How the First East Hampton Settlers Helped the Indians to Make Money Faster!
THE first little band of English speaking people who were the first settlers in East Hampton found only local Indians upon their arrival. Oddly enough, these same Indians were industriously engaged in a pursuit which persists to this very day among many East Hampton folks - they were busy making Money!

THE UNDERTOW
Go with me to the ocean shore early in October 1842. The surf was high, the water cold. I swam out some 30 rods. There was a bend in the shore; at each outer end the high waves broke, and their momentum carried the incoming waves toward the center. The waters gathered there must recede, and returning underneath the incoming wave, flowed seaward, and rose to the surface past a point where its volume overcame it.

What's In A Name?
PENNY'S SEDGE ISLAND

HOW FISHHOOKS GOT HIS NAME
Samuel Mulford of East Hampton, a member of the General Assembly of New York, fought bitterly against the King's tax on whaling. In 1716, at the age of 70, he boarded a ship for London to take his case right to the top - King George I.

DOROTHY KING AND DIANA DAYTON
The spotlight on history during this 350th anniversary year may have awakened the curiosity of some people whose interest has heretofore been confined to the Age of Aquarius, but East Hampton, as the site of the Long Island Collection, has long been a mecca for local history buffs.

THE TASTE OF HISTORY
"By guy, that's good pie!" According to the Ladies Village Improvement Society's 70th anniversary cookbook, the remark is "in the vernacular of old East Hampton."

Vanished Places