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4 unusual facts about Tuckahoe


Garet Garrett

He died November 6, 1954, at his home in Tuckahoe, New Jersey, while inspecting the proofs of The American Story.

Roger J. Beaujard

Roger was born in Bronxville, New York and raised in Tuckahoe.

Tuckahoe

Wolfiporia extensa, also called Poria cocos, Tuckahoe, or Indian Bread; the sclerotium of a fungus used as food by Native Americans and by the Chinese as a medicinal

Tuckahoe, Suffolk County, New York

In Franny and Zooey, by J. D. Salinger,  Beatrice "Boo Boo" Glass Tannenbaum is referred to as a Tuckahoe homemaker.


Maryland Route 328

A short distance east of Matthews, the state highway crosses Tuckahoe Creek on a bridge dedicated to Frederick Douglass.

Sprain Brook Parkway

Bending to the north through Yonkers, the Sprain Brook enters and interchange with Tuckahoe Road, with the northbound and southbound lanes splitting around the Grassy Sprain Reservoir.

Westchester marble

Westchester marble — or Inwood marble or Kingsbridge marble — originating in Westchester County, New York, USA, and surrounding counties, has long been quarried at Tuckahoe ("Tuckahoe marble"), Sing Sing, Hastings, and Thornwood.

William Randolph

Tuckahoe was the Native American name for an edible water plant.

Wolfiporia extensa

Common names include hoelen, poria, tuckahoe, China root, fu ling (茯苓, pīnyīn: fúlíng), and matsuhodo.


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