A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from April 04, 2017
Roscoe: Trout Town, USA (nickname)

Entry in progress—B.P.
 
Wikipedia: Roscoe, New York
Roscoe is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 541 at the 2010 census.
 
Roscoe is in the southwest part of the Town of Rockland, adjacent to New York State Route 17.
 
It is named for New York Senator Roscoe Conkling.
 
Roscoe calls itself the “Trout Town, USA.” The town is a destination for fly-fishing enthusiasts because of its location at the intersection of two rivers popular for trout fishing (the Beaver Kill and the Willowemoc Creek)
 
NYup.com
What’s in a name? 14 cool nicknames for Upstate New York towns, cities
By Chuck D’Imperio | Contributing writer
Updated March 27, 2017
Posted March 27, 2017
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Roscoe: “Trout Town U.S.A.”
Fishermen come from all over the world to throw their fly’s into the waters of the Willowemac and the Beaver Kill rivers. Many trout records have been set here, and the area flourishes with river guides, fly tying instructors, inns and cabins for overnight stay and more. Even President Jimmy Carter has been known to put on a pair of waders and head for the cold, clear Catskill waters of the two rivers. The Catskills’ Fly Fishing Museum Hall of Fame is located in the next town down from Roscoe, Livingston Manor.

Posted by Barry Popik
Nicknames of Other PlacesNew York State • Tuesday, April 04, 2017 • Permalink


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