. Parks and parkways in the Borough of the Bronx, New York City . g on behalf of the patriots. Eighteen of them,including their-chief, Nimham, were buried almost where they fell. In 1781 Washington built camp fires on Vault Hill to deceive theBritish, while he was withdrawing his troops to Yorktown. The VanCortlandt Mansion is credited with having harbored General Washingtonon two occasions. First in the year 1781, when Washington was examin-ing the ground about Kingsbridge and directing its fortification and de-fense; and on the second time, on the 12th of November, 1783, a farmore auspicious
. Parks and parkways in the Borough of the Bronx, New York City . g on behalf of the patriots. Eighteen of them,including their-chief, Nimham, were buried almost where they fell. In 1781 Washington built camp fires on Vault Hill to deceive theBritish, while he was withdrawing his troops to Yorktown. The VanCortlandt Mansion is credited with having harbored General Washingtonon two occasions. First in the year 1781, when Washington was examin-ing the ground about Kingsbridge and directing its fortification and de-fense; and on the second time, on the 12th of November, 1783, a farmore auspicious occasion, as the next day he rode victorious acrossKingsbridge on his way with his troops to repossess the City, from whichhe had been forced to retreat several years before. Close by the Mansion to the east is to be seen an old window, takenfrom the Sugar House, the old warehouse in Duane Street, which wasbuilt in 1673, and which was used during the Revolutionary War bythe British as a prison for the American soldiers. 42 > op n oP H >0 >W%. Pelham Bay Park. Area.—This is the largest park in the city, including within itsboundaries 1,756 acres, over twice as many as Central Park. Means of Access.—The most direct and convenient means of reach-ing Pelham Bay Park is by means of the Harlem River Branch of theNew York, New Haven and Hartford R. R. The terminal of this roadis at Willis Avenue, The Bronx, but a shuttle train runs from the 129thStreet Station of the 2d and 3d Avenue Elevated R. R. systems. For thesouth section of the park, visitors should alight at the Baychester Sta-tion; for the northerly and more important section, at Bartow Station,now known as the City Island Station. Trolley Lines. The Southern Boulevard cars of the Union Rail-way run from the terminal at 129th Street and Third Avenue, Man-hattan, to Eastern Boulevard entrance of the park. Visitors can alsoreach the park by the Union Railway cars running on WestchesterAvenue and on West Farms Road
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