Talk:Soundview, Bronx

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Clason Point of the Soundview region is bordered by the East River to the South, the Bronx River to the West, and Pugsley's Creek bordering the East of this area in the Southernmost Bronx. The Bronx River area was known to indian natives as "Aquahung". The site of a large Native American settlement, comprising more than seventy dwellings, Clason Point was then known to natives as "Snakapins", or "Land By The Two Waters" where there was a source of oak acorn nuts for grinding.

An early English settler, Thomas Cornell, began farming here in the mid-17th century. Clason Point was named after Isaak Clason, a Scottish merchant and a major land owner. Development in the 19th century soon attracted resort seekers and the area became known for it's amusements and entertainment.

Clason Point in the early-20th century was an era of trolley cars on the main thoroughfare, Soundview Avenue. Clason Point was a mixture of mansions, farmland and plenty of undeveloped fields and swampland. There were ferryboat and steamer excursions from "The Point" to downtown(Manhattan)as well as local service across the East River to College Point, Queens. The area was known for dance halls, roller coasters, picnic groves and baseball games, as well as the worlds largest saltwater outdoor swimming pool known as "The Inkwell". There was a volunteer fire department, even a small airport and docks for sailboats and motorboats. Clason Point was an