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THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX 



the northwest corner of the park stands the Borough Hall, erected 

 in 1897. 



The land comprising Crotona Park constituted the Bathgate 

 Farm. Alexander Bathgate, a Scotchman, who came to this coun- 

 try early in the nineteenth century, was overseer on the farm of 

 Gouverneur Morris, the First. He was frugal and thrifty, and 

 he saved enough to purchase the farm from the second Gouverneur 

 Morris. 



"Gunda," The Famous Elephant of Bronx Park Zoo 



Crotona Parkway, 100 feet wide, connects Crotona Park with 

 Bronx Park. It was opened in 1910. 



Claremont Park is situated on very high natural ground and 

 gives an extensive view of the surrounding territory on all sides. 

 This was formerly known as the Zborowski Farm, which Martin 

 Zborowski obtained as a dowry from the Morris family thru 

 his marriage to Anna Morris. The headquarters of the Bronx Park 

 Department is located in what was known as the Zborowski man- 

 sion, a stone building erected in 1859, and is evidently on the site of 

 an older building dating about 1676. Beyond is the famous Black 

 Swamp, where cattle have been lost since the time of the Indians. 

 For years it has defied the efforts of all contractors to fill it up. 



