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Showing posts with label Celebrations. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Pelhamville Bicentennial Celebration in 1894

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On July 4, 1894, the tiny little hamlet of Pehamville celebrated the bicentennial of its "settlement".  There were fireworks, orations and more.

Oddly enough, I have yet to identify what the little hamlet considered to be its initial settlement in 1694. . . .

Friday, September 11, 2009

Rerouting Fifth Avenue in Pelham Beneath the New Haven Line Railroad Tracks in 1887

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A very brief item appeared in a July 1887 issue of The Chronicle of Mount Vernon, New York noting that work to reroute Fifth Avenue in Pelham to run beneath the New Haven Line Railroad Tracks was underway and likely would be completed by mid-August of that year.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Pelhamville's Independence Day Celebration in 1894

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The Chronicle of Mount Vernon, NY, published a lovely account of Independence Day celebrations in Pelhamville in 1894.  The account is transcribed below, followed by a citation to its source.

"OUR NEARBY NEIGHBORS.
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Pelhamville.

The Chronicle may be