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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DTM_mile-marker-30_Orient-NY.html
Mile Marker #30. Legend & Lore. According to local legend, Postmaster General Benjamin Franklin set milestones in 1755 that mark the Post Road from here to Riverhead
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D7E_poospatuck-res_Mastic-NY.html
Poospatuck Res.. . Unkechaug Indian Nation recognized by State of New York 1777. Located 1 mile south at Forge River & Poospatuck Creek.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D5M_m-olivia-sage_Sag-Harbor-NY.html
M. Olivia Sage. . Summer home from 1908-1918. Teacher, philanthropist and advocate for women's rights. Founded Russell Sage College and Russell Sage Foundation.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D5K_wright-house_Cold-Spring-Harbor-NY.html
Wright House. . Built 1894 for Captain James Wright. 1843-1923, coastwise trader. Civil War veteran & Town of Huntington constable.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D5F_pattersquas_Mastic-Beach-NY.html
Pattersquas. . Site of Richard FLoyd IV estate from 1760 to 1784 opened as Bayview Hospital in 1947, closed 1982 destroyed by fire 1986
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CYL_monorail_East-Patchogue-NY.html
Monorail. . Site of Boynton's Bicycle Railroad. Two mile electrified track ran from Hagerman to Great South Bay in 1890s. Dismantled 1904.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CYJ_l-i-motor-parkway_Ronkonkoma-NY.html
L.I. Motor Parkway. Early road built exclusively for automobiles eastern terminus completed in 1911 to Ronkonkoma Lake
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BGT_american-farm-windmill_Sayville-NY.html
This windmill was used for pumping ground water on the Powell Estate in Sayville, L.I., N.Y. It was located at the foot of Handsome & Greene Aves on the Great South Bay.It was moved by Arthur O'Dell in 1914 to his farm on the west side of Johnson …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BGS_carriage-shed_Sayville-NY.html
This structure is a replica of one found in St. James, NY. The lean-to roof line on this shed is characteristic for 1860 construction, which included board and batten siding seen here as well.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BGR_percy-williams-cottage-1901_Sayville-NY.html
This wood structure was located in East Islip on the grounds of Pineacres, the estate of Percy Williams (1857-1923) a medicine man, comedy star, land developer, vaudeville theater owner, and philanthropist. Pineacres had 48 wooded acres on the sho…