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The word Manhattan has been translated as 'island of many hills' from the Lenape language. [5] The Encyclopedia of New York City offers other derivations, including from the Munsee dialect of Lenape: manahachtanienk ('place of general inebriation'), manahatouh ('place where timber is procured for bows and arrows'), or menatay ('island'). [6]
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The Casatelli family originally bought the island for $25,000 in 1960 A private New York island could be yours for $700,000 — but there’s a catch Skip to main content
Papscanee Island, now a peninsula, Hudson River on west bank, Papscanee Creek on east bank, in Schodack, New York and East Greenbush; Park Island, also called Island Park – a former island that hosted the Albany County Agricultural Fair in 1865, had a racetrack in 1866, and an addition of a baseball diamond and clubhouse in 1885. [3] Pollepel ...
In 1817, the State Legislature of New York annexed the island to Jefferson County, and granted 500 acres (2.0 km 2) of its land to the local New York postmaster, Charles Smyth. The island had been a haven for smugglers, and later that year a Canadian tax collector seized some tobacco from the island. This dispute escalated, and Governor DeWitt ...
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