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    Jamaica
    Jamaica
    Jamaica
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    Jamaica

    By Carl Ballenas and Aquinas Honor Society of the Immaculate Conception School

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    Jamaica is an astounding visual journey documenting the unique history of this remarkable community over more than 350 years.


    Jamaica, Queens, has long occupied a commanding position in the political, social, and industrial life of Queens County. Indigenous people created a trail, used by various tribes to trade furs and other goods, through the woods that later became Jamaica Avenue, the main street of the village. Jamaica was witness to the evolution of change, receiving a charter from Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant in 1656, becoming an English colony in 1664, and winning freedom in the American Revolution with the Jamaica Minutemen. The area is richly steeped in history: George Washington slept here; and Walt Whitman, Susan B. Anthony, Rufus King, Jacob Riis, and many more have left their mark on Jamaica. Jamaica is an astounding visual journey documenting the unique history of this remarkable community over more than 350 years.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateMay 2, 2011
    ISBN9781439624203
    Jamaica
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    Carl Ballenas

    Longtime Richmond Hill residents Carl Ballenas and Nancy Cataldi have lovingly crafted this tribute to the history of Richmond Hill. Ballenas is a local historian and schoolteacher, and Cataldi is a photographer and president of the Richmond Hill Historical Society.

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