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Beginnings: Four years after East Hampton Town was founded in 1648, the first mention of the rich soil of Wainscott occurs in official records, citing an order that "a cartway shall be laid out to Wainscott where it may be most convenient.'' It wasn't exactly the LIE, but by 1688 John Osborn arrived, shortly joined by other settlers. Osborns have been farming Wainscott land for more than 10 generations. It is named after a village north of Maidstone, England, an area immortalized in Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations.''
Photo: Georgica Lake, Wainscott (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Photo: Georgica Lake, Wainscott (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Beginnings: Four years after East Hampton Town was founded in 1648, the first mention of the rich soil of Wainscott occurs in official records, citing an order that "a cartway shall be laid out to Wainscott where it may be most convenient.'' It wasn't exactly the LIE, but by 1688 John Osborn arrived, shortly joined by other settlers. Osborns have been farming Wainscott land for more than 10 generations. It is named after a village north of Maidstone, England, an area immortalized in Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations.''
Photo: Georgica Lake, Wainscott (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Photo: Georgica Lake, Wainscott (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
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Local agencies begin sending emergency crews to East Coast
Local agencies are sending emergency crews to states on the East Coast in order to help as Hurricane Sandy makes landfall. Monday morning, the Indiana Department of Homeland Security announced 107 people were going to the East Coast along with 44...
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Clubs in East Hampton
JL Jean Luc Restaurant 103 Montauk Hwy., East Hampton 631-324-1100. Maidstone Arms Inn & Restaurant 207 Main Street, East Hampton 631-324-5006. Resort: 44 Three Mile Harbor Road 631-329-6000 Dancing into the small hours all weekend long. Saracen:...Tags: Montauk, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants
Oct 29, 2012
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May 23, 2003
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