Places
May 24th, 1883 marked by the opening of
the Brooklyn Bridge
This man was responsible for the design of the Brooklyn Bridge
John Roebling
The final cost of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge was
15 million dollars
This residence was also known as the “summer white house”
Sagamore Hill
This war was fought in 1898
Spanish-American War
This county was formed in the late 19th century after years of disagreement
Nassau County
This man pedaled his bicycle a distance of one mile in less than a minute in 1899
Charles "Mile a Minute" Murphy
On September 29th, 1909 Riverhead hosted a famous auto race that covered a _____ mile road course
22
This train station was built in 1910 and connected to the Long Island Rail Road
Penn Station
Volunteer cavalry group formed during the Spanish American War
Rough Riders
This was the location of the United State’s first submarine base
New Suffolk
This president of the LIRR helped increase revenue during his tenure by 400%
Austin Corbin
Charles "Mile a Minute" Murphy pedaled his bicycle one mile in this many seconds! (Must have the decimal)
57.8
This was the most popular Brooklyn Newspaper during the 19th Century
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
This was the first site of three that treated the mentally ill on Long Island
Kings Park Psychiatric Center
This military site was created to aid soldiers returning from Cuba in the late 19th century
Camp Wikoff
This soldier published memoirs that included his experience at Camp Wikoff
Charles Johnson Post
How many acres were the Shinnecock deeded on the south shore of Southampton in 1859?
750
This troop transport that brought soldiers to Montauk Point
Grande Duchess
Typhoid, malaria and this disease were just some of the sicknesses brought home by soldiers from the Spanish American War
Yellow Fever
This was the name of one of the country’s first planned developed suburbs
Garden City
This person was responsible for the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, after both her father-in-law and husband became indisposed
Emily Warren Roebling
In 1900, what was the approximate population of Suffolk County -- rounded to the nearest thousand
78,000
(77,582)
Two of these needed to be dug below sea level to be placed on bedrock for the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge
caissons
P.T. Barnum offered this Orient Point family employment
Tiny Tuthills