2006-09-03 01:59:23 · 4 answers · asked by Karl R 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Bedloe's Island
Some of us old geezers still call it by that name.
2006-09-03 02:06:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LIBERTY ISLAND NAME CHRONOLOGY
• Pre 1600's Mohegan Indians call the island "Minnissais" meaning Lesser Island.
• 1664English seize Oyster Island from Mohegan Indians
• 1668Island sold to Issack Bedloo, New Amsterdam businessman and "select burgher", who names it "Love Island"
• 1753Archibald Kennedy buys the island in 1746 and builds house, light house, promoted name of "Kennedy Island"
• 1760'sNew York builds hospital on island, effective for quarantine. Name Bedloe's Island remains.
• 1960June 30. Bedloe's Island officially renamed Liberty Island.
So the formers names are Minnissais,Lesser Island,Great Oyster, Love Island, Bedloo's Island, Kennedy's Island, Corporation Island, Bedlow's Island (an anglicized form of the original owner's name), Bedloe's Island and now Liberty Island.
TRIVIA: The first submarine attack occurred near what was then known as Bedloe Island., when was the year? For the answer check http://www.nyfreedom.com/Libertyisland.htm
2006-09-04 00:46:51 · answer #2 · answered by gospieler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liberty Island is in New York Harbor
Former and merged names include:
· Bedloe's Island
· Great Oyster Island
· Lesser Island
· Minnissais
The statue arrived dismantled, in 214 packing cases, from France, in 1885. The last rivet was driven in 1886, when President Grover Cleveland dedicated the monument
2006-09-03 09:08:30 · answer #3 · answered by Cascade Ranger 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
look it up in yahoo or google
2006-09-03 09:01:40 · answer #4 · answered by distalbicept 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