To: nuconvert
Tappan Zee predates the American Revolution. It even predates English settlers. It is a Dutch name , dating from when New York was New Amsterdam, and the Hudson Valley was all Dutch. Washington Irving used that era as a setting for "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", aka, "The Headless Horseman".
28 posted on
08/11/2021 1:47:26 PM PDT by
Governor Dinwiddie
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
” It is a Dutch name , dating from when New York was New Amsterdam, and the Hudson Valley was all Dutch.”
Yes, I know. My ancestors were among those Dutch people
65 posted on
08/11/2021 7:21:52 PM PDT by
nuconvert
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