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Various (1971)
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…In New York State, I have called attention to the rare and random occurrence of several forms of the bifurcated base point (Ritchie 1961: 9, 115), some of them now identifiable as LeCroy Bifurcated Base (Plate 34, figs. 1-3…
Various (1971)
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…12 THE BULLETIN 1965b The "Small Stemmed Point" in New England. Pennsylvania Archaeologist, Vol. XXXV, Nos. 34, pp. 134-138. Gettysburg. 1968 The KI Site, the Vergennes Phase and the Laurentian Tradition. The Bulletin, New York State Archeological Association, No…
Various (1971)
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…America older than those along the corridor to Alaska? How do we explain the presence of crude, non-projectile point tool assemblages that seem unrelated to any known and datable New World cultures? As answers to these questions, Brennan suggests…
Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)
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[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] The twelve heated, steam -producing stones of the Sweat Lodge Ceremony of the Delaware were considered sacred in the diagnosis and treatment of sickness (Wallace, 1961, pp. 73-74). The Burnt Offering Ceremony called…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…The Americans at Croton had not been idle. They had sent a delegation to Colonel Livingston to inform him that the "Vulture" was within cannon shot of Teller's Point, whereupon Livingston sent a party with a four-pound cannon…
Various (1971)
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[Various (1971)] I also wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Department of the Interior, National Parks Service for the 1967 field session. They very patiently allowed us to continue the field contract to include the Fall 1968 field…
Croton Friends of History
…Peterson (1746-1850), a Revolutionary War soldier with Westchester Militia, helped bring a cannon from Fort Lafayette to Croton Point on September 21, 1780. Peterson and Moses Sherwood fired on the British frigate "Vulture," forcing the spy Major John Andre…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
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…the name of Kitcbawonck to the Croton river. The site of the present vil lage of Peekskill was called Sackhoes and was occupied by an Indian village known by that name. Teller's point was called Senasqua. Tradition weaves the…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…It was supposed when this description was written, that a " due east line " from the point mentioned on the Croton would find the source of the Bronx; but when the survey came to be made, it was found thatt the…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…The Croton road had its southern terminus in Sing Sing, where it connected with New York by turnpike. Thus there was a constant stream of travel passing through this town, especially through the village. At this point a road branched…
Various (1971)
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[Various (1971)] Fewer than 20 out of the 450 post molds recorded had diameters larger than .35 ft. The diameter of these larger post molds was usually .8 ft. It was impossible in most cases to determine how far the…
Various (1971)
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…Since part of the site had been scraped by a commercial bulldozer prior to its discovery, depth was taken from a constant point. Each square was excavated in three levels: Level No. 52, July 1971 23 1, surface and topsoil…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)
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…Menagh, entered in Indian deed to Van Cortlandt, 1683, as the name of what is now known as Verplanck's Point, is probably from _Menach'en_ (Del.), the indefinite form of _Menátes,_ diminutive, meaning "Small island." The point was an…
crotonhistory.org
…Underhill, the 'Grape King' of Croton Point, was an investor in this company—which began the New York City transportation system." The photograph captures the Ninth Avenue line from Gansevoort Street looking north, dating to approximately 1870-1880.
The post…
croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw.txt
…I HIGHLIGHTS OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION Residents and environmental groups in the immediate vicinity of the site have shown very strong interest in the Croton Point Landfill site throughout the remedial process. Public maetings and other events have been held to…
Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)
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…The fact that many aboriginal cultures are represented by the artifact collection, leads one to believe that the site may not have been occupied permanently by any of them, but may have been a gathering place or a portaging point…
Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)
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…Thus the only pottery we have found in two years of digging at Kettle Rock Point is very early. This earliness or priority is confirmed by its stratigraphic position. The midden where our latest Vinette I-like pottery occurs itself…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…The Van Cortlandt patent starts at the same point on the Croton River, and runs "due east," whereas the Philipse Manor line bears about southeast, or S-48° E., by the magnetic needle, in this present year, 1885. The wedge…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…Clinton's return in force to the northwestern section of Westchester County after Wayne's recapture of Stony Point was made by way of the " Xew Bridge " at the mouth of the Croton River; and it was by the same…
hudson_river_source_raw.txt
…panorama of them — are of unique beauty, "^^e swelling shoulder of Point-no-Point is below, an(|, : still more to the south, the venerable figure of High Taur. Croton and Sing Sing lie opposite, and, northward, the buttressed gates of…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…On the night of July 15th, Wayne took Stony Point at the point of the bayonet; this was to have been followed by an attempt on Fort Lafayette. This task was committed to Major-Gen-eral Howe with two brigades…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
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…The following orders from the Baron de Kalb bear date, '' Camp near Croton Bridge, 19th July, 1778. " Colonel Malcolm's regiment is ordered to march at 2 o'clock to-morrow morning to the fort at West Point, on Hudson…
Various (1967)
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…The real date of the Croton Point shell midden (Brennan 1963:14) tested at 5863 ± 200 (Y 1315) would be 7108 B.P. The real No. 39, March 1967 11 date of the Otter Creek phase hearth at Sylvan Lake…
croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw.txt
…Both the County and the State are required by law to get the most competitive prices when procuring goods and services for taxpayer funded projects such as the Croton Point Landfill remediation project. Placing restrictions on the delivery of materials…
king_memoir_1843_raw.txt
…The entire length, therefore, from the point on the Croton, which has the requisite elevation, to the distrbuting reservoir, is 45.562 miles. The large mains running from the distributing reservoir, through the central part of the city, would add…
Various (1971)
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[Various (1971)] There were also important changes in his older classifications of some cultures, descriptions of newly defined complexes, and finally a concise discussion of the data favoring the in situ evolution of Iroquoian culture. A revised edition of the…
Various (1971)
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[Various (1971)] 1959 The Eastern Dispersal of Adena (with Don W . Dragoo), American Antiquity, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 43-50, Salt Lake City, 1959 Excavation of an Owasco Village Site in New York: Report on 1958 Settlement Pattern Studies…
croton_point_sampling_2021_raw.txt
…S0619 C0125 F280 D1709 G5151 B1007 988 E3308 Kx6 CROTON POINT PARK CROTON, NY 10520 Collection Point : Valhalla, New York 10595 RFW-1D Collected By : STEY & DUVAL Collection Date : 05/06/2021 AT 9:30:00AM Submitted On : 05/06…
croton_point_sampling_2021_raw.txt
…S0755 C0119 F621 D1715 G4808 B455 B682 E3322 K6265 6426 8947 9143 8548 8789 CROTON POINT PARK CROTON, NY 10520 Collection Point : Valhalla, New York 10595 RFW-7D Collected By : STEY & DUVAL Collection Date : 05/12/2021 AT 8:55…
croton_point_sampling_2021_raw.txt
…S0360 D1426 C0153 F55 B728 B1085 E3428 G4639 K8665 K8898 K1216 K3197 K8935 K8489 CROTON POINT PARK CROTON, NY 10520 Collection Point : Valhalla, New York 10595 RINSE BLK Collected By : DUVAL & STEY Collection Date : 05/05/2021 AT 9:45…