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MORICHES BAY AREA 1869
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HOW IT LOOKED OVER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO
NOTICE THAT THE TWIN PONDS ARE NOT THERE YET, JUST STREAMS LEADING INTO THE FORGE RIVER
THREE ROADS COME INTO MASTIC (which are shown much wider than they actually were as they were no wider than a wagon trail)
FROM THE EAST WEST SOUTH COUNTRY ROAD ( Montauk Hwy)
THE LEFT ONE IS SMITH ROAD, LEADING TO MANOR OF ST. GEORGE, THE MIDDLE ONE CONNECTS TO APPROX. PLACEMENT OF WHAT IS NOW MASTIC ROAD & LEADS TO THE ROBERT ESTATE #1 (Pattersquash) AND THE RIGHT TWO. GO TO THE C J SMITH # 2 & LAWRENCE # 3 and FLOYD # 4 & # 5 ESTATES,
NEIGHBORHOOD TRAIL ALLOWS THE SMITHS TO TRAVEL EAST OVER TO THE ROBERTS & FLOYDS AND HEAD NORTH IF THEY WANTED TO GO TO THE TOWN OF CENTRE MORICHES. THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD IS STILL A DECADE OR SO AWAY FROM BUILDING THE SOUTH SHORE LINE