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Detail of the Hudson Highlands from Thomas Jeffreys’ magnificent map, The Provinces of New York, and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania, and the Province of Quebec. Drawn by Major Holland, Engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty.
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Corrected and Improved, from the Original Materials, by Governr. Pownall, Member of Parliament 1776. London. Printed for Robt Sayer & John Bennett … 17 Augt. 1776. The entire map is available online at David Rumsey Map Collection . Share this: Print
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Detail of the Croton area from Colton’s Map of the County of Westchester . Drawn, Engraved and Published by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. 182 William St. New York. 1886. The entire map is available online at David Rumsey Map Collection . Share this: Print
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window) Tumblr Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Like Loading... Related Tagged Croton Landing Published October 28, 2012 February 17, 2013
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Details of the Croton area in 1908 from the Atlas of the rural country district north of New York City embracing the entire Westchester County, New York . . . Compiled from maps on file and surveyors notes and data, maps from actual surveys furnished
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by individual owners & final field observations by our own Corps of Engineers. Published by E. Belcher Hyde, No. 5 Beekman Street, Manhattan, and No. 97 Liberty Street, Brooklyn. 1908. Additional details are below and the entire map is online at
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These photos are from the 1924 Report of the Westchester County Park Commission, published a year after the county acquired the land. The history of recreational use of Croton Point is described on the Westchester.gov website : Organized recreational
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use of Croton Point began about 1900 when Judge Decker of Croton leased the beach area and began the Croton Point Club. Summer bungalows were built and in 1923 the “Croton Point Park” was open featuring dancing, swimming, and other amusements. On
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July 2, 1923 the Westchester Board of Supervisors purchased the park and opened a limited area to the public. They replaced a group of shacks known as “tent city” with baseball fields, and the dance hall with a camp for children on the plateau
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overlooking the Hudson River at Squaw Cove. During the 1930s an emergency airplane landing strip with a 214-foot runway was built in the ball field area. Thanks to the Oechsner Archive for these vintage photos. Share this: Print (Opens in new window)
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This map is from the 1924 Report of the Westchester County Park Commission, published during a period in which the Westchester park and parkway system was being greatly expanded. Thanks to the Oechsner Archive for this vintage map. Share this: Print
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This detailed Civil War period map of Croton Point is but a small detail of a magnificent 4 sheet, hand-colored map of the Hudson River, produced by the United States Coast Survey from 1861 to 1865. Kaaterskill Books, which offers fine, rare, and
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unusual books in a variety of fields, is offering this map for sale on their website and they were kind enough to provide this image of the Croton Point section. Their detailed catalog description says these “were working river charts, backed and
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bordered with cloth and hanging loops, hand colored, red borders. Though the U.S. Coast Survey rarely produced charts on rivers, the Hudson was one exception given its position as a major thoroughfare. Interesting, unusual, and quite uncommon as a
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complete run of the river from one user.” The map was produced from “a Trigonometrical Survey Under the Direction of A.D. Bache” the second Coast Survey Superintendent, who was great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Bache was a physicist, scientist,
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and surveyor who established the first magnetic observatory and served as the first president of the National Academy of Sciences. For more information on the history of this innovative organization, see this NOAA website . One fascinating tidbit:
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James McNeill Whistler, who went on to paint the iconic “Whistler’s Mother,” was a Coast Survey engraver. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
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This image of the Croton Reservoir in Central Park is from a stereoview, taken as part of Deloss Barnum’s “Views in Central Park” series. Barnum , who during his career was referred to by several variant names, was a photographer in Boston and New
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York in the mid-19th century. This rare stereoview is currently for sale on eBay, and the seller has graciously allowed us to use these images. See here for an exquisite 1865 map of Central Park showing the a bird’s-eye view of the reservoir—today