Editing Tarrytown, New York (section)

==History==
[[File:Tarrytown 1828 cph.3a00583.jpg|thumb|left|Illustration of Tarrytown c. 1828]]
[[File:1868 Beers Map of Tarrytown ( Sleepy Hollow ), New York - Geographicus - Tarrytown-beers-1868.jpg|thumb|left|1868 map]]
[[File:Kykuit, Tarrytown, NY - front facade.JPG|thumb|left|[[Kykuit]], the estate of [[John D. Rockefeller]]]]
The Native American Weckquaesgeek tribe, who were closely related to the [[Wappinger]] Confederacy and further related to the [[Mohicans]], lived in the area prior to European settlement. They fished the [[Hudson River]] for [[shad]], [[oyster]]s and other shellfish. Their principal settlement was at what is now the foot of Church Street near the Hudson River shore, between the current location of Losee Park and the [[Tappan Zee Bridge (2017-present)|Tappan Zee Bridge]], at a place they called ''Alipconk'', or the "Place of Elms".<ref name="tarrytowngov">{{cite web|url=http://www.tarrytowngov.com/about-tarrytown/pages/a-brief-history-of-tarrytown|website=Village of Tarrytown|title=A Brief History of Tarrytown}}</ref>

The first European settlers of Tarrytown were [[Dutch people|Dutch]] farmers, fur trappers, and fishermen. Records show that the first Dutch residence in Tarrytown was built in 1645; however, the exact location of this residence is not known. Tarrytown sits within the lands of the former Dutch Colony of [[New Netherland]] which fell under English rule in 1674 with the signing of the [[Treaty of Westminster (1674)|Treaty of Westminster]]. The name may come from the Dutch ''tarwe'', meaning "wheat".<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Richard|title=A Brief History of Tarrytown|url=http://tarrytowngov.com/about-tarrytown/pages/a-brief-history-of-tarrytown|website=Village of Tarrytown|access-date=December 27, 2017|year=2005}}</ref>

In 1780, in a famous [[American Revolutionary War]] incident, British Major [[John André]] was arrested in Tarrytown, which exposed the plans of American defector [[Benedict Arnold]]. André was traveling south through the village on the [[Albany Post Road]] when he was stopped and searched by three local militiamen [[David Williams (soldier)|David Williams]], [[John Paulding]], and [[Isaac Van Wart]]. When suspicious papers were found in his boot, he was arrested as a spy, and later convicted and hanged. A circumstantial account of André's capture by militiamen  was written in 1903 by the owner and publisher of the ''Tarrytown Argus'', [[Marcius D. Raymond]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Raymond, Marcius D.|url=https://archive.org/stream/davidwilliamscap00raym#page/n5/mode/2up |title=David Williams and the capture of Andre: A paper read before the Tarrytown Historical Society|work= Tarrytown Argus |date= 1903 }} Approx. 35 pp.</ref>

The writer [[Washington Irving]] described Tarrytown in "[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]" (1820). Irving began his story, "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators of the [[Tappan Zee]], and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed, there lies a small market town or rural port which by some is called Greenburgh, but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town. This name was given, we are told, in former days, by the good housewives of the adjacent country, from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days."<ref name="tarrytowngov" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 27, 2022 |title=The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving (quote is from the 1st paragraph of story) |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/41/pg41-images.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303214405/https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/41/pg41-images.html |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |access-date=March 16, 2024 |website=Project Gutenberg}}</ref> The [[Underground Railroad]] ran through Tarrytown prior to the end of the [[U.S. Civil War]].

