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Beginnings: Before Europeans arrived, the area that is now Floral Park marked the western edge of the great Hempstead Plains. Indeed, it was initially known as Plainfield. Until the Civil War, the area consisted of widely scattered farms. The community began to develop in the early 1800s, thanks to the Long Island Rail Road and Jericho Turnpike, both of which came through what had then become known as Hinsdale and served farmers. Hinsdale boasted of more than two dozen fine flower farms in the years after the Civil War.
Photo: Railroad Station, Floral Park ("Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Photo: Railroad Station, Floral Park ("Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Beginnings: Before Europeans arrived, the area that is now Floral Park marked the western edge of the great Hempstead Plains. Indeed, it was initially known as Plainfield. Until the Civil War, the area consisted of widely scattered farms. The community began to develop in the early 1800s, thanks to the Long Island Rail Road and Jericho Turnpike, both of which came through what had then become known as Hinsdale and served farmers. Hinsdale boasted of more than two dozen fine flower farms in the years after the Civil War.
Photo: Railroad Station, Floral Park ("Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Photo: Railroad Station, Floral Park ("Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
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