Island History

A Different February in 1977 by Pierce Rafferty February 2012 In the midst of this long run of unseasonably warm weather, it seems safe to turn the clock back 35 years to a winter on Fishers Island that was far less hospitable. Late January and early February 1977 featured bone-chilling temperatures that generated ice floes

The West End Ice House by Pierce Rafferty One of the first buildings E.M. & W. Ferguson constructed following their purchase of most of Fishers Island in 1889 was the West End Ice House, recorded as “Building No. 7” on their ledgers. Built in 1892, it was located adjacent to West Harbor across from today‟s