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Showing posts with label 1870. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1870. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Plans to Annex Pelham and Make it Part of New York City in 1870

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.On May 10, 2007, I posted to the Historic Pelham Blog the text of an article that appeared in The New York Times on August 12, 1870 indicating that residents of Pelham favored annexation of much of Westchester County by New York City in 1870. See: Thursday, May 10,

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Brief "History of Coaching" Published in 1891 Shows Ties of Sport to Pelham, New York

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.On May 1, 1876 "The Pelham Coach", known as Col. Delancey Kane's "Tally-Ho", began running between New York City's Hotel Brunswick and Pelham Bridge. Within a short time, The New York Times reported that "[t]he Pelham coach has commanded as much patronage as if it