OUR TOWN

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OUR TOWN
By Kevin
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Huntington is Long Islands fifth oldest
town, that dates back more than 345 years.
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When the first Dutch and English settlers
arrived they called these Native Americans
Indians.
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It was a struggle for the settlers as the long
cold winter came.
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Huntington is an interesting town that was
purchased on April 2, 1653 for
6 coats
6 hatchets
6 howes
6 fathom of wampum
6 kettles
6 shirts
10 knives
30 muxes
And 30 needles
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Walt Whitman was born in a farmhouse in
West Hills.
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One of the poems Walt Whitman wrote was I Hear
America Singing.