Fort H.G. Wright Maps
Fort H.G. Wright Maps These maps are useful for identify buildings seen in the aerial photographs, or found in the Quartermaster list of Fort Wright structures.
Fort Wright Quartermaster List
U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps records for buildings at Fort H.G. Wright, Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound (HDLIS), published circa 1941. Although difficult to wade through, this document is extremely useful if you are attempting to research the history of a given building or structure that was located at Fort H.G. Wright prior
Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound
Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound This brochure from the Museum's Military Collection provides information on the Living and Recreation Facilities at Fort Wright. Download PDF
Birds of Fishers Island 1970-75
Birds of Fishers Island, New York (Occurrences, Habitats and Check List) by Shep Krech and Edwin Horning, 1975 Download PDF Ed Horning with rescued Barred Owl, February 1999. Museum Collection. Ed Horning birdwatching with his son, Ed Horning Jr. on South Beach, Fishers Island, N.Y., circa 1982.
James S. Casey: Fishers Island’s First Resident Photographer
James S. Casey’s cottage and photography studio, Fishers Island, N.Y., circa 1918. This cottage is today painted a distinctive blue and sits at the base of the hill across from the former Grebe/Stern house. James S. Casey: Fishers Island’s First Resident Photographer James S. Casey, Fishers Island’s first resident photographer, lived in
Claypit Views and Brickyard Maps
Claypit Views and Brickyard Maps From The History of Brickmaking on Fishers Island At its height in the 1880s, the brickyard on Fishers Island was one of the largest in the Northeast—some claimed the entire country—with a production capacity of 18 million bricks per annum.
The Fall Migration of Hawks as Observed at Fishers Island
The Fall Migration of Hawks as Observed at Fishers Island, N.Y. By A.L. Ferguson and H. L. Ferguson Published in Auk, A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, by The American Ornithologists' Union Download Journal Pages
Aerials of Fort H.G. Wright
Aerials of Fort H.G. Wright
Horse Shows on Fishers Island
Horse Shows on Fishers Island Many residents of Fishers Island today are surprised to learn that from 1927 to 1933 there were elaborate annual horse shows on Fishers Island staged just northeast of today’s Driving Range at Middle Farms. They were complicated sporting
F.I. Birds by Todd McCormack
Fishers Island Birds Photo Gallery by Todd McCormack
