Editing Hartsdale, New York (section)

==History==
Hartsdale, a CDP/hamlet/post-office in the town of [[Greenburgh, New York]], lies on the [[Bronx River]] {{convert|20|mi|km}} north of New York City. It is served by the [[Metro-North]] [[Harlem Line|Harlem River commuter rail line]] into [[Grand Central Terminal]]. Hartsdale is the home of America's first canine [[pet cemetery]] (started by veterinarian Samuel Johnson in 1896), and the world's first [[Carvel (franchise)|Carvel Ice Cream store]] (1934), which closed in 2008.<ref>[http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008810060341]</ref>

===Pre-Colonial Period===
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Hartsdale's earliest known settlers were the [[Wecquaesgeek]] (sometimes spelled Weckquaesgeek), a band of the [[Wappinger]] [[Native Americans in the United States|people]], an [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] tribe.
[[File:Hartsdale Pet Cemetery October 2012.jpg|thumb|Hartsdale Pet Cemetery]]

===Colonial Era and American Revolution===
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After British settlers arrived, the area was developed under the manor system when [[Frederick Philipse]], a Dutch merchant and [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|British Loyalist]], was granted the land by the British government. As lord of his [[Philipsburg Manor|Philipse Manor]], he leased his land to [[tenant farmer]]s.

On October 28, 1776, a battle was fought alongside the [[Bronx River]], near the site of the current Hartsdale train station. The [[Odell House]] (on Ridge Road, built in 1732) served as the headquarters for the French general the [[Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau|Comte de Rochambeau]].

===19th Century===
The area remained largely agrarian until 1865, when Eleazar Hart deeded land for the development of the [[New York and Harlem Railroad]] line into Manhattan, setting the stage for Hartsdale's change into a more cosmopolitan commuter village. Between 1880 and 1940, large tracts of farmland and estates were subdivided and converted into private houses and apartments at a furious pace.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Land and Water Resources of New England/ New York|last=Brudage|first=Percival|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1957|location=Washington D.C.}}</ref>

===20th Century===
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In 1904, the German-Jewish banker [[Felix M. Warburg]] (1871–1937) purchased large tracts of land to build his {{convert|500|acre|km2|adj=on}} "Woodlands" estate in Hartsdale.

In 1932, [[Henry Jacques Gaisman]], inventor and founder of the [[Gillette (brand)|Gillette]] [[safety razor]] blade, purchased {{convert|136|acre|km2}} of land along Ridge Road which he should in 1952 to the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York|New York Archdiocese]] for $600,000. In 1999 the estate was sold to the Town of [[Greenburgh, New York|Greenburgh]] which reopened it as the Hart's Brook Nature Preserve.

In 1936 [[Greek American|Greek immigrant]] and ice cream salesman [[Tom Carvel]] opened the world's first [[Carvel Ice Cream|Carvel]] ice cream store in Hartsdale.