Just received your letter and I want to say It has recalled the day when we first met dear Now I’m feeling better and I promise true I will return to you So don’t forget dear When William H. Heagney released the song In Montauk Dear With You in 1928, Montauk was in a period… Read more »
Who lived in Montauk in 1930? The U.S. Census of that year shines light not only on who lived here but also what they did and where they came from. Tuthill, Grimes, Joyce, McDonald, Syvertsen, Paon, Pfund, Duryea, Burke, Martell, Pitts, Tuma, Gilmartin, Briand – many last names reverberate locally almost 100 years later. A… Read more »
At the time of its creation in 1958, the Sea and Sky Portel was a new and unique concept in resort enjoyment, welcoming aviators and mariners by way of its adjoining airfield and marina. The luxury motel featured apartment-style accommodations with a neighboring restaurant and cocktail lounge located on the eastern shore of Lake Montauk…. Read more »
The Long Island Fisherman, first published in 1966, stands as one of the longest-running angling periodicals in the region (now known as The Fisherman). Readers may remember the excitement of checking their mailbox for the weekly black-and-white newsprint issues filled with fishing tips, lure recommendations, charter boat advertisements, new products, and trip reports––an indispensable resource… Read more »
In late October of 1903, a young couple joined hands in marriage atop the lighthouse tower. Their choice of the venue arose from their happenstance meeting there, when Evelyn Cook was visiting her aunt and uncle, Margaret and Captain James G. Scott, who was the lighthouse keeper living there at the time. The groom was… Read more »
During the dog days of summer, you will find splashes of pink dotting the roadsides throughout Montauk, especially in low-lying areas on the margins of wetlands and shorelines. These lush native displays belong to the swamp rose mallow or Hibiscus moscheutos, as it is known scientifically. The swamp rose mallow, commonly called the hardy… Read more »
Dean Phillippe, originally from Kansas City, Missouri, enlisted in the Air Force in the early 1960s to get ahead of a draft, completing basic training in Texas before being assigned to the 773rd Radar Squadron in Montauk. He traveled to Montauk by train, spending New Year’s Eve stranded at Penn Station after missing his connection…. Read more »
This post was originally published on July 3, 2024. It has been slightly updated to included the date of this year’s Friends of the Library Book Fair. Barbara Metzger (1944-2023) was an award-winning novelist, editor, writer of greeting card verses, artist, and longtime volunteer with the Friends of the Montauk Library. It was in that… Read more »
“WHY, here is all the charm of England and Scotland, and less than three hours from New York!” The noted visitor, a traveler to many climes, stood high on a breeze-swept, green-clad hill at Montauk Beach, 125 miles out into the cool Atlantic on Long Island’s slender tip, and surveyed the alluring panorama before him…. Read more »
Dear Carl, Just a card showing you what sort of a place I live in. Write again, Pal, Bob Robert E. Hale sent this postcard in October 1944 from Montauk to his pal Carl, stationed on Manus Island off northern Papua New Guinea, during World War II, while both men were serving in the U.S…. Read more »