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Sep-Dec 07:

Jun-Aug 07:

SO VERY YOUNG, THE PALMER PATENT , GEORGE SUTTER FAMILY UPDATE , GREAT GRANDMOTHER HITS THE BOTTLE , WILLIAM FLOYD KIDS WHO LEFT TOO SOON, MORE OF THE WAY WE WERE PHOTOS 1930's & 40's , THE NORTH SIDE OF WOODHULL'S PLACE ,SMALL WONDERS, CHRISTMAS IN JULY, CHOWIN' DOWN AT MISS KNAPP'S CLAIREDALE FARM , KEEP EM FLYING , GONE FISHING

Apr-Jun 07:

A DAY AT THE BEACH, WHERE THERE'S A WILL ... , THE BIG ONE OF 1938 , POJES , ELLA DANA, ON TURNING 60, THE MAP ROOM , A LETTER TO JACK ABOUT JOE FROM ERNEST, OUR TRIP TO FRANCE & GREECE , NEW PHOTOS OF THE KNAPP MANSION , MR. FIXIT AT THE ACROPOLIS, NEW KNAPP DISCOVERY IN OLD HAMPTON BAYS , GREETINGS FROM SPAIN

Jan-Mar 07:

POST CARDS FROM THE EDGE , THE KNAPPS LIVED HERE TOO Williamsburgh, Brooklyn 1840-70 , SCHLUDER'S TWIN PONDS REST, STRANGER ON THE SHORE , SEA SLEDS IN FLORIDA , WHEN I'M 64, MASTIC & THE KNAPP ESTATE AS VIEWED FROM PARIS IN 1917, A NEW GROUND HOG DAY , WILLIAM FLOYD MENU LUNCH 30 CENTS , AERIAL PHOTOS FROM 1930, MAKING MOVIES AT SMITH'S POINT, THE LANDAUS & HUTTS: SOMETIMES THERE ARE NO WORDS,PHYLLIS ,PHYLLIS,PHYLLIS, NEW YEAR & NEW KNAPPS LIVED HERE

Nov-Dec 06: TEN DAYS IN NOVEMBER , THE ANDERSENS & THEIR MASTIC PARK GENERAL STORE, OUT IN THE STICKS OF MASTIC PARK, THE BEACH TAVERN , THE 1956 SHIRLEY BASEBALL TEAM , NEW PHOTOS ADDED TO THE WAY WE WERE , THE CLUNES LIVED HERE , MEET THE CLUNES




















2000-2004: LIBAIRE PHOTO ALBUM, PEPPERIDGE HALL HALLOWEEN 1925, BACK TO THE BEACH, THE KNAPP BUILDING DEDICATION, MBFD BAND 1949, HEMINGWAY vs KNAPP THE STORY CONTINUES, FRED J. GILLESPIE, MORE BOATING AUGUST 2004, MORICHES, NY, 1929 EXHIBIT A, KNAPP CHINA, THIS JUST IN!, 9/12 SEPTEMBER 12th 1925.

