as reported in the Hastings column of the Dobbs Ferry Register Warburton Avenue, looking north from the bridge. (Click on any photograph for more information.) Counselor Wm. H. Blain of Tower Ridge is spending his vacation in town. Thomas F. Martin [village tax collector] has been enjoying a well-earned vacation […]

The Society’s earliest photograph of a car, probably taken before 1907 (click on any photograph for more information) On Memorial Day of 1896, Hastings residents were thrilled by an event that had, until then, only been witnessed by residents of Paris, London, and Chicago – a horseless carriage race! The […]

Part III: A Hero’s Welcome The Battle of New Orleans, April 25-May 1, 1862 (click on any photograph for more information) Farragut’s victories at New Orleans in 1862 and Mobile Bay in 1864 made him a national hero. He returned to New York in December of 1864 only to find […]