Travel Back Through The Secrets Of Inwood: Here's How

INWOOD, NY — Almost all of the small Dutch family farms and rural beauty that defined Inwood hundreds of years ago are gone, but the New York Adventure Club wants to virtually bring you back in time to see what the neighborhood used to look like.

"The Secrets of Inwood, Prehistoric NYC Neighborhood" will take place Friday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m., and you can sign up for the virtual event for $10 here.

Don Rice, president of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance Board and local historian, will lead the virtual event.

"If you were to take a time machine back to 18-century Manhattan, you would come across lush forests, rolling hills, an abundance of wildlife, and small Dutch family farms scattered throughout the countryside," reads a description of the event. "While most of that rural beauty has vanished thanks to 300 years of industrialization, one neighborhood has largely stood the test of time in the face of a rapidly changing city."

Here are some of the topics the virtual event will cover:

• Significant moments in Inwood's history, including a Revolutionary War battle in 1776, to Eliza Hamilton's creation of the Hamilton Free School, to the establishment of Inwood Hill Park.
• The "real story" behind Peter Minuit, director-general of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, supposed purchase of Manhattan from the Lenape Indians.
• A discussion around the 1784 Dyckman Farmhouse, which is the last remaining Dutch Colonial style farmhouse in Manhattan.

Additionally, there will be a question and answer session with Rice after the discussion.

You can find out more about the virtual event here.