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#OTD in 1780 British Major John André was hanged as a spy at Tappan, New York

Image: “The Unfortunate Death of Major André,” from The New Complete and Authentic History of England, BARNARD Edward
Published by Author, London, 1782

A reproduction of this print is part of the HSRC’s collection and is on view now as part of our exhibition entitled Rockland Voices. http://www.rocklandhistory.org/program.cfm?page=422

To read more about the Treason of the Revolution, visit our archived issue of South of the Mountains,1963, Vol. 7, No. 4 Here:

www.RocklandHistory.org

#rockland history #local history #rocklandhistory #rockland county #nyshistory #nys history #orangetown #historic preservation #hudson river valley #major john andre #american history #american revolution

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https://www.rocklandhistory.org/event.cfm?page=782&eblast_recipient=899157 #rocklandhistory #historicalsocietyofrocklandcounty #suffrage #suffragecentennial (at Historical Society of Rockland County) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFNXQvkjSMi/?igshid=1uq7t96ubledl

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FBF News from Yesteryear

April 12, 1974 - 50 YEARS AGO
excerpt from The Journal News

 

CLARKSTOWN MAY BUILD SITE - BURGER STAND ROLLS OUT MOTORCYCLES

Riding instructor-mechanic Miles Devlin of Spring Valley at trail area

📷 Journal News Staff photo - Ted Neuhoff

One of the few places in eastern Rockland where motorcycle riders can ride on a challenging course off the road is being leveled, and a hamburger stand will soon rise on the site.

An undeveloped, hilly area on the corner of Central Avenue and Route 59 in Central Nyack has been used for years by novice riders and dirt track enthusiasts to test their noisy machines.

A McDonald's restaurant is presently being built on the property. As a result, young riders will probably have to use their trail bikes along area railroad rights of way unless a new dirt site is developed, according to spokesmen at a Central Nyack motorcycle shop, The House of Power.

“Now, a lot of these kids will go riding along the railroad tracks in the county," said Miles Devlin, a mechanic at the shop."They can't be supervised as they should."

But, the future may hold relief for neighbors, customers, and shop officials, owner Sal Mangiameli explained, in the form of a riding area at the Clarkstown town dump.

The shop owner has been negotiating with the town for the right to build up the area for supervised trail riding and training.

The "mini-bike park" would be operated as a profit to the town recreation department and there would be a nominal feefor a day's worth of riding, he explained.

Leveling the hills has forced Mangiameli, 34, of Orange County, to invest $10,000 in a dynomometer, a device which simulates road conditions and allows both the shop's personnel and customers to test the motorcycles indoors.

Other bikes licensed and registered road cycles will still be tested on the streets at the rear of the shop unwelcome news to at least one couple which has been "miserable for six years" in the face of daily noise from the large street bikes.

"Seven other families were driven out of the neighborhood because of the noise," said George Wamsley, 69, of 4 Central Ave. "The neighborhood has gone to hell and we're strapped in."

He and his wife say the value of their home has plummeted and that they would be unable to purchase another home for the amount of money they've been offered for their present one, located next door The House of Power.

The owner of the motorcycle shop said, "We try to get our business done without offending other people but some people just don't like motorcycles."

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Sixty years ago today, the Beatles arrived to screaming fans at New York's JFK Airport to begin their first American tour. Two days later they appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show.”

Here in Rockland, teen girls were able to get a Beatle haircut from Mr. Paul’s in West Nyack. ‘Miss Beatle’ models it in this vintage ad from the salon.

Clipped from the Journal News, Feb. 1964.

#rocklandhistory

#rockland history #local history #rocklandhistory #rockland county #nyshistory #nys history #hudson river valley #west nyack #the beatles #miss Beatle

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#OTD (Oct. 2) in 1780 British Major John André was hanged as a spy at Tappan, New York

Image: “The Unfortunate Death of Major André,” from The New Complete and Authentic History of England, BARNARD Edward
Published by Author, London, 1782

Major John André was captured by Colonial militiamen in Tarrytown after his meeting with Benedict Arnold. He had the plans of West Point hidden in his boots. André was taken to Tappan and kept as a prisoner in what is today the ‘76 House. After a trial, André was sentenced to death for being a spy. On October 2, 1780 André was executed by hanging. His last words were, “I have nothing more to say than this: that I would have you gentlemen bear me witness that I died like a brave man.”

