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DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION UNIQUE SITE NO. 1V.3/D ,
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NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY, NEW YORK (518)474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold./SPLLA DATE:September 1987
YOUR ADDRESS:Town Hall, Main Rd - TELEPHONE: 516, 765 189?-
Southold,
89?Southold, LI, NY 11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Devel 01 menta OffJ Ce
IDENTIFICATION Historical Marker "Trulnans Beach"
1. BUILDING NAME(S): and g_a wall.
2. COUNTY: Suffolk _ - TOWN/CITY: SQuthold VILLAGE: Fast Marian
3. STREI T LOCATION: Main Rd . , north side, east of Dam Pond
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private ❑
S. PRESENT OWNER: ADDRESS:
6. USE: Original: historical marker Present: historical marker
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes 10 No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain
DESCRIPTION
H. BUILDING a, clapboard ❑ b. stone �0 c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: metal
�. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑
(if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing wal ❑
d. metal (explain) metal plaque on metal pole
e. other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent El b. good M C. Fair d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site E?F b. moved ❑ if so,when?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
Subject to considerable pounding, the
sea wall is currently being rebuilt.
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known b.zoning ❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. other:
15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn h. carriage house ❑ C. garage ❑
d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑
i. landscape features:
j. other:
IG. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a_open land 91 b. woodland EO partial
c.scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential 1-3
h.other: water
17. INTI-RRELATIONSH►P OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Directly on Main Rd. , NYS Rte . 25 (historic King's Hwy. ) ,
north side. On the narrow stretch of land between Z.I .
Sound and Orient Harbor.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING; AND SITE (including interior features if known):
Indian head high relief near top of plaque.
SIGNIFICANCE
Ic). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: not known
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
Inscription: "Called "Hard Beach" by the first settlers .
.During the viar of 1812 Commodore Decatur with three ships
"United States" "Macedonian" and "Hornet" lay at anchor
off this sand spit . Light times in t,:ro centuries storms
tore through here and cut Oysterponds off from the main-
land. " "'Erected by Oysterponds Historical Society, Inc . "
Around 1898 the causeway was built with its retraining wall.
At thRt time the old grist mill was removed .
21. SOURCES: Suffolk County Historical Society, 'Fullerton Collection.
Truman's Beach marker, inscription.
22. TH[A1E:
Form prepared by Kurt Kahofer, research assistant
1 he Peconic bay Shopper - February 12, 1980
Froin Poquatuck
to East Marlon
by Samuel Sander
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How did East Marion get its name? No explanation may be given
with historical certainty. Before exploring two of the suggested answers
to this riddle, let us examine the earlier names given to the area by the
Indians and later by the European settlers. Poquatuck was the IndianYi
name for this peninsula which the settlers chose to designate as Oyster- "r
bonds. This was divided by them into the Lower Neck to the east and the d
Upper Neck to the west. In 1836 the inhabitants of Oysterponds Lower
Neck decided to call their village Orient. Thereupon the Lipper Neck peo-
ple adopted the name Rocky Point. It developed that Long Island had at
least one other location with this name, so that when the post office
came, it was found expedient to change it once more. East Marion was
chosen. Perhaps the most popular theory is that this was done in honor of
the Revolutionary General, Francis Marion, otherwise known as "The
Swamp Fox."
Question: Since there is no Marion, why East Marion? Answer given Old Grist Mill
by some: There is a Marion in Connecticut. Hence, the "East" disting-
uishes this town from its cross-sound counterpart.
Passing through the village of East Marion along the Main Road,we
are impressed by the border of tall, stately trees and by homes reminis-
cent of earlier times. There are still open fields reminding us that this was
once a fanning community. Travelling east, we reach Dam Pond at the far
end of the village. We now corss the small bridge over the creek which
connects Dam Pond on the north side of the road with Orient Harbor on
the south. Before us the causeway curves along amidst picturesque water
and land formations stretching to the horizon on either side with the ,n
quaint town of Orient nestling along the far-away shore of the harbor. ..
We may picture in our imagination the tidal mill with its large water
wheel which once stood at the mouth of Dam Pond. Thg legend on the
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hack of a picture of this structure reads_ venerable old grist mill on
the dyke between East-Marion and Urient. KetnoveZrby the government
when they built the present substantial seawall . . ."
