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Davids' Island, New York
Davids' Island is a island off the coast of New Rochelle, New York, in Long Island Sound. Currently uninhabited, in the past it was the site of Fort Slocum. The island is home to the endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, and rare birds such as osprey and least terns.〔(Citizens Campaign for the Environment )〕 Davids' Island also supports valuable wetlands, rare rocky intertidal areas, and sandy beaches. The waters surrounding the Island are home to winter flounder, Atlantic herring, and Atlantic silverside.〔(Northeast Coastal Areas Study - The Narrows Complex )〕
==Etymology==
The name is often given as ''David Hawk's'' or ''David Hawk'', but neither is correct. The island is named after its next-to-last civilian owner before the Army acquired it; New York City ink manufacturer and Westchester County resident Thaddeus Davids. It was first leased (1861–1867), then owned (1867–1965), by the U.S. Government, and was known as ''Davids' Island Military Reservation'' until it was named ''Fort Slocum'' on July 1, 1896. Previously it had been named after other owners, and was called successively: Bouteillier's, Rodman's, Myer's, Treadwell's, Hewlett's, Allen's, and Morse's Island.
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