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Manhattan's Hidden Cattle District
- In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Manhattan's far west side functioned as cow country with animals ferried in by
The Story That Keeps Changing
- Brian Whipred's cow-tunnel investigation shows how oral stories morph with each retelling and become unreliable.
Paper Trails Beat Memory
- Nicola Twilley found both an 1877 Harper's engraving and later official blueprints indicating cattle passages under Twelfth Avenue.