A possible lead... -----Original Message----- From: hdahm <hdahm@ibm.net> To: Hank & Kathryn Girardin <girardin@mint.net> Date: Monday, August 09, 1999 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [NYROCKLA-L] Bompey's Hook - where is it? >HI: > >Can't help much here. I never heard of the place. Hook in Dutch means >mountain. Hook Mountain in Nyack is therefore redundant. It was originally >called the Verdritage Hook, which I believe means "Green Mountain". > >My grandpa, William Dahm, operated a quarry briefly at Rockland Lake, near >where the Knickerbocker Ice Company loaded ice on barges from their ice >houses to supply the hotels in New York. He also started a small quarry in >Alpine, buried off route 340 on the 'inside' of the palisades, in addition >to those in North Bergen, West Nyack, Mt. Ivy and Suffern. > >I'd suggest a call to the Yonkers Historical Society, if there is one. Also >the Library of Congress probably has old maps of the river and region. With >the use of the term 'Hook', I'd look at an old Dutch map of the river. > >OD >-----Original Message----- >From: Hank & Kathryn Girardin <girardin@mint.net> >To: Bert & Arlene Dahm <hdahm@ibm.net> >Date: Sunday, August 08, 1999 1:14 PM >Subject: Fw: [NYROCKLA-L] Bompey's Hook - where is it? > > >>Didn't know if you would have any info for this guy. Let me know >>-----Original Message----- >>From: by way of Bruce Hamilton <bhami@netcom.com> <KarenIzzo@aol.com> >>To: NYROCKLA-L@rootsweb.com <NYROCKLA-L@rootsweb.com> >>Date: Saturday, August 07, 1999 4:49 PM >>Subject: [NYROCKLA-L] Bompey's Hook - where is it? >> >> >>>My ggg grandfather, according to family tradition, owned a quarry in the >>>Palisades. Sure enough, in the 1893-1894 Yonkers directory, he is listed >>as >>>a stone dealer, Bompey's Hook. I cannot find this on any current map. >>Does >>>anyone know where this place might have been? Thanks, Karen Izzo >>> >>> >>> >>>==== NYROCKLA Mailing List ==== >>>If you enjoy NYROCKLA-L, please go to >>>http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >>>and become a RootsWeb supporter. Also, be sure to >>>visit the Rockland Co. NY GenWeb page at >>>http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrockla/ >>> >> >> >