04.12.2018 North Fork History Project North Fork History Project: When was Cutchogue’s Old House built? How old is the Old House in Cutchogue? This handsome home, which sits on the Village Green, has long been believed to be part of Budd and Horton family...
03.29.2018 North Fork History Project North Fork History Project: Slavery on Shelter Island, a story not hidden away As the hot August night wore on in the attic of the old house, she decided she couldn’t take it anymore. It was growing more stifling by the minute...
03.08.2018 North Fork History Project North Fork History Project: Slavery, an ignored part of our history They were here, nearly from the founding of Southold Town in the mid-17th century. Their presence has not been widely discussed or been part of the conversation in either...
02.22.2018 North Fork History Project North Fork History Project: So, who was really here first? This is an imaginary conversation with a member of a ‘first’ family whose roots in Southold Town — which originally included present-day Riverhead — date back to the...
02.08.2018 North Fork History Project North Fork History Project: When English arrive, Indians disperse Her name was Sarah. She was 8 years old. Old enough to be sold by her owner in Southold Town to a man named John Parker, who owned...
01.25.2018 North Fork History Project North Fork History Project: Long before the ‘first families’ They are a mystery in so many ways. Who were they? Where did they come from? What was the nature of their spoken language? Who were their ancestors?
01.11.2018 North Fork History Project North Fork History Project: Before anything else, there was ice In the beginning, there was ice. Eighteen thousand years ago, a massive wall of ice 300 feet thick extended south from the Arctic to what is now New Jersey....