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WHAT'S NEW? CLICK HERE DAILY BLOG ON PELHAM HISTORY. VISIT THE HISTORIC PELHAM BLOG ARCHIVE, NOW WITH MORE THAN 700 DAILY ARTICLES ABOUT PELHAM HISTORY! The history of Pelham, New York is rich and exciting. Thomas Pell, described as a swashbuckling soldier of fortune, purchased the lands that include today's Town of Pelham from the Siwanoys on June 27, 1654. Since then Pelham has been witness to a history that is truly a microcosm of the rich history of the United States. In 2004, Pelham celebrated its 350th anniversary. Its 350th anniversary medallion (see lower on this page) included a tree in its center. The tree was a stylized view of Thomas Pell's Treaty Oak surrounded by its circular iron fence as shown in a famous photograph taken in about 1903. Announcing The Pelham History Guild, a committee of the Pelham Preservation Society, Ltd. Click on the banner below to learn more.
PELHAM'S 350TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
BOOK: "THOMAS PELL
AND THE LEGEND OF THE PELL TREATY OAK" -- $11.95 (PROCEEDS BEYOND
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This is an educational site where you can learn about
the Pelhamville Train Wreck on the New Haven Line on December 27, 1885.
You can learn how a rickety trolley operated by an idiosyncratic, but
caring, local man named James Bailey inspired "The Toonerville Trolley
that Meets all the Trains" -- part of a nationally-syndicated comic strip
that ran in about 300 papers for nearly 50 years and brought fame to the
little town of Pelham. You can read about ghost stories and legends.
You can see more than 100 vintage postcard views of Pelham and surrounding
areas.
Subscribe to Historic
Pelham Herald, You can read the text of entire books and chapters of books that deal with the history of the town. And, if your curiosity then is still not sated, you can take a virtual historical tour, explore a timeline of the history of the town, view historical markers and memorials scattered about the area, learn how places in town got their names and even explore links to hundreds of Web sites and Web pages that touch on many facets of Pelham's rich history. There are now nearly 2,000 Web pages that comprise this site. If printed, the contents would exceed 5,500 pages. There are more than 1,000 historic images available on the site. Indeed, scattered throughout this educational site, as well, are historic photographs as well as recent photographs of local historic sites. There is a survey of historic and architecturally-significant buildings, past and present, with photographs of many of the structures.
For those who want to explore the history of Pelham further, this Web site can serve as a research reference. It contains an extensive bibliography of hundreds and hundreds of books, booklets, pamphlets and papers that deal with the history of the Town. And, the author and publisher of the site welcomes questions about the history of the Town which will be posted along with answers to every extent research and time permit. If you have a question about the history of the town, please click here to ask it. If the question and answer are posted on this site, only your initials will be used.
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This site celebrates Pelham's history.
You can learn
about the Battle of Pelham fought on October 18, 1776. In that battle a few hundred patriots fought 4,000 British and German troops and saved George
Washington's army as it withdrew to White Plains. 
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