Celebrating Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
From the TVHS Archives: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library Celebrates Serving the Community for over 125 years By Karen Martin for The...
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- Mar 26, 2021
- 6 min
Egbert Bull Smith and East Setauket Shipbuilding
1949 aerial photo - East Setauket looking southeast. Setauket School on the hill is center. Setauket Methodist Church at crossroad.
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
The Blizzard of 1934
From the TVHS archives The blizzard of 1934 was reported, at the time, to be Long Island’s worst snow storm since the famous blizzard of...
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- Oct 31, 2020
- 3 min
Witchcraft in Setauket. The Trial of Ralph and Mary Hall
The place was Setauket and the year was 1664, 28 years before the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692. https://www.history.com/topics/col...
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- Oct 13, 2020
- 8 min
Edward Larocque Tinker
A lawyer, banker, photographer, adventurer, and author, Edward Larocque Tinker was born 12 Sept. 1881 in New York City. Probably best...
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- Sep 8, 2020
- 3 min
LABOR DAY
“The first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American...
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- Aug 19, 2020
- 3 min
Votes for Women
On August 18, 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women’s suffrage. suffrage [...
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- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min
Baseball in the Three Villages: The Suffolk Giants and Suffolk Giants Juniors
Whether it was a town, community or high school team, baseball has always been a popular sport in the Three Village area.
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- Jul 16, 2020
- 3 min
The Suffolk Giants of Setauket: From segregation to integration
Almost a decade after Jackie Robinson broke the color line in National League and Larry Doby and Satchel Paige did so in the American, the S
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- Jul 13, 2020
- 1 min
Our deepest sympathy to the Barnes family on the passing of Hap Barnes.
Our deepest sympathy to the Barnes family on the passing of Hap Barnes.
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- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
Chicken Hill: Journey to the Past
By Tara Ebrahimian Published in The Historian, Winter 2019 From the TVHS Archives “Chicken Hill: A Community Lost to Time” is perhaps a...
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- Jun 5, 2020
- 3 min
The Slave Ship Wanderer
Joseph Rowland’s home and shipyard is in East Setauket at the intersection of Shore Road and Bayview Avenue. Rowland built the 106 foot scho
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- May 20, 2020
- 2 min
From the TVHS Archives
A Tribute to Our Veterans (from the collections of the Three Village Historical Society) Originally written for the 2008 Historian “The...
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- May 13, 2020
- 4 min
From the TVHS Archives
The Civil War began on April 12, 1861 and tore at the very fabric of American life.
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- May 6, 2020
- 3 min
From the TVHS Archives
Rhodes Trip: 50 Years of Strathmore at Stony Brook By Karen Martin From the January 2014 Historian Newsletter Levitt Plans 1,300 Homes...
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- Apr 29, 2020
- 3 min
"Rhode" Trips - From the TVHS Archives
Written for the July 2008 Historian Newsletter Tales from the Society’s Rhodes Committee by Susan B. Jayne The game of baseball has been...
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- Apr 2, 2020
- 3 min
United States Federal Census - April 1, 2020, Census Day
By Karen Martin, TVHS Archivist The U.S. Constitution mandates that the country count its population once every 10 years. The 2020 Census...
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