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index NB: In cases where multiple references of equivalent length are given, the main or most explanatory reference (if there is one) is shown in bold. 9/11 Memorial 25 81–82, 83, 84 9/11 “people’s memorial” 40 Ammann, Othmar H. Abbott, Mabel 99 (1879–1965) 151, 152, Abolitionists on Staten 153, 155 Island 30, 167–68 Anastasia, Albert 197 Abraham J. Wood House 49 Andrew J. Barberi, ferry 60, Adams, John 163, 164, 165 246 African American com- Andros, Sir Edmund 234 munities 34, 75, 78ff, Angels’ Circle 40 176–77, 179 Arthur Kill 19, 37, 74, 76, African Methodist Episcopal 117, 119, 148, 149, 164, Zion Church (see A.M.E. 206 Zion) Arthur Kill Lift Bridge Akerly, Dr. Samuel 107 148–49 Almirall, Raymond F. Arthur Kill Salvage Yard 38 (1869–1939) 204 Asians on Staten Island 36, Ambrose Channel 90, 92 37 American Magazine 91 Atlantic Salt 29 American Society of Civil Austen, Alice 126–134, Engineers 152 201, 209, 242; (grave of) A.M.E. Zion Church 80, 43 248 index Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing- Boy Scouts 112 Room Companion 76 Breweries 34, 41, 243 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridges: 149, 153 Arthur Kill Lift 148–49 Barnes, William 66 Bayonne 151–52, 242 Battery Duane 170 Goethals 150, 241 Battery Weed 169, 170, Outerbridge Crossing 150, 171–72, 173, 245 241 Bayles, Richard M. 168 Verrazano-Narrows 112, Bayley-Seton Hospital 34 152–55, 215, 244 Bayley, Dr. Richard 35, 48, Brinley, C. Coapes 133 140 British (early settlers) 159, Bayonne Bridge 151–52, 176; (in Revolutionary 242 War) 48, 111, 162ff, 235 Beil, Carlton B. 211 Britton, Elizabeth 97 Bethlehem Steel 33, 149, Britton, Nathaniel Lord 96; 243 (house of) 47 Billopp, Christopher 162, Bronston, Dr. William 207 164, 165, 235 Brood 2, cicadas 101, 102 Bilotti, Tommy 188; (grave Bulls Head 36, 177 of) 43 Burdge, Ed 91 Black communities on Burial grounds, Native Staten Island (see African American 160 American) Burke, George 50 Bloomberg, Michael 8 Burr, Aaron 31 Bluebelt program 24, 47, Byrd, Admiral 241 147 Cameron, Sir Roderick 39 Borough Hall 26, 27 Camp High Rock 111–14 Botanical Garden 61, 219 “Captain’s Row” 31 index 249 Caro, Robert 12 “Crimson Beech” 92–93 Carrère and Hastings 26 Crooke, John J. 48 Carrère, John M., grave of Cropsey, Jasper Francis, 43 grave of 43 Cass, William and Cather- Cunard family 129 ine 93 Cunard, Sir Edward 44 Castellano, Paul 187, 188; Curtis, George William 30, (grave of) 43 94, 95, 168; (grave of) 43 Cemetery of the Resurrec- Davis, Charles Vincent tion 140 (1912–67) 27, 28 Charles II, King 176, 234 Davis, Thomas E. 29 Charleston 52 Davis, William T. 14, 44, Chesapeake Bay 76, 77, 79, 46, 59, 98, 99–102; (grave 171 of) 43 Cicadas 101, 102, 103, 220 Day, Dorothy 140 Civil War 170, 171, 181, Decker, Isaac 162 167–69, 238 Denino, Carlo 216 Clay Pit Ponds State Park 52 Denton, Daniel 94 Clifton 34, 109, 143 De Vries, David Pietersen Coblentz, Edna (see Mar- 156, 157, 232, 233 chais, Jacques) Dongan Hills 44 Cocclestown (see Richmond- Dongan, Thomas 23, 42, town) 44, 234; (site of mansion College of Staten Island of) 31 208, 243 Donjon Marine Company 38 Conference House 163–66, Dreiser, Theodore 67 209–10 Drisius, Rev. Samuel 234 Coppola, Francis Ford 189 Drumgoole, Fr. John 51, Corner, James 120, 121 52, 240 250 index Dutch, early colonists 18, Fort Tompkins 169, 170, 75, 117, 156, 157, 158, 171, 172, 173 176, 231–34; (burial cus- Fort Wadsworth 94, 157, toms of) 42 163, 169–73, 210–11, Dutch West India Company 235, 238, 242, 244 156 Fort Wadsworth Lighthouse East Shore 39ff, 238 173 Eisenstaedt, Alfred 133 Franklin, Benjamin 164, 165 Elm Tree Lighthouse 89, 237 Fresh Kills 37, 158, 160 Eltingville 238 Fresh Kills, landfill