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Comprehensive histories of the county and Town of Cortlandt
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| J. Thomas Scharf (1886) | 916 | 173,521 | Original → |
| Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900) | 572 | 106,421 | Original → |
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J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Finch, R. R., 401. Fire Anns, 106. Fireworks, 157. Fitch, T., 162. Fire Department — East Chester, 753. SingSing, 333. North Tarrytowii, 288. Peekskill, 4os. Tarrytow n, 259. Fish, 174. Flagg, E.,38, 112,164. Flagg, II. W, 9…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] G. Garrettson, Rev. F., 394, 431, 455. Garrison,.1., 14S. Gates, A. W., 163. Gates, II. S., 163. Gas Company — Municipal, 110. Peekskill, (09. Sing Sing. 859. Tanytown, 261. • Westchester, loo. Yonkers, 102. Gassbeek, Rev. I…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] II. Hadley, E., 319. Hall Sin Oompany, 859. Halls— Eiust Chester, 757. PeekskiU, 412. Sing Sing, 361. Tarry town, 257. Yonkers, 145. Halliday, Bev. I). W., 393. Hallock family, 486. IlalBey house, 752. Hal stead house, 071. …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Eagle, 412. Elephant, 49o. ' Mansion, 14'>. of East Chester, 755. of North Salem, 534. Peabody, 1 15. Penfteld, 669, of Somen, 490. of Sing Sing, 361. Union, 362. of Yonkers, 142. of Peekskiu, 412. Howe, J., 560. Howe, \\\, …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Kranckhvtc family, 307. Lj. Lactopeptine. 110. LadieB1 Auxiliary Society. 137 Lafayette, 181. Lake— Croton, 401, 462, 481. Meahagh, 416. Mohegan, 453. Trinity. 502. Lame Will, 663. Landrine House, 206. Land Gate, ojs. Laugfo…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Mile Square Sunday School, so. Newspapers — Lynn A Meade, 101. M ilitary. East Chester, 757. Lyon, S., 584. Cortland, 376. * Mt. Vernon, 758. Lyon, W. P., 258, 302. East ( Iheater, 740. North Salem, 529. Peekskill, 412. Peek…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Odd-Fellows — 9. What manors were, 85. Montrose Station, 414. East i 'hestev, 7 1 1 10. Incidents; parishes, 90. Morocco Factory, Yonkers, 104. Peekskill, 111. 11. English ( Ihurch, 99. Morris family, 281. Sing Sing, 354. 12…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Roads, 503. Horticultural Society, 745. Oriskany, 432. Rochambeau'e position, 180. Lodge, 744. Oscawana Island, 419. Sing Sing, 325. Literary Association, 744. Osceola Club, 139. Bedford, 597. Quartette Club, 745. Ossining, …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Owen familv 4S4 Masons — National Bank — (See Bank). Oysters, 185. East Chester, 743. Naval Service, 380. Peekskill, 410. Nelson, Rev. S. S., 339. P Sing Sing, 354. Nelson family, 487. Paine, T., 269. North Salem, 529. Hepar…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Parsons, G. W., 3(15. Parent Gunily, 484. Patterson, Rev, w., 571. Paulding, J.,.17:), 387. " Paulding', J. K., 205. Paulding House, 104. Paulding and Requa Houses, 205. Paii|icr8, 501, CCC. Peek, Bar. T. R. c, 88. Peekskill…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Port Cheater, 098. Post-Offices, 4IH1, 758. Post, R., 182, 183. Potter, O. B., 327. Pottery, 202. Police — Sing Sing, 333. Poundridgaj 501. Preston, Rev. Honslgnor T. s., 73. 300, Price, G., 264. Prime, R. K., 161. Prisons, …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Saw-Mill Creek, 0. Saw Pit, 098. Sawyer, Bay. R. A.. 82, S3 Schernii-rhorn, Rev. M. K., 311I, Schools — Bedford, 007. Rulkley, 268. Cbappaqua, 025. Chrestomathic, (.91. Croton, 421. Davison, 55. Foutc, 54. Francis, 53. Hlghl…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Silk works, 96. Silver, 434. Silver, D., 203. Silver shoe-factory, 202. Silver mines, 323. Simpkius, is. it., 376. Sing Sing, 322, 324. Sing Sing map, 325. Sing Sing Mines, 323. Situ Sincks, 322, 437. Singing society, 745. S…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Telephone Co., Westchester, 110; Teller family, 366. Temperance, St. Teresa's Society, 301, Xemperance Organizations, Yonkers, 140. Temperance Union — Bast Chester, 744. I'eekskill, 