Aug 15, 1920

• Francis Bannerman VI (1851-1918)
• 1900 Francis Bannerman purchased Pollepel Island
  – 6.5-acre island in the Hudson River
  – 50 miles north of New York City
• 1920 Bannerman’s Island black-powder house explodes
• 1967  the family sold Bannerman island to New York State
  – surplus warehouse was abandoned
• 1969 Bannerman’s Island Castle warehouse burns down
• Today the Bannerman Castle Trust preserves the castle & island