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Beekman Park
Beekman Park is a small local park in the census-designated place of Amenia, part of Dutchess County, New York. It is located on U.S. Route 44 and is visible off New York State Route 22 and New York State Route 343. In 1974, the land upon which the park is located was sold to the Town of Amenia by Walter Beekman for the sum of $1. The park was officially opened in 1983. Before the park existed, it was the site of Lake Amenia, formed in the 1920s by a freshwater dam over a sawmill pond at the intersection of Lake Amenia Road and West Lake Amenia Road. The dam's original use was to power a nearby saw mill where, with the new lake in place, people now had the opportunity to swim. During the 1920s, the lake became surrounded by cottages, pavilions, docks, and some railings. Lake Amenia remained intact for another 30 years, however, in 1955, Hurricane Diane struck the area and eradicated any trace of the lake. The storm's heavy rains caused the lake's water gates to fail. The resulti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amenia (town), New York
Amenia is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 4,436 at the 2010 census. The town is on the eastern border of the county. History Amenia is one of the original towns formed by act of March 7, 1788. It comprises the width of the Oblong Tract, and the east tier of lots in the Great Nine Partners Patent. Inhabitants prior to European incursion were Pequot, in a village on the west side of a pond they called Wequagnoch. Along with related Native Americans from Connecticut, they held pow wows on land both before and after the incorporation of the town. In 1703 Richard Sackett was granted a patent for land along Wassaic Creek. As this land was already included in the previous Great Nine Partners Patent, Sackett's title was invalid. Sackett was also one of the partners in the Little Nine Partners Patent. He settled about one mile south of Wassaic at a site called the "Steel Works", as furnace and foundry were established there during the Revoluti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midwest, along with the intermediate cities of Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Rochester and Syracuse. New York Central was headquartered in New York City's New York Central Building, adjacent to its largest station, Grand Central Terminal. The railroad was established in 1853, consolidating several existing railroad companies. In 1968, the NYC merged with its former rival, the Pennsylvania Railroad, to form Penn Central. Penn Central went bankrupt in 1970 and merged into Conrail in 1976. Conrail was broken-up in 1999, and portions of its system were transferred to CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway, with CSX acquiring most of the old New York Central trackage. Extensive trackage existed in the states of New York, Pennsyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth David Synagogue (Amenia, New York)
Beth David Synagogue, formally Congregation Beth David, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 3344 East Main Street (also state highway NY 343) in the hamlet of Amenia, New York, in the United States. It is a small brick European-style building erected in the late 1920s. It was built by the area's small community of Russian Jewish emigrants. Over the years, its membership has dwindled and it has moved from its original Orthodox affiliation to Conservative, and eventually to Reform practices. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, the only synagogue in New York east of the Hudson River and north of New York City to be listed. Building The synagogue is on a lot on the south side of East Main, about a quarter-mile (250 m) east of the intersection of highways NY 22, US 44 and NY 343 at the center of the hamlet. There are houses across the street from various eras of Amenia's existence. To the west of the synagogue is a woodlot; to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Softball
Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hancock. There are two rule sets for softball generally: ''slow pitch softball'' and ''fastpitch''. Slow pitch softball is commonly played recreationally, while women's fastpitch softball is a Summer Olympic sport and is played professionally. Depending on the variety being played and the age and gender of the players, the particulars of field and equipment vary. While distances between bases of 60 feet are standard across varieties, the pitcher's plate ranges from 35 to 43 feet away from home plate, and the home run fence can be 220 to 300 feet away from home plate. The ball itself is typically 11 or 12 inches (28 or 30 cm) in circumference, also depending on specifics of the competition. Softball rules vary somewhat from those of baseba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball that a player on the batting team, called the batter, tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team (batting team) is to hit the ball into the field of play, away from the other team's players, allowing its players to run the bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called " runs". The objective of the defensive team (referred to as the fielding team) is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate (the place where the player started as a batter). The principal objective of the batting team is to have a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon, Connecticut
