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Fort Tryon Park |
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Towering above the highest natural elevation in Manhattan,
Fort Tryon Park offers magnificent views of the Hudson River,
Palisades State Park and the lower Hudson valley - and challenges the notion
that Manhattan's most impressive vistas are experienced from high atop its skyscrapers.
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Early History
Originally inhabited by the Weckquaesgeek tribe who lived in the area until the early 17th century, this densely forested high ground at the northern tip of Manhattan Island was "Lang Bergh" or Long Hill to the early Dutch colonists.
During the summer of 1776, the Continental Army called this strategic series of posts along the Hudson Fort Washington, until the Hessian mercenaries fighting for the British forced the troops to retreat. The British then renamed the area for Sir William Tryon (1729-1788), Major General and the last British governor of colonial New York.
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Friends of Fort Tryon Park, Inc.
524 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, New York 10033
(212) 927-7174 |
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