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- John Palmer was an Englishman who purchased the land comprising much of the neighborhood now known as Far Rockaway in the borough of Queens in New...
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- Richard Cornell was an English Quaker ironmaster and resident of Long Island who is generally considered the first European settler on the Rockaway...
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- Tackapousha was a Native American chief who was the first person to sell land in the Rockaway Peninsula to a person of European background when he...
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- James S. "Uncle Jim" Remsen (b. 1811, Queens Village, New York; d. 1887) was a landowner and developer of Rockaway Beach, Queens as a major...
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- William Wainwright (b. 1836, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d ?) was a real-estate developer who was largely responsible in the late 19th and early...
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- Frederick J. Lancaster was a land developer who in 1892, with a group of investors, founded the community of Edgemere, on the Rockaway Peninsula in...
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- William Trist Bailey was a land developer who founded the community of Bayswater in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City. He purchased the land from...
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- Louis A. Heinsheimer (b. ? - 1910), was a partner in the investment banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. from 1894 to 1909. Heinsheimer was the nephew...
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- Robert Moses (December 18 1888-July 29 1981) was the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County. As...
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- Austin Corbin (July 11, 1827 - June 4, 1896) consolidated the rail lines on Long Island bringing them under the profitable umbrella of the Long...
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