Rockaway Beach
,---------------------------------------, HISTORY OF THE ROCKAWAYS From the year 1685 to 1917 Being a complete record and review of events of historical importance during that period in the Rockaway peninsula, comprising the villages of Hewlett, Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Lawrence, Inwood, Far Rockaway, Arveme, Rocka·way Beach, Belle Harbor, N eponsi t and Rockaway Point BY ALFRED H. BELLOT PUBLISHED BY BELLOT'S HISTORIES, INC., FAR ROCKAWAY, N. Y. Copyright 1917 by Bellot's History of the Rockaways, Inc. All rights reserved Copyright 1918 by Bellot's History of the Rockaways, Inc. All rights reserved CONTENTS PAGE 5 Foreword .. Poem, "Indian Names and JJ,f emo1·ies" . 6 General Characteristics of the Peninsula 7 Early History . 9 Interesting Old Records· . 15 Cornell Partition Suit in 1809 . 20 Sales and Divisions of Lots 21 Rockaway During the War of Independence 27 Transit Facilities from the Earliest Period . 34 ,Water Supply ·. 36 Gas and Electric Supply 38 Banking Institutions 39 Fraternal Orders, Civic and Business Associations 40 Educationa,l Facilities-Past and Present . 41 Religious Life, Including a History of Every Church and Synagogue 47 Cemeteries 59 Jamaica Bay and Its Fisheries 61 Honor Roll of "Our Boys" . 82 -Histories of the Villages: Woodmere and Hewlett 64 Cedarhurst 70 Lawrence 73 Rock Hall, Lawrence · 76 The Rockaway Hunting Club 78 Inwood . 80 Far Rockaway 83 Edgemere 96 Arverne . 98 Rockaway Beach . 102 The Secession Movement . 109 Foreword "What's past is prologue." -Shakespeare's Tempest. N preparing this first issue of the History of the Rockaways it has been my I earnest endeavor to complete a work containing only well authenticated facts and to search diligently into tradition, wherever possible, in order that sur- mise and guesswork may be totally eliminated.
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