CONTENTS 



mons of a Beckoning Spirit and Was Taken Over the Great 

 Beyond. 



XII. The "NEUTRAL GROUND" 106 



The Indian Cave — Leggett and His Stolen Mare — The West- 

 chester Guides — Barretto's Point — Wooden Armchairs that 

 Came over with the Pilgrim Fathers. 



XIII. NATHAN HALE 112 



"I regret That I Have But One Life to Lose for My Country" 



— Capt. Hale, the Patriot, Scholar and Soldier, Whose Mission 

 Brought Him Death But Spread His Name on the Living Pages 

 of History. 



XIV. CLASON'S POINT 119 



The Coney Island of The Bronx — Cornell's Neck — Three Clergy- 

 men Who Hid in a Farm House in the Days of the Revolution — 



The Distinction of the Ferris Mansion at Zerega's Point — The 

 Fate of Anne Hutchinson. 



XV. THROGG'S NECK 126 



"The Lexington of Westchester" — How American Patriots Re- 

 pulsed the Enemy at Throgg's Neck — Colonel John Glover, the 

 Hero of Pell's Point, Who Saved Washington from Disastrous 

 Defeat — "Spy Oak," from Whose branches a Red-Coat was 

 Hanged. 



XVI. CITY ISLAND AND EASTCHESTER 133 



The Blacksmith Who Refused to Shoe a Horse on Sunday — 

 Scenes That Figure in the Fight for Independence — President 

 John Adams in The Bronx. 



XVII. WEST FARMS 141 



The Homes of Notable Men : Foxhurst, Brightside, Sunnyside — 

 The Quaint Presbyterian Church at the Graves Where Heroes 

 Lie Buried — The Draft Riots During the Civil War — "Wish- 

 ing Rock," Where the Algonquin Braves Wooed the Fair Stock- 

 bridge Maids. 



XVIII. FORDHAM MANOR 150 



Edgar Allan Poe and His Cottage at Fordham, Where He Won a 

 Niche in the Hall of Fame That He had Not Dreamed of — Fred- 

 erick Philipse Whose Ships Brought Fortunes to These Shores. 



XIX. HISTORIC KINGSBRIDGE 158 



Fort Independence and Other Old Fortifications — Story of Gen- 

 eral Richard Montgomery the Hero of Quebec. 



XX. THE VAN CORTLANDTS 167 



The Old Public-Spirited Colonial Family Who Figured Promi- 

 nently in American History — Cortlandt Manor Founded, 1697 

 — Pierre and Philip Van Cortlandt Who Scorned England's 

 Promises and Favors and Espoused the American Cause. 



XXI. PELHAM AND WESTCHESTER 173 



Thomas Pell the Founder of Pelham Manor — The Glittering 

 Pageant of Lord Howe's Troops to Impress the Westchesterites 

 With the Strength of the British Army — History of St. Peter's 

 Church, Westchester. 



XXII. THE OLD TIMERS' ASSOCIATION 183 



Men Who Have Been Residents of The Bronx for Fifty Years 



or More — An Interesting Chapter By its Historian, Sidwell S. 

 Randall. 



INDEX 189 



