Historic Pelham

1876 Newspaper AdvertisementTouting Pelham Manor & Huguenot Heights Association Real Estate

2011-07-19T05:08:00.000-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog presents an image, and transcribes the text, of an advertisement published in a New York City newspaper in 1876 touting real estate in the new development in lower Westchester County being constructed by the Pelham Manor

City Island Horse Railroad Temporarily Shut Down in 1892 Over Cruelty Concerns

2011-07-18T05:02:00.083-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site.Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I have been working on a history of the "horse railroad" that once ran in the Town of Pelham from Bartow Station to the end of City Island. Today's post adds additional research to the collection I have assembled so far. At the end of this post is a list of links

Another Newspaper Account of The Pelhamville Train Wreck of 1885

2011-07-15T04:42:00.020-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site. Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I have written previously much about the Pelhamville Train Wreck of 1885. For a few examples, see: Monday, September 24, 2007: The Pelhamville Train Wreck of 1885 Tuesday, September 25, 2007: More About the Pelhamville Train Wreck of 1885 Wednesday, September

After Annexation of Part of Pelham by New York City, Mount Vernon Barbers Avoided Sunday Blue Laws by Operating in the Remainder of Pelham

2011-07-14T05:10:00.002-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. When New York City annexed large portions of the Town of Pelham in the mid-1890s, it annexed City Island. At the time of the annexation, most Town officials -- including law enforcement officials -- lived on City Island or in other areas annexed by New York City.

New York Governor Thomas Dongan Addresses Licenses to Henry Cuyler and John Pell to Purchase Land from Indians in 1686

2010-05-25T04:59:00.030-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. In 1686, Governor of the Province of New York Thomas Dongan licensed John Pell to purchase from local Native Americans "all that tract or tracts" of land lying within the bounds of his Patent that were "not yet purchased of the said Indyan natives." Below is the

John Pell Takes Oath of John Clarke of West Chester on May 15, 1676

2010-05-24T04:40:00.033-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. During the 1670s, John Pell served as a Justice in Westchester. Among his duties was the taking of oaths. Such an occasion occurred on May 15, 1676 when John Clarke "of West Chester" appeared before him to swear an oath regarding something that was said to him

The Announcement of President Abraham Lincoln's Assassination in Pelham, NY on April 15, 1865

2010-05-21T05:07:00.047-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Hart Island, near City Island, once was part of the Town of Pelham. During the latter part of the Civil War, Hart Island was used to house Confederate Prisoners of War. There is an interesting published account of the announcement made to the Confederate prisoners

Description of Early Baseball Game Played at Pelham Bridge in 1878

2010-05-20T04:31:00.034-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I long have been intrigued by early references to baseball being played in Pelham. At the end of this posting is a long list of earlier postings on the subject. I have located yet another very early reference to baseball being played in Pelham. In fact, it

Obituary of Charles J. Stephens of the Pelham Manor & Huguenot Heights Association

2010-05-19T05:03:00.031-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Regular readers know that for years I have researched the Pelham Manor & Huguenot Heights Association and its involvement in the development that became much of the Village of Pelham Manor. See the end of this post for a listing of recent postings on the topic.

1874 Newspaper Advertisement Touting Pelham Manor and Huguenot Heights Association Real Estate

2010-05-18T04:47:00.027-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog presents an image, and transcribes the text, of an advertisement published in a New York City newspaper in 1874 touting the benefits of purchasing lots from the new development in lower Westchester County being

Jessup Family Members Tried in 1909 to Take Back Some of the Lands Conveyed to Form the Lands Developed by the Pelham Manor and Huguenot Heights Association

2010-05-17T05:09:00.037-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I have written before about the Pelham Manor & Huguenot Heights Association formed to develop lands that became much of the Village of Pelham Manor. For examples of such postings, see the listing with links at the end of today's posting. Today's posting to

1885 Article on Alleged Failure to Develop Pelham Manor Said the Development "At Best Resembles the Collapse of a Wild Cat Land Scheme"

2010-05-14T04:35:00.028-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I have written much about the Pelham Manor & Huguenot Heights Association. Regular readers may recall that I have published quite a number of blog postings on the topic, including: Wed., November 11, 2009: 1874 Evening Telegram Advertisement for Pelham Manor

More on the Early History of the Pelham and City Island Horse Railroad

2010-05-13T04:56:00.004-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. For quite some time I have been working on the history of the "horse railroad" that once ran in the Town of Pelham from Bartow Station to the end of City Island. Today's post adds additional research to the collection I have assembled so far. At the end of

