The Town of Coxsackie, New York, is located on the west side of the Hudson River. This map locates houses with last names of owners, though occasionally only initials are used. Sites of stores, brick yards, schools, cemetaries, named farms, toll...
"Now and Then and Long Ago" was compiled by Cornelia Bedell from other books, newspaper articles and new writings. The following excerpt was written in 1932 about a map of the Nyack Turnpike.
Text at the bottom of the picture: Do you recognize these men? They are connected with the Haverstraw Baseball Club in the year 1913, when the game was a popular sport and drew large crowds. The men in the picture, left to right, are...
Six members of Dioko, an organization founded by Cornelia Bedell in 1912 and associated with Nyack Hospital, sit in a living room. Seated on the floor are Eleanor Carle and Phyllis Wilding McMonegal. Left to right on the couch are ? Snedecker (a...
Church members dressed in 1838 period costumes helped to inaugurate a week's celebration of the Nyack Dutch Reformed Church centennial. From left to right are Esther Van Slyke, Ethel Storms, Cornelia Bedell, Mary McMonegal, Elizabeth Storms. An...
On South Broadway stood this intricate, sprawling residence of William Gray. Built in 1885 and known as Graycourt, the house rested on a stone foundation originally laid for a Methodist church. The upper stories had many spacious rooms, porches,...
The Coe Homestead or Coe's Revolutionary Tavern was located in New Hempstead. When John Andre and Joshua Hett Smith were arrested for treason and were escorted to Tappan by Major Talmadge and his dragoons, they stopped here for dinner. It was torn...
This picture, along with #5005 and 5006, are a portion of a Mazeppa fire company testimonial dinner honoring Judge Arthur S. Tompkins. Tompkins, a prominent Nyacker, was elected a member of the fire company in 1885 and served until 1935. The...
This large, stately house is found on the southwest corner of Hart Place and Sixth Avenue. The builder was Mathew Watson Debaun and the original owners were Caroline and Charles Bedell. Many of the original details remain: the wide veranda with the...
