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In its mid-1800s industrial heyday the Bronx River was host to a wide variety of industries. Among them were a number of gunpowder mills, whose

One of the more unusual, and today nearly forgotten, Bronx River communities is the old “Mile Square.” The Mile Square was exactly that – a

We all cheered when a young Alewife herring was found in the Bronx River recently, evidence that the reintroduction of this long-absent native fish may

Next month’s Amazing Bronx River Flotilla will end up at the spectacular new Concrete Plant Park on the Bronx River between Bruckner Boulevard and Westchester

During September of 1895 the city was gripped by near record heat with temperatures in the low 90’s. Jeremiah Murphy was a postal clerk at

A century after the depredations of Delancey’s Refugees, the Bronx River became the childhood home of an altogether different kind of cowboy. Born in Newburgh,

The word “cowboy” brings to mind images of the Wild West, but the first cowboys splashed across the Bronx River – and they were not

Another redoubtable Bronx River woman was a contemporary of Aunt Sarah Titus, Ann Hanson of West Farms.   The old Bronx River town of West

In the course of its history the Bronx River has known several redoubtable women, but few proved to be as unmoving as Sarah Titus.  

While we’ve hailed the return of native wildlife to the Bronx River in recent years, we might want to pause and salute one of the