Lulu B. Grover loved her two Angora cats almost as much as she adored President Theodore Roosevelt. So when she decided to end her life on December 8, 1906, she first made sure that all the necessary preparations were in place to ensure her cats went to a good home after her death – in other words, the White House.
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1906: Lulu Grover and the East Harlem Cats She Bequeathed to President Roosevelt
Posted: 26th October 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Angora cats, Cat Stories, Henry L. Stimson, Lulu B. Grover, New York History, President Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt
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1900: The Brave and Brawny Black Cats of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Posted: 17th October 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Admiral's Row, Brooklyn Naval Hospital, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Cat Stories, feral cats, Francis T. Bowles, Kings County Distillery, New York History, William L. Cowan
In the early 1890s, the Brooklyn Navy Yard was overrun with rodents. Almost all the docks in the yard were in need of repair where they had been gnawed by the rats, and the losses in rigging, spare sails, and other wares were also great. Unfortunately, there was not one cat to be found during […]
1893: The Tombs’ Black Cat That Befriended Prisoners on Murderers’ Row
Posted: 12th October 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured FelinesTags: Carlyle W. Harris, Collect Pond, Helen Potts, Murderers' Row, New York History, The Tombs
A creepy true tale of scandal, murder, and a cat that made his home at The Tombs prison in Old New York.
1934: Arson and Homicide, the New York Cats on the Job at Police Headquarters
Posted: 22nd September 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories, Feline MascotsTags: 240 Centre Street, 300 Mulberry Street, Cat Stories, Centre Market, New York History, New York Police Headquaters, NYPD, police cat
From the day he was born, Homicide was destined to be a police cat. No one knows where he came from, or if he ever attended Police College, but the flat-footed feline knew exactly what it meant to be on the job in New York City.
1904–1922: Pete, Bill, and Tammy, the Mousers on the Job in Morrisania
Posted: 30th August 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Lieutenant Peter Brady, Morrisania, Morrisania Police, New York History, NYPD history, police mascots
The Morrisania police station on Washington Avenue at 160th Street was the perfect candidate for a station house cat.
