Historic Pelham Blog Archive
October 2009

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Fri., October 30, 2009:  Preparations for Annual Country Club Race Ball Held in Pelham in 1887

Thu., October 29, 2009:  Books of Town Supervisor "Honest John Shinn" Turned Up Short in 1906

Wed., October 28, 2009:  Article About the June 10, 1888 Opening of Travers Island Facility of the New York Athletic Club

Tue., October 27, 2009:  Mystery "Touring Car" Crash on Pelhamdale Road in Pelham Manor in 1904

Mon., October 26, 2009:  Pelham Was a Principal Station on the Stage Coach Route of Dorance, Recide & Co. Which Carried Mail Between New York and Boston

Fri., October 23, 2009:  Trumbull Farm in Pelham Sold To Satisfy Foreclosure Judgment in 1880

Thu., October 22, 2009:  Dynamite Explosion in 1890 Breaks Windows and Shakes Residents of Bartow-on-the-Sound in Pelham

Wed., October 21, 2009:  Apparent Effort in 1884 to Develop Portions of Pelham Neck as "Villa Sites"

Tue., October 20, 2009:  Manager of Pelham Manor Golf Links Committed Suicide Over Debt to Club in 1899

Mon., October 19, 2009:  Polo at the Country Club in Pelham in 1887

Fri., October 16, 2009:  The Famed "California Ramblers" and the "Ramblers Inn" that Once Stood on Shore Road

Thu., October 15, 2009:  19th and Early 20th Century Newspaper Notice Relating to the Prospect Hill Village Association

Wed., October 14, 2009:  1879 News Account Provides Additional Basis for some Facts Underlying Ghost Story of Old Stone House in Pelhamville

Tue., October 13, 2009:  Film of the Westchester Model Club, Inc.'s Model Railroad in the Pelham Manor Depot Before its Demolition

Mon., October 12, 2009:  More Evidence that John Pell Died Well After 1702 or 1703 When Some Say He Died in a Boating Accident on Long Island Sound

Fri., October 9, 2009:  Eight Illustrations Showing Views of Pelham During the 1880s

Thu., October 8, 2009:  Firefighting Units on City Island in Pelham During the Early 1890s

Wed., October 7, 2009:  1656 Native American Deed for Fairfield, Connecticut Lands Signed by Thomas Pell as a Witness

Tue., October 6, 2009:  Death of the Captain of William B. Astor's Yacht in Pelham on October 8, 1888

Mon., October 5, 2009:  1878 Account of Results of Sloop Race Held Off the Pelham Shores

Fri., October 2, 2009:  Failed Efforts in 1900 to Build a Golf Course on Hunter's Island Rather than on the Mainland in Pelham Bay Park

Thu., October 1, 2009:  Pelham Country Club Secures Land for New Golf Course in 1904

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