The Help
In the 1910s and 1920s, 325 country houses of over 25 rooms were built on Long Island, which became home to some of the wealthiest families in America. Among them were the Guggenheims, Belmonts, Astors, Mackays, Vanderbilts, Goulds, Hearsts, Pratts, Coes,
The Booze Cruise
On January 16th, 1920, the 18th Amendment made drinking alcohol illegal. "It was an era," wrote Port Washington News editor Ernie Simon, "when the most popular guy in town was the one who knew where the best 'speakeasy' was." Police
Life On the Line
Fontaine Fox (1884-1964), the celebrated "Toonerville Trolley" cartoonist, lived in Port Washington from 1914 to the 1930's. His "Terrible Tempered" Mr. Bangs, the "Powerful Katrinka," Banker Grey, and Old Man Flint were small-town characters who earned Fox a syndication in over