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Hyatt’s Tavern

Hyatt's Tavern post, Inwood, New York City

Long before the Piper’s Kilt graced Broadway, a small but historic group of taverns hosted a colorful assortment of highwaymen, tramps, soldiers and fishermen working their way up and down the old Post Road. Like its competitor to the south, the Black Horse Tavern, located near the current intersection of Dyckman and Broadway, Hyatt’s Tavern [...]

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Dyckman Farmhouse

1934 image of Inwood's Dyckman Farm House

Built by William Dyckman in approximately 1784, this farmhouse was once the center of a thriving farm more than 250 acres in size. Dyckman Farmhouse, along with the smokehouse and reconstructed “Hessian Hut,” has been a public museum since 1916. Jan Dyckman arrived in New Amsterdam in the 1660s and began acquiring land in northern [...]

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Who were the Hessians?

Hessian Soldier like the ones who once set up camp in Inwood, New York during Revolutionary War.

Anyone who has ever visited the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum has surely taken a peek at the Hessian hut next to the garden behind the main house. But who were these mysterious Hessians, where did they come from and where did they go? Strictly speaking, Hessians were German military conscripts. Definitely not volunteers, these unfortunate soldiers [...]

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