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... to Pelham residents of the early to mid-19th century. During the early and mid-1890s, the merchants of Mount Vernon were clamoring for regular water transport to and from New York City at reasonable freight rates. Many in the coal, lumber, and stone ...
... the monumental two-story arched center entrance. The bronze work was cast by the Eagle Bronze Works of Mount Vernon, New York. The Eagle Bronze Works was established in 1919 by Pelham resident L. John Gulatsi who has had many years' experience as a ...
... the monumental two-story arched center entrance. The bronze work was cast by the Eagle Bronze Works of Mount Vernon, New York. The Eagle Bronze Works was established in 1919 by Pelham resident L. John Gulatsi who has had many years' experience as a ...
... sent its young scholars who wished to continue their education to the high schools of other communities such as Mount Vernon and New Rochelle. The time was ripe. The need was great. The citizens of Pelham and their Board of Education stepped up and ...
Introduction " Voila! ", Judge William F. Gay of Mount Vernon must have thought at that moment more than 110 years ago when his research seemed finally to have paid off. His research revealed a potential weakness in the chain of title involving a fifty-acre farm that had been sold many decades before for development in Pelham Manor.
It may take months before an official cause of death is determined, but necropsy information for the dolphin that was found dead in the Hutchinson River near the Mount Vernon border at Glover Field in Pelham last weekend has come in. According to Atlantic Marine Conservation Society biologist Kimberly Durham, the creature was an adult female common dolphin that measured 6.4 feet long and weighed approximately 250 pounds.
... that measured more than six feet long and weighed approximately 250 pounds. The dolphin's discovery near the Mount Vernon town line on Friday afternoon prompted Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas to speculate that pollution may have been a factor in ...
The mother and infant daughter were killed after flames tore through a house in a quick-moving overnight fire in Mount Vernon early Sunday morning have been identified. Nina Bryant, who was in her early 30s, and her daughter, Nadia Bryant, age 17 months, sustained fatal injuries, Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas said early Sunday afternoon.
... nothing of it, until they read about it in Monday's papers. . . ." Source: LOCAL NEWS , The Chronicle [Mount Vernon, NY], Aug. 15, 1884, Vol. XV, No. 778, p. 3, cols. 1-2 . Learn More About Earthquakes in Pelham and Future Risks Below are a number ...
... Hill within the Town of Pelham. (Other building societies operated nearby at the same time, particularly in Mount Vernon.) Developers formed a freehold land society named United Brothers' Land Society to sell lots in Pelhamville. Another building ...
... to be the chauffeur and caretaker of the new engine." Source: North Pelham -- Local Notes , The Daily Argus [Mount Vernon, NY], Jul. 1, 1914, No. 7490, p. 11, col. 1 . " North Pelham . . . New Fire Auto Arrives. The firemen of the first district of ...
... (which becomes Boulevard after crossing Wolfs Lane), began inviting baseball teams from from New York and Mount Vernon to use its baseball and pigeon-shooting grounds (and to seek refreshment within the hotel). The teams were rowdy, loud, and were ...
... States Congressman and a founder of Pelham Heights. John F. Fairchild was a civil engineer with offices in Mount Vernon. He served as engineer of the Pelham Heights Company and was principally responsible for the layout and civil engineering aspects ...
... the entire business section of Pelham would be wiped out by fire. With the downtown at risk, fire fighters from Mount Vernon and New Rochelle joined the battle. Inside the inferno, Richard Vaughan regained consciousness and searched for his family. ...
... The fairway extended toward the clubhouse with two bunkers crossing the fairway as hazards. In 1902 the local Mount Vernon newspaper published a report on planned improvements at the Pelham Country Club including plans to widen and lengthen the ...
... ceremonies having taken place in New Rochelle. -- Staff Photo." Source: LAST LONG MILE , The Daily Argus [Mount Vernon, NY], Dec. 18, 1950, p. 23, cols. 3-5 . "So from 1930 to 1950 automobile and bus commuters entering New York from Westchester and ...
... St. Paul's Church in the Town of Eastchester and is buried in the churchyard cemetery there (now in the City of Mount Vernon, New York). A host of sources reference Philip Pell's ride with General Washington into New York City on Evacuation Day in ...
... service on May 29, 1912. Eventually it ran from the southernmost part of the Bronx near the Harlem River to Mount Vernon where it branched north to White Plains and east, through Pelham, eventually as far as Port Chester. Throughout construction and ...
... Post Road that ran through Pelham ran from the border with Eastchester (today's boundary between the City of Mount Vernon and the Town of Pelham on Colonial Avenue) across a stretch of Pelham to its boundary with New Rochelle. The roadway was, of ...
... Roswell Chester Beecroft (born June 24, 1883) and Mary Beecroft. While working at the Century Company in Mount Vernon, New York, Beecroft compiled three important hymnals, the two best known of which are "In Excelsis with Hymns for Christian ...
... Karbach whose maiden name was Louisa Rohde, remembers visiting her older sister who was married and lived in Mount Vernon. Accustomed to the regulation post office of New York City when she found herself in Mount Vernon's Post Office of sixty years ...
... Heights. The fiery phantom always seemed to come out of nearby woods in Pelham Heights near its border with Mount Vernon. The apparition danced in the roads, particularly on Boulevard. When approached, the frightening specter would " recede, wave ...
... of Perpetual Help - St. Catharine Parish Church stands. Mrs. George O. Starr of 322 South Columbus Avenue in Mount Vernon, a niece (by marriage) of the manager of Barnum & Bailey Circus, was driving a carriage. Her passenger was Mrs. M. N. Litson of ...
... of Perpetual Help - St. Catharine Parish Church stands. Mrs. George O. Starr of 322 South Columbus Avenue in Mount Vernon, a niece (by marriage) of the manager of Barnum & Bailey Circus, was driving a carriage. Her passenger was Mrs. M. N. Litson of ...
... and embankments stood along the roadway. Along that dark roadway at about 1:00 a.m. on September 6, 1909, Mount Vernon resident William Hobby was driving home from an evening of work. In his car were three fellow musicians. Indeed, the entire group ...
... as well. Homes were being built along much of the Esplanade, including sections near the Hutchinson River and Mount Vernon border. Large neighborhood developments like the Beech Tree Lane section were in the planning stages. Most significantly, ...
... village of Pelham Manor, Joseph C. Wilmerding, president. It is triangular in shape and bounded on the west by Mount Vernon, on the east by New Rochelle and on the south by New York city and the Long Island Sound. Transit facilities are exceptional ...
... Pelham Bridge in the Town of Pelham. It read: "CITY ISLAND. -- A stage line was recently established between Mount Vernon and Yonkers, connecting with trains on the New-Haven, Harlem, and Hudson River railroads. The success of the line has induced ...
... Bridge. The story seems to begin in 1882 when Pelham became locked in a battle with its next door neighbor, Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon sought authorization to construct a new sewer system and, craftily, omitted from its proposal precisely where its ...
... Bridge. The story seems to begin in 1882 when Pelham became locked in a battle with its next door neighbor, Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon sought authorization to construct a new sewer system and, craftily, omitted from its proposal precisely where its ...
... spirit on that Thanksgiving Eve in Pelham. He held a Town Court session that evening. When Thomas Grivffre of Mount Vernon appeared in Court to answer for an unspecified infraction, the Judge fined him $10. When the poor fellow emptied his pockets, ...
... spirit on that Thanksgiving Eve in Pelham. He held a Town Court session that evening. When Thomas Grivffre of Mount Vernon appeared in Court to answer for an unspecified infraction, the Judge fined him $10. When the poor fellow emptied his pockets, ...
