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1892Carmel sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Golden's Bridge.
According to The New York Times, Colonial geographers and surveyors identified a crossing over the Croton River in the Goldens Bridge area as early as 1750. Early maps included different names, including Coldens Bridge, Goldings Bridge and Goldens Bridge. The bridge was washed away and rebuilt a number of times in flooding today controlled by the dams and reservoirs of the New York City water supply system's Croton Watershed. The area around the crossing grew into a depot for farm produce from Connecticut and Salem, New York, and a stop for travelers along the river. The bridge is gone, as the crossing where it stood lies under the New Croton Reservoir, which was created when the Croton River was dammed around the turn of the 20th century.
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History of Westchester County, New York, from its earliest settlement to the year 19001900 · page 590Read the page →
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Lewisboro. — Population, 1,885. Local particulars: — 1. South Salem; a scattered village, containing a church and fifteen houses. 2. Cross River; contained two churches, several manufactories, and twenty houses. 3. Golden's Bridge; a station on the Harlem Railroad. 4. Vista; a small settlement. 5. Lewisboro; a postoffice in the southern part. Mamaronei'k. — -Population, 1,351. Local particulars: — 1. Mamaroneck; contained two 1 So called for Colonel John P. Cruger, whose csiatc including Oscawana Island, was adjacent. " Boscobel " (the original name) was
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