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Prohibition Agents Destroying Alcohol
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Prohibition Agents Destroying Alcohol Federal Prohibition agents destroying barrels of confiscated alcohol. At the Nikko Inn in Croton, agents went undercover as musicians — 'McKay fiddled, Reager sang and Gallante danced' — before making arrests. Date: 1920s Type: photograph Subjects: Prohibition agents…
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Rum-running Submarines off Croton Point?
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Croton Point? A 1924 aerial photograph taken by a Manhattan map-making firm purports to document evidence of submarine activity in the Hudson River near Croton Point. According to Ellen NicKenzie Lawson's book Smugglers, Bootleggers and Scofflaws: Prohibition and…
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Rum Running Submarines Off Croton Point §1 — Smugglers, Bootleggers and Scofflaws: Prohibition and New York City by Ellen NicKenzie Lawson, contains an amazing 1924 aerial photo, purporting to show rum-smuggling submarines in the Hudson River near Croton Point. The photo appears in the chapter
Rum Running Submarines Off Croton Point §0 — An aerial photograph, taken by a Manhattan map-making firm June 11, 1924, near Croton Point, purports to document two submarines (possibly rumrunners), each about 250 feet long and 600 feet apart, below the surface. A recently published book,
Rum Running Submarines Off Croton Point §4 — suggested submarines were thirty miles up the Hudson River near Croton Point. (German submarines were kept out of the river during World War I by a steel net strung low across the bottom of the Narrows.) The photo purported to…
Rum Running Submarines Off Croton Point §3 — a submarine emerge on the Row with a German captain and a French crew. Newspapers in 1924 reported that submarines were smuggling liquor to New Jersey and Cape Cod. An aerial photo, taken by a commercial Manhattan map-making firm…
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Rum Running Submarines Off Croton Point §5 — …The aerial firm sent the photograph to the U.S. Navy, which had no submarines in the area, and the startling image was given to Coast Guard Intelligence and filed away.”
Rum Running Submarines Off Croton Point §2 — “Rum Row”—the name of the smuggling area of the Atlantic coast from Nantucket to New York City and New Jersey. Lawson writes, “News of a submarine being used on Rum Row appears to have some substance to it. One…
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map — Croton-on-Hudson (1935)
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map — Croton-on-Hudson (1935) Sanborn map of Croton-on-Hudson in 1935, showing the village after Prohibition's repeal. Date: 1935 Location: Croton-on-Hudson, NY Type: map Subjects: Croton-on-Hudson, Hudson River, Croton Bay…
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Woman's Holy War — Temperance Cartoon
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Woman's Holy War — Temperance Cartoon Currier & Ives 1874 temperance cartoon 'Woman's Holy War.' The Croton area had several speakeasies during Prohibition including the Nikko Inn, Mikado Inn, and Tumble Inn. Date: 1874 Type: lithograph Subjects: woman, horse, barrels…
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map — Croton-on-Hudson (1924), Sheet 1
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map — Croton-on-Hudson (1924), Sheet 1 Sanborn map of Croton-on-Hudson during the Prohibition era (1924). The village had several roadhouses and speakeasies along the Albany Post Road. Date: 1924 Location: Croton-on-Hudson, NY…
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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 §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 Crotons 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…
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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…
Curtiss JN-4 Jenny Biplane
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Curtiss JN-4 Jenny Biplane Curtiss JN-4 Jenny, the type of biplane commonly used for aerial bootlegging during Prohibition. A Curtis biplane crashed near Croton on May 15, 1922, carrying 250 quarts of Canadian whiskey. Date: c. 1918 Type…
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Connor, Roger Douglas. “Boardwalk Empire of the Air: Aerial Bootlegging in Prohibition Era America.” Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., 2014. Paper presented at the T2M Annual Conference.
…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.
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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…
The Mystery of the Rum Plane
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The Mystery of the Rum Plane On May 15, 1922, a Curtis biplane crashed on a farm near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, carrying a cargo of illegal liquor during the Prohibition era. The incident has come to be known…
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The Mystery of the Rum Plane
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The Mystery of the Rum Plane On May 15, 1922, a Curtis biplane crashed on a farm near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, carrying a cargo of illegal liquor during the Prohibition era. The incident has come to be known…
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The Mystery of the Rum Plane
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The Mystery of the Rum Plane On May 15, 1922, a Curtis biplane crashed on a farm near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, carrying a cargo of illegal liquor during the Prohibition era. The incident has come to be known…
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The Mystery of the Rum Plane
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The Mystery of the Rum Plane On May 15, 1922, a Curtis biplane crashed on a farm near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, carrying a cargo of illegal liquor during the Prohibition era. The incident has come to be known…
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The Mystery of the Rum Plane
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The Mystery of the Rum Plane On May 15, 1922, a Curtis biplane crashed on a farm near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, carrying a cargo of illegal liquor during the Prohibition era. The incident has come to be known…
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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…
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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
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…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
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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 §48Croton 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.
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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…
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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
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…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 §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…
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…Dame nature, seems to have indulged in some wild freaks… View original post 96 more
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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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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…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…
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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…
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…
Brinton, Willard C. Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts. New York: The Engineering Magazine Company, 1914. Internet Archive identifier: cu31924032626792 (Cornell University Library copy). The first American textbook on what we now call data visualization.
…with Missouri's $24 a yearj Is the mes- Ba^ sent to Tennessee to-day by John S. Dawson, Attorney General. Tennessee iida a prohibition fitrht on its hands this Fall. " The test of value of prohibition I- tv- Re…
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Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts §642 — …with Missouri's $24 a yearj Is the mes- Ba^ sent to Tennessee to-day by John S. Dawson, Attorney General. Tennessee iida a prohibition fitrht on its hands this Fall. " The test of value of prohibition I- tv- Re…
Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts §641 — …with Missouri's $24 a yearj Is the mes- Ba^ sent to Tennessee to-day by John S. Dawson, Attorney General. Tennessee iida a prohibition fitrht on its hands this Fall. " The test of value of prohibition I- tv- Re…
Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts §681 — …valleys of curves, 79 of curves, 79 Croj) Re-porter, 100 Cross-hatching, 9 Cross-index of curves, 291 Croton water-supply curves, 160 Cumulative curves, 149 frequency curves, 174, 176, 177, 182, 184 Cunningham, Wm. J., 132, 134, 135…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. II. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…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…
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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…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…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…
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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…
Hogue, O. Wendell, and Veronica Gilbert Agne. &ldquo;A Brief Historical Sketch of Croton-on-Hudson.&rdquo; In Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948, September Nineteenth to Twenty-Sixth. Croton-on-Hudson, NY: Croton Golden Jubilee Committee, 1948. Seq 14 only — additional pages not yet extracted from HathiTrust htid nyp.33433062496793.
…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…
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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…
Nikko Inn, Harmon, N.Y.
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…Harmon was actively promoting his newly developing suburban community as "the most important and extensive suburban development in the history of New York." The Nikko Inn had connections to Prohibition-era speakeasy activities. Date: Various Source: crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory…
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