Announcing the debut of the Along Manhasset Bay walking tour of Port Washington along Manhasset Bay, from Inspiration Wharf to Shore Road. Brought to you by the History Center at the Port Washington Public Library. The Along Manhasset Bay historical walking

  As the archives consultant at the PWPL Local History Center, I have been digitally scanning photographs from one of our collections, the Mason Collection, which consists of nearly 20,000 images about Port Washington. Of all the images I have seen so far

John J. Floherty (known as "Captain Jack") was a prolific author and Port Washington mainstay in the first half of the 20th century.  He wrote more than 40 career-oriented books for young people, including such titles as Sons of the

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,

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

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