This is the outlet of Scoy’s Pond, which flows into Alewive Brook. Bear right and you will come to a small bridge across a fairly fast moving stream. If you have time, take the trail to the right around to the far side of Scoy’s Pond. Stop 3: At the next trail intersection, the Paumanok Path veers left and another trail swings right. The early settlers needed this freshwater pond to cut ice in winter and water their livestock in summer. If you have time, take this ¼ mile side trip to view the lilies and wildfowl. Stop 2: You will come to a side trail which leads to the very lovely Scoy’s Pond. The forest is not very old, less than 100 years 150 years ago this area was all pasture land. Much of the early settlements in East Hampton occurred around bodies of water.Īs you walk farther along, notice the forest about you it is made up of predominantly white and black oak with a small mixture of dogwood, sassafras and gray birch. This is significant as the first settlers in this area needed fresh water for themselves and their livestock. This stream is fed by springs and a small pond to the south called Little Scoy’s Pond. You will see a stream flowing under the trail south to north into Scoy’s Pond in the distance. Stop 1: Stop here and look carefully to the left and right. They indicate that you are walking on a portion of the Paumanok Path, a trail winding more than 100 miles from Rocky Pont to the Montauk Point Light. As you walk along the trail, look for the white blazes on the tree trunks. After parking, cross the road to the marker that dedicates the purchase by public referendum of the Grace Estate and placed into permanent parkland in 1985. 2 of a mile west of Alewive Brook Road on Northwest Road. What happened to the Northwest community is the subject of this self-guided walk. As a settlement it lasted 150 years, from 1730 until 1885. A public school operated in the Northwest from 1792 until 1885.Īs a port, Northwest Harbor flourished from 1653 until 1761. It is hard to believe that in the 1700’s there were fifteen very large farms, a mill, wharves, warehouses, a pest house (a shelter for those with contagious diseases), a fish factory, a sawmill and, according to the trustee journals, a shipbuilding enterprise. Whale oil, bone, local furs, tools, horses, sheep, cattle, and cordwood were shipped out, while rum, molasses, cocoa, indigo, spices, and mahogany were just a few of the items brought in.
Commerce was carried on with New England and the West Indies. Two years later, recognizing what was to become a significant source of revenue, the Town of East Hampton appointed Thomas Chatfield “Collector of Port” and established tax rates for all goods landed in Town ports.ĭuring the seventeenth century travel and trade were conducted strictly by watercraft. It did so without paying duty on its cargo. In 1665, the ketch Triall, out of Boston became the first merchant ship to land in this port. Northwest’s special importance came from the fact that it was East Hampton’s earliest “landing-place” or port. Webster defines a “ghost town” as a once flourishing town deserted as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource.”įour years after the first settlers arrived in East Hampton, the East Hampton Town records of 1653 speak of, “A cartway to ye Northwest meddow.” The people of East Hampton went to gather salt hay and seaweed that was used for insulation, fertilizer, and cattle bedding. The East Hampton Trails Preservation SocietyĬLICK HERE FOR A DOWNLOADABLE MAP CLICK HERE FOR A DOWNLOADABLE FOLD-OUT GUIDE A 3 mile self-guided tour through the abandoned Northwest Settlement
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