André was buried in Tappan. In 1821 his remains were disinterred and taken to England for burial in Westminster Abbey. Benedict Arnold, the general who became a traitor, became an officer in the British Army. Arnold died in London in 1801.

A reproduction of this print is part of the HSRC’s collection and is on view now as part of our exhibition entitled Rockland Voices. http://www.rocklandhistory.org/program.cfm?page=422

To read more about the Treason of the Revolution, visit our archived issue of South of the Mountains,1963, Vol. 7, No. 4

www.RocklandHistory.org

#rockland history #local history #rocklandhistory #rockland county #nyshistory #nys history #orangetown #hudson river valley #hudson river #major john andre #benedict arnold #american revolution #tappan #Tappantown

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#FBF - News From Yesteryear

July 26, 1873 – 150 YEARS AGO
Rockland County Journal

VALLEY COTTAGE


[Image: Valley Cottage Post Office on Lake Road, ca. 1892. Kearney's Meat Wagon in front of the Post Office.  Courtesy of the Valley Cottage Library, via NYHeritage.org.]


       Last Saturday the Valley Cottage post-office, on the road leading to Waldburg and Haverstraw, was opened for business for the first time since Mr. Green received his appointment as postmaster. The office for the present is established in Mr. John Rider’s cottage, because it is the most accessible for the residents in the immediate vicinity.
       The name, Valley Cottage, is derived from the fact that nearly twenty years ago when Mr. Green became a resident of the valley, he named his domicile “Valley Cottage,” and the neighborhood around became known by this name.
       When the Rockland Central Railroad is extended to Rockland Lake, and in running order, a station will be established at the above point and arrangements will be made to locate a village in one of the loveliest valleys in our county.
       This post-office will be the nucleus around which it will centre, and if energy and persistent effort can accomplish anything, these qualities will be found admirably developed in such men as J. A. Green, David O. Storms, Jacob und George Polhemus, John Rider and others.

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#FBF Friday

[Image: Foyer, Fort Comfort Inn, Piermont. Undated postcard no. 333365, Published by Moore & Gibson, Inc., New York. Printed in Germany. Image courtesy of the Piermont Public Library, via NYHeritage.org.]

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Please join us as we remember all those who were impacted by the tragic events of September 11, 2001. We will never forget. #neverforget 🇺🇸

📷 (c) Dorice Arden; 9/11 Memorial, Haverstraw.

Francis Joseph Trombino: The Rockland Brinks Robbery Survivor Who Perished in the 9/11 Attacks

Francis J Trombino- known by many as simply ‘Joe,’ was a Korean war vet and truck driver who had been with Brinks since the late 1960s and lived most of his life in Clifton, NJ. He was killed on the morning of September 11th, 2001 when two World Trade Center towers collapsed.

But that sunny September morning was not the first time Trombino had crossed paths with terrorists. In 1993, his armoured truck had left the WTC complex a few hours before Islamic terrorist Ramzi Yousef drove an explosives-laden rental van into the underground parking garage and set the fuse.

However, before either of the Islamist attacks on the World Trade Center site, Trombino survived a deadly ambush and robbery from Weather Underground and black sepratist gunmen nearly 20 years before the 9/11 attacks.

As Trombino and fellow guard Peter Paige were picking up money from Nanuet Mall in Rockland County, NY, in October 1981 when masked gunmen burst from a nearby van and opened fire with shotguns and an M-16 rifle, killing Paige instantly. Trombino was able to get off a round before being struck in the shoulder, arm and upper body multiple times.


After swapping vehicles, the domestic terrorists would then try and shoot their way through a roadblock set up by police in West Nyack, NY, killing two police officers and wounding another before trying to flee on foot or carjack motorists.

Trombino’s injuries would require multiple surgeries. He nearly lost his arm in the gunfight. Brinks reassigned him as a driver where he would continue to work for another 19 years. According to family, Joe hardly complained about the surgeries and therapy, telling them that ‘These things are a part of life’.

Joe Trombino was about a year away from retirement on the morning of September 11th. According to co-workers, he stayed in the underground garage with his truck when the planes hit, calling the Brinks dispatcher and inquiring about the whereabouts of the guards who had gone into the WTC buildings to make a pickup (they had managed to escape but had no means of communication). Trombino told the Brinks office in his last phone call that water was starting to seep in and the walls were starting to crumble around him. —Not Another New England Sports Blog, 2011

#9/11 #rockland history #local history #rocklandhistory #rockland county #nyshistory #september 11 #brinks #Joseph Trombino #memorial

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#MarkerMonday

On this spot in the 1970's, a garage was reborn as a refuge where rock-'n'-roll bands gave voice to a generation yearning for change. Back when music was captured on vinyl. Brooks Arthur's 914 Sound Recording Studios allowed musicians the freedom to hone their craft away from the pressures of the big city. Among the iconic tracks laid down here were Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run" and Janis Ian's "At Seventeen" - anthems of youthful rebellion emblematic of the time. The music made here endures long after 914's last note.

