Rough Rider, a “spotlessly white and clean” billy goat, about 3 years old, showed up in Sheepshead Bay in 1900. For the next year, he ate his way through gardens and clotheslines along Sheepshead Bay Road.
Posts Tagged ‘Animals of Old Brooklyn’
1901: Rough Rider, the Brooklyn Goat Who Ate His Way Through Sheepshead Bay
Posted: 6th July 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Animal StoriesTags: Animals of Old Brooklyn, Billy goat, Brooklyn History, Jeremiah Tappen, Sheepshead Bay
2
True and Unusual Animal Tales of Old Brooklyn: Virtual Zoom Presentation, July 1, 2020; 7 p.m. (ET)
Posted: 27th June 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Animal StoriesTags: Animals of Old Brooklyn, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn History, Virtual Presentation
Join me and the Brooklyn Historical Society as we travel back in time to explore the history of Brooklyn via amazing stories about Brooklyn cats, dogs, horses, and other animals that made the newspaper headlines in the late 1800s and early 1900s. July 1, 2020, 7-8 p.m. (ET). Free. Register today.
