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Deep dives into Croton-on-Hudson history, cross-referenced from primary source documents and fact-checked against the archive.

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When every Croton yard kept chickens

From manor rents paid in hens to a Revolutionary spy selling eggs, Croton's historical record is full of poultry — and t…

2026-07-15

The Cannon Shot That Saved America

*How a band of Croton locals forced the HMS Vulture downstream — and accidentally exposed Benedict Arnold's treason* On the evening of September 21, 1780, the British sloop-of-war HMS Vulture rode at anchor in the Hudson River just below Teller's Point — the southernmost tip of…

From the archive · 20 min read · 7 sources

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The Fifteen-Year Revenge

From the archive · 8 min · 6 sources

Chief Nimham's Last Stand

From the archive · 15 min · 5 sources

The Grape King's Secret: How an 1865 Wine Bore a 7,000-Year-Old Name

From the archive · 7 min · 9 sources

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Little Italy on the Croton: The Hidden World of the Dam Workers

From the archive · 15 min read · 3 sources

The Westchester Tea Party: Thirty Women on Horseback

From the archive · 6 min read · 5 sources

Slavery at the Patriots' Manor

From the archive · 12 min read · 5 sources

The Other Harmon: From $3,000 Land Scheme to Harlem Renaissance Patron

From the archive · 4 min read · 3 sources

Croton Point's Five Lives: From Kitchawank Fortress to County Park

From the archive · 5 min read · 8 sources

Prohibition's Wild Croton: Rum Planes, Submarines, and Undercover Fiddlers

From the archive · 10 min read · 13 sources

The Poets of Croton Water

From the archive · 13 min read · 9 sources

The Data Visualization Pioneer's Brook

From the archive · 15 min read · archival narrative

Below the Dam

From the archive · 12 min read · archival narrative

Teatown

From the archive · 29 min read · 25 sources

The Sachem Named Askawanes

From the archive · 9 min read · 25 sources

From Kitchawank to CCC

From the archive · 8 min read · archival narrative

Croton Landing

From the archive · 10 min read · 19 sources

The Island of Broken Bricks

From the archive · 9 min read · archival narrative

Twenty-Six Miles of Water and Walking

From the archive · 10 min read · archival narrative

Original Research & Corrections to the Record

From the archive · 62 min read · archival narrative

The Tea Captain Was Not Elizabeth

From the archive · 31 min read · 19 sources

At Davenport House, Before Sunrise

From the archive · 26 min read · archival narrative

The Lieutenant Was Being Shaved

From the archive · 13 min read · 14 sources

The Burning of Crompond

From the archive · 16 min read · 17 sources

"Boys, I'm Wounded — But Don't Mind That — Charge!"

From the archive · 20 min read · 14 sources

The Handsomest Young Man I Ever Saw

From the archive · 21 min read · 19 sources

The Night Sergeant Douglass Fell

From the archive · 12 min read · archival narrative

About these stories: Each article draws from primary source documents in the archive and is cross-referenced across multiple independent sources. All direct quotes are verbatim. Factual claims are verified against the database before publication. Browse source documents →