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Pictures dated 1931 and 2001
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At Union Turnpike

"In 1880, hunters crossing through Union Turnpike, noticed smoke issuing through the woods, about 500 feet from the road ... . [T]o their astonishment, [they] came across, 'a cave and Caveman, they described the cave as exceptional, both, for its size, and, comfort.  The owner was a German [who] stated that he had lived in the cave undetected for several years. After it became known, that a cave had been discovered the spot was visited by hundreds."

Sources:
  • Vol. 3, "Historical Collections of the Borough of Queens", p. 41 (Queens Borough Public Library L.I. Collection 1938)
  • The 1931 picture is courtesy of the Queens Borough Public Library, Long Island Division, Illustrations Collection - Kew Gardens.

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