Historic Pelham Blog Archive
August 2009

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Mon., August 31, 2009:  Contest in 1891 To Determine Which Steam Fire Engine Company Could Throw a Stream the Greater Distance

Fri., August 28, 2009:  Reorganization of the Minneford Engine Company on City Island in February, 1891

Thu., August 27, 2009:  October 19, 1898 Report that the Tracks of the Toonerville Trolley Line Had Been Laid in Pelham

Wed., August 26, 2009:  Fed Up With the Notorious White Hotel, Pelham Authorities Took Action in 1899

Tue., August 25, 2009:  Crimes Committed at the Notorious White Hotel in Pelham in 1899

Mon., August 24, 2009:  1878 Advertisement for Services of The Union Sabbath School Society of Pelhamville

Fri., August 21, 2009:  Pelhamville's Independence Day Celebration in 1894

Thu., August 20, 2009:  List of Trolley Lines in the Town of Pelham in 1918

Wed., August 19, 2009:  Pelhamville Rejected Gas Lighting in 1895 Amid Allegations of Questionable Dealings

Tue., August 18, 2009:  New York Athletic Club Board of Governors Decided to Mortgage Travers Island in 1895

Mon., August 17, 2009:  Efforts by Pelham Landowners in 1900 to Halt Construction of a Trolley Line on Shore Road

Fri., August 14, 2009:  The Consecration of the Nanette Bolton Memorial Chapel at Christ Church in Pelham Manor on April 28, 1887

Thu., August 13, 2009:  History of Bolton Priory Published in 1910

Wed., August 12, 2009:  Pelham Manor Vegetable Thief Sent to Prison in 1888

Tue., August 11, 2009:  News of Pelham Manor and City Island Published on July 14, 1882

Mon., August 10, 2009:  Report on State of the Village of North Pelham by President Peter Ceder Published in 1913

Fri., August 7, 2009:  Description of 19th Century Politics in the Town of Pelham Published in 1913

Thu., August 6, 2009:  Brief History of the Fire Department in the Village of North Pelham Published in 1913

Wed., August 5, 2009:  Pelham Manor Fire Chief Pleads for Taxpayers to Authorize Purchase of Village's First Fire Engine

Tue., August 4, 2009:  Brief Description of Pelham's Clay Avenue and Washington Avenue Area in 1913

Mon., August 3, 2009:  Brief Report of August 29, 1904 Trolley Accident on Wolfs Lane

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