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."

Source: 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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