Native American & 17th-century History of Peebles Island

Native American & 17th-century History of Peebles Island (HM2681)

Location: Cohoes, NY 12047 Albany County
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N 42° 47.102', W 73° 40.819'

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There is abundant evidence of Indian occupation on Peebles and Van Schaick Islands. Hammerstones and projectile points have been discovered and suggest that early tribes lived in this area. Archeologists uncovered a number of early hearths here that may be evidence of drying fish for winter use.
The first Europeans known to have visited Peebles Island came by a small boat from Henry Hudson's ship Half Moon in 1609. Later in the 17th century, the Dutch planted crops along the island's northern floodplain and grazed their cattle in other areas. By the 1670s, the Dutch called Peebles Island Haver, or Oat, Island, a name retained until 1862.

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· Village Image
· This 1630 map shows Peebles Island as the location of Menomine's Castle, a village named for an important Mohican leader.
· These Indian flint arrow points were discovered on Peebles Island by archeologists.
· On September 22, 1609, five of Henry Hudson's men left the Half Moon, which was anchored south of Albany, to explore farther up the Hudson River. They were probably the first Europeans to visit Peebles Island.
· Hoppe Eyland (Hop Island), which appears on this 1656 map of New Netherland, may be an early Dutch name for Peebles Island,



shown near Kahoos (today Cohoes). Goosen Gerritsen van Schaick, who acquired the island in 1664, was a brewer and may have grown hops here as early as the 1650s.
· This June 1677 deed between Annatje van Schaick and Jan Jacobson van Noorstandt, which conveys "two margens (4,232 acres) of arable land lying on Hoever Island," contains the first written appearance of the island's name.
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HM NumberHM2681
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Placed ByNew York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
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Date Added Saturday, March 24th, 2018 at 7:03pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 607940 N 4737788
Decimal Degrees42.78503333, -73.68031667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 47.102', W 73° 40.819'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 47' 6.1199999999998" N, 73° 40' 49.14" W
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Area Code(s)518
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 300 Delaware Ave, Cohoes NY 12047, US
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