Nyack in Rockland County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Nyack First Settlement
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 5, 2011
1. Nyack First Settlement Marker
Inscription.
Nyack First Settlement. . , The Tappan Indians, from time immemorial, occupied these lands fronting on the river shore. Here, in summer, they lived upon the fish and oysters which the waters produced in abundance. In the Algonkian dialect, spoken by them, they called this locality
Nay – Ack which, being translated, means The Fishing Place , , The First Settlement , of white people within the limits of the present , Rockland County, New York , took place in 1675. when Harman Dowesen Tallman, a young Dutchman of Bergen, New Jersey – now Bergen Square, Jersey City Heights – located here, probably as an Indian trader. His own and other Dutch families followed a few years later and the Tallmans erected a mill upon the stream which still is known as Mill Brook.
. The tract of land on which the principal part of Nyack Village is built remained in possession of successive generations of the Tallman family until 1799 when it was sold to Abraham Lydecker at less then $25 an acre. Lydecker, in 1813, sold the same tract to
Tunis and Peter Smith , to whom must be awarded the title of , The Founders of Nyack Village. for they, between 1814 - when there were but seven houses here – and 1828, laid out the first streets and sold building lots, thus starting the development of the modern village.
, Incorporation of Nyack Village:. All the territory lying within the present bounds of Nyack and South Nyack was set off as an incorporated village October 23, 1972 - - - in a wave of dissension over public improvements the first charter was dissolved February 7, 1878 - - - The present Village of Nyack, within its narrower limits, was incorporated February 27, 1883.
, This tablet erected by the Rockland County Society in the 263rd year of the settlement, A.D. 1938.
The Tappan Indians, from time immemorial, occupied these lands fronting on the river shore. Here, in summer, they lived upon the fish and oysters which the waters produced in abundance. In the Algonkian dialect, spoken by them, they called this locality
Nay – Ack which, being translated, means The Fishing Place * * * * * * * * * * * * * The First Settlement of white people within the limits of the present Rockland County, New York took place in 1675
when Harman Dowesen Tallman, a young Dutchman of Bergen, New Jersey – now Bergen Square, Jersey City Heights – located here, probably as an Indian trader. His own and other Dutch families followed a few years later and the Tallmans erected a mill upon the stream which still is known as Mill Brook.
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The tract of land on which the principal part of Nyack Village is built remained in possession of successive generations of the Tallman family until 1799 when it was sold to Abraham Lydecker at less then $25 an acre. Lydecker, in 1813, sold the same tract to
Tunis and Peter Smith to whom must be awarded the title of The Founders of Nyack Village
for they, between 1814 - when there were but seven houses here – and 1828, laid out the first
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streets and sold building lots, thus starting the development of the modern village.
All the territory lying within the present bounds of Nyack and South Nyack was set off as an incorporated village October 23, 1972 - - - in a wave of dissension over public improvements the first charter was dissolved February 7, 1878 - - - The present Village of Nyack, within its narrower limits, was incorporated February 27, 1883.
This tablet erected by the Rockland County Society in the 263rd year of the settlement, A.D. 1938
Location. 41° 5.418′ N, 73° 55.082′ W. Marker is in Nyack, New York, in Rockland County. It is on Burd Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is on the side of a building on Burd Street, between S Broadway and Piermont Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 17 S Broadway, Nyack NY 10960, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Hudson Valley and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 7, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,746 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on July 7, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
