Mount Sinai (Images of America) by Ann M. Becker

By Ann M. Becker

Tucked along a harbor on lengthy Island's north shore, Mount Sinai has lengthy attracted citizens and viewers. It used to be the location of an early eu cost in 1664 and the embarkation element of the innovative conflict foray into enemy territory by way of Maj. Benjamin Tallmadge, a member of Gen. George Washington's Setauket secret agent ring. Mount Sinai used to be a farming and seafaring group within the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s. In 1891, it grew to become the location of the "sanitary hotel" often called the Crystal Brook Park organization. Later, it drew an early neighborhood of artists and photographers who captured the usual fantastic thing about the world. Mount Sinai portrays those and plenty of different occasions of historic and cultural interest.

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