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When glaciers of the fourth ice age retreated from the northeast corner of New York State 125,000 years ago, they left behind 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) of forested wetlands now known as the Bergen Swamp. The three-mile (5 km) long wildlife area is home to dozens of species of unusual birds, reptiles and rare flowers that thrive in an undisturbed ...
In 1952 they built a new terminus at 88th Street and Tonnelle Ave in North Bergen and by 1958 the company surpassed $1 million in gross revenue. [2] Eventually Arthur bought out all the other brothers in the business. The company enjoyed great success, growing to more than 3,500 tractor-trailers and operating 31 freight terminals by 1991. [3]
The village of Bergen is located in northeastern Genesee County at (43.083388, -77.941754), [3] on the eastern side of the town of Bergen. New York State Route 19 passes through the village center as Lake Avenue, leading north 9 miles (14 km) to Brockport and south 8 miles (13 km) to Le Roy.
Harris is a hamlet in the town of Thompson in east-central Sullivan County, New York, United States. The ZIP code for Harris is 12742. Harris is a small community located off New York State Route 17 (future Interstate 86) off exit 102 between Liberty and Monticello. In its heyday, during the 1950s and 1960s, Harris was a thriving resort ...
Harvey Henderson Wilcox (c. 1832 – March 19, 1891) was an American landowner who registered the name Hollywood for his estate west of the city of Los Angeles in 1887. [ 1 ] Hollywood became the center of the movie industry of the United States in the early 1910s.
The River Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York.The line runs from the North Bergen Yard in Hudson County, New Jersey north to Ravena, New York, [1] along the alignment of the West Shore Railroad, a former New York Central Railroad line.
Byron is a town in Genesee County, New York, United States. The town is named after a famous poet, Lord Byron. It on the northern border of the county, and lies northeast of the city of Batavia. The population was 2,369 at the 2010 census. The local school district, Byron-Bergen Central School District, is shared with the town of Bergen.
The stop, known as West Bergen was moved in the late 1870s to West Side Avenue. A two-story wooden depot was built at West Side Avenue c. 1888 and an eastbound brick station measuring 15 by 40 feet (4.6 m × 12.2 m) came in 1910. [ 4 ]