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Interactive map of Putnam County, New York. Israel Putnam, Major General in the American Revolution and the county's namesake. Putnam County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 97,668. [3] The county seat is Carmel, [4] located within one of six towns comprising the county.
Rufus Putnam (April 9, 1738 – May 4, 1824) was an American military officer who fought during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.As an organizer of the Ohio Company of Associates, he was instrumental in the initial colonization by the United States of former Native American, English, and French lands in the Northwest Territory in present-day Ohio following the war.
The Landing at Kip's Bay was a British amphibious landing during the New York Campaign in the American Revolutionary War on September 15, 1776. It occurred on the East River shore of Manhattan north of what then constituted New York City . Heavy advance fire from British naval forces in the East River caused the inexperienced militia guarding ...
The Philipse family was a prominent Dutch family in New Netherlands and the British Province of New York.It owned both the vast 81 sq mi (210 km 2) hereditary estate in lower Westchester County, New York, Philipsburg Manor, the family seat, and the roughly 250 sq mi (650 km 2) Highland Patent, later known as the "Philipse Patent", in time today's Putnam County, New York.
History. The college was founded in 1950 by the Sisters of Mercy. In 2011, Mercy College absorbed the buildings and facilities of Our Lady of Victory Academy.In 2016, Mercy College opened a new $32 million, 100,000-square-foot residence hall, a 5,000-square-foot fitness center and a Starbucks Cafe and convenience store on its Dobbs Ferry campus.
The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608 and New Amsterdam was founded in 1624. The "Sons of Liberty" campaigned against British authority in New York City, and the Stamp Act Congress of representatives from ...
The New York and Putnam Railroad, nicknamed the Old Put, was a railroad line that operated between the Bronx and Brewster in New York State. It was in close proximity to the Hudson River Railroad and New York and Harlem Railroad. All three came under ownership of the New York Central system in 1894.
Tarrytown has access to highways I-87 and I-287, and is the site of the eastern end of the New York State Thruway's Tappan Zee Bridge. I-87 continues south to New York City, while I-287 heads east across Westchester to link up with the Saw Mill River Parkway, the Sprain Brook Parkway, the Merritt Parkway/Hutchinson River Parkway and I-95.