The Miller Place Mount Sinai Historical society

04/21/2016

2016 miller place historical society news letter

12/31/2015

06/09/2015

WILLIAM MILLER HOUSE CELEBRATES 300 YEARSMiller Place Treasure Invites the Community to Join the PartyThe William Miller House, one of our community’s most treasured assets will be 300 years old in 2020. To commemorate the occasion, the Miller Place-Mount Si- nai Historical Society is inviting the entire community to an open house on Sun- day, July 12, from 3-5pm. Guests will be treated to complimentary birthday cake and ice cream while they enjoy the story of the house from 1720 to present in a special photo display. Members of the Society will be on hand to discuss the house’s rich and colorful history. Student musicians will enhance the occasion with period selections.Enjoy birthday cake baked in the shape of the three sections of the house located at 75 North Country Road, Miller Place.Please join us for this special celebration on July 12! Rain o

05/15/2015

05/05/2015

SAVE THE DATE When - July 12, 2015 Why - The Miller House Will Be 300 Years Old! What - We will be having a big … BIG Birthday Party Join our students and singers in singing Happy Birthday to our house How - We are baking a cake in the shape of the Miller House. We will share 300 pieces along w

05/05/2015

04/19/2015

With the shot heard round the world, the American Revolution had officially begun.

04/08/2015

Great show. Has General Woodhull in the show and is suppose to take place in setauket area in the show

Choose a side. Watch the two-hour season premiere of TURN: Washington’s Spies THIS Monday, April 13 at 9|8c.

03/18/2015

Hi Friends and Neighbors, if you have a minute click over to The Miller Place Mount Sinai Historical Society~ This past year they have partnered with our wonderful MPPTO to help our children learn about and appreciate the history of Miller Place. This is a page from their Spring Newsletter. Thank you Miller Place PTO, and Thank you The Miller Place Mount Sinai Historical society! Two organizations that make Miller Place so special!
http://www.mpmshistoricalsociety.org/new_site/

03/04/2015

Today 1933 FDR get swore in as president of the United States

02/08/2015

Map of Long Island, New York 1609
Location of Long Island Indian Tribes when European settlers arrived.
Also demonstrating how closely the shape of Long Island resembles that of a fish.

The Indians also helped the settlers by teaching them how to hunt and fish, and how to plant corn which enabled the settlers to survive in this new environment.

While the English settlers managed to exist side-by-side with the Indians, the Dutch immigrants were not so willing to treat the Indians fairly. In exchange for furs and wampum, the Dutch were likely to give the Indians guns and rum. Indians were often murdered by Dutch troublemakers, and the tribes of western Long Island turned their guns against settlers more than once. Trouble with the Dutch was one of the factors which eventually drove the Indians from Long Island. Another was a smallpox epidemic in 1658, which reportedly killed two-thirds of the tribes in the area. Moreover, the influx of white settlers and the resulting expansion of farmland drove animals away, and the Indians who were hunters migrated to the mainland in pursuit of game.

By 1741, it was estimated that only 400 natives remained on the island. By the time of the American Revolution in 1775, Indians were a rare sight on the island, having been driven away from their beloved "Paumanok".