Fire Partly Destroyed Pelham Town Hall in 1908

2010-05-12T04:51:00.020-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Shortly after a large Republican rally in the building, a "mysterious" fire partly destroyed Pelham's Town Hall in the early morning hours of October 24, 1908. This was the predecessor to today's Town Hall. A brief article about the fire appeared in the

Mystery Solved - Pelham Town Hall That Once Stood On Shore Road Was Used as a School

2010-05-11T04:47:00.013-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. For years I have struggled to resolve a mystery surrounding Pelham's Town Hall that once stood on Shore Road. An engraving showing that little brick building with its tower appears below. Many secondary authorities referenced the building as school. Reliable

1675 Sale of Horses Located in Norwalk by John Pell of "Ann Hook's Neck"

2010-05-10T05:02:00.018-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I have run across a record of an odd transaction involving John Pell, the nephew and principal legatee of Thomas Pell who acquired from Native Americans the lands that became the Manor of Pelham. On March 5, 1675, John Pell "proprietor of the Manor of Ann

Image of Hawkswood Published in 1831

2010-05-07T05:01:00.015-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I previously have written about Elisha W. King and his estate known as "Hawkswood". See Wednesday, April 5, 2006: "Hawkswood", Later Known as the Marshall Mansion on Rodman's Neck in Pelham. Thursday, June 28, 2007: 19th Century Notice of Executor's Sale of

Consolidation Involving Pelham Has Been Discussed Since at Least 1824

2010-05-06T04:35:00.019-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. During the mid-1970s, the Village of Pelham and the Village of North Pelham were consolidated to form today's Village of Pelham. From the 1920s to the present, residents of Pelham have debated the pros and cons of consolidating various of the villages. Others

2010-05-05T04:51:00.000-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. In 1922, lawmakers floated a plan to consolidate a large number of Westchester communities including the three villages of the Pelhams and the Town of Pelham to create a Westchester City. Known as the "City Plan in Westchester," the proposal faced intense

Questions Regarding the Trolley Franchise from Bartow Station to the Tip of City Island Arose in 1915

2010-05-04T07:03:00.002-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Yesterday I wrote about the dissatisfaction of City Islanders with the transportation service they had used for years from Bartow Station to the tip of City Island. (A link to that posting and other related postings appears at the end of this brief article.)

Efforts to Reorganize the Operators of the City Island Horse Railroad and Monorail in 1914

2010-05-03T04:38:00.001-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. By 1914, City Islanders were fed up with the Pelham Park Railroad Company and the City Island Railway Company. They believed that the horse railroad service and the monorail service that for years had transported them from Bartow Station to the tip of City

"Truly, An Illuminating Little Passage in the History of New-York!" - Efforts to Develop Shore Road Trolley Line in 1897

2010-04-30T04:54:00.016-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Recently I wrote a brief posting on efforts to develop a trolley line on Shore Road in 1897. See Wed., April 28, 2010: Efforts by the Pelham Park Horse Railroad to Expand and Develop a Trolley Car Line on Shore Road in 1897. I have located another couple

City Islanders Complain and Force the Operators of Their Horse Railroad to Agree to Replace Antiquated Cars in 1908

2010-04-29T04:53:00.012-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Regular readers know that I have been engaged in a project to document the history of the horse railroad once operated in the Town of Pelham between Bartow Station and the tip of City Island. The horse railroad, operated by Pelham Park Railroad Company and the

Efforts by the Pelham Park Horse Railroad to Expand and Develop a Trolley Car Line on Shore Road in 1897

2010-04-28T04:47:00.078-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I have written fairly extensively regarding the little horse railroad that once ran from Bartow Station on the New Haven Branch Line to the tip of City Island. For examples of such previous postings, see the links at the end of this posting. The horse

New York City's Interborough Rapid Transit Company Sued to Foreclose a Mortgage on the Horse Railroad in 1911

2010-04-27T05:02:00.018-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. In its final years before it was replaced by a monorail line and, then, buses, the horse railroad that once ran from Bartow Station on the New Haven Branch line to the tip of City Island ran into financial difficulties. In 1902, the Pelham Park Railroad

Public Service Commission Couldn't Find Marshall's Corners in 1909

2010-04-26T04:38:00.030-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Marshall's Corners once was an area in the Town of Pelham near the Marshall Mansion known as Hawkswood on the mainland near the City Island Bridge. Marshall's Corners was a stop on the horse railroad where the Pelham Park Railroad once joined the City Island