NATHANIEL SAUNDERS SPEAKS UP ABOUT THE FIGHT BETWEEN MR. HEMINGWAY & MR. KNAPP,

THE "SECRET" POND, UP IN SMOKE, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MARION KNAPP?, MARION KNAPP's BOOK, THE KNAPP FAMILY TREE, WILLIAM FLOYD SCHOOL: The Early Years, FLOYD CLASS OF 1960: The First High School Class, CLASS OF 1964 40th REUNION, MORE ON THE WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL REUNION, THE ANNEX: The Little School, MR. PROEFRIEDT'S JOURNAL: A Teacher Reflects 1957-59, A FISHING LESSON FROM JOSEPH P. KNAPP, 1941 MASTIC BEACH YACHT CLUB, YOU GOTTA HAVE ART, JOE KNAPP CLUB NEW MEMBERS, THE STORK CLUB & JACK SPOONER, JOE KNAPP CLUB, THE DANAS & MOSS LOTS, W.S. DANA's TOYS, FILMS FROM MOSS LOTS, KATHERINE FLOYD DANA, BUCK DANA'S COTTAGE, DANA'S GRAY DAYS, NEW FOLKS IN OLD MASTIC, OLD MASTIC AREA PHOTOS, "BIG OLD SURPRISE IN GREENLAWN", ARTISTS & AUTHORS LIVING IN THE MASTICS: 1850-1960, KATHERINE FLOYD DANA, NELL KAY, OLIVE'S BRANCHES, 1938 AERIAL VIEWS MASTIC BEACH, SMITH'S POINT 1890's-1920's, KNAPP AIR FORCE AT SMITH POINT, SMITH POINT & TANGIER BRIDGE, HICKMAN SEA SLEDS & THE KNAPPS: Quite A Story & Quite A Boat, W.S. DANA's TOYS, SUNDAY FEB 15, 1959, FEB 3, 2004, GOOD BYE JOE FEB 2, 1951, THIS JUST IN, SUFFOLK MARINE MUSEUM, PARR BROTHERS, AUTUMN IN NEW YORK, SOUTH OZONE PARK, CLAIREDALE: 25 Web Pages On The World Of Claire A. Knapp's show dogs with its own site map, KNAPP AERO FILES, E. K. JAQUITH, AND THE RACE IS ON, SEARCH FOR MR. ROBERT B. SPROTT, GROUND ZERO MASTIC BEACH, BOATING, ANYONE?, 1937 MASTIC BEACH DIRECTORY, LAWRENCE ESTATE MASTIC 1896, J. P. KNAPP IN HIS OWN WORDS, MASTIC BEACH SECS 4 & 5 1927, WARREN & ARTHUR SMADBECK: aka The Henry Fords of Real Estate and Their HOME GUARDIAN COMPANY (The Developers Of Mastic & Mastic Beach), OCTOBER 2003 TRIP TO NY, AUGUST 1959, DOWN BY THE STATION, ON THE INSIDE, THE BIG FAT SLOB IS BACK, KNAPP'S BIG PLACE IN CURRITUCK, NC, GUS & WARREN ON THE STRAIGHT PATH, IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM KING, RETURN TO TENACRE SOUTHAMPTON NY, MBPOA 75th ANNIVERSARY, KNAPPS LIVED HERE & OVER THERE TOO, A PENNEY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS, VERY EARLY MASTIC, "FANNY CROSBY", TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO YEARS OF "PATTERSQUASH": 1761-2003, DR. DANIEL ROBERT "Doctors Point" 1790 -1878, CHRISTOPHER R. ROBERT: 1880 -1898 (ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF C. R. ROBERT), PEPPERIDGE HALL: 1889 -1941, HENRY & JOSEPHINE LANIER: 1922-1927, JOHN HOWARD LAWSON: 1930-1946, DR. FRANK CALABRO'S: "Bayview" 1946-1986, PATTERSQUASH: 2003, BAYVIEW FIRE FEBRUARY 22, 1986, BIG ANNOUNCEMENT MAY 1926, MASTIC GOES TO THE DOGS, WHO's WHO 1929, IN MY ROOM, AERIAL VIEWS M B 1941, ADVICE FROM "UNCLE JOE", MASTIC MEADOWS THE FIRST SALE 1600's, "MASTIC PARK", THE BOOM_BOOM, DANA'S TOYS, THE DANAS & MOSS LOTS, GERTRUDE O'BRIEN KNAPP, THE CRANBERRY COTTAGE, SEARCH FOR GEORGE SUTTER, EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!, MASTIC BEACH FIRE DEPT, A VISIT TO THE MUSE RESIDENCE IN MASTIC BEACH, RECOGNIZE ANYONE, FACES & PLACES, BUZZ & PEE WEE, BUTCHIE & ME: The Short Stories About Mastic Beach That Started This Website, THE MASTICS: FROM BLUEBLOOD TO BLUECOLLAR, THE FIRST MAP OF MASTIC BEACH, SECTIONS 3, 9 & 10 FILE MAPS, THE REGISTER OF DEEDS, 1920 US CENSUS, PAUL SCHULTE "THE MAYOR", GRETA'S PHOTOS, MASTIC BEACH 1956 AERIAL PHOTOS, DOCTORS POINT








CLAIRE KNAPP: CLAIREDALE, WOOF, ZULAL, TOM DIXON



DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed on this website are solely those of the author. This website has NO affiliation with heirs of The Knapp Family or The Knapp Foundation.
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The Knapps Lived Here
by Ken Spooner
© Copyright 2000 - 2010

An ever evolving personal discovery of what may be the
LOWEST PROFILE, HIGHEST SOCIETY, AMERICAN
FAMILY TO EVER COME OUT OF THE GILDED AGE.

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THERE ARE NOW OVER 500 + LINKS ON THIS PORTAL THAT WILL CONNECT YOU TO OVER 750 WEB PAGES & NEARLY 3000 PHOTOS, DOCUMENTS, CLIPPINGS & MAPS THROUGHOUT THIS SITE .....

No fun to try and see and read it all in one shot.....
No way you can anymore either....IT IS WAY TOO BIG.....

History should be fun! and
enlightning too. Check back often as it gets updated very frequently.....
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Feel free to sign in or write. Thanks to all who have contributed, words, photos,
and encouragement! This new homepage is testament that it's still growing!

