Read about Mamaroneck’s founding, browse vintage Larchmont and Mamaroneck images, and learn about the people behind Mamaoroneck’s street names in these local history books.

Merchant Trader recounts Mamaroneck's beginnings

Merchant Trader: The Story of John Richbell and the Beginning of Mamaroneck, NY, published in 2024, tells the story of Mamaroneck's beginnings with merchant trader John Richbell's purchase of three necks of land from two Weckquaesgeek sachems in 1661.

Peter Fellows, immediate past president of the Mamaroneck Historical Society, consults documents of the time and commentaries by brilliant historians to tell the story that begins with a smugglers' compact.

The book is available for $20 on Amazon.

Three books feature vintage images from postcards

Browse vintage postcard images of Larchmont, Mamaroneck, and New Rochelle in three books from Mamaroneck Historical Society Archivist Michael N. Tripicco.

The latest book, Old Larchmont Village and The Manor-Pictures from Postcards, published in 2024, features more than 100 images. It looks back at hotels, inns, and clubs that dotted the village in the first decades of the 1900s as well as restaurants, stately homes, schools, parks, streets, waterfront, The Rockingstone, and more.

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Old Mamaroneck Pictures from Postcards features almost 100 quality pictures from Tripicco’s personal collection in its 50 pages.

Fort Slocum: Pictures From Postcards features about 120 images of the onetime military post on Davids Island on Long Island Sound off New Rochelle. The images run from 1905 to 1959.

The books are available for $20 each on Amazon.com. Great collections for all local history buffs.

People and Stories Behind Mamaroneck's Street Names

Palmer, Heathcote, Barrymore, Richbell, Delancey, Taylors, Orienta and more. In his local history book published in 2024 Paul D. Rheingold explores the origins of Mamaroneck's streets and their names.

Buy it through the Mamaroneck Historical Society for $20 by contacting society Archivist Mike Tripicco via email at mat521@optonline.net. Part of the proceeds benefit the Historical Society.

Or order the book online directly. See the flyer for details.

Historical fiction: Mystery novel inspired by 1880s Westchester killing, execution

The Last Hanging is a historical murder mystery by Mamaroneck Historical Society member and researcher Michael G. Meaney. It is inspired by an 1883 Westchester County murder and subsequent execution by hanging of the suspected killer.

He maintained to the last that he didn't do it. What if he really hadn't? The Last Hanging takes that premise.

In the novel, a minister and Civil War veteran plays a big role in the arrest and hanging of the wrong man in a fictional Long Island Sound village. Devastated at his tragic error, he and a witty, 1880s fashionista dress shop owner team up to unearth the real killer. The novel includes references to Mamaroneck.

The Last Hanging, published in 2021, is available to buy on Amazon.com in paperback ($14.99) or Kindle edition ($2.99). It is also available to borrow from the Mamaroneck Public Library.