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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…Riverside Avenue Senasqua Park Waterfront park along Hudson River Senasqua Boat Basin Adjacent to Senasqua Park 1.9 • baseball field • basketball court • playground • baseball field 2.7 • basketball court • playground • ice skating on pond in winter Dobbs Park, Upper Village…
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J. Thomas Scharf (1886) — source
…Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Kitchewonks had two important vil-lages,— one where Peekskill now stands, called Sack-hoes, and the other upon Van Cortlandt's Neck, con-necting Senasqua or Croton Point with the main land. Here they had a…
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Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906) — source
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] Saratoga 180 Saaskahampka 49 Saugerties 162 Saukhenak 47 Schaghticoke 65 Schakaec-kemick 226 Scharon (Schroon) 184 Schenectady 202 Schodac 59 Schoharie 207 Schunnemunk 131 Scompamuck 59 Senasqua 29 Senatsycrossy 212 Seneyaughquan 226 Shannondhoi 204 Shandaken 169…
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crotonhistory.org
…Departing from our camping place in the small lagoon located near the southwest end of the Point (Tellers Point) we paddle along the beautiful Senasqua marshes, the tall slender grasses swaying in the breeze."
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comp_plan_ch2_history_raw.txt
…Design recommendations included improvements to a main access road along Half Moon Bay parcel, to the Senasqua tunnel for pedestrian and bike use, renovation of Senasqua Park, improvements to Croton Yacht Club and Croton Bay boat launch, including improvements of…
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Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872) — source
…Ct., 368 Ramapo river, 377 Riritan river, 376 Sappokanikan, New York, 361 Sewanhackey, Long Island, 365 Sackhoes, Peekskill, 366 Senasqua, Teller's Point, 366 Sacrahung, Mill river, 367 Shappequa, Westchester county, 367 Shenandoah, Dutchess county, 370 Shecomeco, Dutchess county, 86…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…If possible, easements should be obtained to enable the trail to run north of the new waterfront park along the shoreline. • Utilize Senasqua tunnel for bicycles and pedestrians only The one-lane Senasqua tunnel, located under the Metro-North tracks…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…Vehicular access to the waterfront would be limited to the Senasqua tunnel (proposals have also been made to limit the Senasqua tunnel in the future to pedestrian and bicycle use) and the access road to Half Moon Bay condominiums. PAGE…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…Additional pedestrian trails, open to the general public, are planned for the final phases of the project, to connect Croton Point Park to Senasqua Park to the north. Adjoining Half Moon Bay are Senasqua Park, the Croton Sailing School and…
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Robert S. Grumet (2014)
SENASQUA (Westchester County).Whritenour thinks that Senasqua sounds similar to a Munsee word, *asunaskwal, “stony grass.” Today, Senasqua Park (spelled Senassqua Park in the GNIS database) is a small municipal recreational area owned and managed by the Village of Croton…
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crotonhistory.org
…The Senasqua variety, bred from Concord and Black Prince stock, also produced fruit beginning in 1865. Contemporary horticulturist H. E. Hooker praised the Croton as "certainly one of the most delightful grapes...that I have ever raised."
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…If possible, easements should be obtained to enable the trail to run north of the new waterfront park along the shoreline. • Utilize Senasqua tunnel for bicycles and pedestrians only The one-lane Senasqua tunnel, located under the Metro-North tracks…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…Design recommendations included improvements to a main access road along Half Moon Bay parcel, to the Senasqua tunnel for pedestrian and bike use, renovation of Senasqua Park, improvements to Croton Yacht Club and Croton Bay boat launch, including improvements of…
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comp_plan_ch2_history_raw.txt
…Design recommendations included improvements to a main access road along Half Moon Bay parcel, to the Senasqua tunnel for pedestrian and bike use, renovation of Senasqua Park, improvements to Croton Yacht Club and Croton Bay boat launch, including improvements of…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…Riverside Avenue Senasqua Park Waterfront park along Hudson River Senasqua Boat Basin Adjacent to Senasqua Park 1.9 • baseball field • basketball court • playground • baseball field 2.7 • basketball court • playground • ice skating on pond in winter Dobbs Park, Upper Village…
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Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848) — source
…The Indian burying ground is situated near the entrance of Senasqua Neck, (Teller's Point.) The sachem of Kitchawan in 1641, was Metse wakes.
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Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900) — source
…Seaburv, Samuel (Rev.), 301, 302, 313. 315. Sears. Isaac (Captain), Westchestci Raid of. See, Isaac, 470. Segur, < ottnt, 520. Senasqua, 26, 166. Settlements (see also Patents and Pur chases):— of Manhattan Island. 71; of Bronx-land by Jonas Bronck, 87…
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J. Thomas Scharf (1886) — source
…by the name of Slauper's Haven, and by the Indians Navish, the meadow being by the Indians called Senasqua, being bounded by the said river and a certain creek called or known to the Indians by the name of…
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Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900) — source
…at West Farms. Saproughah. — A creek at "West Farms. Sepparak. — A locality in Cortlandt. The foregoing names are seemingly variations of the same word, denoting " extended <>r spread-out land." A search for early forms might change this opinion. Senasqua.
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Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900) — source
…Its precise location was at the entrance or neck of Teller's Point (called Senasqua), and west of the cemetery of the Van Cortlandt family. The traditional sachem was Croton.
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Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872) — source
…Its precise location was at the entrance or neck of Teller's point (called Senasqua), and west of the cemetery of the Van Cortlandt family. Their burial ground was a short distance east of the castle; a roman tic and…
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Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906) — source
…and known by the name of Slauper's Haven and by the Indians Navish, the meadow being called by the Indians Senasqua." Clearly, Navish refers to Verdrietig Hook, on the west side of the river, where it is of record.
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Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848) — source
…7.. ' -' Senasqua Neck, i. 34, 36. Shanasockwell, Sachem, ii. 16. Shappequa, etymology of its name, i. 361. Sheldon's, Colonel, head-quarters, i. 272. Shorackappock, ii. 412. Shrub Oak, village of, ii. 389. Shute family, i. 157. Sigghes, Indian rock…
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Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872) — source
…Teller's point was called Senasqua. Tradition weaves the story that the forms of the ancient warriors still haunt the surrounding glens and woods of this district, and the Haunted Hollow, and the sachems of Teller's point, have become…
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Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906) — source
…The Indians on both sides of the Hudson here were of kindred stock and were largely intermarried. (See Raritans and Pomptons.) Senasqua, quoted as the name of Teller's Point (now Croton Point), and also as the name of Teller…
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Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900) — source
…Van Bursum was the first white owner of the peninsula of Croton Point, which in the Indian language was called by the pleasing name of Senasqua, and, before receiving its present name, had long been known as Teller's Point…
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Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848) — source
…A rural lane, bordered with luxuriant forest trees, leads from the main, called Enoch's Neck, to the Point proper, originally called by the Indians Senasqua, and by the English Sarah's or Sarak's Point, a name derived from…
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Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848) — source
…known by the name of Slaupers Haven, and by the Indians Navish, the meadow being by the Indians called Senasqua, being bounded by the said river and a certain creek called or known to the Indians by the name of…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…The proximity of the Brook Street pedestrian overpass and the nearby Senasqua Park, and a future waterfront park at the Village parcel, will allow the North Riverside district to play an increasingly important role as a link between the Upper…
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…At Senasqua Park, the dirt and noise caused by the large geese population should be addressed. At Black Rock Park, a plan for making it more user-friendly should be developed. Senasqua Park playground PAGE 111 CROTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN New…
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