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In 1908 the club owned 2,324 acres (9.40 km) and leased an additional 1,147 acres (4.64 km) from the Breeze family. The Connetquot Brook runs through the property for a distance of about four miles (6.4 km) from railroad to railroad. This Brook empties into Great South Bay. Its lower
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and other types of outdoor recreation. The main clubhouse contains an elaborate library, billiard room, dining hall, clubhouse room, and various bedrooms. Currently the building houses the New York State Regional Environmental Education Office and Interpretive Center, historic exhibits and Outdoor
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In 1886, a club was formed and chartered under the name of "The South Side Sportsmen's Club of Long Island". The first article of the constitution of the association stated, "This club is established for the protection of game birds and fish and for the promotion of social intercourse among its
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The club's facilities included a main clubhouse building, a smaller residence building, and an old wheat and corn-grinding gristmill built c.1750 and operated until 1878, among other service buildings, that are still standing in the
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The Long Island Railroad once had a stop between Great River and Oakdale for the Sportsman's Club. The stop was called the "Clubhouse". It was abandoned in the first half of the twentieth century.
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The South Side Sportsmen's Club promoted many of the laws protecting game not only on Long Island but throughout the state. The club is no longer in existence, and the property is now part of the
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part is known today as "Great River", but on older maps and on the government maps it is shown as the "
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era from the 1870s through the 1960s. Its main clubhouse and other facilities were added to the
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http://www.friendsofconnetquot.org/PDFs/article-2012-08-03-Fire-Island-Tide.pdf
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Officers, members, constitution and rules of the Southside sportsmen's club
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Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
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Dowling L.I. South Shore history pictures of South Side Sportsmens Club
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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
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was a recreational club that catered to the wealthy businessmen of
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National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, New York
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By 1907 there were one hundred members including George Slade,
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By gone L.I. Southside Sportsman's Club (Connetquot State Park)
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Lecture: Cultural History of the Southside Sportsmen's Club
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New York State Parks: Connetquot River State Park Preserve
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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South Side Sportsmen's Club is located in New York
Great River, New York
40°45′1.08″N 73°9′1.8″W / 40.7503000°N 73.150500°W / 40.7503000; -73.150500
Bradford Gilbert
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Long Island
gold coast
National Register of Historic Places
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
William Bayard Cutting
W.K. Vanderbilt
Alfred Wagstaff, Jr.
Ulysses S. Grant
Connetquot River
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
Bradford Gilbert
sporting clays
BOCES
National Register of Historic Places
Vanderbilt

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