Project Gutenberg 2013-02-03 Public domain in the USA. 152 Ostrander, Stephen M. Ostrander, Stephen Black, Alexander 1859 1940 A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County, Volume I. Produced by V. L. Simpson, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County, Volume I" by Stephen M. Ostrander is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the development and history of Brooklyn, exploring the region's geological and social history, from the Native American tribes to the arrival of European settlers and beyond. The author aims to provide a comprehensive narrative of the city’s evolution and the significant events that shaped its identity. The opening of the work introduces readers to the foundational elements of Brooklyn's history, beginning with its geography and early human presence. It details the area's geological characteristics shaped by glacial activity, followed by a presentation of local Indigenous tribes and their connections to the land. The narrative progresses to discuss the initial European contact and the motivations behind settlement, establishing a framework for understanding the transformations that Brooklyn has undergone over the centuries as settlements began to form and evolve in this rich historical context. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41979/41979-h/images/cover.jpg en Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History Kings County (N.Y.) -- History F106 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 467757 467762 2024-09-17T14:39:46.370747 2023-09-18T09:25:34.338916 text/html text/html 471565 2013-02-03T11:02:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 610474 2013-02-03T11:03:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 662819 2024-09-17T14:39:53.237717 application/epub+zip 665934 2024-09-17T14:39:47.633771 application/epub+zip 245859 2024-09-17T14:39:46.973788 application/epub+zip 799418 2024-09-17T14:39:57.582697 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 760331 2024-09-17T14:39:52.472735 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342156 2022-09-19T08:08:40.974091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 416697 416466 2024-09-17T14:39:45.632802 2023-09-18T09:25:33.656871 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 416473 2013-02-03T11:02:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 156001 2013-02-03T11:03:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 416471 2013-02-03T11:03:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 155956 2013-02-03T11:03:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20713 2024-09-17T14:39:57.747690 application/rdf+xml 16366 2024-09-17T14:39:47.099800 image/jpeg 2756 2024-09-17T14:39:47.038753 image/jpeg 612404 2024-09-17T14:39:46.428756 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia