Esopus
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Esopus may refer to:
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In New York
- Esopus, New YorkEsopus, New YorkEsopus is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 9,331 at the 2000 census. The name comes from the local Indian tribe and means "high banks."...
, a town in Ulster County - Esopus CreekEsopus CreekEsopus Creek is a tributary of the Hudson River that drains the east-central Catskill Mountains of the U.S. state of New York. From its source at Winnisook Lake on the slopes of Slide Mountain, the Catskills' highest peak, it flows across Ulster County to the Hudson at Saugerties. Many tributaries...
, a tributary of the Hudson River - Esopus Meadows LighthouseEsopus Meadows LighthouseEsopus Meadows Lighthouse, nicknamed "Maid of the Meadows" and often simply referred to as the Esopus Light or Middle Hudson River Light is a lighthouse on the Hudson River near Esopus, New York...
, a lighthouse on the Hudson River near Esopus, New York - Esopus WarsEsopus WarsThe Esopus Wars were two localized conflicts between Dutch settlers and the Esopus tribe of Lenape Indians during the latter half of the 17th century in what is now Ulster County, New York. Like many other wars during the colonial period, at bottom they were the result of competition between...
, two localized conflicts between Dutch settlers and the Esopus tribe of Lenape Indians during the latter half of the 17th century - Esopus (magazine)Esopus (magazine)Esopus is a twice-yearly nonprofit arts and culture magazine founded in 2003 by Tod Lippy and published by the Esopus Foundation. Its primary objective is to give artists a noncommercial forum in which to publish their projects...
, a nonprofit arts publication based in New York - Esopus tribeEsopus tribeThe Esopus tribe was a tribe of Lenape Native Americans who were native to Upstate New York.The tribe fought a series of conflicts against settlers from the New Netherland Colony from September 1659 to September 1663, known as the Esopus Wars...
, a tribe of Lenape Indians - Esopus SpitzenburgEsopus SpitzenburgEsopus Spitzenburg is an antique apple. It was discovered early in the 18th century near Esopus, New York, and is reputed to have been a favorite apple of Thomas Jefferson, who planted several of the trees at Monticello....
, a type of apple
Other
- Esopus (genus), a genus of crabCrabTrue crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s in the family EpialtidaeEpialtidaeEpialtidae is a family of crabs, containing the subfamilies:* Epialtinae MacLeay, 1838* Pisinae Dana, 1851* Pliosomatinae Števčić, 1994* Tychinae Dana, 1851... - A medieval spelling of AesopAesopAesop was a Greek writer credited with a number of popular fables. Older spellings of his name have included Esop and Isope. Although his existence remains uncertain and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a...