Rum Row and the Freeport Bootleggers: Long Island’s Clandestine War on the Water
Twelve miles off the South Shore of Long Island, beyond the reach of the law…
The Forgotten Montauk Surfman’s Chowder: Cooking with Seawater at the 1800s Life-Saving Stations
Weathered boards. Lantern smoke. The Atlantic hammering the bluffs at Hither Plain while a man…
The Wreck of the Lexington: The 1840 Steamship Fire That Changed American Maritime Law Forever
Frozen solid from bow to stern, the East River barely moved on the afternoon of…
Eel Spearing and Smoked Eel: A Lost Winter Survival Food of the Peconic Estuary
Cold water has a way of clarifying things. Strip away the noise of summer —…
The Raid on Fort St. George: How Eighty Men, Eight Whaleboats, and One Audacious Commander Changed the War on Long Island
Eight whaleboats pushed off from the Connecticut shore at roughly four in the morning on…
Pine Barrens Pine Needle Tea: The Lost Vitamin C Survival Drink of Early Settlers
Walk into the Long Island Pine Barrens on a January morning and you will find…
