A botfly, also written bot fly, bott fly or bot-fly in various combinations, is any fly in the family Oestridae. Their life cycles vary greatly according to species, but the larvae of all species are internal parasites of mammals.
In the spring of 1783, the infant American republic was nearly snuffed-out in its cradle by mutinous army officers in what has been called the âNewburgh Conspiracy.â. British General Cornwallisâ surrender at Yorktown in October 1781 did not result in an immediate end to the war.
Newburghâs early growth was influenced by its position as a river port; it shared in the 19th-century whaling boom and was a ferry point for coal shipped from Pennsylvania to New England. Its industries include metallurgy and the manufacture of textiles, tools and dies, structural steel, and plastic products.