Site Progress
A few usability notes: The new category pages for "the knapps" and "the mastics" are under construction. As soon as a certain someone is finished catagorizing all those links you see on the right between "Knapps" and "Mastics", we'll put those up. Type Sizer is working! Play with it and see what happens. Thanks for all your support in the move over. We're glad you like it. :-) -e

100 YEARS AGO
"Art Imitating Knapp Life"
I wish all of my web visitors to be "favored by fortune " of Peace, Happiness & Good Health in 2008

REMEMBER:
All of the individual pages contain
Lots of Links
those underlined words that connect to you to a related photo, document, or graphic ...So For Your Enjoyment Don't Forget To Click On Them

Dodi Knapp Says "HIT THE LINKS! & YOU'LL SEE EVERYTHING"


CALLING ALL WILLIAM FLOYD STUDENTS& TEACHERS PAST AND PRESENT & ALL RESIDENTS PAST & PRESENT OF MASTIC BEACH, MASTIC & SHIRLEY

Hickman sea sleds
& the Knapps. Quite a Story & Quite a Boat.

Clairedale
The Mini-Site all about the World of Claire A. Knapp's Show Dogs
(complete with its own sitemap!)

the Dana estate
Moss Lots: The Showplace of Old Mastic

Pattersquash
Two Hundred & Fourty Two Years from 1761 to 2003

artists & authors
Living in the Mastics: A Century of Writing from ca. 1850-1950

Buzz and Pee Wee, Butchie and Me
The Short Stories About Mastic Beach that Started this Website!

Tangiers
Very Early Shirley

Walter T. Shirley
His Life, Times & Town

welcome
10 Years Online In 2010

The 60 + Web Pages That Were Added In 2009 Are Below In The Green Zone. Links To 2000 - 2008 Are In The Brown Zone. You Can Use The Type Sizer Located On The Top Of This Page To Enlarge The Brown Zone Titles Making Them Easier To Search . You can also use on onboard Google Search Engne In The Middle Of This Menu To Search All Of Spoonercentral.com

The original first ten chapters of the Knapp story are called "Sections". That's because the Town Of Mastic Beach was developed into ten sections ... and that is where this story begins. It's kind of an inside thing for Mastic Pioneers who may discover this site. This site is about much,much more than Mastic Beach or Mastic, Shirley, Bellport, Southampton, Sands Point, Garden City, Greenlawn,Stony Brook, Yaphank, Hampton Bays, Brooklyn, NYC, or other places the Knapps chose to live (like Florida, North Carolina, Catskills, Canada, Paris, etc). It's not just about the Knapp Family either.... Just thought you should know that before you start poking around .....

ken
2010 - 2009 Pages

THAT OLD WHEEL

RIDIN' WITH SAM COLE

THE COMMUNITY REMEMBERS FRED GILLISPIE

STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY

LOVE & MARRIAGE

J P's BIG PLACE TODAY

MIDSUMMER GREETINGS

FRED GILLESPIE

1916- 2009

LES PAUL

1915 - 2009

THE RIALTO WAS UNIQUE

WHAT WAS IT?

A NEW OLD Wm FLOYD ANNEX PIC

IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

THE NEW MASTIC BEACH POST OFFICE 1949

HOME SWEET HOME

THERE'S NO SCHOOL, LIKE
AN OLD SCHOOL

LITTLE HOUSE ON HOUNSLOW RD.

MRS. TRIBBLES 3RD GRADE CLASS AT THE ANNEX '56

I REMEMBER YOU

NY DURING THE REVOLUTION

JULY FOURTH

GUITAR LESSONS FROM THE VENTURES

BEST ONE YET !

YOGI BERRA

SCROLL THROUGH THE PARK

HOUSE OF GIFTS

IRONY DEFINED

MASTIC GENEALOGY MADE SIMPLE

"WHEELER DEALER"

STOP THE PRESSES
THESE JUST IN

THE KNAPP PLAN

THE STOP & SHOP

WHOLE LOT OF OLD NEWS

THE MANY WIFES & LIVES OF
F. J. Quinby aka "Mister Tangier
"

GUITARS, GREEKS, RHUBARB RED &
ALL THAT JAZZ

THE WHITE STALLION

DAN SEALS

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

SOUTH OCEAN AVE 1907

WASHINGTON's BIRTHDAY SPL

MORE PHOTOS OF
THE WAY WE WERE

50 YEARS AGO
FEB 15, 1959

FIELD DAY

AERIAL AGE 1917

KNAPP MONTH AGAIN

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DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed on this website are solely those of the author. This website has NO affiliation with heirs of The Knapp Family or The Knapp Foundation.