Talk:History of Rockland County, New York (1798–1900)

What is this article about?
This article is a mess. A collection of items most improperly sourced and trivial that were justifiably removed form the main Rockland County article. What are the "the Early Years"? Is a visit (unsourced) by Babe Ruth part of the "Early Years"? Or this article some just trying to have alternative article to the main Rockland County article? GcSwRhIc (talk) 15:36, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

In the process of cleaning and including sources
192.203.40.251 (talk) 17:11, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

I attempted to rewrite intro, but not able preview or save it Perhaps you can help?
Rockland County is located in the U.S. state of New York, 12 mi north-northwest of New York City. The name comes from "rocky land", an early description of the area given by settlers, was originally inhabited by Algonquian-speaking Indians, including Munsees, or Lenni Lenape. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. New York's southernmost county west of the Hudson River. Rockland County does not border any of the New York City boroughs, but is only 9.5 mi north of Manhattan at the counties' (New York and Rockland) two respective closest points (Palisades, New York, in Rockland and Inwood Park in Manhattan). 192.203.40.251 (talk) 17:11, 23 February 2011 (UTC)


 * But you created an article which presumably is different from Rockland County with the ambiguous title Early Years. The intro needs to state what the early years are. Readers aren't prescient. What are the the Early Year? This article needs to be clear about what the topic is. If you are just trying to mirror the Rockland County article, then this article probably needs to be deleted. GcSwRhIc (talk) 18:13, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

The portions that was removed from Rockland County was a snapshot of what Rockland County was in the 19th century and early 20th century and the people who made contributions to Rockland County at that time. Many Rocklanders do not know the history of Rockland (Person, place or things). Wikipedia has been a good source of reference to students and residence of Rockland as well as our surrounding communities and anyone who came across our county page for these past few years...

Passenger trains, with the exception of 4 stops, are no longer existing in Rockland County. They are now commuter trains. Passenger ships of yesteryear are all gone. We now have a commuter ferry. The Rocks of Rockland were used as reference points of travel and religious ceremonies.... The Ice Industry was one of the main industries in Rockland as well as the Brickmaking industries... We now celebrate the Knickerbocker Ice Festival every January. The painting, made by famous painters, are landscape painting made in Rockland back then which hang at different museums.

I hope that the article is accepted I will work on a better intro... I will work on providing additional references/sources... and making this a better article.

Thank you for your comments and assistance

Once again... It seems I can edit the sections, but when I try to edit the intro I am not able preview or save it.

Have a nice day... 192.203.40.251 (talk) 20:06, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Regarding the external link
I copied the external link from the "PS Alexander Hamilton" because I thought it was within the rules and added to this article. This was not an attempt to vandalize. I'll just redirect to that page. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.203.40.251 (talk) 15:15, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Not an orphan
How do we get the "orphan" comment at the top removed? This page is not an orphan. The main Rockland County page links to it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bhami (talk • contribs) 04:50, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

External links modified
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