In memory of Kevin J. Quaranta

Erected 2016

To listen to a podcast about the marker, and 914 Sound Studios click link below:

To see a photo album of the unveiling: https://flickr.com/photos/100479933@N04/sets/72157669530137814

#borntorun #bruce #blauvelt #blauveltny #914studios #historicalmarker #rocklandhistory #localhistory #1970sstyle

“Over the years, the studio and its Solid State Logic console recorded 16-track hits for the likes of James Taylor, The Ramones, Dusty Springfield and Ashford & Simpson, among others, and won a Grammy for Janis Ian's 1975 album, Between the Lines. Everyone involved with the studio eventually moved on to other efforts—Arthur left for the West Coast to work with the likes of Neil Diamond, while Larry Alexander, assistant engineer, moved up to the Power Station in New York City; these days, he has his own studio at home.

And 914 Sound Studios itself? The “914” no longer applies—it came from the local area code, which changed years ago—and “Sound Studios” isn’t accurate now either: Today, the site where so much rock history was recorded is now a car wash.”—Prosound

#rockland history #local history #rocklandhistory #rockland county #nyshistory #nys history #orangetown #historic preservation #born to run #bruce springsteen #914 Sound #brooks Arthur #marker monday

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY – NEWS FROM YESTERYEAR

#FBF

July 13, 1972 – 50 YEARS AGO

Excerpt from The Journal News

 

TINY BLOWS KISSES, MIND OF AUDIENCE

Tiny Tim, in a canary yellow double-breasted jacket, flung himself onto the stage floor and kicked his legs into the air continuously blowing kisses to the crowd at Clarkstown High School North.

A thrilled audience of thousands watched from packed bleachers as the world-famous warbler paused in mid-song to hurl his robin's egg blue tie into the human wave edging off the bleachers and up to the skirt of the stage.

The songs were sung in his famous high falsetto and a deeper, less-known, masculine voice. They ran the historical gamut from "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" to "Blue Suede Shoes" to "Teen Angel" to "Tip Toe through the Tulips." The crowd clapped, hummed, and hooted its approval.

As Tiny Tim came onto the football field, in a sleek new station wagon, the children who had been chanting "We want Tiny Tim" broke ranks and charged. Tiny Tim remained inside while policemen and Clarkstown Recreation staff herded the too-eager ones back to the bleachers.

The station wagon circled back toward the Clarkstown High School Clinic, where Tiny Tim had been awaiting his act and the crestfallen children settled back on their haunches on the track in front of the bleachers.

"Richard Shippler has lost his mummy and daddy," squawked the loudspeaker. "We want Tiny, we want Tiny," howled the crowd.

Tiny Tim first appeared on the stage at 9:30 carrying his ukulele in a tattered white paper shopping bag. Announced as "a singer of serious songs," Tiny opened up with "The Waltz of The Bells." "Tingaling, tingaling," he sang, dipping into his shopping bag for a little bell with which he accompanied the song.

"I am glad to be here in wonderful, wonderful Clarkstown." said Tiny, reading the name of the town from a crumpled note which he pulled from a jacket pocket. "I am glad to be here with the Rams and near Route 59," he added, then putting the note back in his pocket.

Becoming more and more impassioned as he went on, Tiny finally was on his knees, hitting the stage with his hands, his curls bobbing in the stage lights as he wound up one of Elvis Presley's famous hits, "Blue Suede Shoes." The performance ended after almost an hour, with Tiny Tim thanking his band and his audience.

Tiny Tim was not the only feature of the two-and-a-half-hour show staged by the Clarkstown Parks Board & Recreation Commission.

The Bob Thomas Orchestra led off with a musical medley, and the Harmonica Rascals, of Ed Sullivan fame, filled in. "We had a ball, and the audience was great, said Dan Barry, saxophone player for the Bob Thomas Orchestra. The band's medley ran favorite selections from the '30s and '40s, appealing to the older sections of the audience.

