Although the story of Yankee Stone is not very interesting on its own, Kingsley Swan and the other people and places surrounding the dog and his death in Fort Greene are quite fascinating, and provide a unique look at high society Brooklyn during the Gilded Age. “The good citizens who reside in the aristocratic Clinton […]
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1908: Kingsley Swan and Yankee Stone, His Champion Bulldog Murdered in Brooklyn
Posted: 17th July 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Clinton Avenue, Clinton Hill, Henry Aldrich Granary, John Spader, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Kingsley Swan, Mabel Lorraine Miller, Robert Graves, Wallabout Bay, Yankee Stone
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