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Coordinates: 41.15°N 74.03°W. Interactive map of Rockland County, New York. Rockland County is the second-southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York, after Richmond County. It is part of the New York metropolitan area.
Portal Estados Unidos. O Condado de Rockland (em inglês: Rockland County) é um dos 62 condados do estado americano de Nova Iorque. A sede e localidade mais populosa do condado é New City. Foi fundado em 1798 . Crescimento populacional.
Rockland County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It is about 20 miles north of downtown New York City. About 300,000 people live there. The county has five towns: Orangetown, Clarkstown, Haverstraw, Stony Point, and Ramapo. The towns are divided into hamlets. The county seat is in New City. The largest village is Spring Valley.
- History
- American Revolutionary War and War of 1812
- Rockland County's Historical and Notable People from The Past
- Early Industries
- Transportation During The Earlier Years
- Rockland County Places of Interest
- Art Gallery
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The area that became Rockland County was originally inhabited by Algonquian-speaking Native Americans, including Munsees, or Lenni Lenape. The Tappan tribe had a particularly noteworthy presence in the area, extending from present-day Nyack, south to Sparkill and Tappan, down the Hackensack River valley through present-day Bergen County, NJ, and al...
Two important battles took place in Rockland County during the American Revolutionary War – the capture by the British of Fort Clinton at Bear Mountain in October 1777 and the victorious attack by General "Mad Anthony" Wayne's army on the British fort at Stony Point in July 1779. Rockland was also the site of the first formal recognition of the new...
Historical figures who came to Rockland County
Aaron Burr – 3rd Vice President of the United States. Alexander Hamilton – 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury. Benjamin Harrison – 23rd President of the United States. Millard Fillmore – 13th President of the United States. Franklin Delano Roosevelt – then governor of the State of New York and afterwards the 32nd President of the United States. George Clinton – First (and longest-serving) elected Governor of New York, and then 4th Vice President of the United States. George Washingto...
Other historical figures who came to Rockland County
1. Comte de Rochambeau – A French aristocrat, soldier, and a Marshal of France who participated in the American Revolutionary War. 2. General "Mad" Anthony Wayne earned his nickname leading 1,350 Continental Armytroops in a surprise attack against the 544 man British garrison at Stony Point. 3. Henry Lee III – An early American patriot who served as the 9th Governor of Virginia and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 19th district. He was also the father of Confedera...
Other historical figures who lived in Rockland County
1. John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890), was an American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform opposing slavery. During the 1840s, that era's penny press accorded Frémont the sobriquet The Pathfinder. It remains in use, and he is sometimes called "The Great Pathfinder".He is buried at Rockland Cemetery at Sparkill. 2....
The earliest of its industries was the growing of foodstuffs for the great city. Iona Island, known as Weyant's Island became famous with the noted Iona grape as well as hundreds of fruit trees and vines. Besides agriculture, boat building was one of the early industries until after the American Civil War. Johnsontown in Haverstraw was the seat of ...
Stagecoach
Roads were primitive and transporting products from the western end of the county to the Hudson River was very difficult. After legislative approval, it took 17 years to complete the Nyack Turnpike, a cross-country carriage road which connected Nyack to Suffern. The stagecoach which crossed the Ramapo Pass, was heavily traveled in winter when the Hudson River froze over to travel between Albany, New York and New York City.
Historic steamboats
With the lack of roads, travel was largely confined to sloops, which made regular trips up and down the river. Steamboats were built to travel up and down the Hudson, carrying both passengers and freight. Steamboats provided much of the transportation to New York City. Steamboat navigation in Rockland started with a local steam vessel named the "Orange" referred by some as "Pot-Cheese" in reference to her beauty and others “The Flying Dutchman" because of her speed. She provided regular sched...
Historic railroads
In 1833, a charter was given to the New York and Erie Railroad, which had trains running in the county by 1840.New York and Erie Railroad was completed in 1851 becoming the longest railroad in the US stretching 483 miles from Piermont to Dunkirk on Lake Erie and the second-longest railroad in the world. The President of the United States, Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States and the Secretary of State, Daniel Webster, along with a score of national and state officials, boarde...
Rockland County's rocks
1. Indian Rock – This 17,300-ton Proterozoic granite gneiss is .8–1.2 billion years old. Originating between the Ramapo Mountains and Hudson Highlands, this glacial erratic was deposited in Montebello by the Laurentide Ice Sheetapproximately 21,000 years ago. 2. Maria's Rock – Front lawn of Pfizer/Wyeth – (Lederle Laboratories), North Middletown Road in Pearl River – An 18th-century legend tells of a little girl named Maria who wandered from her home in nearby Tappan and died of hunger and ex...
The Dunderberg Spiral Railway
A pleasure railroad partially constructed in 1890–1891 and never finished. The first part of the ride would have taken the cars up two inclined planes to the summit 900 feet (270 m) above the Hudson River, where visitors could disembark to enjoy the scenery. Then the cars would have coasted by gravity down a nine-mile (14 km) scenic railway, making two spirals and three switchbacks. It would have been to this day the biggest roller coaster ever constructed.
Piermont hand-cranked drawbridge
The Piermont hand-cranked drawbridge was originally built in 1880 by The King Iron Bridge Company, a Cleveland company in the state of Ohio that constructed more than 10,000 bridges over six decades. The hand-cranked drawbridge is used as a pedestrian walkway providing a link to Tallman Mountain State Park. This bridge is the only hand-cranked drawbridge in Rockland County and perhaps in the United States. Back in the day, fishermen on sloopsheading up and down the creek got out of their vess...
Historic paintings
The following artists studied at the Hudson River School: 1. Jasper Francis Cropsey(February 18, 1823 – April 23, 1900)
Rockland County at CurlieRockland Reviewweekly newspaperRockland County TimesOfficial RC Newspaper since 1888Rockland, county, southeastern New York state, U.S., consisting of a hilly region bordered by the Hudson River to the east and New Jersey to the southwest. Sandstone bluffs known as the Palisades border the Hudson where it narrows below the Tappan Zee area of the river.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Rockland is a city and county seat of Knox County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 6,936. [3] [4] The city is a popular tourist destination. It is a departure point for the Maine State Ferry Service to the islands of Penobscot Bay: Vinalhaven, North Haven and Matinicus.
Rockland County, New York is a thriving, diverse community. Our residents, workers and employers all enjoy a community that offers: Safe, secure neighborhoods. Outstanding schools, colleges & universities. Access to excellent health care & human services. A diverse population.