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Thanks for the updates. I’ll have to go by both.This image gives a good idea of the slope behind Corlear down to Tibbetts Brook (this was a holy grail image for me when I found it).
Oh that’s a great tool…very satisfying. Amazing to see how much of Bailey Road, Old Post Road and Broadway retain the former paths, whereas Van Cortlandt Park erased the history of trails.
What’s amazing is that it looks like a lot of the impassable area became the Jerome Reservoir, if I’m reading things right
Nick that last map is amazing. Such high quality.
The image is from “Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis”
Page 90 and onwards
https://archive.org/details/indianpathsingre01bolt/page/90/mode/2upIncidentally, I recently happened upon a Post Road marker in Port Chester https://www.instagram.com/p/CMIRasTFZ1C/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
So was this a mis-reconstruction of the path or did the path and post road veer back west to go along the future Broadway?
Wow, Thanks for such a fast turnaround and great resource. Taking the chimney in your photo with a view toward Broadway, I’d think the photo I have is looking East/South.I attached a close-up of the house.
Unfortunately I labeled all my photos/organized them based on what they showed, rather than their provenance. Ooof! Everything’s from the NY Historical Society, NYPL Digital Collections, or maybe this one is from the Bronx Historical Society.
Interesting find! Had the Council expelled them as part of the earlier “purchase?” Perhaps they thought the Lenape would be a good buffer against more hostile groups?
This is a better view of the tavern building (thank goodness for the mansard roof!) when the Kings Bridge road is still there but it’s not bridging any gap any more
That sure looks like the Tavern to me. And see below the buildings that were along the road got changed when the road was realigned.