site Emerson Hill 44 116–20, 241, 244, 245 Emerson, Ralph Waldo 103 Freshkills Park 120–25, 212 Emerson, William 44, 103, Gambino crime family 187, 104–05 197 Emerson, Willie 104 Gangsters on Staten Island Endicott, William C. 172 187–89 English 234 (see also British) Garbage disposal 122 (see Esposito, Joe 92, 173 also Fresh Kills) Faber, Eberhard, grave of 43 Garcia, Alvaro, grave of 43 Falco, Michael 26, 57, 230 Garibaldi-Meucci Museum Farm Colony (see New York 183, 215 Farm Colony) Garibaldi, Giuseppe 179, Ferry (see Staten Island Ferry) 180, 181, 182, 215, 237 Flagg, Ernest 17, 45, 50, Gateway National Recrea- 112, 180 tion Area 22, 49, 173, 244 Fort Hill Park 163 Gay, Sidney Howard 168 Fort Knyphausen 163 George III, King 162 Fort Richmond (see Battery Germans on Staten Island Weed) 34, 177, 179, 239 index 251 Girl Scouts 111, 112, 113 45, 46, 163, 176, 198, Giuliani, Rudolph 245 214–15, 243 Godfather, The; “Godfather Hoffman Island21 , 128, House” 189 194, 239 Goethals Bridge 150, 241 Hollick, Charles Arthur 97 Gotti, John 187 Hollick, Dr. Frederick 193 Grant City 239 Hormann, August, grave Grasmere 39 of 43 Gratacap, Louis Pope 97 Horn, Axel 28 Great Kills 48, 74, 158, 242 Hotels 222 Greeks on Staten Island Howe, Admiral Richard 177–78, 241 164, 165 Green, Bradford 115 Howe, Gen. William 162, Greenbelt 102, 110ff, 163, 164, 165 212–14 Howland Hook 33 Grymes Hill 44, 103, 180, Hudson River 19 244 Hudson, Henry 8, 54, 94, Grymes, Suzette 44 156, 170, 231 Guidos 189–90 Hughes, Langston 36, 241 Hagenhofer, Robert 114 Huguenots 158, 176, 235 Hand, Phebe 142 Huguenots, Memorial Hannah, Native American Church of 50 159 Hunt, Richard Morris 145 Heade, Martin Johnson 117 Hunter, George H. 82–83, 84 Hessian troops 111, 164, Hurricane Sandy 39–40, 236 85, 175, 178, 246 High Rock Park 111–16, Hylan, John 153 212 Irish on Staten Island 177, Historic Richmond Town 179, 184 252 index Isle of Meadows 20 Kieft, Willem 157, 232, 233 Italian Historical Society of Kill van Kull 18, 74, 148, America 155 152, 158 Italians on Staten Island 10, Klauber, Harry 137, 139 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 177, Koch, Robert 202, 203 179ff, 239 Korean Veterans Highway Jackson, John 79, 236 116 Jacques Marchais Gallery Kreischer, Balthazar 52 137 Kurlansky, Mark 74 Jacques Marchais Museum Kurtin, Jane 244 of Tibetan Art 134, 217, La Guardia, Fiorello 11, 21, 242 118 Jensen, Oliver 133 Lafever, Minard 65 Jersey Shore, TV show 8, 190 Landfill see( Fresh Kills) Jewish communities on Law, George 239 Staten Island 37, 177, Lemon Creek Park 49 179, 240 Lenape, Native Americans John Cardinal O’Connor 57, 74, 75, 156, 158–59, Lighthouse 51 220, 231–34; (burial John H. and Elizabeth J. grounds of) 160 Elsworth House 49 Leng, Charles W. 14, 44, Johns, H.W., mining com- 59, 100; (grave of) 43 pany 17 Leonowens, Anna 239 Johnson, President Lyndon Life magazine 133, 139 B. 154 Lighthouse Depot 86 Joseph H. Seguine House Lighthouse Hill 45 49 Lighthouses, general 85ff Katherine Walker, ship 86 Elm Tree 89, 237 Kennedy, Robert 207 Fort Wadsworth 173 index 253 New Dorp 89, 90 Mauch Chunk, steam boat 59 Old Orchard Shoal 85 May, Cornelis 232 Prince’s Bay (John Cardi- McCartney, Paul 32 nal O’Connor) 51 McMillen, Loring 46, 132 Range lights 89 Melville, Herman 69, 143 Robbins Reef 86–89 Melville, Thomas 67–69; Staten Island Range 45, (grave of) 43 92, 240 Melyn, Cornelis 27, 157, Swash Channel Range 233 Rear 90 Meteor, cruising yacht 21 West Bank 90 Metro, free newspaper 9 Lind, Jenny 167 Meucci, Antonio 180, 181, Lindenthal, Gustav 152 182, 215, 237 Linoleumville 239 Mexicans on Staten Island Lipton, Barbara 137 36, 179 Livingston, William 166 Midland Beach 39, 41, 178, Lovelace, Richard 234 179 MacKenzie, Rev. Aeneas 