by the Dutch, which precipitated Kieft's War .

Kitchawank §9 — River near today's New York City, were among the first to be recorded encountering European adventurers and traders when Henry Hudson's Half Moon appeared in 1609. [ 9 ] Long after their original settlements had been decimated by wars with…

Kitchawank §74 — claimed to still be Wappinger territory; it is described as "an area west of today's Boyd's Dam , at the southwest base of the mountain". [ 43 ] [ 44 ] References [ edit ] ^ a b c d Sebeok 1977 , p. 380. ^ a b…

Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis §18 — In the summer season other of the women folk could be seen making their way on narrow trails through the woods to gather the wild fruits in brake and thicket, the strawberry, wild 'henry, and blueberries, or, in fall to…

Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis §17 — …In the summer season other of the women folk could be seen making their way on narrow trails through the woods to gather the wild fruits in brake and thicket, the strawberry, wild 'henry, and blueberries, or, in fall to…

Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis §19 — …The old women would be out on another pathway that led to the flower banks where grew the herbs for medicine, scent, and dyes, the mallows and burdocks, ground cedar and pennyroyal, the wild mint and sage, and roots of…

Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis §8 — …Taking advantage of every favorable contour, avoiding every disadvantageous obstacle, the Indian sought his way through the wild woodlands to or from a desired point, and, followed by succeeding generations, his prehistoric trail became a welldefined and "trodden path," by…

Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis §172 — …Though its limited area offered relatively restricted facilities for wild animal life, the range of rugged hills that extend from its northeast corner at St George, to the old county town of Richmond near its center, probably sheltered quantities of…

Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis §13 — …The wily Indian, also, was addicted to the method of secrecy and surprise as prime tactics in his warfare, and the "war-path," which has passed into colloquial reference, was more likely the trail of the wild animal of the…

Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis §187 — …Through these mountain trails there doubtless flowed a great part of the traffic that brought the pelts and game of the wild forests to Manhattan, and carried back again over their steep and tortuous courses the coveted beads of wampum…

Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis §32 — There could have been but little wild life in its restricted area of woodlands, and no such broad and level acreage suited to cultivation as in the flat lands of Long Island. The tidal movement in the two estuaries of…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §411 — …the horns of a stag killed on the manor, when deer ran wild there ; the buttons from the yager coat worn by one of the captors of Andre ; a box made of the wood of the Mideavour, the ship in…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §390 — extending from Teller's or Croton Point on the north, to the northern bluff of the Palisades near Piermont. The origin of the name is to be found in the word Sint-sinck, the title of a powerful clan of…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §410 — In that bay, under the she]ter of Croton Point, Hendrick Hudson anchored the Half-Moon, on the evening of the first of October, 1609;! and such a resort were these waters for canvas-back ducks, and other water-fowl…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §253 — …Tliis is a Dutch word, signifying wild man's, or wild Indian's, cliffe. The first settlers found upon a smooth rock, on the river shore, at this place, a rude delineation of two Indians, one with a tomahawk, and…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §23 — …The outlet -- a narrow, sinuous stream, and then shallow, because of a drought that was prevailing in all that northern country -- is called " Stony Brook." After a course of thrci' and a half miles tlirough wild and picturesque scenery, it…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §459 — …Tlie mansion was thence culled Wolfert's Rust (Wolfert's Rest), but by the uneducated, who did not understand Dutch, "Wolfert's Roost.'') It passed into the hands of Jacob Yan Tassel, a valiant Dutchman, who espoused the cause of…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §13 — …The English, in honour of their countryman who discovered it, called it Hudson's River, and to the present time that title has been maintained; but not without continual rivalry with that of North Eivei-, given it by the early…

The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §14 — …And now very few, excepting the hunters of that region, have personal knowledge of the beauty and wild grandeur of lake, and forest, and mountain, out of which spring the fountains of the river w^e are about to describe…