The Harmonica Rascals featured a dwarf fallman in fur-covered chaps, who ran out into the audience twice during the show. Even after Tiny Tim, some of the children liked the dwarf best.

The Clarkstown Parks Board & Recreation Commission offers next the West Point Military Band, performing for free at the same place and time on July 19.

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The new episode of Crossroads of Rockland History is streaming now. It originally aired on Monday, April 15, 2024 at 9:30 am, on WRCR 1700 AM Radio

Listen to it here: https://on.soundcloud.com/KC4LinxBQupUztk99

We learned all about two new history exhibitions opening later this month.

First, we explored “When This You See, Remember Me: Inscribed Quilts from Rockland County” at the Historical Society of Rockland County. The exhibition's guest curator, Peggy Norris, a member of the American Quilt Study Group, Ridgewood (NJ) Historical Society, and Genealogical Society of Bergen County, discussed how, through the quilts, we can learn about local women, the times in which they lived, and their textile artistry. Peggy will also give a presentation on the quilts on Sunday, May 5, at the HSRC.

“When This You See, Remember Me” runs from April 21 to October 27, 2024, and is open to the public on Wednesdays–Fridays and Sundays, 1–4 pm, and by appointment. Admission is $5 per person and benefits the Society’s education and preservation missions.

For information, visit https://www.rocklandhistory.org/program.cfm?page=1114

Then we focused on “Creating Community 1950,” the new exhibition at the The Orangetown Historical Museum & Archives. Museum Director Mary Cardenas and Curator Elizabeth Skrabonja shared how a building, baby, and business boom exploded in Orangetown in the 1950s.

“Creating Community 1950” can be seen at the historic DePew House, 196 Chief Bill Harris Way, Orangeburg. It opens on April 21 and extends through November 2024. Exhibition hours are Tuesdays & Fridays 10 am–2 pm, and Sundays, 1–4 pm. Admission is free.

For information, visit https://www.orangetownmuseum.com

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Excerpt from the Rockland County Journal Jan. 24, 1925

THOUSANDS HERE VIEW WONDER SPECTACLE OF MOON'S STRAY COURSE

The above picture is an exact reproduction of the sight which drew thousands of residents in this vicinity out into the streets this morning. With the weather in perfect condition to provide a clear view of the miracle occuring in the skies, all were privileged to see and wonder.

There were seven thousand spectators gathered at Bear Mountain, considered one of the best spots from which to observe the phenomenon.

Hook Mountain, Upper Nyack, the top and sides were black with hundreds of spectators.

The banks along the Hudson River were thronged, and storekeepers on Main street and Broadway left their dutles to see the show.

Forty members of the Clarkstown Country Club had journeyed here from all parts of the country, and complete paraphernalia was available at the spacious South Nyack club house.

Two telescopes had been erected, and these, in addition to sets of smoked glass in different colors, provided them with excellent means of taking notes.

Seventy five photographs were taken by Club members during the entire period of the eclipse. All of the members had remained awake thru the night preparing for the tests and making preliminary photographs of the movements of the stars.

The eclipse first became noticeable shortly after eight o'clock, and from then until 9:11, the exact time forecast, shadows deepened, coming from the east instead of the west. Daylight merged into a grotesquely silvery shade of twilight, and stars appeared faintly, brightening as the light grew fainter.

During the brief period of the total eclipse, the sight was exactly as reproduced above. After a few seconds, the sun shot from behind the moon and the miracle had been performed.

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New South of the Mountains is Available Now

2024 Jan-Mar | Vol. 68, No. 1

IN THIS ISSUE

🔹New City in the Early 20th Century

In this article, Raymond A. Eberling addresses the question of what New City was like in the first three decades of the twentieth century, when his grandfather Frank Eberling was serving as the hamlet’s RFD mail carrier.

🔹Naming of Roads and Settlements

Rockland County was largely rural until rapid development began in the 1950s. Many roads were unnamed, and place names once familiar to county residents are largely unknown today. Marianne B. Leese introduces and presents two letters written in 1931 to the editor of the Rockland County Leader that address the issue of historical road and settlement names of the county.

🔹Notes about the Letter Writers

Brief biographies of our letter writers: the newspaperman Wilfred Blanch Talman (1904–1986) of Spring Valley and the writer and landscape architect Mary Helena Bothwell Horgan Mowbray-Clarke (1875–1962) of New City.