In colonial days the narrow strip of sand and gravel now known ast's
Truman's Beach was the only land connection between Lower and Upper w. Q'
Neck. Storms washed through the isthmus many times isolating Lower
Neck (Orient). Around 1898 the causeway was built with its retaining
seawall, as mentioned above. "
History unfolds not only to the east of this village, but along the fi of
Greenport boundary as well. At one time, the settlers built "Tile General
Fence" which extended from the ]read of Sterling Harbor to the Sound.
dde are told that this structure separated Sterling from Oysterponds
Upper Neck, but it had another important Function. 13oth Unher inrl
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EAST MAR ION CYCLE Path,W.W.Ha(lock on Bike"is the photograph above,pa ft of the exhihit called`The C•ycliutg Graze 1890-1910,'"now at
the Suffolk County Historical Society.See listing under Exhibits.
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� SEA WALL & ROAD ri�ttt F'wut. ast�arion. L.
The Sea gall in 1917
The Sea Null in 1917
old postal card
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��� lg;�. It has & mem- business becomes established. Thera are manyGerman
of Odd Fellows was orga families living in this village and its immediate neighborhood,
bership of about seventy-five. who are a temperate and industrious class of inhabitant&
Che whale fishery enterprise was carried on from this port {{{ They are mainly employed in the manufacture of torpedoes
for many years, and with considerable profit. At one established in this village illag som
time for Fourth of July and other celebrations- A pottery wwss
about twenty ships from he were engaged in the businea e forty-five years ago, and con-
and
ship was purchased in 1$30, and after a br'ef though tinned until within the year past. Extensive beds of clay are
The rise declined and was abandon.- found in the swamp of Arshmamngue, about
prosperotwo miles west
us existence the enterprise ears there bas been a
ed some twenty years ago. For many y of the village. Two brick yards located there turn out about
large fleet of fishing smacks owned and hailing from this port, one and a half million bricks a year.
enga-ed iu the halibut and cod fisheries and the lobster trade. # The village of East Marion, formerly ci►lled Rocky Point,
Greennort his also a considerable number of vessels engaged } lies about two miles east of Greenport It is a pleasant
in foreign and coastwise commerce. On the books of the 111 neighborhood, lying along the main road which runs esat to
resent two hundred vessels and contains a population of
Surveyor of the Port there are at p the extremirty of the peninsula,
of all descriptions, with an aggregate tannage amounting to the
is an important feature three hundred and fifty. It is s rich farming district. At
11,240. The ship-bnilding industry a the land is contracted to
ds and several sets of marine the eastern extremity of the village and even
of the place, Thore are four yards a narrow isthmus, less than half a mile in width,
railways The monhaden fisheries and manufacture of oil this is nearly out in two by a creek whish puts in from the
and<<guano"have been extensively carried on in the vicinity buy so far as to leave but a strip of a few rods inwidth '
e during the past twenty yearn In 1810 there mill run by the
of this village y tween its head and the sound shore. A grist-
mill
some twenty factories in this neighborhood, with an in- ! tide is located at the month of this creek. A wind grist-mill
vested capital of about $400,000• At that time about four Besides these the vil-
stands near the centre of the village•
hundred men were employed in the business. It was estima- lage contains a church, a handsome district school, a temper-
ted that the product of the business about that time amounted
'�. One hall, and two stores. East Marion Is►ke �a h�d��d
to n ear8300,000 in a single season. The business has since sheat of fresh water, lying between the village
}resent six factories located to that part of the bay which
greatly declined. There are at l Orient Harbor, the name givengathered from
on the shores of the bay, and two floating hulks in which the indents this shore. Large quantities of ice are 6a
same business is carried on. Tlza manufacture of stereotype
b the Middle' this lake and stored in a number of ho 3es on its shore, for
plates has recently been started ut they flee hands are already
use
in the neighboring villages. A cemetery lies on the
ton Stereotype Company. northwest shore. A Baptist church society was organised
employA and a larger number is expected as soon as the
Historical and Descri five
ketches oy' ou olk County. Richard Payleg
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58 59 MILLS, MILLS, MILLS
It is Neck on the hill over against Peter Dickerson on his house or
thereabout."
