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

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