Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for Hell Gate (South Carolina, United States) or search for Hell Gate (South Carolina, United States) in all documents.

Your search returned 5 results in 5 document sections:

Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Block, or Blok, Adriaen, 1610- (search)
Block, or Blok, Adriaen, 1610- Navigator; born in Amsterdam, Holland. In 1610 he made a successful voyage to Manhattan (now New York) Bay, taking back to Amsterdam a cargo of rich furs. In 1614 he bought a merchant ship, the Tiger, and again visited Manhattan. the Tiger was accidentally destroyed by fire, but with his crew he made a yacht, named the Unrest, and with this explored adjacent waters. He was the first European to sail through Hell Gate, and he discovered the rivers now known by the names of Housatonic and Connecticut. The latter he explored as far as the site of Hartford, and still pushing east discovered Block Island, which was named for him. After reaching Cape Cod he left the Unrest, and returned to Holland on one of the ships which had sailed with him on his westward cruise.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dermer, Thomas, (search)
mer succeeded, in a degree, and proceeded to explore the coast to Virginia. He sent home his ship from Mohegan Island, laden with fish and furs, and, leaving Squanto at Saco, sailed southward. Near Cape Cod he was captured by Indians, but ransomed himself by a gift of some hatchets. Passing Martin's (Martha's) Vineyard, he navigated Long Island Sound by the help of an Indian pilot, the first Englishman who had sailed upon these waters, and passed out to sea at Sandy Hook. Going through Hell Gate he lost an anchor in the dangerous cataract, and the current was so swift that he did not stop at Manhattan; but on his return from Virginia (1620) he touched there and held a conference with some Dutch traders on Hudson's River. Dermer took occasion to warn the Dutch that they were on English territory, when they replied that they found no Englishmen there, understood no such thing, and hoped they had not offended. Dermer sent a journal of his proceedings to Gorges, and thus, no doubt,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hell Gate. (search)
Hell Gate. See Newton, John.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Newton, John 1823-1895 (search)
a brigadier-general of volunteers, Sept. 23, 1861, and was promoted major-general, March 30, 1863. For distinguished services in the battle of Gettysburg he was brevetted colonel U. S. A., and later brigadier-general. During the war he also took part in the engagements at West Point, Gaines's Mill, and Glendale; in the forcing of Crampton's Gap, in the battles of Antietam, and the storming of Marye's Heights at the battle of Fredericksburg. He is most popularly known as the engineer who removed the dangerous rocks at Hell Gate, New York Harbor. This achievement required the invention of new machinery and the solution of new engineering problems. On Sept. 24, 1876, he blew up Hallett's Reef, and on Oct. 10, 1885, Flood Rock. On March 6, 1884, he was promoted chief of engineers, with the rank of brigadiergeneral, and held the post till his retirement, Aug. 27, 1886. General Newton was commissioner of public works in New York City in 1887-88. He died in New York City, May 1, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
State in order, admitted by act of March 3, 1875, and by proclamation of President......Aug. 1, 1876 Congress appropriates $200,000 to complete the Washington monument......Aug. 2, 1876 First session adjourns......Aug. 15, 1876 Hon. M. C. Kerr, speaker of House of Representatives, born 1827, dies at Rockbridge Alum Springs, Va.......Aug. 19, 1876 Bronze statue of Lafayette, the gift of the French Republic to New York City, is unveiled......Sept. 6, 1876 Hallet's Point Reef, Hell Gate, blown up......Sept. 24, 1876 Gen. Braxton Bragg, born about 1815, dies at Galveston, Tex......Sept. 27, 1876 By proclamation President Grant commands disorderly and turbulent gatherings in South Carolina to disperse......Oct. 17, 1876 Presidential election......Nov. 7, 1876 International exhibition at Philadelphia closes......Nov. 10, 1876 Second session meets; Thomas W. Ferry presiding in the Senate......Dec. 4, 1876 In the House Samuel J. Randall is elected speaker by