was There was at least another windmill very early at Town Harbor in
nport Southold and one historian says there were several of them there.In fact
alled both wind-and-watermills seem to have been springing up like _
nor at mushrooms from Wading River on the west to Orient. -�
Henry Perring in 1675 built and operated a mill at Wading River. His ✓ _
ding, son-in-law, named Wooly, came into its possession at Perring's death
head and it was long known as Wooly's Mill. In 1706 John Roe, Jr., built
huge another mill at Mill Pond, near Wading River, which remained in G
/here continuous use until near the end of the nineteenth century. Capt.
inn's
George Hawkins was the last to operate it. At last reports, the old ;
farm millstone and some rotting timbers could still be seen.
ustus There is one reference to a sawmill in 1660 at what is now Riverhead.
merit This doesn't seem to be very firmly established, but it is known that in
tants 1690 John Griffin and others erected a sawmill a mile east of the tiny
settlement (10 houses) on what was called Saw Mill Creek. On April 4, '
,ster- 1693,Southampton Town gave John Wick three acres on the south side of The Old Mild,once.
also Peconic River near Riverhead on condition that he "full" (mill) cloth
for that town and Southold.
Orient may have had earlier mills, but one wincmill was known to
have been operating in 1759. There was a gristmill operated by a large
water-wheel on the dyke between East Marion and Orient. It was ( � G
removed at the time of construction of the sea wa .
There is a bill of sale dated 1788 in which Jonattan Conklin sells to
Orange Webb a mill on his land at Hashamomock at 21 pounds.That was
a tidal mill and could easily be the one which caused "Tom's Creek" to
be renamed "Mill Creek."
A mill built by Nathaniel Dominy Jr.for Moses Cleaveland in Southold
was later moved to Shelter Island and re-erected on the highest point of
the Sylvester Manor estate. It remained in such good condition that
during World War I its owner, Miss Cornelia Horsford, had it put in
working order to provide meal and flour to the island's residents during
the food conservation program. The same millwright built an 18th-
2loth century windmill on Gardiner's Island. It replaced a much earlier one.
teard One of the most noted of the early tide mills,now expanded and turned
very into a popular restaurant called Old Mill,stood on Mattituck Inlet at the
;fully point where a bridge used to span the creek. An old gear wheel which
have was part of the tide-operated mechanism is on display in the handhewn-
beamed taproom.
vhich An early tide mill at Goldsmith's Inlet on the Sound at Peconic failed
vhich for lack of power. It was changed to a horse mill and then succumbed
ws to entirely when flax growing replaced grain. Eventually, however, the
channel was narrowed to give it water power and a windmill was built
ating on top, providing two sources of energy and making it virtually unique-
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Page is t ( t Arbou of Ritltrbiab December 13,1979
A WINDY WALK
focus on nature = i
by Raul Stoautenburgh
As the weekend approached, 1 was par- along to the east we could see black ducks up l
ticularly glad when a friend of mine called under the grass taking advantage of its
and asked if I wanted to go for an outing in protection. My, how the wind howled! We
Orient A quick check on the calendar told stayed in the car, for it was almost
me the day was free and so plans were set impossible to hold our binoculars steady out
and we left early the next morning. there in the wind.
The day turned out to be one of the Once we got away from the open area and r
windiest days of the year.A cold front had in the sheltered streets of Orient we didn't
moved in from up north and was preparing notice the wind as much,but looking up at
the way for cold,clear air that was soon to the tree tops reminded us a gale was still on.
amve. White clouds scurried across a We stopped at our favorite spots along the r ,
bright blue sky. It looked like a great day way to check the wildlife and birds but found L
ahead.We hadn't had much wind lately,as them ail grounded and hiding from the high
my lawn can attest, for it is still covered wind.It seemed as if the natural world had
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with leaves that dropped straight down from given in to the northwester.
the trees above.Lucky for us the tempera- Knowing Orient State Park would offer a
ture was still mild -- the cold was yet to haven along its I�sfiare;we headed out
come- there in hopes of finding that some protea
We got a taste of what was going to be lion had lured the sea ducks in, but even
when we passed the town beach in Southold here we found the same story. Here and MOON SNAIL--The sand buried this beautiful shell of the moon snail
along the North Road.The Sound was white there we'd find a small group of surf scoters, that the sea tossed on the beach. It is common throughout our waters.
