tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post6684012510665103332..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: What's Behind a Name?Carole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-42992488497898466872013-05-20T15:43:54.943-04:002013-05-20T15:43:54.943-04:00You can read all about General Warren in Nathaniel...You can read all about General Warren in Nathaniel Philbrick's new book about Bunker Hill. In the decades that followed Warren's death on Bunker Hill, dozens of streets, towns and counties were named for him. It was Warren, not Washington, who was expected to oversee the revolutionary military strategy.Nobletownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13370455152318845556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-42834222736326748592011-07-21T15:10:17.574-04:002011-07-21T15:10:17.574-04:00Sam--Byrne's source, I'm quite sure, was A...Sam--Byrne's source, I'm quite sure, was Anna Bradbury, but if I'm wrong, Byrne can correct me, since I know he reads Gossips.<br /><br />Although I haven't done so myself, others, I know, Byrne among them, have sought the answer to the question in the records of the Common Council and found nothing.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-15476705757119512002011-07-21T15:00:06.082-04:002011-07-21T15:00:06.082-04:00(Correction: Mercy Otis Warren, not Mary.) --S.(Correction: Mercy Otis Warren, not Mary.) --S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-59352272740209712162011-07-21T14:59:10.076-04:002011-07-21T14:59:10.076-04:00If the date of the change (1799) is correct, it wo...If the date of the change (1799) is correct, it would seem possible or the name was that of a Revolutionary War hero.<br /><br />However, the only two obvious possibilities are: (A) General Joseph Warren, who sent out Paul Revere on his ride and was soon killed at Bunker Hill; or (B) Mary Otis Warren, a well-known polemicist during that period. Both were best-known in Massachusetts, though, with no obvious Hudson connections. <br /><br />So maybe "Warren" was just the Mayor's dog’s name or something.<br /><br />(NOTE: The Ellis 1878 history says: “This street, which was laid out and intended as t he principal east and west thoroughfare of the city, retained the named of Main street until Oct. 10, 1799, when by an ordinance of the common council, it was changed to Warren street, as at present.” Looking up the ordinance, if it remains in the City's records, might clarify things, or else newspaper reports of the time—Hudson had at least one already at that time. It would be interesting to know Byrne's source for the red-and-yellow chalk detail.)<br /><br />--Sam P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-24794541313804090462011-07-21T10:36:10.509-04:002011-07-21T10:36:10.509-04:00Marty--It's a happy coincidence that we have a...Marty--It's a happy coincidence that we have a Thurston in Hudson again worthy to have a park named after her, and I certainly don't mind if people think the park was named for Ellen, but the actual story is as I told it. Norman Posner and I were the cochairs for The Secret Gardens of Hudson tour--he representing the Hudson Opera House, and I Historic Hudson. We came up with the idea for naming the park; I did the research to identify John Thurston.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-2729356636460398022011-07-21T10:20:29.406-04:002011-07-21T10:20:29.406-04:00Thanks for the update on the naming of the park Ca...Thanks for the update on the naming of the park Carole. I actually thought it was named for our Ellen Thurston for all her great work here in Hudson!Marty Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534341827946358526noreply@blogger.com