1970s
Aerial
photos and views from the mountain
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1995
U.S. Geological
Survey aerial photos of Federal Hill region
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1964
Ruins
of German Bund camp, views from mountain; Slater's Mill
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1890 View!
Riverdale from Federal Hill
Slater's Pond at lower right provided water to
run the felt hat factory near the intersection (Slater's Mill).
The dam broke in 1903.
 
Federal Hill Postcard
This old postcard above was found on ebay and appears
to be from early in the 20th Century. The postmark has a partial
date that appears to be 191_. It's difficult to tell whether
the Pond is there. (It existed until the dam broke in 1903.)
The postcard was printed in Germany. Click on thumbnails for
big blowups.
Riverdale from Federal Hill,
about 1965
FEDERAL HILL
ROCK CARVINGS
Read the inscriptions
THE LOST CANNON
of Federal Hill
AMMO DUMP on The Hill
KKK, FBI Chase German Bund from Federal Hill
Also:
1944 ARTICLE:
U.S. Expected to Confiscate Bund Camp Property
The National Archives has films of the Federal Hill Bund Camp.
STORIES & INFO
1777 Map
View Federal Hill-area
detail --(Published in London.
From Library of Congress.)
1960s TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
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EIGHT
DAYS IN JANUARY
-- The Original Letters
Documents
written as the Federal Hill Mutiny unfolded |
Now you can read:
- The Pompton Camp commander's letter notifying
George Washington of the mutiny
- Washington's worried response -- "The
army is ruined" if the mutiny succeeds, he says
- A report on the execution of two mutineers
written by General Robert Howe, who was sent by Washington to
suppress the mutiny
CLICK
HERE TO READ THE LETTERS
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FROM SPACE!
What does this have to do with
anything? Who knows, but it sure is an amazing shot. Everything
from Sparta to West Point, Highland Lakes to Brooklyn in one
photo taken from 170 miles up in the Space Shuttle. And, of course,
there's Federal Hill! Why do the mountains look redish? It was
taken in the Fall.
CLICK
HERE.
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Wintery view from the Hill
in the early 1960s
Memories of Riverdale
(and Federal Hill)
(a 1998 interview)
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The FLOOD OF 1968
at the base of the Hill
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Federal Hill Service Station
in the 1960s. It was a mill
until the dam behind it broke
in 1903.
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