1906 Christmas Day Celebration at Christ Church in Pelham

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As Christians celebrate Christmas 2009 the world over this day, it seemed appropriate to provide some Christmas-related history on the Historic Pelham Blog.  I have written of Christmas in Pelham on the Blog before.  See:

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Books of Town Supervisor "Honest John Shinn" Turned Up Short in 1906

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More than a century ago, the outgoing Supervisor of the Town of Pelham, John M. Shinn, was embroiled in a nasty dispute that eventually led to litigation.  Questions arose over the Town accounts during his tenure.  Ironically, the Republican Town leader was known

19th and Early 20th Century Newspaper Notices Relating to the Prospect Hill Village Association

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Prospect Hill Village was one of the two principal real estate developments from which today's Village of Pelham Manor evolved. The other, of course, was the Pelham Manor & Huguenot Heights Association organized on June 3, 1873 by Silas H. Witherbee, Henry C.

Biography and Photograph of Henry Beidleman Bascom Stapler, an Active Member of the Pelham Manor Protective Club in its Latter Years

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.The population of Pelham grew quickly after the Civil War. With development came problems, particularly as so-called “tramps” found the area enticing and hitched rides to Pelham on trains running on the New Haven Main Line and the Branch Line.Before the Village of

More on the 1906 Village of North Pelham Elections in Which the Village Blacksmith Surprised Republicans and Democrats Alike and Won

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.The Village of North Pelham election in 1906 was remarkable. Village blacksmith James Reilly ran for Village President (i.e., Mayor) on the "Municipal Ownership" ticket and the "Independent Democratic" ticket and defeated his Republican and Democratic opponents in

Outgoing Town of Pelham Supervisor Embroiled in Dispute Over Town Accounts in 1906

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.More than 100 years ago, the outgoing Supervisor of the Town of Pelham was embroiled in a nasty dispute that eventually led to litigation. Questions arose over the Town accounts during his tenure. An early news article described experts' reports prepared as part of

"Fool Driving" in Pelham in the New-Fangled Automobile in 1906

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.In 1906, The Outing Magazine published an article entitled "How Fool Driving Affects the Popularity of the Automobile". In the article, the author describes a sharp turn on today's Shore Road in an area between Pelhamdale Avenue and the boundary of Pelham Bay Park.

A Reference to Voluntary Dissolution Proceedings Involving the Prospect Hill Village Association Instituted in 1906

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.Occasionally, I have written about the Prospect Hill Village Association that developed portions of Prospect Hill now located in today's Village of Pelham Manor. See, e.g.:Wednesday, March 30, 2005: Prospect Hill Village -- Yet Another Early Hamlet Within the Town of

Obituary of Cornelius W. Bolton Published in 1906

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.For many years, one of the sons of the Rev. Robert Bolton who founded Christ Church in Pelham Manor served as the rector of the Church of the Redeemer in the area once known as Pelhamville and, later, the Village of North Pelham. His name was Cornelius W. Bolton. I

Pelham Teachers Threatened to Strike for a Pay Increase in 1906 -- All Eleven Of Them

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.In 1906, there were only eleven school teachers in all of Pelham's schools located in the three villages. A brief article that appeared in the May 28, 1906 issued of the New-York Tribune indicated that the teachers that year threatened to strike if they did not