
Shooter’s Island off Staten Island. Image by Hudson Kayaker With the AMC Show Turn, the country is starting to get a wind of the history of the spy ring during the Revolutionary War. One spot is an abandoned island off of Staten Island, called Shooter’s Island, between Newark Bay and the Kill Van Kull. 43-acre Shooter’s Island is now part of the NYC Parks department but began as a hunting preserve for wild geese during the Colonial era (hence its name). According to the NYC Parks department, “George Washington used the island as a drop-off point for messages, and the place became a haven for spies.” Shooter’s Island from Bayonne Bridge. Image via Wikimedia by Jim.henderson Post-Revolutionary War, it then became a rather industrial site with a shipyard and oil refinery. The Townsend-Downey Shipbuilding Company actually built a racing yacht for Kaiser Wilhelm II, the emperor of Germany. Thomas Edison shot this video of President Theodore Roosevelt and… Read More