250 and Counting

Category: New York

  • 250 and Counting: January 25, 1775

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    Cover art for January 25, 1775: the Kings Bridge, which was orignally built in 1693 and crossed Spuyten Duyvil Creek between modern-day Bronx and Manhattan

    In this episode you’re going to learn a bunch of things about the general geography of the Bronx, and how some places got their names.

    It’s actually interesting enough that may have to take some cameras up there and show you just how much the area has changed, and not just in a “what was wilderness then is city blocks now” way. It’s more like a “we needed to make this waterway safer for navigation, so we changed its path” kind of way.

  • 250 and Counting: January 22, 1775

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    Cover art for January 22, 1775: The tombstone of Abraham Henry Schenck

    It’s Cake and Candles today for Abraham Henry Schenck, State Assemblyman and then Congressman from New York State.

    But despite being from New York, and being a member of Congress, during his tenure as State Assemblyman he had something going on back at home. It wasn’t common in New York, but it wasn’t unheard of—nor was it illegal until several years later.