with churning waves and great pillows of or white-winged scoters feeding,but the sea Photo b Paul$tOUteni)ur h
spume exploded on the beach as each wave was in such cath a few hundred yards out Y g
tried to tear away its bit of the beach. We we could nothing but white. The dark
hoped to see some ducks along the Sound but green water blended with the fury of scanned them,but the wind blew the water A Glorious,Wild Day!
ttawas impossible,only the gtdlahungover the out of our eyes and made it impossible for us What a glorious, wild day! And to think
the surf,gliding back unit forth looking to Desolate,Beautiful Area to see.We had hoped to find one of the rare Ralph and I were the only ones enjoying Its
see what the waves tossed ashore. When we arrived at the parking lot there northern gulls that occasionally are blown splendor out here By now we had gained the
Picture Card Country sn't a car around.One lone mocking bird ell course and are found along our shores, protection of the cedars and our glasses
__0.ur_x=kw_wAaJtMsaus;eway outside of hopped on the hare ground in the lee of a but no,there was nothing but black-backed could be put into use. Ha ha, there was a
Fast Marion.I like to tfn of this area as beach plum bush.He was our only welcome. h was a ciatomembW shore bird.One lonely ruddy turnstone.How
•picture card eounW, for i_ts Qcenness and But we had come to walk and so we bundled � out of place he seemed! Most of his
sea flavor blend so well to ive that affect of up and headed out. This in my mind is $ day IWhf n8t6 companions had gone south months ago,
perfectness, user — big wind the probably the most desolated beautiful area What made him linger on7 Now a grow of
water was driven out of Dam Pond and the we have on the`wfiole of the North Fork. 1 ten black ducks burst out of the shoals,only
bay,leaving great bars aindex'posed bottom As soon as we were past the refreshment showed her wrnth-,mit to peel off, showing their whitish under-
land. Close up under the protection of the stand the wind ripped at us in all its fury.We wings in the bright sun.
seawall there were to ma7 5+'J� r0 dIB
gulls that walked about had la bend against it and as we walked
on the newly exposed bottom,gleaning it for ahead sand stung our faces and lashed atflieft"`w0l�d By the time we reached the old fish
anything edible.There were a few scoters our legs.Here too the water was extremely w factory area it was almost noon and time to
off-shore,but they were mostly diving to get low, exposing a pattern of bars and bare turn back,but first we'd have to look to the
away from the high wind.Under water their bottom Land that I'd never seen before. and herring gulls seeking shelter from the north where the wind was screaming across
world was secure and quiet. Down low a group of gulls had taken wind. the bay.Not a duck did we see.
As we crossed great marshes farther shelter below the beach. Our glasses If we could get behind the cedars up ahead Underfoot were the shriveled remains of
it would afford us some protection from the the beautiful prickly pear cactus that has a
wind,and so,with heads down, we pushed most elegant yellow flower in the summer,
on.The beach is one of the best shell beaches', Also in the gravel were the still greenish-
about sli2per shells or quarterdecks weretI gray leaves of the horned poppy that
everywhere and I kicked myself for not exquisite yellow poppy that is found only on
having a knife along so that 1 could pry them the beaches of Orient and Gardiners Island.' -
loose and enjoy these tasty snails.The beach Up the beach we could see hundreds of
wasstrewn with jingle shells,scallopshells, gulls gliding over the water's edge,and our
razor clam shells,mussels and conchs were curiosity wondered what they were search-
everywhere, ing for and eating. A short walk down the
At one point on the south shore of the beach soon told the story.It was scallops--
beach we came across great platforms of baby scallops. Bugs, as the baymen call
bog that through the realm of time had once them.They were everywhere.Blown ashore
been on the north side.But like an barrier by the great wind. Thousands of them an
beaches, sand overwashes the bayside inch or so across.These were the harvest
marsh and as time passes what was a marsh the gulls were gleaning.This is why, when
in the bay then becomes sand-filled and nature produces her young, it is done in
eventually, as the sandy beach migrates extra amounts so that pitfalls such as this
shoreward,is exposed dead and brown on storm can take their toll and the species can
the seaward side. With this extremely low still survive.
tide we could also see the remains of cedar The walk back with the wind behind us
stumps along the seaward side which gave was no problem.It was a day to remember.
credence to our theory of beaches such as A day when nature showed her wrath.-not
this migrating shoreward, only to man but to the natural world as well.