…Wharton (1814-1862), Works of the West Point Foundry from the Head of the Ravine (Cold Spring, New York), November 1832 Ink on paper in "Thomas K. Wharton Diary 1830-1834 (p.205) Reproduction, courtesy Rare Books and manuscripts Division…

…The western portion, or west of the " twenty-mile line," to Croton River, belonged to ] Cortlandt Manor, for which a royal patent or • charter was issued to Stephanus Van Cortlandt, June 17, 1697. The commissioners who surveyed the "manor" in…

…One of the principal visitors at the French camp in 1782 was the Baron de Talleyrand e Upon Cedar Point an eccentric character known as Nancy Lane the hermit-ess, resided for many years. 390 ■' HISTORY OF THE and south…

[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] Bert Salwen of Metropolitan Chapter, who is now teaching at Bennington College, made the July issue of American Antiquity with his "Sea Levels and Archaeology in the Long Island Sound Area." The abstract in…

[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] association publication committee, or to the Editor, Louis Brennan, 39 Hamilton Avenue, Ossining, N. Y. No. 26 November 1962 3 American archaeology has to be re-thought out, and that modest tool, the chopper…

…the Croton, American civil engineering was in the process of devel- oping standards and rules of conduct so necessary to the forma- tion and recognition of any profession. In the 1830s, the United States Military Academy at West Point, New…

…The construction of the Croton Aqueduct, independent of the service it provided New York, was a turning point in the history of Westchester County in the 19th-century; in conjunction with the railroad, it radically trans- formed Westchester's relationship…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] after, this was an important point in the town, situ-ated, as it was, on the road to Lower or South Salem, and about midway between the two points. It was then denominated Yerks' Corners, and for…

…OPERATIONS OF 1TS1 505 On the evening of the 1st of July General Lincoln, with 800 men and several pieces of artillery, left the camp in the vicinity of Peek-skill, marched to Teller's (Croton) Point, and put his…

[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] At the Archery Range site, an unmodified stone of duck like form, partly polished as if by handling, was recovered from a feast pit adjacent to a burial at- 6 THE BULLETIN tributed to…

…The federal, state and county lists of historic places, as well as the work of the Croton Historical Society, provide a valuable starting point and can be expanded to identify places of local importance. For the property owner, historic preservation…

…lie dispatched from West Point, through our county, a force sufficient for the occupation of Kingsbridge and other outlying posts as they should bo surrendered. And (hen, attended by his staff and joined by Governor Clinton, Lieutenant-Governor Van Cortlandt…

[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] Obviously, the terms to be used and the subclassification of the system would need further study by the committee. And obviously, also, similar systems for pottery and other artifacts as separated by function, as…

…This area is zoned C2, and is bisected by Croton Point Avenue, which connects it to the nearby train station. The C2 district along North Riverside was recently rezoned to C1 zoning, reflecting its scale and building type (higher effective…

…19-21, 2018 September 24, 2018 October 1, 2018 • Monitor well RFW-4 was damaged by a village of croton tractor. The CLF crew replaced the damaged outer casing of the well and poured a new concrete pad. • Flare shut…

[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] The island, consisting of twenty-seven square miles of surface area, is fairly level and was undoubtedly created by the last ice age. The chief industry has been farming since the island was purchased…

…Construction project started by Cornerstone and Croton landfill crew. Isolated RR1 header from Flare so work could begin. CLF crew excavated a 6" header near RR1 EW-23. They then proceeded to cut the pipe and drain the water that…

[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] The area is a gentle rolling plain, rising in a south westerly direction from the river bank which is approximately six feet above the river level. At the present time, the larger portion of…

…This continued for the next couple weeks and at no point in our efforts were we able to drain the water. 2016 Work and Activity Performed April 5-6, 2016 • April 8, 2016 April 13, 2016 • • • • April 18-21, 2016…

…View South from Sing Sing, about 1848 Croton and Verplanck' s Point and Anthony's Nose from Hill back of Sing Sing . High Taur and the Short Clove — Haverstraw 161 199 205 213 216 218 220 221 233 239 247…

…Upon (he latter point his directions to Lee were unmis-takable. He directed that the stores ami baggage be removed north of the Croton River into General Heath's jurisdiction, and closed with this injunction: " If the enemy should remove…

…It was originally proposed to construct the new Croton Dam at Quaker Bridge, but that plan was abandoned, and in August, 1892, the contract was awarded for the Cornell Dam, now approaching completion, about a mile and a half above…

…The Dutch, thereupon, burnt two of these strongholds, reserving the third as a point to retreat to, in case of necessity. From this place they next marched between thirty and forty miles further, but discovered nothing save a few lir…

…Verplanck's Point was named for Philip Ver-THE ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES 269 was an expert knowledge of surveying-. By articles of agreement en-tered into by the Van Cortlandt heirs in November, 1730, Philip Verplanck was appointed to survey and…

…They were followed by a company of Whigs who pursued them to the Croton River, where some were killed and others driven into the stream. It was months before Crosby recovered, and it was then plain that his days of…

…559, 582, blockhouse, 44S; storming of Stony Point, 452; 5S7, 606. Tarleton's raid on Poundridge, 456; British at-Almshouse, The. 544. taeks on Orompond, 458; Hopkins's fight with Amackassin, 106. Emmerick, 459: American descents on Morris-Amerindian names…

[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] The grave was 26 inches in depth and the fragile skulls were badly fractured by freezing of the heavy soil. The grave was situated 150 feet from salt marshes on land many times inundated…

came back on at 6:00pm when the power returned. • CLF crew surfaced sampled all gas wells on CLF and RR1 with TVA-1000. No hot spots were located during sampling. • CLF crew collected data on CLF and RR1. • CLF…

…A former British party came there from Verplanck's Point under Colonel Abercrombie, guided by Caleb Morgan, a Tory of Yorktown, and burned a store-house and the parsonage. In fact, the country above the Croton River, which up to…

…of the Croton." On the 18th of April, 1834, Mr. Rhodes addressed a communication to the Com- mittee of the Common Council, on " Fire and Water," in which he proposes to build a dam at a point about four miles…