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2 unusual facts about Croton


Alexander Bittelman

Following his expulsion and refusal to testify in 1961, Alexander Bittelman lived out the last two years of his life in quiet at Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Kibale National Park

The project proposes to achieve these objectives through the reforestation of 6.213 ha within the park utilizing indigenous species including Albizia gummifera, Bridelia micrantha, and Croton megalocarpus.


Battle of Heraclea

In 282 BC, after a battle against the Samnites, Lucanians, Bruttians and Thurii, Roman troops entered the Italian Greek colonies of Croton, Lokroi, and Rhegium.

Cissus subaphylla

It grows in particular association with Salvadora persica and Croton socotranus, but is also found with Jatropha unicostata, Pulicaria stephanocarpa, Dendrosicyos socotrana, and Adenium obesum.

Clifford B. Harmon

Harmon's real estate success came from developing suburban New York, New York villages, such as Pelhamwood and Harmon-on-Hudson (incorporated into Croton-on-Hudson, New York in 1932).

Croton Aqueduct

About this time the German cockroach attracted attention, and was called "Croton bug" on the mistaken belief that the aqueduct brought the insects into the homes being connected to the new water supply system.

The interior of the Old Croton Aqueduct has been explored and documented by Miru Kim and “guerrilla historian” Steve Duncan.

Crotone

In 295 BC, Croton fell to another Syracusan tyrant, Agathocles.

Neotropical Primate Conservation

Concentrating on the propagation of native tree species which benefit both human populations and wildlife such as: Cedrela montana, Croton, Styloceras laurifolium, Erythrina edulis, Alnus acuminata and Plukenetia.

Peekskill Downtown Historic District

The Albany Post Road, followed later by US 9 until its relocation to the Croton Expressway closer to the river, and the Danbury Turnpike, still followed by US 202 (and, in the western part of the city and district, US 6 and NY 35).

Titicus

Titicus River, a tributary of the Croton River in New York and Connecticut


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