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The World War II Memorial project is completed
July 17 -
Veterans Form (for book to
be distributed June 16, 2012)
April 25th - June
19, 2010 Date for dedication of the Vietnam, Korean, World War
I, Civil War and American Revolution War Monuments to be
Dedicated at Bartlett Pond Park
July 27-
List of Longwood Veterans
of Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan -
If you see
any name missing from our list that should be added, please
contact us. Follow us on our facebook page- Longwood High School
veterans
May
20th - Our selection of local history books that are
available. These books can be ordered from the Longwood Society
for Historic Preservation.
Our new project is to honor the men and women who lived in the
Longwood community and served during the Korean War. If you have
any information about any of the people listed please contact
us.
May 20, 2011-
Newsday story about dedication
of memorials at park
May 17, 2011-
Monuments at Bartlett
Pond Park dedicated.
May 16, 2011-
Pearl Button Business Recalled by Fragments Found at Yaphank
April 16 - 2011
Longwood students and staff
volunteering during the annual Brookhaven clean up day.
Feb 17 - Updated pictures of the
1.
Middle Island Yaphank road
2. Prosser's farm
3. The Hurtin house
4. Ole B.
Balling, the other artist at Artist Lake
-5. Old views of Middle I-sland circa
1900
Feb. 16 -
Mrs.
Josephine Lundy taught at the one room schoolhouse at Ridge, NY
from 1936 - 1942. At age 93 she returned to her former school
house to describe to students f the Longwood jhs what it was
like to teach in a one room school house. In this clip she
describes what it was like to teach during the great depression.
This video was taken in October 2003. There will be more clips
added with our interview of Mrs. Lundy.
Feb. 14th -
On September 7, 2008 the 77th Division has its colors cased at
the Brookhaven national Lab. It was fitting that the division
had its colors retired at the former Camp Upton where the unit
was first organized in 1917. This video shows the retiring of
the division.
January 7th -
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Video of students working on tombstone project at the Coram Baptist
Cemetery
January 5th 2010 - The late Frank Lyon took
video of the Coram area and vicinity in the 1950s. Over the next
few weeks we will be putting up video clips of Coram.
Video # 1 -
Fingar's
store was on the south side of the Middle Country road, by the
Home depot shopping center
Video # 2 -
Last day of
school, old Coram School house 1942, opening of the New Coram
school on Coram Mount Sinai road.
Video # 3 -
Middle
Country road and views of Port Jefferson after storm
Video # 4 -
Coram Fire
Department parade down Middle Country road.
Video # 5
Coram Fire
Department parade 1950s.
Video # 6 -
Coram Fire
Department
The 77th Division trained at Camp Upton
(Yaphank) before being sent to France. Below is film taken of
the division during the Meuse- Argonne Offensive from Sept. 26 -
Nov. 11, 1918
Video # 1 -
Members of
the Lost Battalion marching eastward down the Charlevaux Ravine
out of the 'Pocket' the morning of Oct. 18, 1918 - The Lost
Battalion taking roll just prior to the official picture being
snapped Oct. 8, 1918 - major Charles Whittlesey, 308th Inf. and
Major J.F. McKinney, 307th Inf. talking after the rescue of the
Lost Battalion by McKinney's men - General Alexander 77th
Division - General Lenihan, 77th Division - French woman and boy
pump water for a 77th Division Doughboy
Video # 2
A 77th
Division first aid station set up in a captured German bunker. -
officers and men examine a blasted German dugout. - A patrol
passes a dead German soldier in the Argonne forest. - German
prisoners being transported from Chatel Chehery under 77th
Division MP's. - 308th Infantry and 302nd Trench Mortar
personnel advance on a German position in the Argonne.
Video # 3 -
Supply
Trains of the 305th M.G. Battalion, 306th Infantry and 302nd
engineers, along with French artillery passing through Chateau
Thierry.
Video # 4 -
The 306th
Field Artillery passing through burning Buzancy - 306th Field
Artillery guns firing from hidden positions near Abri du Crochet
- 308th M.G.
November 27, 2009 -
The Gus Neuss Archives
of articles related to the Bund at Yaphank
November, 16 2009 -
Veterans Day celebration held
at Bartlett Pond.
August 29 - news articles culled from some of
the old newspapers;
Middle
Island News Articles
Coram News
Articles
August 28, 2009 -
Alberta, a familiar face in Coram
August 27, 2009 -
The
East Middle Island schoolhouse
August 20, 2009 -
Picture of the Davis cows
crossing Middle Country road.
July 10, 2009 -
The late local
historian Thomas R. Bayles wrote a local history column for the
Patchogue and Long Island Advance. Our latest project is to put
up the hundreds of stories written by Mr. Bayles. These articles
come from the 13 notebooks kept by Mr. Bayles. It will take us
some time to complete this project and as of right now we have
some articles from books 4, 9 & 10 completed. As the rest are
typed up they will be added to the page.
