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Teuntje and Jonas Bronck's house was built by a promontory at the juncture of the Harlem River and the Bronx Kill across from Randalls Island and was constructed like "a miniature fort with stone walls and a tile roof". Bronck's farmstead consisted of approximately 274 hectares (680 acres), which being a religious man, he named Emaus.
Dec 3, 2014 · On December 3rd, 1639, Jonas Bronck purchased 50 acres of land to the north of Manhattan Island that later grew into 680 acres of farmland. People in the City would visit the farmland for a… Viewing NYC
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Mar 18, 2008 · Bronck was the unfortunate recipient of native Indian backlash. That same year, 1643, Bronck and most of his settlers were murdered in an Indian raid. Kieft would be swept out of the new world by Peter Stuyvesant. Bronckland would pass into other hands, and after just a few years, the parcel of land would no longer be named for him.
May 22, 2024 · On December 3rd 1641, Jonas Bronck, a Danish immigrant to New York City, bought about 500 acres of land above Manhattan. According to the Bronx Historical Society, the first settlement is in...
Apr 13, 2014 · The organization is housed in a massive three story building with the words “Jonas Bronck Center” across the front. The website points out that this year “The Bronx will be 375 years old – an anniversary that will be celebrated in New York as well as in Sävsjö! The celebration in Sävsjö takes place August 29 – 31, 2014, with a ...
- MNY286847 Copyright 1914, by Col. J. St. Clair, New York.
The New Yorker, May 6, 1939 P. 13. Talk. In 1639, Jonas Bronck came here from Amsterdam and bought 500 acres of land from the Indians, the land was called Bronck's Land; Bronxland, and finally the ...