Charles Blaskowitz, Surveyor Who Created Important Map Reflecting the Battle of Pelham

2010-04-23T04:43:00.029-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Charles Blaskowitz produced an important map showing troop movements in and around the Manor of Pelham for the period that included the Battle of Pelham on October 18, 1776. An image of the map appears immediately below. Here is a citation to the map, held in

Account of Early Judicial Decision Relating to Ownership of Land Beneath Coastal Waters of City Island

2010-04-22T04:35:00.001-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Occasionally I have written about legal disputes that have arisen concerning ownership of the land beneath certain coastal waters surrounding City Island when it was part of the Town of Pelham. For examples, see: Monday, November 27, 2006: The 19th Century

Town Petition to Move the Pelhamville Depot in 1887

2010-04-21T04:42:00.036-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Recently I wrote about the early efforts of citizens of Pelham to petition seeking a move of the New Haven Line train station in Pelhamville. See Monday, April 19, 2010: Early Talk of Moving the Pelhamville Train Station from its Original Location. Today's

Brief Announcement that the Pelham Manor Tribune Commenced Publication in 1893

2010-04-20T05:05:00.000-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I have written before about the Pelham Manor Tribune, a newspaper published by R. C. Beecroft who quickly sold the publication to Edgar C. Beecroft. William G. Beecroft served as editor of the publication. See Friday, July 22, 2005: Editorial from the

Early Talk of Moving the Pelhamville Train Station from its Original Location

2010-04-19T04:34:00.036-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. The Pelhamville train station originally stood near the Pelham National Bank building that stands today at One Wolfs Lane in the Village of Pelham (the old Post Office Building). During the spring of 1887, there was talk about the need to move the train

Formation of the City Island Beldonites Baseball Club in June 1884

2010-04-16T05:06:00.036-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I long have researched the history of baseball in the Town of Pelham. For references to the many previous postings and articles I have written about the subject, see the end of this posting, below. Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog transcribes a

Account of Baseball Game Played in Pelham on June 9, 1884: The Country Club Beat the Knickerbockers, 42 to 22

2010-04-15T04:43:00.039-04:00

Col. Delancey Kane Changes the Timing and Route of The Pelham Coach in 1876

2010-04-14T04:49:00.039-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Over the last few years I have written a great deal about Col. Delancey Kane's "Pelham Coach," also known as the Tally-Ho. For just a few of the many, many examples of such writings, see, e.g.: Friday, February 11, 2005: Col. Delancey Kane's "Pelham Coach",

The New Pelham Bay Golf Course Became Popular in 1903

2010-04-13T04:39:00.025-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. There were early, slow efforts to build the first nine holes of the Pelham Bay Golf Course (which was redesigned by John van Kleek in 1937). Val Flood, New York City's "golf professional" was overseeing construction of the course. Although the first nine

New York Athletic Club Stage Coach Accident Leads to Death of Pelham Manor Man

2010-04-12T05:08:00.033-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. In 1901, John R. Beecroft died following an accident involving the New York Athletic Club stage coach that ran between Pelham Manor Depot on the branch line and the club's facility on Travers Island. I have written before about other members of the Beecroft

The Closing of the "Eastern Railroad" of the Westchester Model Club, Inc. in the Pelham Manor Depot in 1953

2010-04-09T04:43:00.000-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I have written before about the Westchester Model Club, Inc. that once ran a massive model railroad inside the old Pelham Manor Depot before the demolition of that station on the New Haven Branch Line to make way for I-95 during the 1950s. See Tue., October 13,

Jose Ferrer, an Academy Award Winner, Tony Award Winner, National Medal of Arts Winner, and Emmy Nominee, Got His Start on the Periwinkle Showboat Out of Pelham

2010-04-07T05:05:00.029-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Few people know that in the midst of the Great Recession, Pelham residents created a Showboat named "Periwinkle" that moored in the Hutchinson River and plied the waters of Long Island Sound. It traveled to yacht clubs and provided melodramas as entertainment.

