. The borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913; its marvelous development and historical surroundings. i;s THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX the northwest corner of the park stands the Borough Hall, erected in 1897. The land comprising Crotona Park constituted the Bathgate Farm. Alexander Bathgate, a Scotchman, who came to this coun- try early in the nineteenth century, was overseer on the farm of Gouverneur Morris, the First. He was frugal and thrifty, and he saved enough to purchase the farm from the second Gouverneur "Gunda," The Famous Elephant of Bronx Park Zoo Crotona Parkway, 100 feet
. The borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913; its marvelous development and historical surroundings. i;s THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX the northwest corner of the park stands the Borough Hall, erected in 1897. The land comprising Crotona Park constituted the Bathgate Farm. Alexander Bathgate, a Scotchman, who came to this coun- try early in the nineteenth century, was overseer on the farm of Gouverneur Morris, the First. He was frugal and thrifty, and he saved enough to purchase the farm from the second Gouverneur "Gunda," The Famous Elephant of Bronx Park Zoo Crotona Parkway, 100 feet wide, connects Crotona Park with Bronx Park. It was opened in 1910. Claremont Park is situated on very high natural ground and gives an extensive view of the surrounding territory on all sides. This was formerly known as the Zborowski Farm, which Martin Zborowski obtained as a dowry from the Morris family thru his marriage to Anna Morris. The headquarters of the Bronx Park Department is located in what was known as the Zborowski man- sion, a stone building erected in 1859, and is evidently on the site of an older building dating about 1676. Beyond is the famous Black Swamp, where cattle have been lost since the time of the Indians. For years it has defied the efforts of all contractors to fill it Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Harry Tecumseh, 1873-; Kaplan, Nathan Julius, 1887-. New York, The author
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