Historic Facts from the East Hampton Town Crier

Perhaps you think that East Hampton was put on the map by potato field-chateaux-building-yuppies from New York. Well, in the tabloids, perhaps. But the real face of East Hampton is fortunately more substantial, in fact, it's as much the cradle of American civilization as Virginia. We may not have a Monticello, but we do have our Common Whipper, our Lord of the Manor, a felonious Christmas, a witch, possibly Captain Kidd's treasure, the very first American woman on the scene of the Gold Rush and the first cattle ranch in the United States.
  • 3 Shillings For a Whipping
  • Aaaron Burr Wins Measles Court Case
  • Locked Town House
  • The Connecticut-Long Island Bridge That Still Isn't
  • Creative Addressing Montauk
  • Dr Abel Huntington - Renaissance Man
  • Cattle "Drive" East Hampton's Main Street
  • The Dominy Clockmakers
  • East Hampton's First Juvenile Delinquent
  • The Galatin Gift
  • Mosquitoes Score Victory in Election
  • Balloon Tragedy
  • The Court That Cancelled Christmas
  • Church Joins The Bucket Brigade
  • Freetown Chapel St Mathews Chapel
  • Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Shuttle
  • Ronald McDonald
  • The First Newspaper Press
  • Sag Harbor Turnpike Toll House
  • Strange Mr. Prentice Mulford
  • Rambling Ladies
  • First American Woman on Gold Rush Scene
  • Generous Capt. Edwards
  • Ozzie & Harriet?






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