🔹In Memoriam: Laurence “Pete” Beckerle

COVER PICTURE: The author’s grandparents Frank and Elsa Eberling on the day of their engagement, ca. 1907. They are standing at the top of the hill on New Hempstead Road near the home of Frank’s parents, Henry Eberling Jr. and Anna Fedelia (Morphet) Eberling. Raymond A. Eberling Collection

"South of the Mountains" is one of the tangible benefits of membership in the Historical Society of Rockland County. For more information on membership, click here: http://www.rocklandhistory.org/product.cfm?category=17.

SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAINS (ISSN 0489-9563) is published quarterly by

The Historical Society of Rockland County

Single copy price of South of the Mountains is $5, including postage and handling.

While all efforts are made to ensure accuracy in the articles, the Historical Society assumes no responsibility for opinions and conclusions expressed or implied by contributors. The editors welcome contributions of letters and articles. Please contact us at the Historical Society.

© 2024 The Historical Society of Rockland County

All rights reserved

Editor: Marjorie H. Johnson

Consulting Editor: Marianne B. Leese

Printing by Harrington Press, Nyack, New York

#rockland history #local history #rocklandhistory #rockland county #nyshistory #nys history #hudson river valley #new city

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FBF News from Yesteryear

March 21, 1974 – 50 YEARS AGO
Excerpt from The Journal News

HAMLET HAS LITTLE INDUSTRY — SPOTLIGHT ON CONGERS
[Image: Erna Bohr operates sewing machine in Congers drapery and upholstery shop. Journal News Staff photograph by Ted Neuhoff.]
       The industrial age has touched Congers only lightly, and what amounts to an oldtime cottage industry still survives on a corner of a major state highway.
       Nearby, several small factories are engaged in more modern industries.
       Ginny’s Custom Sewing, a drapery and slipcover business, employs three women in a backroom of an old store. Ginny herself is Mrs. Ginny Ketterer, who lives in Valley Cottage now but graduated from Congers High School years ago and knows most of the hamlet’s citizens.
       “I like the people . . . I’ve known them since they were little kids,” she says.
       She has been working in the old building for 25 years. She used to carry clothing merchandise but was put out of the retailing business when the big chain stores came to the county 14 years ago and put little businesses out in the cold.
       “We all started to hurt,” she says.
       But the custom sewing has brought her a living because she is able to undercut the prices at those same big stores, and she finds no need to advertise the service (most of it is word of mouth.)
       Her customers come from throughout the county and from New York City, she says.
       She learned her trade working in the factories in Nyack and Garnerville, where clothing has been produced for many years. Now, she is “in the process” of buying the old store she has rented for 25 years.

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#rockland history #local history #rocklandhistory #rockland county #nyshistory #nys history #hudson river valley #congers #women entrepreneurs #women’s history month

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The new episode Crossroads of Rockland History is streaming now! The episode originally aired Monday, March 18, 2024 at 9:30am on WRCR 1700AM Radio.

Listen at this link: https://on.soundcloud.com/mzviL

Or on any podcast platform.

Host Clare Sheridan welcomed members of the Piermont Historical Society (PHS) to discuss their recent efforts to preserve and share the history of Piermont with the public.

The Piermont Historical Society is a dynamic organization ensuring that the unique history of the Village is passed down through generations of residents and shared with all of those who have an interest in this beautiful Hudson Valley.

The mission of the PHS is to preserve and protect the integrity of Piermont’s architecture, history and cultural heritage and to celebrate the history of Piermont. The vision of the Society is to make the history of Piermont a common narrative in the Village and beyond. Visit their website here: piermonthistoricalsociety.org/

The PHS's new film entitled "ALL ABOARD! Next Stop Piermont" will premiere at the Nyack International Film Festival on April 7, 2024.

To watch a sneak preview of the film click here: youtu.be/X8u9nCKSy-E?si=4gDZ9qx1OpLTxS-v

Crossroads of Rockland History is a program of the The Historical Society of Rockland County. The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York.

www.RocklandHistory.org

#rockland history #local history #rocklandhistory #rockland county #nyshistory #nys history #orangetown #historic preservation #hudson river valley #piermont

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50 Years Ago in Rockland History

St. Patrick’s Day, 1974

Clipped from the Journal News

📸Staff photo - Art Sarno

Kirsten Pedersen of New City holds her ears Friday as bagpiper Brian Meagher of Spring Valley gives his all in front of Germonds Church, Germonds Road in New City, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.

To all who celebrate, we wish you a safe and happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

#rockland history #local history #rocklandhistory #rockland county #nyshistory #nys history #hudson river valley #saint patricks day