Recent Posts Tagged With 'city island'

• Telegraph Wires Connected Pelham to the Outside World in 1882

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 04:14 in Communications, telephone, city island, telegraph, 1882, atlantic and pacific telegraph company, western union telegraph company

  Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/.  Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. A very brief reference contained in the May 6, 1882 issue of The Pioneer published in New Rochelle, New York...

• Yet Another Reference to Early Baseball in Pelham

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 04:05 in baseball, yachting, recreation, city island, ships, hell gate pilots, 1884, muffers baseball club, beldonites baseball club

  Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. For the last several days I have been posting references to early instances of baseball being played in Pelham....

• More Accounts of Early Baseball Played in Pelham

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 04:09 in baseball, recreation, city island, 1884, john brady, rivals baseball club, george boster, muffers baseball club, beldonites baseball club

  Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I continue to document every reference I find about baseball played in Pelham during the 19th century.  For so...

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  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 03:35 in suicide, city island, ferry, 1884, joshua leviness, pelham manor protective club, city island bridge

  Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. For the last several days I have been posting information about the work of the Pelham Manor Protective Club fir...

• More Early References to Baseball Played in Pelham

  Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 06:16 in Fishing, baseball, recreation, city island, clam, pelham bridge, pelhamville, 1884, john elliot, union chapel, bartow association

  Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. I continue to document every reference I find about baseball played in Pelham during the 19th century.  For...

• A Stage Coach Line Established to Run Through Pelham Bridge in 1874

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 06:44 in transportation, city island, pelham bridge, 1874, stage coach

  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 stage coaches that once rumbled through Pelham.  See: Monday, October 26, 200...

• The Laying Out Of Pelham Avenue in 1869

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 06:29 in roads, city island, 1869, pelham bridge, eastern boulevard, pelham avenue, southern boulevard, m and t dunn

  Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. During the late 1860s, efforts were underway to shorten the distance to travel between Fordham and City Island....

• Funeral of Pietro Viani Held on City Island in the Town of Pelham in 1875

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 05:56 in suicide, gun, funeral, city island, 1875, rev. monselli, pietro viani

  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 to the Historic Pelham Blog a sad account of the gunshot suicide of a promising young man du...

• A Shocking Suicide During a Performance on City Island in 1875

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 08:10 in gun, city island, picnic, 1875, benjamin f. horton, pietro viani

  Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. A tragic and shocking event saddened attendees at a large picnic gathering on City Island in 1875.  During a f...

• 1878 Account of Results of Sloop Race Held Off the Pelham Shores

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 06:40 in yachting, recreation, city island, rodman's neck, pelham neck, pell family, 1878

  Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings. Few in Pelham today realize how strong a maritime tradition Pelham once had.  Situated on Long Island Sound with ...

• Firefighting Units on City Island in Pelham During the Early 1890s

  Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 07:40 in fire, city island, 1893, city island hook and ladder, minneford engine company, city island fire fighters, minneford hose company

  Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web Site Located at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.  For decades, Pelham's Town Historians have confined their research on the development of fire fighting units in ...

• "Small Scale" Pirates on City Island in 1880

  Posted on Tuesday February 3rd, 2009 at 03:27 in crime, gun, city island, ships, 1879, william darling

• Biography of Archibald Robertson, Another Resident of City Island When it Was Part of the Town of Pelham

  Posted on Tuesday January 27th, 2009 at 03:41 in yachting, city island, ships, archibald robertson

• Biography of William Vickery, a 19th Century Resident of City Island in the Town of Pelham

  Posted on Tuesday January 27th, 2009 at 03:34 in farm, city island, william vickery

• William Henry Scofield and the Scofield Family Who Lived on City Island in the Town of Pelham in the 19th Century

  Posted on Monday January 26th, 2009 at 03:32 in city island, william henry scofield

• Biography of Jacob Smith of City Island, Proprietor of the Macedonian Hotel

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 03:23 in city island, 1888, macedonian, jacob smith, macedonian hotel

• Photograph of the Old Wooden City Island Bridge

  Posted on Wednesday December 5th, 2007 at 03:35 in minneford's island, city island, benjamin palmer, 1898, minnefords island, nicholas haight, george w. horton, city island bridge, joshua huestis

• Abstract of 1770 Will of Duncan Campble of Minefords Island in Pelham

  Posted on Friday October 5th, 2007 at 03:55 in city island, will, duncan campble, 1770, 1785, minnefords island

• Abstract of 1799 Will of Samuel Rodman, Jr. of Pelham

  Posted on Monday September 10th, 2007 at 03:35 in minneford's island, city island, will, 1799, samuel rodman jr.

• 1861 Judicial Decision Involving Collision of Two Ships in Pelham Waters

  Posted on Monday August 27th, 2007 at 03:44 in planet, zebra, city island, ships, hart island, harts island, 1861

• More About the Wreck of the Steamer Plymouth Rock in Pelham Waters in 1856

  Posted on Friday August 24th, 2007 at 03:57 in city island, ships, steamer, 1856, plymouth rock

• The Wreck of the Steamer Plymouth Rock in Pelham Waters in 1856

  Posted on Thursday August 23rd, 2007 at 03:49 in city island, ships, steamer, 1856, plymouth rock

• City Island Historical Society Nautical Museum Expected to Recover From Arson Fire That Damaged it on July 13, 2007

  Posted on Tuesday July 31st, 2007 at 03:55 in 2007, fire, city island, city island historical society nautical museum

• 1885 Report Notes Decline of Oyster Industry Near City Island in the Town of Pelham

  Posted on Monday July 30th, 2007 at 03:32 in city island, oyster, 1881

• Possible Origins of the Oyster Feud Between City Islanders and Huntington, Long Island

  Posted on Friday July 27th, 2007 at 03:53 in city island, oyster, 1859, joshua leviness

• Pelham's City Island Oystermen Feud with Long Islanders in 1869

  Posted on Thursday July 26th, 2007 at 03:44 in city island, oyster, 1869