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Inwood’s Forgotten Houseboat Colonies

Ship Wheel

During the 1920’s and 30’s an intrepid group of amphibious New Yorkers thumbed their noses at urban living, and high city rents, and took to dwelling in houseboat colonies along the perimeter of the Island of Manhattan. Two of those colonies, consisting of a ragtag group of artists, electricians and even police officers, were right [...]

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The Cotton King of Inwood Hill

Cotton plant for Inwood history article

When one thinks of Inwood, the word “cotton” does not likely spring to mind. Of course folks rarely speak anymore of Frederick “The Cotton King” Talcott, who, in the mid-1800’s, made Inwood Hill his home. Frederick Talcott was born into a founding New England family that traced its aristocratic roots in Warwickshire, England to 1558. [...]

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Civil War Ironclad

William Wood, designer of the Spuyten Duyvil ironclad

From Henry Hudson’s historic voyage up the Hudson River in 1609 to the present day the Spuyten Duyvil has had a long and storied history, but did you know there was once a Civil War ironclad warship named after this peaceful body of water?

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