July 1, 2009 -
Picture of the West
Middle Island class of 1932. Do you have pictures of any of
the old one room schoolhouses? If so please contact us as we are
working on a history of the Longwood school district.
May 15th -
North Shore Sun article
on students putting in Revolutionary War headstones at local
cemetery.
April 10 - Pictures added to the
Swezey House in Middle Island,
and the one room school house #
17
March 30th -
The students of the JHS social studies classes are working on
the Veterans tombstone project for American Revolution and Civil
War Veterans.
Feb. 12, 2009 -
Dr. Isaac Hulse 1797-1856, was a Naval Doctor, famous for his
work with Yellow Fever
Feb. 11, 2009 -
Many people have asked about the home on Mill Road that was home
to the Casa Bordone, a fine Italian Restaurant. While we are
still looking for more information, we are posting what we have
as of right now.
Fe. 9, 2009 - The
old Hagen Inn/ Hunter's Inn was a general store and hotel for
Middle Island visitors.
Feb. 3, 2009 -
Middle Island/ Yaphank
resident John R. Dayton's 1913 obituary.
Feb. 1, 2009 - The
memoirs of Talbot Brewer of the 306th machine gun battalion.
Dec. 31, In the
1960s Alma Davis wrote a short sketch on the history of Coram.
Dec. 30, The
desk of Goldsmith Davis is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Here is the story of the History of the desk.
Dec. 29 -
Middle Island Man still cutting cordwood at age 95. From the
Patchogue Advance, Oct. 14, 1965
Dec. 27 - Ridge
Cordwood Played Big part in Early Brick Making Industry - A
story by Thomas Bayles, written for the Patchogue Advance - Feb.
25, 1947
December 11, 2008 -
Babe Ruth stopped at the Coram Inn on his way back to the city
leaving a huge impression.
November 13, 2008 -
The telephone girls of
Camp Upton.
October 5, 2008 -
Looking
for residents who lived in the Longwood community and were
Veterans of the Vietnam era. Go to time periods page.
September 23, 2008 -
Colonial Cattle ear-marks
September 21, 2008 -
Billy's Windmill Restaurant in
Coram
September 20 -
Aerial views of the Coram drive
in and surrounding area.
September 19, 2008 -
Pictures of
the Ridge Post Office
Sept 18, 2008 -
Sales Brochure for the
selling of original plots at Lake Panamoka.
September 13, 2008-
Joseph Rovagna becomes Postmaster of
Coram
The Middle Island Game Farm
The Doctor in Colonial Days
Middle Island in Furore
Over Ownership of and Bordering Bartlett’s Pond, 1928
Road
Bar Scored As Farmers Seek Water For Stock, 1929
September 12, 2008 -
Cider making at the Old Rainbow Ranch
September 11 - A
list of the German POWs held at Camp Upton near the end of the
war.
September 10, 2008 -
A Thomas R. Bayles 1949 story of then
longtime Middle Island resident Jerusha (Munsell) Bubb.
September 9, 2008 - The Coram
Community Center opens in 1939
September 8 - On
September 7th the 77th Regional Readiness Command returned to
the former Camp Upton (Brookhaven National Laboratory) where in
a touching ceremony the Command was deactivated and the
regimental flag cased.
Aug. 28 - Who
kissed Betty Scudder? A story written in 1857.
August 26-
Myrtle Fingar was
Postmaster of Coram from 1937 - 1967. The following was from a
dinner given in her honor to celebrate her service to the Coram
community.
August 25 - The
Cathedral Pines Park was acquired from George Prosser. These are
the deeds through the years that made up the Prosser farm.
August 24 -
An Indian settlement was
found in Middle Island in 1985. Fred Wilson knew and wrote about
the site in 1900 (85 years earlier). An interesting article about early Indian
villages.
August 17 -
Benjamin T. Hutchison was the Brookhaven Town Clerk and
Postmaster for the Middle Island area for many years.
August 16 -
Why is Coram Hills called
Coram Hills?
July 5th -
A story of the Coram legend,
Sheriff Richard W. Smith
July 3rd -
The old town pump at Coram is no more
July 2nd -
Amelia Augusta Smith Norton was
born in 1839, this story was written by her when she was 78. Her
story relates different accounts of revolutionary activity in
the Coram area.
Oct. 12th -
Our next student research project is at the printer - The title
is, Early Longwood Settlers and their role in the American
War for Independence. The book contains biographical information
on the Patriots from our area. It also includes Revolutionary
tales about our area, a diary and much more.
Sept. 8th - The
Brush family lived in Coram at the corner of !!2 and Middle
Country Road. Mrs. Dorothy Henry has posted a picture of the
home and a story on her family that lived there.
July 27th -
Our new project is to honor the men and women who lived in the
Longwood community and served during the Korean War. If you have
any information about any of the people listed please contact
us.
July 15, 2007 -
Who is Lucy Smith?