Well-Known North Pelham Farmer Patrick Walsh Killed by a Bull in 1900

2010-04-06T04:32:00.014-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. It is difficult to imagine any part of today's Pelham as rolling countryside dotted with dairy farms. Barely 100 years ago, however, that is precisely how parts of the town looked. Farms, including dairy farms, dotted the countryside. In 1900, an oddly

Obituary of Noted Pelham Manor Resident C. H. Roosevelt Published in 1901

2010-04-05T05:10:00.022-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. C. H. Roosevelt was a well-known attorney and grandson of Elbert Roosevelt, one of the early settlers of the Manor of Pelham. C.H. Roosevelt died at his Pelham Manor home on March 24, 1901. Below is his obituary that appeared in the March 30, 1901 issue of the

More on the So-Called "Horse Railroad" that Once Ran from Bartow Station to City Island

2010-04-02T04:50:00.061-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Recently I have documented here a great deal of the research I have conducted on the City Island Horse Railroad that once ran from Bartow Station to the end of City Island. Examples of such postings appear at the end of today's posting. Today's posting

Map of Pelhamville Westchester County, New York Surveyed by William Bryson, Architect & Civil Engineer New Rochelle August 4, 1851

2010-04-01T16:35:00.033-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Shortly after the railroad known today as the New Haven Line extended its tracks through Pelhamville, William Bryson surveyed that area for development purposes on August 4, 1851. Bryson was an architect and civil engineer located in New Rochelle. The

Request for Comment: What Pelham Manor School is This, Shown in 1907?

2010-03-31T04:47:00.019-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. The post card below has troubled me for several years. It purports to show the "Public School" in "Pelham Manor, N.Y." The message on the bottom of the obverse of the used post card postmarked in 1907 takes no issue with the title of the photograph, indicating

Obituary of William McAllister Who Built Civil War Gunboats in Pelham

2010-03-30T04:44:00.000-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Pelham and her residents played most important roles in the Civil War -- as did most small communities throughout the nation (North and South). City Island in the Town of Pelham was a critical shipyard involved in the construction of northern gunboats. Among

Nathaniel H. Bouldin, a Poor Confederate Prisoner of War Who Died in Pelham in 1865

2010-03-29T04:58:00.031-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. No one yet has researched and written the history of Pelham's participation in the Civil War. I have a special interest in that era -- I have discovered (to my amazement and sadness) that my wife's Great-Great Grandfather was a Confederate soldier who was

Captain Joshua Leviness Defies the New York Legislature and Dredges Oysters with a Steamer in 1878

2010-03-26T17:06:00.083-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I recently have enjoyed researching the 19th century oyster industry in waters off City Island. It seems apparent that Joshua Leviness was the "Dean" of City Island oystermen who consistently was involved in each and every development that affected the industry

Discovery of "The Great Oyster Bed" in Long Island Sound in 1859

2010-03-25T04:45:00.095-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I have written before of the discovery of "The Great Oyster Bed" in Long Island Sound in 1859. See Fri., July 27, 2007: Possible Origins of the Oyster Feud Between City Islanders and Huntington, Long Island. During the fall of 1859, five fishermen from Darien

The Oyster War of 1884 Between Glen Cove and City Island Intensifies

2010-03-24T04:35:00.008-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Yesterday I posted an item about the 1884 "Oyster War" during which Glen Cove, Long Island feuded with City Island and Connecticut oystermen over ownership of oyster beds off its shores. See Tue., March 23, 2010: Yet Another "Oyster War" in 1884; Glen Cove

Yet Another "Oyster War" in 1884; Glen Cove Officials Feud with City Island and Connecticut Oystermen

2010-03-23T04:56:00.035-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. During the 19th century, many with dollar signs in their eyes flooded into the Long Island Sound oyster industry just as pollution, garbage dumping and over-harvesting was reducing oystering opportunities. One consequence was an ongoing battle over whether

77-Year Old City Island Oysterman Joshua Leviness Reminisces in Testimony Provided in 1884

2010-03-22T04:42:00.040-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. In late 1884, the New York State Commissioner of Fisheries, Eugene G. Blackford, conducted an investigation of the state of the oyster industry. He held a hearing on Monday, November 24 of that year in Pelham to hear from City Island oystermen regarding the

The New York Legislature Stepped Into the Oyster War on Long Island Sound in 1895

2010-03-19T05:03:00.030-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Regular readers of the Historic Pelham Blog know that I recently have been collecting research regarding the oystering industry off the waters of City Island in the Town of Pelham during the 19th century. Recent postings on the topic are collected at the end of

1859 Town of Huntington Record Reflecting Dispute with City Island Oystermen

2010-03-18T04:36:00.067-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog continues the recent series that collects research regarding the oystering industry in the waters off City Island when it was part of the Town of Pelham in the 19th century. In 1859, the Board of Trustees of the Town

