October 31: Josephine Louise Newcomb
October 31: Josephine Louise Newcomb, who funded Newcomb College at Tulane University in memory of her daughter, was born on this date in 1816.
October 31: Josephine Louise Newcomb, who funded Newcomb College at Tulane University in memory of her daughter, was born on this date in 1816.
October 30: Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, astronomer turned Union general, whose nickname was “Old Stars,” died on this date, early in the Civil War, in 1862.
Hurricane Sandy hit Green-Wood a year ago today. 300 trees were lost. And those trees took a toll as they crashed to the ground, landing on, and shattering, monuments and fences. But Green-Wood, as always, has bounced back–thanks to its extraordinary workers. In just the last few weeks, two important restoration projects–one of a marble … Read more
October 29: On this date in 2012, Hurricane Sandy destroyed 300 trees and many monuments at Green-Wood, causing $500,000 in damage.
October 28: On this date in 1886, Ferdinand Ward, a swindler who became known as “the Best-Hated Man in the United States,” went on trial; he would be convicted and imprisoned; upon his release he tried to steal his own son’s trust fund.
October 27: Future president Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway were married on this date in 1880.
October 26: As a result of the vision and efforts of De Witt Clinton, the Erie Canal, linking the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean and making New York City the center of world trade, opened on this date in 1825.
October 25: The “Lord High Executioner” of Organized Crime, Albert Anastasia, was gunned down in the barber shop of the Park Sheraton Hotel on this date in 1957.
October 24: James McDougal Hart, Scottish-born Hudson River School painter, who specialized in scenes of cattle, died on this date in 1901.
Contributions to our general fund are the most welcome of gifts. We will put your dollars to work right away to help preserve and restore our spectacular landscape and underwrite our many tours, public programs and education. Please click on an option below to contribute. Use the notes box on the next page to indicate … Read more