Attack on the Toonerville Trolley Line by Strikers in 1916

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Pelham and nearby localities suffered through a violent, months-long strike of trolley line workers in 1916.  In October of that year, the Westchester Electric Railroad Company decided to try to reopen the strike-closed line between New Rochelle and Mount

Crimes Committed at the Notorious White Hotel in Pelham in 1899

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I have written before about the notorious White Hotel that was finally shut down in the earliest years of the 20th century.  The building later was split in two in order to create two "cottages".  The north half became 307 Wolfs Lane.  The south half became 303

1910 Obituary of William Henry Sparks Who Served as Police Justice in the Town of Pelham for Sixteen Years

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.William Henry Sparks served as Police Justice in the Town of Pelham for sixteen years after he moved to Pelham in 1861. He died in 1910. An obituary appeared in the September 27, 1910 issue of the New-York Tribune. Sparks Avenue, on which Village Hall for the

True Love: Man Risks Being Shot To Visit His Sweetheart

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.On this Valentine's Day, it seems appropriate to reproduce a rather curious story about a lover who risked life and limb by visiting his sweetheart in North Pelham on the evening of October 19, 1902. The poor man, who did not speak English, left his lover's home