Beverwyck
Beverwyck was a fur-trading community north of
Fort Orange on the
Hudson River in
New Netherland that was to become
Albany, New York when the
English took control of the colony in
1664.
During the
1640's, the name
Beverwyck began to be used informally for the settlement of fur traders north of the fort. In
1652, the
Dutch West India Company took control of that area and made the name official. By
1660, a
palisade was build around Beverwyck and it had become economically and politically successful, with large families residing in the community.
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New York State Museum article.Another Beverwyck is situated in New Jersey, and was a large estate around the time of the Civil War.See: http://www.mta.biz/images/news/beverwyck_saa01.pdf
