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.
Beautifully situated on a picturesque bend in the Hudson about a 90 minutesâ drive north of New York City, Newburgh does not look, from a distance, like a community mired in High Noon levels of lawlessness.