Portal:Beacon, New York
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The area known as Beacon was settled by Europeans as the villages of Matteawan and Fishkill Landing in 1709. Beacon incorporated as a city in 1913, combining the villages of Fishkill Landing and Matteawan as well as a small portion of the hamlet of Glenham from the town of Fishkill.
Works
Encyclopedia articles
- "Fishkill Landing," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Fishkill Landing," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Matteawan," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)