dutch were the original settlers of new york.
who were the original settlers of new york?
dutch
bullet::::- the brick church - 220 brick church road - the church was founded by dutch settlers in 1774 and was once known as the reformed church of west new hempstead. its present home was built in 1857 with bricks made from clay mined during the heyday of haverstraw's brick industry. the graves of revolutionary war soldiers and some original settlers are found in its church yard. its cemetery building once served as the town hall for haverstraw and later for ramapo. due to overcrowding in the east ramapo school district buildings in the 1960s, the district made use of the brick church school. recently the church celebrated its 150th anniversary. (nrhp)
new hempstead, new york
the first settlers in bellevue, iowa territory, were miners from galena, illinois and southerners who distrusted eastern yankees. in the spring of 1837, a large group of yankees from coldwater, michigan, settled in bellevue, creating tensions between them and the original settlers. one new arrival, william w. brown, came with a substantial fortune and purchased the only hotel in town. the original settlers appreciated brown's hospitality and open-handedness with credit. brown would also pay high wages every winter to have the original settlers haul wood over the iced mississippi river. thus, the settlers formed a strong association with brown.
bellevue war