Sharon is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, in the northwest corner of the state. At the time of the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 2,680. The ZIP code for Sharon is 06069. The urban center of the town is the Sharon census-designated place, with a population of 729 at the 2010 census. History The first inhabitants of the area they called ''Poconnuck'' were the Mattabesec Native Americans. These were part of what became known as the Wappinger confederacy, which in turn belonged to the loose Algonquian confederacy. Sharon was incorporated in 1739. It is named after the Plain of Sharon. Historic sites Sharon has six sites listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places: *Ebenezer Gay House, 18 Main St., Sharon *George King House, 12 N. Main St., Sharon * Gov. Smith Homestead, South Main St., Sharon *James Pardee House, 129 N. Main St., Sharon * Sharon Historic District, roughly Main St. from Low Rd. to its junction with Mitchellto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beekman Park Fields
Beekman is a Dutch toponymic surname, literally translating as "creek man". Variant forms are '' Beeckman'' and ''Beekmans''. The Estonian poet Vladimir Beekman's family originally carried the name ''Peekmann''. People with the surname include: People Beekman family of New York Prominent descendants of the Beekman family originally of Overijssel, Netherlands:William Benford AitkenDistinguished Families in America, Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke Knickerbocker Press, 1912 * Wilhelmus Beekman (1623-1707), Treasurer of the Dutch West India Company, Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania, 1653/58-1663 **Gerardus Beekman (1653–1723), colonel, surgeon, Governor of the Province of New York Other people with the surname * Aimée Beekman (born 1933), Estonian writer, wife of Vladimir * Allan Beekman (1913–2001), American reporter and author * Anton Albert Beekman (1854–1947), Dutch geographer * Augustus A. Beekman (1923-2008), New York City fire commis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millbrook, New York
Millbrook is a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States. Millbrook is located in the Hudson Valley, on the east side of the Hudson River, north of New York City. Millbrook is near the center of the town of Washington, of which it is a part. As of the 2020 census, Millbrook's population was 1,455. It is often referred to as a low-key version of the Hamptons, and is one of the most affluent villages in New York. Millbrook is part of the Poughkeepsie– Newburgh– Middletown Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York– Newark–Bridgeport Combined Statistical Area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and (2.60%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,429 people, 678 households, and 361 families residing in the village. The population density was 764.3 people per square mile (295.0/km2). There were 744 housing units at an average density of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amenia (NYCRR Station)
The Amenia station was a New York Central Railroad station that served the residents of Amenia, New York via the Harlem Line. It was 85 miles (136 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central was approximately two hours, sixteen minutes. The station consisted of a single low-level platform, on the west side of the single track line. Amenia was the only station on the Harlem Division named for one of the senses as opposed to a name derived from a person or object. Amenia means "pleasant", or pleasing to the eye. History The New York and Harlem Railroad built their main line through Amenia between 1848 and 1852. When the station was built, it contained a freight platform, a telegraph office, Railway Express Agency office, and various spurs used for loading and unloading horse wagons in the 19th century, and later trucks in the 20th century. Amenia held an annual field day in 1913 and 1914, where Harlem trains brought hundreds of passengers up from Grand Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amenia (CDP), New York
Amenia is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 955 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie– Newburgh– Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY- NJ- CT- PA Combined Statistical Area. The hamlet of Amenia is in the town of Amenia on U.S. Route 44 at the junction of Routes 22 and 343. Geography The community is near the border of Connecticut at (41.846984, -73.55474). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.19%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,115 people, 438 households, and 295 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 552.9 per square mile (213.1/km2). There were 478 housing units at an average density of 237.0/sq mi (91.4/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.03% White, 3.32% Black or African Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Route 343 At US 44 And 22
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Hurricane Diane
Hurricane Diane was the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than an estimated $1 billion in damage (in 1955 dollars, which would be $ today), including direct costs and the loss of business and personal revenue. It formed on August 7 from a tropical wave between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde. Diane initially moved west-northwestward with little change in its intensity, but began to strengthen rapidly after turning to the north-northeast. On August 12, the hurricane reached peak sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h), making it a Category 2 hurricane. Gradually weakening after veering back west, Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, as a strong tropical storm on August 17, just five days after Hurricane Connie struck near the same area. Diane weakened further after moving inland, at which point the United States Weather Bureau noted a decreased threat of further destruction. The storm turned to the northeast, and warm waters fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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