This Day in Pelham History
June 27

06/27/1654 - Thomas Pell signs a treaty with local Native Americans and buys 9,166 acres including what we know today as Pelham, New Rochelle, portions of Bronx County and much of the land east of the Hutchinson River northward to Mamaroneck.

06/27/2004 - Pelham's 350th anniversary celebration of Thomas Pell's purchase of the lands that became The Pelhams and surrounding areas from local Native Americans on June 27, 1654.

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