…THE ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES 273 my house and farm or lott of land, — being the east town lott from Teller's Point extending all along Croton River, together with the Ferry House and ferry thereunto belonging." He married Joanna, daughter of…

…assumed the construction of the bridge across the river and the building of the road as far as a point on the southern boundary of Putnam County. If was not, however, until May, 1840, that the compact between the two…

…A very serious loss, the first that deserves the name, occurred to the work on the night of the 7th January, 1841, by a great and sudden rise in the water of the Croton, and consequently of the Croton Lake…

…It was said to have been erected by the sachem, Croton, to secure himself and his tribe in the possession of these rich fishing and hunting-grounds. The Indian burying-ground was located a short dis-tance east of the…

…Spooner (1900)] The first settlements were in the neighborhood of Croton and Peekskill. The Indians continued numerous, though for the most part peaceable, until an advanced period in the eighteenth century. Stephanus had fourteen children,1 of whom eleven were…

…West Point, October 13th, 1842. GENTLEMEN: — Your invitation to the Superintendent of the Military Academy, and the Corps of Cadets, to attend the Croton water celebration to-morrow, has just been received. The permanent Superintendent of the Academy, is at…

…Iii3|j* South of the Croton River the next Hudson tributary of interest is the Sing Sing Kill, which finds its mouth through a romantic ravine crossed by the notable Aqueduct Bridge. Next comes the Pocantico River, entering the Hudson…

…While the war was going on, this hill, now called Prospect Hill, was much resorted to as a point of observation, and Washington himself frequently repaired to it to make reconnoisances of the British ships of war as they moved…

[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] Most types of tools have been collected on the surface of this small site during the past 70 years, notably among them a small completely grooved axe two inches in length, no doubt but…

…79 Having ascertained the elevation in the city at which it would be desirable to use the water, it was only necessary then, to find a point on the Croton River where a dam could be constructed that would turn…

…This system will collect clean, precipitation induced rufloft, will eliminate any detrimental discharge of sediments, and bypass the water around the waste mass for controlled discharges to the Hudson River and Croton Bay. . This o Construction of a leachate seepage…

…o Reduce, control, or eliminate the potential impacts to the ecological environment of the Croton Marsh. The following section addressee the alternatives that were evaluated to achieve theee goals. VI. SUMMARY OF TEE EVALUATION OF REW3DIAL ALTERNATIVES A. DESCRIPTION OF…

[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] earth containing bones of extinct animals and an obsidian chip were cased together undisturbed and shipped to the Museum where the flake was removed in the presence of scientific witnesses. Mark R. Harrington of…

…The prints depict people walking on country lanes, herding cows, driving rustic carts, paus- ing at work to admire the scene, or engaged in rural recreational pursuits, like fishing or hunting.^" Croton Aqueduct at Clendenning Valley is an especially good…

…The Upper Yonkers tract, containing seven thousand seven hundred and eight acres, bounded on the north by the rivulet Mackackassin and the;/reaf stone (a stone still lying on the Hudson River bank Bad marking the point from which our…

…north line of the manor and of the original township of Mount PleasAiit commenced at a point on the south shore of the Croton River, two miles above its mouth, and. ran thence by " a direct east line " to the…

…North Riverside, pedestrian scale and mixed uses north of Bank Street North Riverside between Brook and Bank Streets PAGE 65 CROTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Municipal Place Shopping Area The shopping area located along Municipal Place and Maple Street includes the Croton…

…no action that involve monitoring and sampling of the Croton Marsh area. No active remedial efforts are included under this alternative for the eastern channel area. Current studies have shown that the continued decline in biomass predicted by previous studies…

…The construction of the Croton Aqueduct, independent of the service it provided New York, was a turning point in the history of

[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] we believe that a series of dates for it from Long Island, up the Hudson and into western New York and into New England would provide what amounts to a road map of the…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] six feet above mean tide; passes along the valley of the Croton to near its mouth, and thence into the valley of the Hudson; goes through the villages of Sing Sing, Tarry town, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings and…

…Gertrude, his only child, married Philip Verplanck, from whom this property received its present name of Verplanck's Point. In 1^06 Oliver, one of the sons of Stephanus, -died, leaving his share of the manor to his surviving brothers…

…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…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] son Park " and the places above it, and also on the north from the Ichabod Crane Bridge, the point where the river turns toward the Hudson, but east of the old Post Road, now known as Broadway…

…Multitudes came in from the country around, and from sister cities : — all business was laid aside for the pleasing ceremonies of the day, and the Croton water, with the beauty and grandeur of its fountains, met with a welcome which…

…In August an ordinance was adopted, organising the Croton Aqueduct Department, to be composed — 1. Of the Croton Aqueduct Committee, being a joint committee of three members from each Board, whose duties are thus defined : § 2. All bills for expenditures…

…The plan was fully discussed — was CROTON AQ.UEDUCT. 197 pronounced by some to be visionary, and it was declared by a member then in the city councils, that water enough could not be procured to fill a tea-kettle…

…Charles King, A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct (New York, 1843), p.220. 2. See selected bibliography on tlie construction of the Croton Aqueduct, p.57 of this book. 3. John Robison, A System…

…West Point-trained resident engi- neer Edmund French wrote to Jervis from Sing Sing, April 25, 1838, figure 37: Irish RIbbonmen, wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, January 1, 1859 Courtesy The Historical Society of the Tarrytowns. Photo: J. Kennedy…

…The name ington townsfolk who purchased the lands from the Montaukett was subsequently given to the present-day Croton River. Local legIndians. The name itself first appeared in colonial records as a neck ends claim that Croton was the name…