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In the mid-nineteenth century, James Wickham was a wealthy farmer
with a large estate in Cutchogue, Long Island. His extensive
property included a mansion and eighty acres of farmland that were
maintained by a staff of servants. In 1854, Wickham got into an
argument with one of his workers, Nicholas Behan, after Behan
harassed another employee who refused to marry him. Several days
after Behan's dismissal, he crept back into the house in the dead
of night. With an axe, he butchered Wickham and his wife, Frances,
and fled to a nearby swamp. Behan was captured, tried, convicted
and, on December 15, became one of the last people to be hanged in
Suffolk County. Local historians Geoffrey Fleming and Amy Folk
uncover this gruesome story of revenge and murder.
When the primary value of bay-front property was the privilege of
harvesting seaweed, state legislator and Southold newspaperman
Joseph Nelson Hallock was stealing watermelon from Peter Gils
Well's patch and fighting for the privilege to pass the water at
Southold Academy. In the spirit of Mary Ellen Chase's
turn-of-the-century account of life in rural New England, Hallock
offers his firsthand impressions of the difficulties and pleasures
of North Fork life one hundred years ago. With a recipe for samp
porridge and tales of power brokering in Albany, "Southold
Reminiscences" is sure to inspire.
St. James sits among a variety of old and intensely interesting
communities that dot the north shore of Long Island, many of which
date to the mid-1600s. After being named in the mid-1800s, it
quickly became one of the hot spots that stars of the American
vaudeville stage made their own. Built beside the homes of farmers
and millers were hotels, a casino, and the mansions of the rich and
famous, giving the community a fascination all its own -- a
fascination that is clearly captured in the pages of St. James.
By the early twentieth century, the coastal bays of the North Fork
were filled with new and enterprising hostelries. From the Miamogue
and the Great Peconic Bay House in Jamesport to the Clark House and
Wyandank in Greenport, the area offered some of the finest
accommodations outside New York City. In this comprehensive
collection of images, historians Geoffrey Fleming and Amy Folk
highlight the industry that has supported life on the North Fork
for over 350 years. From the John Budd House- an enduring example
of seventeenth-century English architecture in America- to the
contemporary bed-and-breakfasts that offer visitors a charming
respite, this book captures the essence of a region beloved by
generations of vacationers and residents alike.
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Hampton Bays (Hardcover)
Geoffrey K Fleming
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St. James (Hardcover)
Geoffrey K Fleming
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R842
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Southold (Hardcover)
Geoffrey K Fleming
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