Bedford   (NY)  (Images of America)
Publisher: Arcadia  Publishing
Published: October 24, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780738513188
Subjects: General; United States - State & Local - General; History; History - General History; Bedford (N.Y. : Town); Bedford (Town); Buildings, structures, etc.; Historic buildings; New York (State); Pictorial works; History: American
First sentence: In December 1680, 22 men from the Puritan town of Stamford, Connecticut, ventured north on old Mohegan Indian trails and laid claim to an attractive area of land that they named after the fragrant barley hops abundant there.