Staten Island saw its share of violence and murder as it transformed from a sleepy community to an urban outer borough. The 1920 discovery of a woman's body by two young boys walking their dog remains unsolved. An inmate at Sailors' Snug Harbor--a retirem

Patricia Salmon retired as curator of history for the Staten Island Museum in 2012. A Staten Island resident for almost fifty years, she was a naturalist/historian at Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve in that borough for eight years. Ms. Salmon has authored three books and is a board member of the Tottenville Historical Society. She is an adjunct professor at Wagner College in Staten Island and a guest contributor to the Memories"? column of the Staten Island Advance."