July 6, 2007 -
The World War II Memorial project is completed
July 3 -
The Ancestry of Richard W Smith of Coram from 1657 to 1857 with Ancestral records Copied by the Reverend Smith Dayton Jan, 11 1853
June 14, -
Customs and Habits Of Indians Recalled - by Thomas R. Bayles
June 11, 2007 -
The Indians of Long
Island, from a pamphlet by Thomas R. Bayles
June 9, 2007 -
"Nessie" makes an appearance at Artist Lake
March 30th -
Pictures of students at
the one room school house at Ridge (1945)
December 17th -
The 1810 Brookhaven Town Census - In two formats - Alpha and
Order of Visitation
December 11th
- The World War I diary of
Clarence Rhebergen who served with the 305th Infantry Supply
Company
November 22, 2006 -
Mrs. Anne Nauman takes us back on a
trip to the Rainbow Ranch. This was her family's farm in Middle
Island. Take a trip and see what growing up in Middle Island was
like in the 1930s.
November 19, 2006 -
In 1900 the Patchogue Advance did a story on
Mary Louise Booth- who was raised in Yaphank and went on to be
the first female Editor of Harper's Bazaar.
October 3, 2006 -
An interview that was done in 1979 with
Hazel Clarissa Randall Wells
August, 24, 2006 -
Elsie Manzoni tells what it was
like to grow up on a farm in Coram. Do you have a story that you
would like to tell? You can write it yourself or let us ask
questions and we will edit it for you.
January 2, 2006-
The story of the "Old
Country Road"
January 1, 2006 -
The story of the old
Hutchinson Homestead, which served as the Post Office and as a
tavern for many years.
December 18, 2005 -
Sheriff John Ed Davis had an
interesting collection of articles. This 1936 article talks
about a turnkey -
A second
article is titled Weather Report In from Yaphank John Ed Davis
and James Coomes attempt to outdo each other
December 17, - 2005 -
Joseph Randall experiments in
growing fruit on his Middle Island farm.
December 16, 2005 -
Prosser Pines, Mid- Island Mail
news article about the early attempts to save the park
December - 14 - 2005 -
John
Jones of Yaphank held the position of election Inspector for 43
years
November- 8 - 2005 -
Hunter Sekine who
lived in Coram and owned a farm where he planted exotic trees from
Japan. Here are three stories telling about his experimental
farm.
November 5 -2005 -
John "Ed" Davis was the
longtime constable in Yaphank. This interview appeared in the
Middle Island Mail in March 1936.
October 12 - 2005 -
Not everyone
was happy with the coming of the Long Island Railroad. This is a
news article recalling the Long Island Forest Fires and the
Railroad Wars of 1845.
September 22, 2005 -
The Glover family
were longtime Yaphank residents. The family farm took up much of
Yaphank Avenue south of the railroad tracks. Family member Jon
Backer has written a history of the family farm.
August 6, 2005 -
List of people in
Brookhaven Town who agreed to set their slaves free (The Act of
1788) This list also includes the names of the slaves set free.
July 31 - 2005 -
The 8th grade class
of 1947 - Before clicking attempt to guess how many 8th grade
students were in the class of 1947
July 30 -2005 -
Updates to the Obituary
page
July 28 2005 -
World War I Veterans from
the Longwood Community. The stories of the men who served from
our area during the Great War. If you have any information about
any of these veterans please contact us.
July 19, 2005 -
The drawings and story
of Paul Lameyer, a detainee at the Camp Upton POW Camp
July 15, 2005 -
Camp Siegfried Postcards
July 3, 2005 -
Trench and Camp -
August 26, 1919 - The Army newspaper at Camp Upton
June 29, 2005 -
The National Archives
sent us the report made by the Swiss Legation about the POW camp
at Camp Upton
June 28, 2005 -
We have added
the years 1891 -1909 from the Patchogue Advance to our newspaper
page.
October 2, 2004 -
A short history of
baseball in the Longwood community
July 4th, 2004 - The World
War One letters of Norm L. Feeter. Private Feeter was a
member of Company A, 305th Machine Gun Battalion.
October 24, 2003 - Jean Lauer's
History of the Longwood Estate
October 12, 2003 - We are now compiling a page with helpful
hints for researchers. We have started with how to access
military records.
Sept. 10,2003 - The Elusive
Legend of Icy Hollow
Sept. 1, 2003 - Gus Neuss has once again completed a story,
this time telling of a number of Yaphank fires.
Stories of the fires
New York Times articles about the activities of the
Ku Klux Klan
on Long Island during the 1920s
The Camp Upton Archives
Copies of New York Times Articles about
Camp Upton
Copies of New York Times Articles about the
Lost Battalion
The story of Private
Harold Spear Young
A tribute to Private Herbert
Clark 307th Infantry-Machine Gun Company
A letter and photos of
German POWs who were held at Camp Upton during WWII
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