As I often explain, not all of the cat stories of Old New York that I share with my readers have fairy-tale endings. Of course I prefer to tell happy stories. But I also believe that the kitties that met tragic ends also deserve some attention. This story of Nellie, the classroom mouser of the […]
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1910: Nellie, the Beloved Class Cat of Brooklyn’s Van Pelt Manor Grammar School
Posted: 20th January 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Bensonhurst, Brooklyn History, J. Lott Nostrand, New Utrecht, New York History, Van Pelt Manor
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1899: The City-Bred Cats and Dogs of the New Utrecht Kennels
Posted: 5th July 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Animal Tales, Brooklyn, Cat Stories, Chelmsford Farm, dogs, Flatbush, Frederick Webster, Knickerbocker Field Club, New Utrecht, New York History
Once upon a time, there was a cat and dog boarding house nestled in the thick woods near 49th Street and 10th Avenue, in what was then the town of New Utrecht, Brooklyn, in Kings County, New York. The kennels, advertised as the Chelmsford Stock Farm, were just a stone’s throw from Fort Hamilton Avenue […]