Tarrytown later became a favorite residence for many rich New Yorkers, including [[John D. Rockefeller]], who first moved to Tarrytown in 1893. [[Kykuit]], Rockefeller's elaborate mansion, was completed in 1906. In 1914, Kykuit became the site of numerous labor protests by radical [[anarchist]]s, which protests were broken up by police in a series of violent clashes.<ref name="AVR">{{cite book|author=Avrich, Paul|title=The modern school movement: Anarchism and education in the United States|publisher=AK Press|isbn=978-1-904859-09-3|date=2005|page=214}}</ref>  Kykuit was the intended target of at least two bombing attacks planned by anarchists associated with the radical journalists [[Alexander Berkman]] and [[Luigi Galleani]].<ref name="AVR"/>

On November 19, 1915, a powerful dynamite bomb was discovered at Cedar Cliff, the Tarrytown estate of [[John D. Archbold]], President of the [[Standard Oil Company]].<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |work= [[The New York Times]] |title= Dynamite Bomb For J.D. Archbold |date= November 22, 1915}}</ref> Police theorized the bomb was planted by anarchists and [[Industrial Workers of the World]] (IWW) radicals as a protest against the execution of IWW member [[Joseph Hillstrom|Joe Hill]] in [[Salt Lake City]].<ref name="NYT"/><ref name="STE">{{cite news|author=Steiner, Henry|url=http://www.riverjournalonline.com/past-times/51-latest/269-The-Other-Oil-Tycoon|title=The Other Oil Tycoon|work=River Journal Online|access-date=July 20, 2011}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The bomb was discovered by a gardener, John Walquist, who found four sticks of dynamite, weighing a pound each, half hidden in a rut in a driveway 50 feet from the front entrance of the residence.<ref name="NYT"/><ref name="STE"/> The dynamite sticks were bound together by a length of wire, fitted with percussion caps, and wrapped with a piece of paper matching the color of the driveway, a path used by Archbold when going to or from his home by automobile.<ref name="NYT"/> The bomb was later defused by police.<ref name="NYT"/>

The [[Christ Episcopal Church (Tarrytown, New York)|Christ Episcopal Church]], [[First Baptist Church of Tarrytown]], [[Foster Memorial AME Zion Church]], [[Washington Irving High School (Tarrytown, New York)|Washington Irving High School]], [[North Grove Street Historic District]], [[Patriot's Park]], and [[Tarrytown Music Hall]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. [[Lyndhurst (mansion)|Lyndhurst]] and [[Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York)|Sunnyside]] are listed as [[National Historic Landmark]]s.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>

The [[General Motors]] car manufacturing plant [[North Tarrytown Assembly]] was located in North Tarrytown until 1996. Today's [[Metro-North Railroad]]'s [[Hudson Line (Metro-North)|Hudson Line]] runs through the abandoned property.

[[Sleepy Hollow, New York|Sleepy Hollow]] Mayor Philip Zegarelli, in March 2007, met with Tarrytown Mayor Drew Fixell and district superintendent Howard Smith to discuss forming a [[blue-ribbon panel]] that would explore the pros and cons of an intermunicipal agreement. The two villages have shared a school district for 55 years. The villages already shared some services, as well, to lower their expenses, but the greatest reductions, especially in school and property taxes, would come from merging the two villages. However, each village has its own assessment roll. Zegarelli, who led an unsuccessful attempt in the mid-1970s to disaffiliate Sleepy Hollow from the town of [[Mount Pleasant, New York|Mount Pleasant]], continues to advocate for [[secession]] – Sleepy Hollow from Mount Pleasant and Tarrytown from [[Greenburgh, New York|Greenburgh]] – as another way to save money. "If the idea is to save money, why have two levels of government?" he asked. The town of Mount Pleasant blocked Sleepy Hollow's effort to secede, largely because it did not want to lose tax revenue from [[General Motors]], Zegarelli said.<ref>{{Cite news   | url =http://hudsonindy.typepad.com/blog/2007/04/to_merge_or_not.html   | last =Kott   | first =Andrea   | title =To Merge or Not to Merge   | newspaper =[[The Hudson Independent]]   | date =April 30, 2007 | access-date =February 5, 2008 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090228085913/http://hudsonindy.typepad.com/blog/2007/04/to_merge_or_not.html   | archive-date =February 28, 2009 | url-status =dead   | df =mdy-all   }}</ref>

In 2014, Tarrytown was ranked second in the list of the top 10 places to live in New York, according to the national online real estate brokerage Movoto.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/best-places-in-new-york/ |title=The 10 Best Places In New York – statistical analysis|newspaper=  Movoto Blog|date=May 2014}}</ref>