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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

Construction of the City Island Horse Railroad in 1887

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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

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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

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

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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

Early Information Published in 1885 About the Organization of the "City Island Railroad", a Horse Railroad from Bartow Station to City Island

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As I indicated yesterday, those who read the Historic Pelham Blog regularly know that 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

Information About the Pelham Park Railroad at its Outset

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1887 Election of the Board of Directors of The City Island and Pelham Park Horse Railroad Company

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I have written before about the "horse railroad" that once ran from Bartow station on the branch line to City Island in the Town of Pelham.  See, e.g., Tue., September 1, 2009:  Pelham News on February 29, 1884 Including Talk of Constructing a New Horse

Brief History of City Island Published in 1901

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The opening of the "New Steel Bridge" connecting City Island with the mainland in 1901 was the cause for celebration.  Shortly before the opening of the new bridge, The New York Times published a brief history of the island on June 9, 1901.  The text of that

Pelham Was a Principal Station on the Stage Coach Route of Dorance, Recide & Co. Which Carried Mail Between New York and Boston

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It seems hard to grasp in this Internet age of instant communication, but mail between New York City and Boston once traveled by stage coach.  In the 1830s, stage coaches of Dorance, Recide & Co. ran the line which included a station stop in Pelham.  A long

Polo at the Country Club in Pelham in 1887

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Regular readers of the Historic Pelham Blog know that during the 1880s, New York City and Westchester County residents developed the "Country Club" in Pelham near the hamlet known as "Bartow-on-the-Sound".  There, the affluent enjoyed steeplechase races, tennis,

Auctioning the Tantivy's Horses at the Close of the 1886 Coaching Season

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Yesterday I posted to the Historic Pelham Blog an item about an accident involving the four-in-hand road coach "Tantivy" on its way to Pelham in 1886. See Thursday, March 6, 2008: Coaching to Pelham: The Tantivy Has an Accident on its Way to Pelham in 1886.

Hurt Due to Bad Road on Prospect Hill in Pelham, Wagon Driver Sued Town of Pelham in 1883

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.During the 19th century, by nearly all accounts, the "roads" in Pelham were constantly in a state of disrepair. Typically they were little more than muddy, rutted and eroding pathways. One wagon driver who was badly hurt in an accident on Prospect Hill due to the