when i looked to see my neighborhood it was just a green shade over the existing map. maybe the Bronx hasn't changed in 400 years but i doubt it. i did some research on my neighborhood on this web site
http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/X033/highlights/8778
it says “Mosholu” is an Algonquin name meaning “smooth stones” or “small stones” for the nearby creek now known as Tibbett’s Brook. The southern end of the parkway was once home to another creek, running under what is now Middlebrook Road, which supplied water to a British fort located on old Van Cortlandt Avenue East during the Revolutionary War."
the Bronx river is near me and i never knew the existence of any of these creeks also i haven't found many smooth stones but i will be on the look out now.
ian garcia
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