47 Midline 44ff Mafia on Staten Island 187, Miller Field 41, 89, 143, 188, 197 174, 237, 241, 242, 243, Magicicada (see Cicadas) 244 Mandia, Grace 132 Miller, James Ely 174 Mandolin Brothers 31, 32 Mitchell, Joni 32 Manee, Abraham 50 Mitchell, Joseph 82 Marchais, Jacques 134, Mob Wives, TV show 8, 190 135–39 Moby-Dick 143 Marine Society 35, 62, 65, 68 Montgomery, Brookings 136 Mariners Harbor 31, 240 Moravian Cemetery 69, Maryland 79, 237 41–43, 144, 213 254 index Morris, Ira K. 160, 177, 200 New Jersey, border and bor- Moses, Robert 8, 11–13, 21, der disputes 19, 148 37, 46; (and Fresh Kills) New Netherland 18, 156, 117, 118, 119; (and Rich- 157, 231, 232 mond Parkway) 113, 114, New Springville 177, 241 115, 116; (and Verrazano- New York City Farm Colony Narrows Bridge) 153, 154, 133, 194–201, 242 155 New York Daily Tribune 107 Moses’ Mountain 116, 213 New York Times 152, 205 Mosley, Lois A.H. 82, Nicolls, Richard 19 83–84 Noble, John A. 38, 70–74, Moulton, Gretta 113 219; (photograph of) 57 Mount Loretto Unique Area Noble, John “Wichita Bill” 51 70–71, 72, 73 Munn, Edward Stopford 127 Noble Maritime Collection Nance, Native American 160 73, 89, 219 Nation, Carrie 71 North Shore 24ff, 163, 167, Native Americans 57, 99, 184, 238 117, 159; (burial grounds Northfield, ferry 59, 60 and customs) 42, 160; (see Old Dorp (Oude Dorp) 40, also Lenape) 158, 234 New Brighton 29, 237, 238, Old Orchard Shoal Light 85 239, 240, 241, 242 Olmsted, Frederick Law 50, New Dorp 39, 41, 179 58, 81, 96, 105–10, 115, New Dorp Gardens, Inc. 121, 145, 146, 175, 211 113, 114 Olmsted-Beil House 211 New Dorp Lighthouse 89, 90 Orbach, Nathan 112 Newhouse Center for Con- Order Sons of Italy in temporary Art 218 America 183 index 255 Oude Dorp (see Old Dorp) 150, 151, 152 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Port Richmond 31, 33, 142, shrine 184–86, 216 143, 178, 179, 239 Outerbridge Crossing 150, Postcards, 9/11 memorial 25 241 Pouch, William T.
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    GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA NATIONAL RECREATION GATEWAY ® A Resource Assessment A Resource may 2007 ® Center for State of the Parks More than a century ago, Congress established Yellowstone as the CONTENTS world’s first national park. That single act was the beginning of a remarkable and ongoing effort to protect this nation’s natural, historical, and cultural heritage. Today, Americans are learning that national park designation REPORT SUMMARY 1 alone cannot provide full resource protection. Many parks are compromised by development of adjacent lands, air and water pollu- tion, invasive plants and animals, and rapid increases in motorized THE ASSESSMENT 3 recreation. Park officials often lack adequate information on the status of and trends in conditions of critical resources. NATURAL RESOURCES 15 The National Parks Conservation Association initiated the State of the Parks® program in 2000 to assess the condition of natural and Haven for People and cultural resources in the parks, and determine how well equipped the Wildlife Amidst a Legacy National Park Service is to protect the parks—its stewardship capac- of Ecological Change ity. The goal is to provide information that will help policy-makers, the public, and the National Park Service improve conditions in CULTURAL RESOURCES 24 national parks, celebrate successes as models for other parks, and Funds, Staff, and Research ensure a lasting legacy for future generations. For more information about the methodology and research used Needed to Preserve Historic in preparing this report and to learn more about the Center for State Resources of the Parks®, visit www.npca.org/stateoftheparks or contact: NPCA, Center for State of the Parks®, P.O.