by Dr. Radut

Patchogue - 1866-1897

Patchogue - History - 1866-1897 [From Reconstruction to the Gilded Age] 

  • "Smithport: The Village That Nearly Was: Or, the Rhyme of the Ancient Settler -- April 17th, 1867." Brookhaven (N.Y. : Town).
  • "Early Patchogue History." Suffolk County Historical Society. Register. [n.d.] -- from Curtin's Business Directory of Long Island, 1868-1869
  • View Across Patchogue Lane - 1868 [photo, from Eagle Hotel, E. Main St., Patchogue, looking S.W.]
  • "Little Local News was Printed in the 1870's ("Uncle Zeke's Conscience" was Front Page).  Patchogue Advance, December 5, 1946:  [n.p.] 
  • "Great Fire at Patchogue: Granjeau & Ketcham's Cotton Batting Factory Destroyed -- Three Hundred Hands Thrown Out of Employment, Loss $20,000." Brooklyn Eagle, February 28, 1871: p. 8.
  • "Products and Peculiarities of Patchogue -- Matrimonial Misunderstandings -- A Visit to Madam Elizabeth Oakes Smith -- Fishing and Shooting -- The Country Editor's Pleasure and Profit, Etc." (On Long Island). Brooklyn Eagle, September 10, 1873: p. 1.
  • Bayles, Tomas R. "Patchogue." In Brookhaven Villages of 1874. [Patchogue?, NY:] Brookhaven (N.Y.: Town). Bicentennial Commission, 1976.
  • "Ads Recall Patchogue in 1875 (Footnotes of L.I. History). Patchogue Advance, August 10, 1950: [n.p.]
  • "Justus Roe & Sons, Est. 1876: Second Oldest Pat. Business." L.I. Advance, April 1, 1971: 59.
  • Reminiscences of Patchogue, at the Centennial Celebration, July 4th, 1876, by The Rev. B[enjamin]. F[ranklin]. Reeve.  Riverhead, NY:  Privately Printed, 1906.  (Patchogue-Medford Library.  Celia M. Hastings Local History Room.)
  • "Patchogue Developments: The Improvements that are Being Made in that Region -- What is Observable -- Opening of the Peck Bank." Brooklyn Eagle, March 25, 1882: p. 1. -- Edaward S. Peck was Cashier (i.e., CEO) of the then new, and brief, Patchogue and Suffolk County Bank
  • "Patchogue: The Cosmopolitan Summer Resort on Great South Bay. A Village Where There is a Great Deal of Activity and Lots of Fun -- A Favorite Watering Place for People Who Like Plenty of 'Life' -- Furnished Cottages and What They Would Cost -- Real Estate -- The Boarding Houses and Hotels -- More Visitors Than Ever Before -- Amusements. Dividing the Town of Brookhaven." Brooklyn Eagle, August 13, 1883: p. 3.
  • "Of Interest to Country People." Brooklyn Eagle, October 27, 1883: p. 6. -- A barn burns on the Furman Estate, Patchogue; Eugene W. Durkee purchases 50 acres, in East Patchogue.
  • "Patchogue and Suffolk Co. Bank Failure: Excitement Throughout Suffolk County Today -- Liabilities Over $100,000." Brooklyn Eagle, January 19, 1884: p. 4. -- It would shortly be replaced, that same year (in the same building, which still stands) by the new state-chartered Patchogue Bank, using the same facilities.
  • "Unfortunate in Business: Fire and the Failure of a Bank Dishearten a Merchant." Brooklyn Eagle, November 9, 1884: p. 1. -- John Holden's misfortunes.
  • "Jolly Day for Firemen: Some Very Interesting Contests and a Big Parade." Brooklyn Eagle, September 9, 1886: p. 4. -- 10,000 attended the all-Suffolk F.D. parade and competitions; including Congressman August Belmont, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, who also helped secure approriations to dredge Patchogue Creek; and Austin Corbin, President of the L.I.R.R. who offered one of the prizes (no takers).
  • "Patchogue Brevities." Brooklyn Eagle, January 15, 1887: p. 4. -- Methodist Church subscriptions for an organ; F.A. Overton elected a director of National Bank, Patchogue; rescue of Walter Blanchard of Patchogue, from near drowning
  • "The Patchogue Advance wants...a slice of the big surplus in the Treasurey for the purpose of improving the Patchogue River....And now it will be in order for the Texas Congressman to rise from his seat and demand to know where the Patchogue River is and what relation it sustains to the commerce of the country?" Brooklyn Eagle, January 17, 1888: p. 2.
  • "Memorial Day at Patchogue." Brooklyn Eagle, May 31, 1888: p. 6.
  • "Ocean Avenue Hotel, Patchogue, L.I., N.Y. Pleasantly situated on the shore of the Great South Bay, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Hebrew Patronage not Desired, Sanford Weeks, Proprietor." Brooklyn Eagle, August 7, 1888: p. 3. -- Pleasantly situated, for unpleasant minds.
  • "Banished from Patchogue." Brooklyn Eagle, December 20, 1889: p. 6. -- An English couple, living briefly in Patchogue, after being entrapped by "decoys" were afforded the option of suffering prosecution for theft (the goods having been found in their possession), or leave town permanently.
  • "Patchogue Fifty Years Ago and To-Day" (Historical). Patchogue Advance, December 27, 1889: [n.p.].
  • [St. Francis de Sales Church has a Site for a Parsonage, and will Commence Construction]. Brooklyn Eagle, February 16, 1890: p. 11.
  • "Events in Patchogue: New Officers of the Odd Fellows Lodge. Rev. Wiley's Vacation." Brooklyn Eagle, July 20, 1890: p. 3.
  • "Down at Patchogue: Where Many Brooklynites have Built Handsome Villas: Mr. Mellenhauer's. Mrs. Gilbert's. Mr. Snelder's and a Host of Other Fine Residences -- How the Quaint Old Town Fascinates Its Summer Visitors -- Some of Its Peculiarities." Brooklyn Eagle, August 10, 1890: p. 9.
  • "A Hop at Patchogue: Prominent Brooklyn People and Many Others in Attendance." Brooklyn Eagle, August 2, 1891: p. 20. -- "At the Hop", but this was 66 years earlier than the well-known 1957 tune.
  • "Patchogue Escaped a Night Flood: A Break in the Lake Dam Discovered and Stopped by Sandbags." New York Times, July 5, 1895: p. 5.
  • "Patchogue's New Postmaster: A Native of the Village and a Veteran of the Civil War." Brooklyn Eagle, June 2, 1900: p. 16. -- E.A. Cowles
  • "Exercises at Patchogue: A Parade and Public Meeting -- Address by General Isaac S. Catlin." Brooklyn Eagle, May 30, 1885: p. 1.
  • "Resorts on Long Island: The Summer Attractions of Patchogue and Bellport: Suffolk County's Metropolis [Patchogue] at Its Best -- An Old Town Whose Youth has Been Renewed -- Its Local Enterprises -- Beauties of the Smaller Village." Brooklyn Eagle, July 31, 1887: p. 14.
  • "Abigail Tuthill Smith, Patchogue" (Venerable Long Islanders, Interesting Reminiscences of Some Old Residents: Over Three Score and Ten: Mrs. Smith and Deacon Howell, 96; Mrs. Blydenburgh and Uncle Tommy, 95; Mr. Jurvis, 93; Mrs. Hendrickson, Mr. Dorlon and Mr. Wilson, 92; Mrs. Sherman, 91; Mrs. Griffith, 90; and Mrs. Benjamin, 88). Brooklyn Eagle, July 7, 1895: p. 8 [et seq.].

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