412. Sing Sing, 348. Yonkers, 125. Terry, …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Waabbani Building, 146. Washington, G., 181, 180, 278, 303, 301, 431, •134, 677. Water i loseis, in. Water-Works— Crotun, 4(il. [rrington, 191. Peekskill, 408. Tarrytown, 261. \V uter-tower, 4117. Watson, Bev. W. A., 349. Wo…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Williams, A. V., 143. Williams, K., 1 13. Williams, J. H., 143. Williams, J. E., 271. Willsua, A. 0., 250. Wilson, W. W., 30. Wollert's Roost, 232, 200 (sec Irviug, 288). Woodworth, W. W., 72. Wool factory (Flemings), 109. W…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] Chapter XXI From January. 177(.», to September, 1780 446 Chapter XXII The Capture of Andre 464 Chapter XXIII The Westchester Operations of the Allied Armies, 1781 — End of the War 41)7 Chapter XXIV Genera] Hi…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] Llowance is made for the EN DUYVIL — considerably more, indeed, if scrupulou windings of the coast along the Sound. The Hudson River, completing its narrow and tortuous course through the Highlands at the nor…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] From there it flows majestically on to the ocean with no marked 4 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY variations of width, the banks having a mean distance apart of a little more than a mile. From Anthony's Nose, t…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] confines of New York State. To the reader unfamiliar with the history of the New York and Connecticut boundary dispute, this zigzag line will appear to have been traced quite without reference to any sym-metr…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] return to New York. The highest point in Westchester County ( ac-HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY cording to the figures of the United States Coast Survey) is Anthony's Nose, 900 feet above half tide level. PHYS…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] In its course through West-chester County to its mouth, the Croton receives as tributaries the Muscoot, Titicus, Cross, and Kisco Rivers. The Muscoot is the outlet of the celebrated Lake Mahopac in Putnam Cou…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] The former is thirty-eight and the latter thirty-three miles long, the distance in each case being measured to the receiving reservoir. It is the old aqueduct 10 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY which crosses th…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] This river, with other waters which have been artificially connected with it, affords to New York City a water supply of its own, quite independent of the Croton system--a fact, perhaps, not generally underst…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] Putnam Count v. 12 IIISTOItY OF WKST< 'HESTER COUNTY The lakes of Westchester, like the hills and streams, boast no fea-tures of exceptional interest, but are strictly in keeping with the quiet beauty of the …
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] cdiester County regions is that of Prof. I. S. Newberry, who believes,li;!i they date from the Laurentian age. The limestone beds are distributed through every geographical sec-tion of the count v. At Sim>-Si…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] The minerals found in the county, in greater or lesser quantities, embrace magnetic iron ore, iron and copper pyrites, green malachite, sulphuret of zinc, galena and other lead ores, native silver", serpen-ti…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] _ The prevailing soil of Westchester County is the product of disinte-grations of the primitive rocks, and is of a light and sandy character, for the most pari not uncommonly fertile naturally, although the m…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] TOTEMS OF NEW YORK TRIBES. as a separate grand division or as a minor body, the geographical limits of the territory over which they were spread are well defined. _ They were called' by the Dutch Maikans, and…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] As they were coming from the west they found