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THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX 



called Cedar Park from the number of cedar trees growing there, 

 was so renamed, in 1902, in memory of the heroic Civil War veteran 

 who lived during the latter part of his life not far from Cedar Park. 

 Recently some of the members of the North Side Board of 

 Trade and The Bronx Industrial Bureau called, thru W. R. 

 Messenger, the Secretary of the Bureau, a meeting of citizens in 



Lorillard Mansion, Bronx Park 



the Morris High School to consider the organization of a society 

 which should have for its object the preservation of the natural 

 beauties of the Borough and the improvement of its home sur- 

 roundings. A large and interested body of citizens responded to the 

 call, and the meeting resulted in the organization of the Bronx- 

 Beautiful Society. 



Among those urging its formation and indicating its field of 

 usefulness were the Hon. C. C. Miller, President of the Borough; 

 Hon. Joseph A. Goulden, ex-member of Congress; Hon. Thomas 



