Brief Announcement that the Pelham Manor Tribune Commenced Publication in 1893

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I have written before about the Pelham Manor Tribune, a newspaper published by R. C. Beecroft who quickly sold the publication to Edgar C. Beecroft.  William G. Beecroft served as editor of the publication.  See Friday, July 22, 2005:  Editorial from the

Firefighting Units on City Island in Pelham During the Early 1890s

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 For decades, Pelham's Town Historians have confined their research on the development of fire fighting units in Pelham to those units that evolved in Pelhamville and in Pelham Manor.  However, a number of volunteer fire fighting units arose in the early 1890s on

More on the Ejectment of Henry Piepgras from Land Beneath the Waters Surrounding City Island

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In the late 19th Century, land values in and around City Island were soaring. One consequence was a multi-year litigation by Elizabeth Delancey and John Hunter (children of Des Brosses Hunter) to "eject" City Island's largest shipyard owner from the use of land

Malicious Vandals Imperil Lives on a Passenger Train Passing Through Pelhamville in 1893

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.In the wee hours of the morning, shortly after midnight on May 31, 1893, a train of the New-York, New-Haven and Hartford Railroad Company passing through Pelhamville struck a railroad tie that had maliciously been placed across the tracks. An article about the