WikiAnswers - Where did the name for The Bowery come from

Where did the name for The Bowery come from?In: New York [Edit categories] [Edit][Edit] AnswerHi Hunter,According to this page on the The Dutch Contribution to New York's Vocabulary, "bowery" means "farm." The street followed the path of a road leading to a Peter Stuyvessant's farm.AnswerNicolas de la Plaine, a french huguenot that came to America in 1639 with the dutch, owned a tulip farm that is now the Bowery. He was also the Burger of New Amsterdam (New York).

WikiAnswers - Where did the name for The Bowery come from

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