From the TVHS Archives: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library Celebrates Serving the Community for over 125 years By Karen Martin for The...

1949 aerial photo - East Setauket looking southeast. Setauket School on the hill is center. Setauket Methodist Church at crossroad.

From the TVHS archives The blizzard of 1934 was reported, at the time, to be Long Island’s worst snow storm since the famous blizzard of...

(The following history is from the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs website https://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp...

The place was Setauket and the year was 1664, 28 years before the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692. https://www.history.com/topics/col...

A lawyer, banker, photographer, adventurer, and author, Edward Larocque Tinker was born 12 Sept. 1881 in New York City. Probably best...

The following account of the life of Count de Teixeira was written by Dr. R. Sherman Mills It is the stuff of which fairy tales are made,...

A small leather-bound journal, kept by a Setauket farmer reveals details in the life of an African American laborer.

“Hebrews and Christians from this and neighboring villages turned out in large numbers to attend the dedication. The new house of worship...

“The first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American...

One of the earliest schoolhouses in Setauket stood, until January 1870, near where the Caroline Church carriage shed is located. This small,

On August 18, 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women’s suffrage. suffrage [...

Whether it was a town, community or high school team, baseball has always been a popular sport in the Three Village area.

Almost a decade after Jackie Robinson broke the color line in National League and Larry Doby and Satchel Paige did so in the American, the S

Lucy Hart Keyes’ remembrances are a part of the collection of the Three Village Historical Society. The home she grew up in no longer exists

By Tara Ebrahimian Published in The Historian, Winter 2019 From the TVHS Archives “Chicken Hill: A Community Lost to Time” is perhaps a...

There is a journalistic tenet “The role of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” Muckraker and a mother of i

By Tara Mae Even in a crowded room, you can still feel like the loneliest person in the world. At once the life of the party and an...

From time to time we share some tidbits from the local newspapers. A great source for newspapers published throughout New York State,...

In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson designated Mother’s Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday. The movement for a day to...