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Beginnings: Not until the early 1800s did a few farmhouses sprout up along dirt roads that would later form the main thoroughfares of Lindenhurst. Life passed quietly for the first generation of settlers, until Thomas Welwood arrived in the 1860s. A Brooklyn real estate agent, Welwood saw great potential in the pine brush clearings near the tracks of the new South Side railroad, which first rolled through the area in 1867. By 1869, Welwood had acquired so much land in the region that the new railroad station was christened Wellwood, a misspelling that persists to this day.
Photo: The Railroad Station, Lindenhurst (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Photo: The Railroad Station, Lindenhurst (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Beginnings: Not until the early 1800s did a few farmhouses sprout up along dirt roads that would later form the main thoroughfares of Lindenhurst. Life passed quietly for the first generation of settlers, until Thomas Welwood arrived in the 1860s. A Brooklyn real estate agent, Welwood saw great potential in the pine brush clearings near the tracks of the new South Side railroad, which first rolled through the area in 1867. By 1869, Welwood had acquired so much land in the region that the new railroad station was christened Wellwood, a misspelling that persists to this day.
Photo: The Railroad Station, Lindenhurst (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Photo: The Railroad Station, Lindenhurst (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
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PIX11 Cares: WPIX Visits Brooklyn to Help Superstorm Sandy Victims
PIX11.com | @wpixThe PIX11 Morning News continues PIX11 Cares, a campaign aimed at helping those in communities hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy, with a visit to Brooklyn. Sukanya Krishnan anchoring portions of the Morning News from Gerritsen Beach, Dan Mannarino...Tags: Hurricanes, Coney Island, Breezy Point, Staten Island (New York City), Red Hook
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PIX11 Cares: WPIX Visits Long Island to Help Hurricane Sandy Victims
PIX11.com | @wpixThe PIX11 Morning News continues PIX11 Cares, a campaign aimed at helping those in communities hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy, with a visit to Long Island. Sukanya Krishnan anchored portions of the Morning News from Long Beach, Dan Mannarino reported from...Tags: Queens (New York City), Hurricanes, Broad Channel, Seaford (Nassau, New York), Breezy Point
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Vigil Held For Young Student Killed By Drunk Driver
pix11.com | @jaydownycCynthia Urbin’s son died from a congenital brain condition in 2010; Wednesday night, she attended the wake for his best friend -- 18-year old Brittany Walsh. “It’s so sad. I lost a daughter, right after i lost my son”, Urbin...Tags: Justice System, Thomas Spota, Montauk, Witnesses, Health and Safety at School
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2 NYPD Cops Busted For Robbing Long Island Homes
PIX11.com | @jaydownycThey are sworn to protect and serve. But NYPD Detective Rafeal Astacio and his crew are accused moonlighting as criminals – robbers to be precise. Law enforcement officials tell PIX11 they were arrested on earlier this month after breaking into a home on...Tags: Suffolk County (New York), New York City Police Department, Long Island
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A list of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack victims
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PIX 11 Weather: Snow Storm Passes Tri-State Area
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NY Man Lighting Firework Blows Off Arm
Police say a man lighting fireworks has blown off his arm at a party on New York's Long Island.
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Five Long Island Massage Parlor Workers Arrested For Prostitution
wpix.comIn the latest massage parlor raid, five women working at Lindenhurst and Hauppauge massage parlors were arrested for prostitution Friday, according to the Suffolk County police department. The arrests are just the latest in a crackdown on Long Island...Tags: Social Issues, Personal Service, Gaming, WPIX, Prostitution
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Families find way to keep spirit of loved ones alive
Scott Walter Cahill James Cahill was two blocks from ground zero on Sept. 11, close enough that when he ran out of his office building he could see the hole the first jet tore into the World Trade Center. Two things came to mind: One was a sense of...Tags: Los Angeles, Defense, Aon PLC, Stamford, Nevada
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