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Land of the Lenape: A Violent Tale of Conquest and Betrayal

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date July 23, 2020
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PODCAST The story of the Lenape, the native people of New York Harbor region, and their experiences with the first European arrivals — the explorers, the fur traders, the residents of New Amsterdam. Before New York, before New Amsterdam — there was Lenapehoking, the land of the Lenape, the original inhabitants of the places we […]

Tags Henry Hudson, Inwood, Lenape, Native Americans, New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant, William Kieft

100 Years Ago: Curtiss and the first long-distance flight

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date January 12, 2010
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Up In The Air: Glenn Curtiss and his Hudson FlyerPicture courtesy glenncurtiss.com In 2010, there will be well over 100 million passengers coming and going from the New York metropolitan area’s three principal international airports. In 1910, you could count the number of passengers on your hand. And the pilot and passenger of the very […]

Tags Governor's Island, Inwood, Laguardia Airport