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February 24, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Attempted Suicide of City Island's Long-Time Horse Car Driver". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 23, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "A Brief History of the Development and Unveiling of Parkway Field in 1955 -- Known Today as Glover Field". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 22, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "1911 Village of North Pelham License for Operation of One-Horse, Two-Horse or Automobile Taxis". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 19, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "1909 Newspaper Advertisement for the New Development of Pelhamwood". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 18, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "1869 Advertisement for Auction of Portion of 175 Acres in Town of Pelham Owned by P.L. Rogers". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 17, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "British Report on Killed, Wounded and Missing Soldiers During the Period the Battle of Pelham Was Fought on October 18, 1776". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 16, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Photograph of Only Known 19th Century Women's Baseball Team in Pelham, New York". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 15, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Early History of the Manor Club in the Village of Pelham Manor". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 12, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Documentation of the Creation of the Building Association Known as Prospect Hill Village Association on August 11, 1852". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 11, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Prospect Hill Landowners Face Loss of Their Properties in 1900 Due to Allegedly Defective Deeds". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 10, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Train Station Safe at Pelham Manor Depot Was Blown Open with Dynamite Yet Again on April 24, 1902". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 9, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "1755 Census of Slaves Older than Fourteen in the "Mannour of Pelham"". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 8, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Fifth Anniversary of the Unveiling of the Historic Pelham Blog". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 5, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Information About the Pelham Manor Water Works Published in 1892". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 4, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Successful Appeal of Order Dividing the Union Free School District No. 1, Town of Pelham, Into Two School Districts in 1916". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 3, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Early Information Published in 1885 About the Organization of the "City Island Railroad", a Horse Railroad from Bartow Station to City Island". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 2, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Information About the Pelham Park Railroad at its Outset". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

February 1, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the Month of February 2010 has been created and updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Obituary of Richard B. Ferris of Pelhamwood". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 29, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "News of Pelham, City Island and Pelhamville Reported on September 5, 1884". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 28, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "News About Pelham Manor and Pelhamville in 1895 - Lighting Districts, Gas for the Village, Baseball and More". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 27, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Photographs of Exterior and Interior of 146 Third Avenue in Pelham During the 1890s or Early 1900s". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 26, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "1887 Election of the Board of Directors of The City Island and Pelham Park Horse Railroad Company". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 25, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Another Account of the 1879 Home Invasion Robbery of the Old Stone House in Pelhamville". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 22, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "1884 Account of Early Origins of Horse Railroad Between Bartow Station and City Island". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 21, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Another Brief Account of the January 1, 1883 Annual Meeting of the Pelham Manor Protective Club". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 20, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Pelhamville Bicentennial Celebration in 1894 '". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 19, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Pelham to New York City in 1888: 'You Should Pay Taxes!'". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 18, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Photograph of Town Hall on Fifth Avenue Published in 1913". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 15, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Photograph of Augustine C. McGuire, President of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the First District Fire Department in 1913". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 14, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "1913 Report of the Firemen's Benevolent Association". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 13, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Celebration to Lay the Cornerstone of the New Pelham Memorial High School Building on October 18, 1919". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 12, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Architectural Rendering of the Fifth Avenue Station of the New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad in North Pelham Published in 1913". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 11, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "The First Pelham Country Club's Plans for a July 4, 1898 Opening of its New Nine-Hole Golf Course Accessible by a New Trolley Line". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 8, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Pelham Manor Police Officer Catches a Burglar Red-Handed on Monterey Avenue in 1910". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 7, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "Pelham Manor Police Establish Speed Traps on Shore Road in 1910 to Catch Those Traveling Faster than Fifteen Miles Per Hour.". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 6, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "1909 Public Notice Regarding the Pelham Manor Trolley Line that Inspired the Toonerville Trolley of the Toonerville Folks Comic Strip". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 5, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "More on the Extension of the Pelham Manor Trolley Line in 1910 -- The Toonerville Trolley". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 4, 2010:

The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "1888 Local News Account Describes Altercation on the Horse Railroad Running from Bartow Station to City Island". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.

January 1, 2010:

A Blog Archive page for January 2010 postings to The Historic Pelham Blog has been created.
The Historic Pelham Home Page has been updated to reflect the "This Month in Pelham History" calendar for January, 2010.
The Blog Archive for the month of January 2010 has been updated to include a copy of today's posting entitled "1886 Dynamite Explosion in Baychester Kills Four and Shakes Residents of Bartow-on-the-Sound in Pelham". The Index to the entire Historic Pelham Daily Blog also has been updated to reflect the posting.