Historic Long Island

Author : Ralph F. Brady
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781614235903

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Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island by Ralph F. Brady Pdf

Everyone lucky enough to live on Long Island already knows that it’s like nowhere else in the world. From lighthouses and a one-hundred-year-old carousel to World War II camps and missile sites, Long Island native Ralph Brady reveals the secrets to what makes this little-big island so special with a tour of some of Nassau and Suffolk’s most historic locations. Walt Whitman, William Vanderbilt, Theodore Roosevelt and many others occupied remarkable homes around the island. Charles Lindbergh made his historic flight to France from what is now a shopping mall. For many years, a Long Island factory gave the world the game of Scrabble. Even the waters teem with history, with the modern submarine making its start off the coast. Come explore these and other settings from Long Island’s past.

Author : Richard Panchyk
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467136273

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Hidden History of Long Island by Richard Panchyk Pdf

"Long Island's history is filled with fascinating firsts, magnificent mansions and fascinating characters. From Glenn Curtiss, the first pilot to fly a plane on the island, to Earle Ovington, who carried the country's first airmail, the area has been known as the cradle of aviation. Millionaire William K. Vanderbilt's Long Island Motor Parkway, remnants of which still remain, was the nation's first highway. The desolate ruins of an exiled Albanian king's estate lie in the midst of the woods of the Muttontown Preserve. Captain William Kidd, pirate chaser turned pirate, is rumored to have buried treasure on the island. Richard Panchyk reveals the rapidly vanishing traces of Long Island's intriguing history"--Publisher description.

Author : Benjamin Franklin Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Long Island (N.Y.)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044020087169

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History of Long Island by Benjamin Franklin Thompson Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781618584038

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Historic Photos of Long Island by Anonim Pdf

The largest island in the continental United States, Long Island comprises Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties. With a rich history that has included American Indian tribes such as the Massapequa, Shinnecock, and Quogue, among others; colonists from England and the Netherlands; and immigrants who arrived by way of Ellis Island; Long Island thrives today on its wealth of industry, agriculture, natural beauty, and the contributions of its nearly eight million residents. Those very attributes are showcased in this volume, Historic Photos of Long Island. From the lighthouse at Montauk, to the growth of the Long Island Rail Road, to the factories of Long Island City, the breadth, contrasts, and vitality of the Island through a century of its life shine forth in the black-and-white images collected here. Windmills and tide mills, potatoes and oysters, aviators and fishermen—all are a part of the Island’s history, and all are represented vividly among the nearly 200 images seen in Historic Photos of Long Island.

Author : Peter Ross,William Smith Pelletreau
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1015895050

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A History Of Long Island: From Its Earliest Settlement To The Present Time; Volume 2 by Peter Ross,William Smith Pelletreau Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Nathaniel Scudder Prime
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Long Island (N.Y.)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044019340199

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A History of Long Island by Nathaniel Scudder Prime Pdf

Author : Christopher M. Collora
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781439643136

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Long Island by Christopher M. Collora Pdf

In contrast to and predating Long Island's famous Gold Coast (the North Shore), communities along the Great South Bay were home to hundreds of less publicized, yet equally impressive, mansions and historic houses These homes were once owned by prominent captains of industry, popular entertainment figures, and movers and shakers of the day, such as the Bourne, Cutting, Gardiner, Gulden, Gustivino, Guggenheim, Hollins, and Vanderbilt families. Long Island: Historic Houses of the South Shore explores the South Shore's famous resident personalities, including Schuyler Parsons, Fred Astaire, Anita Stewart, and Robert Pinkerton. The lifestyle of the South Shore is also portrayed, including activities like hunting and fishing as well as the famous beaches that served as tourist attractions.

Author : Benjamin Franklin Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Long Island (N.Y.)
ISBN : UVA:X000364559

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History of Long Island by Benjamin Franklin Thompson Pdf

Author : Mac Griswold
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781466837010

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The Manor: Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island by Mac Griswold Pdf

Mac Griswold's The Manor is the biography of a uniquely American place that has endured through wars great and small, through fortunes won and lost, through histories bright and sinister—and of the family that has lived there since its founding as a Colonial New England slave plantation three and a half centuries ago. In 1984, the landscape historian Mac Griswold was rowing along a Long Island creek when she came upon a stately yellow house and a garden guarded by looming boxwoods. She instantly knew that boxwoods that large—twelve feet tall, fifteen feet wide—had to be hundreds of years old. So, as it happened, was the house: Sylvester Manor had been held in the same family for eleven generations. Formerly encompassing all of Shelter Island, New York, a pearl of 8,000 acres caught between the North and South Forks of Long Island, the manor had dwindled to 243 acres. Still, its hidden vault proved to be full of revelations and treasures, including the 1666 charter for the land, and correspondence from Thomas Jefferson. Most notable was the short and steep flight of steps the family had called the "slave staircase," which would provide clues to the extensive but little-known story of Northern slavery. Alongside a team of archaeologists, Griswold began a dig that would uncover a landscape bursting with stories. Based on years of archival and field research, as well as voyages to Africa, the West Indies, and Europe, The Manor is at once an investigation into forgotten lives and a sweeping drama that captures our history in all its richness and suffering. It is a monumental achievement.

