I dont know about the Mill or a lithograph, but I did at one time have a copy of
the newpaper article that explained in detail the events surrounding the murder
of a Samuel Carman in Long Island in the early to mid 1800's. This Samuel Carman
was an older man, and was beaten with a "club" or bat, and left for dead on the
highway near the toll house, which I believe he was guarding but not sure at
this time...its been about 10 years since I've seen the article. David
Patricia Tidmarsh wrote:
In the 1800's Daniel Webster pulled a 14 lb.
trout out of Carman's mill stream in Brookhaven, this is immortalized in a
Currier and Ives Lithograph.
The mill was supposed to be located just north of the bridge over the river
on the Montauk Highway. It was in a pool below this mill that Daniel Webster
caught the fish.
To the west of the mill was the old tavern which Samuel Carman ran. This was
a regular
stopping place for the weekly stage between Brooklyn and East Hampton.There
was also a general store and church nearby. The old mill was torn down in
1958 to make way for the extension of Sunrise Highway.
Does anyone remember this Mill ?
Would you know if there were any newspaper articles written about it before
it was torn down? Would any photographs survive?
What about the Currier and Ives Lithograph ?
Any photos of it? Was the fish really used as the pattern for the weather
vane at South Haven Presbyterian Church?
I'm looking for any information at all.
E-mail me.
Lewisly(a)aol.com
Lynn CarmanLewis
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