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Greenburgh developed along the Hudson River, long the main transportation route. It was settled by northern Europeans in its early years, primarily of Dutch and English descent. Residents were active during the American Revolutionary War.
The first European settlers of Tarrytown were Dutch farmers, fur trappers, and fishermen. Records show that the first Dutch residence in Tarrytown was built in 1645; however, the exact location of this residence is not known. Tarrytown sits within the lands of the former Dutch Colony of New Netherland which became English territory in 1674 with the signing of the Treaty of Westminster. The name may come from the Dutch tarwe, meaning "wheat".
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Old Dutch Church, Built 1699, Sleep Hollow, Tarrytown, N.Y.
Postcard- In 1780, in a famous Revolutionary War incident, Major John André was arrested as a spy in Tarrytown, which exposed the plans of his associate Benedict Arnold.
www.wikipedia.org - 1854 - Greenburg
Greenburg, a township of West Chester county. New York, on the Hudson river, 180 miles S. from Albany. Population, 4241.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. 
1860 - COLLISION ON THE HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD - ONE PASSENGER KILLED AND TEN OR FIFTEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED.
A serious collision - the result, apparently, of carelessness - occurred about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon on the Hudson River Railroad, some two...Read MORE...- 1869 - FLIGHT OF AN ALLEGED INCENDIARY
Among those doing business in the block of buildings which was destroyed by fire at Tarrytown on the 30th ult., was a baker named Philip Wigand, who, ...Read MORE... - 1891 - DYNAMITE DISASTER - Frightful Explosion of Blasting Powder on the Hudson. -A Car Containing Thirty Laborers Blown of Atoms.
A flat car loaded with dynamite and drawn by a construction engine was blown to atoms shortly before noon a few days ago, at a place about one and a...Read MORE... - 1895 - Greenburg
Green'burg, a populous township of Westchester co, N.Y., on the east bank of the Hudson River. It contains villages named Dobbs Ferry, Hastings upon...Read MORE... 
Public School, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Railroad Station, Hartsdale, New York
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Hartsdale M.E. Church and Parsonage
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Old Philipse Manor House, Tarrytown, N.Y.
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"Lyndhurst," Residence of Miss Helen Gould, Tarrytown, N.Y.
Postcard- 1910 - ROCKEFELLER, JR., FIGHTS FIRE. In Charge of His Own Hose Company at a Pocantico Hills Blaze.
Special to The New York Times.
TARRYTOWN, N. Y., March 23. - Fire in the woods on the estate of John D. Rockefeller gained such headway this...Read MORE... - On November 19, 1915, a powerful dynamite bomb was discovered at Cedar Cliff, the Tarrytown estate of John D. Archbold, President of the Standard Oil Company.
- 1916
Greenburg, a township (town) of Westchester co., N.Y., on the E. bank of the Hudson River. It contains villages named Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings...Read MORE... - 1928 - February 8 - 1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, NY
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February 8, 1928 - 1941 - November 30 - 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes its last run
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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Greenburgh, New York, USA
Greenburgh, New York, USA
 (Hartsdale) - Old Dutch Church, Built 1699, Sleep Hollow, Tarrytown, N.Y.)
Old Dutch Church, Built 1699, Sleep Hollow, Tarrytown, N.Y.
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Greenburgh, New York, USA
 (Hartsdale) - Old Philipse Manor House, Tarrytown, N.Y.)
Old Philipse Manor House, Tarrytown, N.Y.
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Greenburgh, New York, USA
 (Hartsdale) - "Lyndhurst," Residence of Miss Helen Gould, Tarrytown, N.Y.)
"Lyndhurst," Residence of Miss Helen Gould, Tarrytown, N.Y.
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Greenburgh, New York, USA
 (Hartsdale) - Public School, Hartsdale, N.Y.)
Public School, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Greenburgh, New York, USA
 (Hartsdale) - Railroad Station, Hartsdale, New York)
Railroad Station, Hartsdale, New York
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Greenburgh, New York, USA
 (Hartsdale) - Hartsdale M.E. Church and Parsonage)
Hartsdale M.E. Church and Parsonage
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In 1780, in a famous Revolutionary War incident, Major John André was arrested as a spy in Tarrytown, which exposed the plans of his associate Benedict Arnold.
www.wikipedia.org
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1854 - Greenburg
Greenburg, a township of West Chester county. New York, on the Hudson river, 180 miles S. from Albany. Population, 4241.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
1860 - COLLISION ON THE HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD - ONE PASSENGER KILLED AND TEN OR FIFTEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED.
A serious collision - the result, apparently, of carelessness - occurred about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon on the Hudson River Railroad, some two... Read MORE...
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1869 - FLIGHT OF AN ALLEGED INCENDIARY
Among those doing business in the block of buildings which was destroyed by fire at Tarrytown on the 30th ult., was a baker named Philip Wigand, who, ... Read MORE...
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1891 - DYNAMITE DISASTER - Frightful Explosion of Blasting Powder on the Hudson. -A Car Containing Thirty Laborers Blown of Atoms.
A flat car loaded with dynamite and drawn by a construction engine was blown to atoms shortly before noon a few days ago, at a place about one and a... Read MORE...
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1895 - Greenburg
Green'burg, a populous township of Westchester co, N.Y., on the east bank of the Hudson River. It contains villages named Dobbs Ferry, Hastings upon... Read MORE...
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1910 - ROCKEFELLER, JR., FIGHTS FIRE. In Charge of His Own Hose Company at a Pocantico Hills Blaze.
Special to The New York Times.
TARRYTOWN, N. Y., March 23. - Fire in the woods on the estate of John D. Rockefeller gained such headway this... Read MORE...
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On November 19, 1915, a powerful dynamite bomb was discovered at Cedar Cliff, the Tarrytown estate of John D. Archbold, President of the Standard Oil Company.
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Greenburg, a township (town) of Westchester co., N.Y., on the E. bank of the Hudson River. It contains villages named Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings... Read MORE...
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1928 - February 8 - 1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, NY
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February 8, 1928
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1941 - November 30 - 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes its last run
historyorb.com
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