Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam, approves settlement west of the Hudson.

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Anthony Olszewski

Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of New AmsterdamThe Indians massacred the first two groups of Dutch pioneers attempting to colonize west of the Hudson. Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam, ordered the third group of settlers to build their homes inside a fort. A statue of Peg Leg Pete still watches over the outline of that wooden wall where today Bergen Avenue forms a square at Academy Street.

About Anthony Olszewski

Anthony Olszewski was born in Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital in 1956. Mr. Olszewski was the Web Site Editor for Bret Schundler's 1997 campaign for Mayor of Jersey City and the 2001 Gubernatorial campaigns (primary and general elections). Anthony Olszewski currently runs a number of Web Sites that focus on New Jersey. He also is a member of Mensa.
This entry was posted in Before the Revolutionary War. Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

CAPTCHA Image

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>