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Tag: North Fork History Project

01.10.2019 North Fork History Project

North Fork History Project: Raised in a small town, Joe Theinert died for his country

Five boulders stand outside the American Legion Hall on Shelter Island with plaques bearing the names of hometown soldiers, including 11 who died during conflicts in the 20th century.

12.16.2018 Columns

Column: North Fork History Project to continue in 2019

In January, our papers began publishing the North Fork History Project, a series of stories showcasing the remarkable history of our area. We began with the massive wall of...

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12.06.2018 North Fork History Project

North Fork History Project: Greenport during World War II

Cliff Utz Jr. remembers sitting in the back seat of a DeSoto as a 4-year-old on Dec. 7, 1941, when he first heard the news. The car was driving...

11.25.2018 North Fork History Project

North Fork History Project: The scallop industry has a rich past on eastern Long Island

One offshoot of running a company that’s been in the shellfish business for 90 years is aquatic and historical clutter. Ken Homan’s office at Braun Seafood in Cutchogue is...

11.11.2018 North Fork History Project

North Fork History Project: 100 years ago, peace came at the 11th hour

William Beebe grew up in Orient, a small-town boy from an idyllic hamlet surrounded by farms and saltwater and reachable by a narrow causeway that made it nearly an...

09.27.2018 North Fork History Project

North Fork History Project: The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall

A story is told of a man standing on Northeast coastland on Sept. 21, 1938, gazing puzzlingly at an unusual gray cloud formation over the Atlantic Ocean. Gradually he...

09.13.2018 North Fork History Project

80 years ago, no one saw the Hurricane of 1938 coming

The hurricane that had no name — and made a terrible name for itself — came ashore in 1938. Since then Long Island has felt the effects of other...

08.30.2018 North Fork History Project

North Fork History Project: Shelter Island’s place in Quaker history

It was 38 minutes into the one-hour Quaker meeting before anyone said a word. Gathered on the grounds of Sylvester Manor, seated in a wooded glade on a jumble...

08.17.2018 North Fork History Project

North Fork History Project: Artists painted here for solitude In the years after the Civil War

Wendy Prellwitz paints in the same Peconic studio where her great-grandfather Henry Prellwitz painted early in the 20th century. The adjoining studio is where her great-grandmother Edith Prellwitz painted....

07.27.2018 North Fork History Project

North Fork History Project: A Civil War on the North Fork

As Georgette Case made her way around Riverhead Cemetery last Thursday morning, she pointed out the gravesites of some of the two dozen or so Civil War soldiers buried...

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