Author : Natalie A. Naylor
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614237358

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Women in Long Island's Past by Natalie A. Naylor Pdf

Women have been part of Long Island's past for thousands of years but are nearly invisible in the records and history books. From pioneering doctors to dazzling aviatrixes, author Natalie A. Naylor brings these larger-than-life but little-known heroines out of the lost pages of island history. Anna Symmes Harrison, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Edith Kermit Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt all served as first lady of the United States, and all had Long Island roots. Beloved children's author Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote The Secret Garden here, and hundreds of local suffragists fought for their right to vote in the early twentieth century. Discover these and other stories of the remarkable women of Long Island.

Author : Marisa L. Berman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625849816

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Historic Amusement Parks of Long Island by Marisa L. Berman Pdf

When Long Island became a suburban paradise after World War II, ambitious entrepreneurs created dozens of amusement parks to help families unwind. The Nunley family built a park in Baldwin in 1939, and it was so successful that they opened Nunley's Happyland in Bethpage just a few years later. Westbury's Spaceland fascinated youngsters with dreams of becoming astronauts, and Frontier City in Amityville was heaven on earth to fans of the Wild West. Today, historic parks like Deno's Wonder Wheel Park in Coney Island and Adventureland in Farmingdale still delight children and remind parents of happy memories of their own. Local author Marisa Berman explores the decades of fun and laughter from Long Island's historic amusement parks.

Author : Kerriann Flanagan Brosky
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781439662298

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Historic Crimes of Long Island by Kerriann Flanagan Brosky Pdf

This true crime collection reveals centuries of rogues, murderers, spurned lovers and accused witches who called Long Island home. Author and historian Kerriann Flanagan Brosky uncovers some of the most ghastly and fascinating historical crimes committed on Long Island. Hidden just beneath the idyllic countryside and picturesque towns, there is a long and murky history of murder and mayhem. A Victorian romance went awry in Huntington when wealthy farmer Charles Kelsey was tarred, feathered and murdered in 1872. Thirty-five years before the famous witch trials of Salem, East Hampton had its own Puritan hysteria among charges of witchcraft. The 1937 kidnapping of wealthy heiress Alice Parsons shook the quiet town of Stony Brook and remains a mystery to this day. These and other tales are revealed in chilling volume.

Author : Rufus Rockwell Wilson
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9783849663285

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Historic Long Island by Rufus Rockwell Wilson Pdf

Mr. Wilson's account of the settlement of Long Island by the Dutch and English demands more description than we can give here. The author divides his subject into thirteen chapters, of which eight are devoted to the era of settlement and colonization, treating of the early Dutch pioneers and the Puritan contingent headed by Lyon Gardiner. No other part of this broad land has a more picturesque history than Long Island. In reading the same, one is struck by the thrilling tales, brought forward from the times when the Indians had possession until the present time. No one would think that but a short time back it was only small villages and the scene of battles that have brought it prominently into the history of this great country. All over the island are important landmarks that interest thoughtful students and all true patriotic citizens . Mr. Wilson has exerted himself to make his book read well and to fascinate the reader. Long Island is now the suburban residence of many New York millionaires, who recognize its great value and love its beautiful scenery and refreshing, health-giving breezes . All New York and many inland States have made it the greatest summer resort in the United States and to its beautiful shores hasten millions of people annually.

Author : Kerriann Flanagan Brosky
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625852038

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Historic Haunts of Long Island by Kerriann Flanagan Brosky Pdf

Take a ghostly journey through Long Island’s history—photos included! Ghosts lurk at the Execution Rocks Lighthouse, where Revolutionary War Patriots were brutally tortured and killed by the British during the Battle of Long Island. Popular gathering places have otherworldly tenants, including Bayport’s Grey Horse Tavern and the Cutchogue Village Green, where several old buildings—and their former inhabitants—are preserved. Long Island’s history, dating all the way back to its Native American legends, is unearthed and preserved through its ghost stories and the spirits that have made their presence known. Through extensive research, interviews, and investigations, award-winning author and historian Kerriann Flanagan Brosky, alongside medium and paranormal investigator Joe Giaquinto, uncovers Long Island's eerie history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Archaeology and history
ISBN : WISC:89067605899

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The Historical Archaeology of Long Island: The sites by Anonim Pdf