Posts Tagged ‘Bronx History’

1915: Jig and the Other Unknown Black Cat of Poe Cottage

Posted: 23rd October 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories
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Many historians and fans of Edgar Allan Poe are no doubt familiar with Catarina, the cat that served as Poe’s muse while he was living in his old cottage in Fordham. But I bet you’d be hard-pressed to find many people, if any at all, who know about Jig or the other black cat of Poe Cottage.

Now you can be one of the few who know this obscure feline fact.

1901: The Tramp Cats That Took Over A Bronx Tenement on St. Ann’s Avenue

Posted: 2nd June 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories
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In January 1901, the janitress for the tenement at 141 Saint Ann’s Avenue in the Bronx opened her heart and door to many cats seeking food and shelter.

1892: The Fox Farm House at Fox’s Corner, Where Foxes Ran in Foxhurst, Bronx

Posted: 5th December 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories
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“For almost a generation there was no more secluded or more beautiful section than the vicinity of “Fox Corners.”—New York Daily Tribune, February 28, 1909 (Fox Corners was in Foxhurst, Bronx) In my last post, I wrote about Swain’s performing rats and cats, which once appeared at the old Loew’s Boulevard Theatre near Fox’s Corners […]

1944: Brownie Gavan, the Canine Squire of Kingsbridge (Bronx) Who Prevented a Burglary on Godwin Terrace

Posted: 17th June 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Heroes, Dog Tails
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Happy Fathers’ Day, Dad! This story is for you. I hope you enjoy reading about the fascinating history of your childhood home. (To my regular readers: The following story is quite long, but it is a gift to my father, so I put a lot of time and content into it. I hope you get […]