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  • Tarrytown squirrels
    Local History & Interest,  Weird & Unexplained

    Those Wild and Crazy Tarrytown Squirrels

    Here in the pages of Sleepy Hollow Country we live and breathe the odd and unexplained. Today we tender a few offbeat stories on rather unusual behavior by a bunch of Tarrytown squirrels. Before we start it is only fair to point out our little furry friends aren’t the only critters to exhibit outlandish behavior in these parts. Goats, chickens, and even mosquitoes have had their moments. A student of literature, however, may recall a line from “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” that suggests it is the human residents of the hollow who have a propensity to see marvelous visions: “They are given to all kinds of marvelous beliefs; are…

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    Sunnyside, Washington Irving's home, sits on the shore of the Hudson River.

    The Man, The Myth, The Legend: Washington Irving. Part 1: A Venturesome Urchin!

    November 29, 2023
    Main entrance to Tarrytown Castle, framed against a gloomy winter sky.

    The Last Tarrytown Castle 

    January 21, 2024
    "Milton Minnerly, 1877" inscription etched in a natural rock formation in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

    Milton Minnerly, 1877.

    April 20, 2023
  • A Tarrytown goat and two goat kids stand in a fenced pen.
    Local History & Interest

    The Obstreperous Tarrytown Goats

    In fairness to goats everywhere, Tarrytown goats are not unique in their obstreperousness. They are an unruly animal across the board. However, here in Sleepy Hollow Country we have more than our share of oddities, and our goats are no exception. Make that past tense. At the time of writing, Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow restrict livestock within village limits. Here are three of our favorite tales of Tarrytown goats. Tarrytown Goat Sets Monetary Policy In the late 1800s the United States Congress hotly debated changes to monetary policy. At issue in the “money question” of the day was whether to base American currency on gold or on silver. Further, there…

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    An historic postcard of Captain Kidd's Rock on the shore of the Hudson River in Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy Hollow, New York.

    Captain Kidd’s Rock

    April 8, 2022
    Main entrance to Tarrytown Castle, framed against a gloomy winter sky.

    The Last Tarrytown Castle 

    January 21, 2024

    A Slice of Tarrytown Bakery History

    December 4, 2024
  • A jagged rock formation on Buttermilk Hill is framed against gloomy woodlands.
    Local History & Interest

    Rockefeller’s War on Snakes

    “I will pay 25-cents for each snake killed on my estate. I desire to rid my land of these reptiles, and any one may enter the war of extermination.” JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER -The New York Times, June 12 1906. John D. Rockefeller declared war. A war on snakes. Reportedly afraid of the reptiles since his youth and unable to walk safely in portions of his estate, there had been no other explanation given for the public announcement of the need to exterminate the snakes on his large estate in Pocantico Hills, particularly the Buttermilk Hill area which is “the wildest in the county.” For weeks following the proclamation of war,…

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    Photo post card Rockwood Hall, Home of William Rockefeller.

    Hettling Post Cards

    April 10, 2023
    The writing study and library at Sunnyside remain much like they were at Irving's death.

    The Man, The Myth, The Legend: Washington Irving. Part 2: A Traveling Literary Lawyer

    February 22, 2024
    Three ghosts of Raven Rock reportedly haunt this lonely and remote area of Rockefeller State Park.

    Beware The Ghosts of Raven Rock

    March 5, 2023
  • News clipping describing a plague of exploding mosquitoes in Tarrytown, NY.
    Weird & Unexplained

    Revenge of the Exploding Mosquitoes!

    “Tarrytown, N. Y.—Mosquitoes in Cortlandt street, North Tarrytown have become gasoline drunkards and are terrorizing the town.” Nyack Evening Star, November 23, 1911 Imagine if you will, a flying menace. A tiny insect of prolific numbers, small enough to slip into any house, stealthy enough to land on your person without being noticed. Imagine the mayhem if that abundant pest were the common mosquito and it developed a taste for gasoline, turning itself into a flying Molotov cocktail. On October 15, 1911, James Brady of Cortlandt Street became the first victim of the North Tarrytown plague of exploding mosquitoes. News articles are mixed on the source of the gasoline, with…

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    A jagged rock formation on Buttermilk Hill is framed against gloomy woodlands.

    Rockefeller’s War on Snakes

    July 21, 2023

    The Nefarious Black Horse Tavern

    December 3, 2024
    The 2019 sandstone grave stone of the Edgar Mathew Bacon character Hulda The Witch.

    Hulda the Witch of Sleepy Hollow

    October 19, 2023
  • A color drawing of an American shad (Alosa sapidissima) by Duane Raver commissioned by the Fish and Wildlife Service.
    Local History & Interest,  Van Tassel Feast

    Shad, the Most Delicious Fish

    “Fain would I pause to dwell upon the world of charms that burst upon the enraptured gaze of my hero, as he entered the state parlor of Van Tassel’s mansion . . . Such heaped-up platters of cakes of various and almost indescribable kinds, known only to experienced Dutch housewives! There was the doughty dough-nut, the tenderer oly koek, and the crisp and crumbling cruller; sweet cakes and short cakes, ginger cakes and honey cakes, and the whole family of cakes. And then there were apple pies and peach pies and pumpkin pies; besides slices of ham and smoked beef; and moreover delectable dishes of preserved plums, and peaches, and…

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    Tarrytown squirrels

    Those Wild and Crazy Tarrytown Squirrels

    June 8, 2024
    Armor-Stiner Octagon House in Irvington, NY is framed by eerie trees and a gloomy sky.

    Ghosts of the Octagon House

    July 1, 2023

    The Fiery Ghosts of Mount Gulian

    August 13, 2024

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