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Mon, 04/19/2010 - 22:04
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  1. "The Devil", Robert Moses was against naming Narrows Bridge after VZ, claiming people wouldn’t be able to pronounce it (Kosciusko, anyone?)

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      VZ met his fate in the Caribbean - went solo in a boat to meet natives, was restrained, eviscerated & his heart eaten by the cannibal Caribs8:37 PM Apr 23rd via web


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      Fitting that the Narrows Bridge was named after VZ. Both man and bridge were harbingers of destruction to the “natives’” way of life...6:40 PM Apr 22nd via web


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      SecretSI.com History Tweet: During Explorations, VZ & crew kidnapped an Indian boy and attempted to take a girl, but she fought them off...8:05 PM Apr 20th via web


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      VZ’s ship was “Le Dauphine” (French title of Royalty). Anglicized as “The Dolphin”, S.I. has been vexed with images of dolphins ever since.5:45 PM Apr 20th via web


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      SecretSI.com History Tweet: SI “discovered” by Verrazzano, 1524. The Italian sailed for France and named the area he explored “New France”.10:35 AM Apr 20th via web


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      VZ Toll Plaza Counts Its Last Days - http://nyti.ms/c7Nbuj      12:20 AM Apr 20th via TimesPeople


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      www.is.gd/bzOve       Spring 2010 Moravian Cemetery Tours. Highly Recommended!6:37 PM Apr 19th via web


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      Lenape called Staten Island “Aquehonga Manacknong”: The High Sandy Banks as far as the Deep Woods. (Some say “Bad Woods” or “Haunted Woods”)4:39 PM Apr 19th via web


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      SecretSI.com History Tweet: New York State begins at Ward’s Point in Tottenville. Look for the red marker that reads “South Pole”...4:33 PM Apr 19th via web


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      Lenape family lines were followed thru women. Fathers were less important than the mother’s brother. This may be the origin of “Say Uncle”.1:40 PM Apr 19th via web


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      SecretSI History Tweet: Lenape women were literally home-makers. They built & moved the longhouses & wigwams of their seasonal encampments8:53 PM Apr 18th via web


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      SecretSI.com History Tweet: Staten Island’s Indians were called Lenni Lenape, translated as the “Original People”.5:41 PM Apr 18th via web


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      Links to over 40 ebooks, reference materials about Staten Island.www.is.gd/bu4eH       Secret Staten Island: Reference Room11:18 PM Apr 17th via mobile web


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      SecretSI.com History Tweet: Staten Island 1st inhabited around 10k years ago. Clovis spear points & tools found at Port Mobil in the 1950’s.12:47 PM Apr 17th via web


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      We invite you to create an account at SecretSI.com to access the complete archive of Staten Island Investigations!12:45 PM Apr 17th via web

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