The Running of the Bulls is a practice that involves voluntarily running in front of a small group of cattle that has been let loose on a fenced-off part of the town’s streets. The most famous running of the bulls takes place during the eight-day festival of Sanfermines in Pamplona, Spain. For residents of New […]
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1874: The Cattle That Charged the Church-Goers of Carmansville, New York
Posted: 3rd April 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cows and Cattle StoriesTags: Audubon Park, Carmansville, Church of the Intercession, Hudson River Railway, John Audubon, New York History, Old New York, Richard F. Carman
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1894: The Last Cow to Graze on the Old Spingler Farm at Union Square
Posted: 12th January 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Cows and Cattle StoriesTags: 21 West 14th Street, Emily Augusta Reynolds, Henry Spingler, Michael Murray Van Beuren, New York History, Union Square, Van Beuren Homestead
“In a district now given up to department stores, with the trolleys crashing by and the elevated railway within a few yards, it stood, an excellent example of the stately brownstone family homes of a century ago. Its garden is still kept up. Its fine trees give a pleasant shade, and its old fashioned wooden […]
1901: The Greenpoint Cow That Hailed a Cab at the Waldorf-Astoria
Posted: 28th July 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cows and Cattle StoriesTags: Earl of Abingdon, Greenpoint, Greenwich Wheelmen, Hunter's Point, New York History, Richard Amos, Waldorf-Astoria
Part I of a Brooklyn Cow Tale Some suggest that animals have a greater sense of imminent danger than people do. Did the Greenpoint cow in this true New York story have a sixth sense that allowed her to predict her sorrowful future, and thus, take action to try to prevent the final outcome? The […]
1913: The Cow That Designed C.K.G. Billing’s $250,000 Driveway at Fort Tryon
Posted: 30th March 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cows and Cattle StoriesTags: CKG Billings, Farnsworth, Fort Tryon Park, Riverside Drive, Tryon Hall
If you’ve ever driven along the Henry Hudson Parkway, you may have wondered about the enormous, vine-covered granite arches on the steep slope of Fort Tryon Park at the northern end of Manhattan. What appears to be the remnants of an old Roman aqueduct, like the Pont du Gard in southern France, is actually part of the most elaborate and most expensive private driveway in New York City.