Report of September 13, 1884 Tour of Oyster Beds by Captain Joshua Leviness of City Island

2010-03-17T04:39:00.036-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. On September 13, 1884, City Island oysterman Joshua Leviness served as pilot of the steamer "Lookout" that carried Eugene G. Blackford on a tour of the oyster beds owned by Captain Leviness. Mr. Blackford subsequently published a brief report of the tour. I

More on 19th Century Oystering in Pelham - Descriptions of Oyster Beds Off Hart Island, City Island and in Pelham Bay Published in 1887

2010-03-16T05:02:00.001-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I continue my efforts to research 19th century oystering in the waters off the Town of Pelham. At the end of this posting I have collected links to the Historic Pelham Blog postings that deal with the topic to date. Today's posting transcribes a description of

More on 19th Century City Island Oyster Industry - City Island Oystermen Complain of Pollution

2010-03-15T04:49:00.002-04:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Recently I have devoted efforts to researching the history of oystering in the waters off City Island in the Town of Pelham during the early 19th century. For a few of the many examples of postings to the Historic Pelham Blog that deal with oystering, see,

Early History of Oystering in the Waters Off City Island in the Town of Pelham

2010-03-12T04:57:00.000-05:00

The "Great Oyster War" Between City Island and Tarrytown in 1877 and 1878

2010-03-11T04:51:00.048-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. A "war" of epic proportions erupted between the Oystermen of City Island and the Oystermen of Tarrytown in 1878. I previously have written on the Historic Pelham Blog about the oystering industry on City Island during the 19th century. (Indeed, one such

1899 Article About City Island's New Bridge Describes History of Area and Includes Wonderful Images

2010-03-10T04:58:00.000-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. During 1899 and 1900, the bridge that now connects City Island to the mainland was built next to the ancient wooden bridge as a replacement. The November 5, 1899 issue of the New-York Daily Tribune included a lengthy, interesting article about the new bridge,

Earliest Reference Yet to Organized Baseball Played in Pelham

2010-03-09T05:04:00.012-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings I long have researched the history of baseball in the Town of Pelham. On Friday, December 11, 2009, I posted to the Historic Pelham Blog an item entitled "Earliest Reference Yet to Baseball Played in Pelham". In it I quoted a reference to a recreational

"Water Famine" in the Town of Pelham in 1886

2010-03-08T04:35:00.045-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings Local newspapers published in the 19th century provide and interesting and quaint view of the Town of Pelham as it developed slowly from a rural community to a New York City suburb. One issue of The Chronicle published in Mount Vernon in 1886 makes clear how

Construction of the City Island Horse Railroad in 1887

2010-03-05T04:59:00.039-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog continues the recent series of postings on the Horse Railroad that once ran from Bartow Station to City Island in the Town of Pelham. Today's posting transcribes a local news column published in The Chronicle in 1887

Beginnings of Horse Railroad - News From Pelham and City Island Published in 1884

2010-03-04T04:41:00.042-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog continues my unexpectedly-robust series of items on the Horse Railroad that once operated between Bartow Station and City Island in the Town of Pelham. Below I have transcribed a column published in September 1884 in

1879 Advertisement for Robert J. Vickery's City Island Stage Line, A Predecessor to the City Island Horse Railroad

2010-03-03T04:43:00.000-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Those who follow the Historic Pelham Blog know that I have been trying to document the City Island horse railroad that once ran between Bartow Station and City Island. See, e.g., Tue., March 2, 2010, 1901 Report Indicated that the Flynn Syndicate Planned to Buy

1901 Report Indicated that The Flynn Syndicate Planned to Buy the Pelham Bay Park & City Island Railroad Horse Car Line

2010-03-02T05:06:00.010-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog continues recent efforts to document research regarding the horse car line that once ran from Bartow Station to the end of City Island when the area was part of the Town of Pelham. Other examples of such research

Flynn Syndicate Buys the City Island Horse Car Line in 1907 to Incorporate it Into Electric Trolley Line

2010-03-01T04:48:00.043-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Regular readers know that recently I have been assembling research on the horse car line that once ran from Bartow Station to the end of City Island when the area was part of the Town of Pelham. For examples of postings containing such research, see: Fri.,

