Posted by: Gina (adventur@satelnet.org) on 7/19/1997@02:50hrs:

1.first inhabitants of Staten Island = The Algonkin Indians of the Delaware Nation

2.navigator who was given credit for the discovery of Staten Island = Giovanni da Verrazanno

3. The first colony called "Watering Place" later changed to = Tompkinsville name of "Watering Place" today?

4. Iron Hill(1664) today is = Todt Hill

5. Iron Hill (now Todt Hill) was and is know today as being the ___Higest___ spot on the Atlantic Coast from __Maine__ to __Florida___.

** The above is a per the Staten Island Tercentennial Publication 1961 **

Hear Ye' Hear Ye' U'All have more to come :)

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