Knowlton’s Rangers was a reconnaissance and espionage detachment of the Continental Army established by George Washington during the Battle of Harlem Heights on 125th Street in Harlem. Continue Reading →
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A True Harlem Story, Catharine McGown And The Lost McGown’s Pass Tavern 1759-1917
On Wecksquaesgeek Indians’ land, nearly a century before the idea of a Central Park 
New Photographs Taken After The Battle Of Harlem Heights In Harlem New York, 1897
The Battle of Harlem Heights
Thomas W. Knowlton Killed In Action At The Battle Of Harlem Heights 1776
Thomas W. Knowlton
Alexander Hamilton At Battle Of Harlem Heights, NY 1757–1804
A painting of Alexander Hamilton during the American Revolutionary War, at the Battle of Harlem Heights in New York on September 16, 1776. Continue Reading →
Harlem Luxury At The Claremont Inn, NY 1804-1950’s (Photographs)
The outdoor photographs of the historic Claremont Inn on Riverside Drive at 121st Street in West Harlem, New York, 1804 until the early 1950’s, are well documented with images of the exterior decks and dinning areas. Continue Reading →
The West Harlem Pier, Harlem, New York 1850-1965
For thousands of years while the Muscoota and the Wecksquaesgeek Indians lived in this entire section of upper Manhattan Island, the natural topography of this site in West Harlem formed a valley and small sheltered cove off the Hudson River, also known as the North River. Continue Reading →