1913 Decision of Public Service Commission to Allow Reorganization of City Island Horse Railroad for Electrification

2010-02-26T04:47:00.013-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Recently I have been writing about the "horse railroad" that ran from Bartow Station to City Island when the area was part of the Town of Pelham. Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog transcribes the text of an article published in 1913 describing a

Photograph of Patrick Byrnes and Article About His Retirement as Operator of the City Island Horse Car in 1914

2010-02-25T04:55:00.000-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. As I noted in yesterday's posting, I have written extensively in the last year about the horse car that once ran from Bartow Station on the New Haven Branch Line to City Island when the area was part of the Town of Pelham. See, e.g.: Wed., February 24, 2010:

Attempted Suicide of City Island's Long-Time Horse Car Driver

2010-02-24T05:09:00.000-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I have been working hard for the last year or so to document the history of the "horse railroad" that ran from Bartow Station to City Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For a few examples of Blog postings transcribing just a little of my

A Brief History of the Development and Unveiling of Parkway Field in 1955 -- Known Today as Glover Field

2010-02-23T04:37:00.014-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings."May the activities on this field promote courage, self-reliance, fair play, spirited competition, good sportsmanship, and physical fitness for all who participate here. May such activities help to develop the highest qualities of American citizenship in the

1911 Village of North Pelham License for Operation of One-Horse, Two-Horse or Automobile Taxis

2010-02-22T05:05:00.001-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Little, it seems, can remind us of times long gone than the image below. It is a taxi license form issued by the Village of North Pelham in 1911 for use by those applying to operate taxis consisting of one-horse vehicles, two-horse vehicles or automobiles or

1909 Newspaper Advertisement for the New Development of Pelhamwood

2010-02-19T08:09:00.000-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. In 1909, Clifford B. Harmon & Co. bought from the Winyah Park Realty Company a one-hundred acre tract of land just north of the Pelham train station. The company began development of a lovely residential neighborhood that it named "Pelhamwood". Periodically

1869 Advertisement for Auction of Portion of 175 Acres in Town of Pelham Owned by P.L. Rogers

2010-02-18T04:50:00.050-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Shortly after the Civil War, one of the largest tracts in the Town of Pelham that fronted Long Island Sound belonged to P.L. Rogers. The tract was immediately south of today's boundary between Westchester and Bronx Counties. It overlooked Hunter's Island,

British Report on Killed, Wounded and Missing Soldiers During the Period the Battle of Pelham Was Fought on October 18, 1776

2010-02-17T04:53:00.001-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. For more than a century, conflict has raged over how many British soldiers were killed and wounded during the Battle of Pelham on October 18, 1776. British records suggest losses far smaller than purported eyewitness accounts from British deserters at the time

Photograph of Only Known 19th Century Women's Baseball Team in Pelham, New York

2010-02-16T04:23:00.036-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Given my love, for the game, I continue to document every reference I find about baseball played in Pelham during the 19th century. Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog publishes for the first time the only known photograph of a 19th century women's

Early History of the Manor Club in the Village of Pelham Manor

2010-02-15T05:13:00.032-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Today's Manor Club, located at 1023 Esplanade in the Village of Pelham Manor, is a cultural, civic and social club for women. Although it had its beginnings in the 1870s, it was not organized formally until January 10, 1882. The clubhouse that stands today is

Documentation of the Creation of the Building Association Known as Prospect Hill Village Association on August 11, 1852

2010-02-12T04:30:00.047-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Yesterday I posted an item related to the development of Prospect Hill Village in Pelham Manor during the 1850s and a subsequent title dispute that arose over residential properties located in the area. See Thu., February 11, 2010: Prospect Hill Landowners

Prospect Hill Landowners Face Loss of Their Properties in1900 Due to Allegedly Defective Deeds

2010-02-11T04:31:00.054-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I recently ran across an odd, yet interesting, little item published in 1900. It indicates that heirs of a landowner who once owned the Prospect Hill area of today's Pelham Manor planned in 1900 to file suit to recover the entire area under a theory that the

Train Station Safe at Pelham Manor Depot Was Blown Open with Dynamite Yet Again on April 24, 1902

2010-02-10T04:34:00.000-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. The Pelham Manor Depot and the little Pelham Manor Post Office once stood near the eastern end of today's Esplanade, across the branch line railroad tracks from today's Manor Circle. Poor local residents repeatedly had to suffer through massive dynamite

1755 Census of Slaves Older than Fourteen in the "Mannour of Pelham"

2010-02-09T04:38:00.001-05:00

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.