This Day in Pelham History

This Day in Pelham History
January 1

01/01/1819 - A man named Nicholas Haight sells to Captain George Washington Horton 42 acres of land on the southern half of City Island which was part of Pelham until 1896.

01/01/1884 - Most of the male population of what is known today as the Village of Pelham Manor met as members of the "Pelham Manor Protective Club" and heard the reading of the annual "Report of the Executive Committee" of the Club. The members heard that the Club had paid rewards for the arrest of two "tramps", had paid for impounding one cow, had paid for 100 copies of a pamphlet of instructions for the Club's members, paid for telephone service at the Pelham Manor Depot, paid for a new Watchman's Detective Clock, paid for postage stamps, and paid for printed notices of a special meeting.

01/01/1896 - The Post Office established on City Island in 1862 (when City Island was part of the Town of Pelham) is made a Branch of the New York City Post Office.

This Day in Pelham History January 1

This Day in Pelham History
January 1