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STONY POINT , a township in See also:Rockland See also:county, New See also:York; U.S.A., on the See also:west See also:bank of the See also:Hudson See also:river, containing a See also:village of the same name which is 35 M. N. of New York See also:City and 12 M. S. of West Point. Pop. of the township (1890) 4614; (1900), 4161; (1905), 3862 , (1910), 365r. See also:Area, about 30 sq. in. The village is served by the West See also:Shore and the New York,
See also:Ontario, and Western See also:railways. Other villages in the township are Grassy Point, where, as in Stony Point, See also:brick-making is the See also:principal See also:industry; Tomkins See also:Cove, where there are See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone crushing See also:works; and See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones Point, which has a See also:trade in See also:gravel, See also:building See also:sand and crushed stone. The See also:surface of the township is rough—Dunderberg (logo ft.) and See also:Bear See also:Mountain (135o ft.) are the principal eminences, and there is See also:good farming See also:land only at the margin of the river. The township was named from a rocky promontory which juts into the river in the See also:north-See also:east See also:part of the township and rises precipitously on all sides to a height of about 140 ft. above the river. A small part of the promontory is under the See also:jurisdiction of the See also:United States See also:Government which has erected a lighthouse here, and the remaining portion was bought by the See also:state in 1897 for a state battlefield See also:reservation, and has been laid out as a public See also:park. At the entrance to the park is a Memorial See also:Arch (1909), designed by H. K. See also:Bush-See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
Brown and presented to the state by the Daughters of the See also:American Revolution. On See also:Iona See also:Island in the north part of the township is a United States See also:naval See also:magazine. The promontory See also:guards the See also:lower passage to the See also:Highlands of the Hudson, and during the See also:War of See also:Independence, when the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:Ferry between it and Verplanck' s Point on the opposite bank was part of an important See also:line of communication between the New See also:England and the See also:Middle States, it was of considerable strategic importance. The Americans occupied it in See also:November 1776, and about two years later erected a See also:blockhouse upon it. The See also:garrison, however, was very small, and on the 31st of May 1779, it was taken by the See also:British, who immediately erected much stronger fortifications. On the See also:night of the 15th/ 16th of See also:July it was recovered by See also:General See also:Anthony See also:Wayne, in command of about 1350 picked American troops, the garrison (under Lieut.-See also:Colonel See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson) losing 63 in killed, 70 in wounded, and 543 in captured. The American loss- was only 15 killed and 83 wounded. The Americans, however, had no thought from the first of holding the See also:place and evacuated it on the 18th of July. The British immediately reoccupied it, and erected stronger fortifications, but See also:late in See also:October they, too, abandoned it. In the " old See also:Treason See also:House " in the township General See also:Benedict See also:Arnold and See also:Major See also:John See also:Andre met before daylight on the 22nd of See also:September 1780, to See also:settle upon plans for the surrender of West Point by Arnold to the British.
See H. P. See also:Johnston, The Storming of Stony Point (New York, 1900) ; H. B. See also:Dawson, The See also:Assault on Stony Point (Morrisania, N. Y., 1863) ; E. H. See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall and F. W. Halsey, Stony Point See also:Battle-See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
Field (New York, 1902); and D. See also:Cole and E. See also:Gay, See also:History of Rockland County (ibid. 1884).
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