Southampton

by Mary Cummings

Book Overview

From a bucolic backwater to one of the most fashionable resorts on the East Coast, this is the history of New York's Southampton.

Settled in 1640 by a group of Puritans from Massachusetts, Southampton changed very little until the railroad line from New York City reached the village in 1870, focusing mainly on whaling. It was only then that wealthy New Yorkers discovered the rural hamlet on the South Fork of Long Island. By the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738544523
• ISBN13: 9780738544526
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"