Editing Montauk, New York (section)

===19th century===
[[File:友誼號上岸處.jpg|thumb|Plate showing where ''La Amistad'' came ashore]]
[[File:La Amistad (ship) restored.jpg|thumb|right|''USS Washington'' and ''La Amistad'']]
[[File:Montauk Point (NYPL b13512827-424323).jpg|thumb|right|Montauk Point]]

In 1839, slaves who had seized the schooner ''[[La Amistad]]'' came ashore in the hamlet looking for provisions after being told by the white crew they had returned to [[Africa]]. American authorities were alerted, and the slaves were recaptured and ultimately freed in a historically significant trial.<ref name="WDL">{{cite web |url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/3080/ |title = Unidentified Young Man |website = [[World Digital Library]] |date = 1839–1840 |access-date = July 28, 2013 }}</ref>

A judgment was entered in 1851 against the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of Easthampton, and on March 9, 1852, a deed to Montauk was given to plaintiffs [[Henry P. Hedges]] and others, because their predecessors had contributed the money to purchase Montauk from the native Montaukett Indians in the 1600s. This deed caused the lands covered by the Dongan Patent to be split.<ref name=TU-1922-07-09>{{cite news |title=Finding of Lost Papers Recalls Eastern L.I. Indian History |date=July 9, 1922 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/556795722/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref> Less than one month later, on April 2, 1852, a state law was passed that incorporated the proprietors of Montauk, establishing the corporation of the trustees of Montauk and affirming its right to govern.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=An act to incorporate the proprietors of Montauk lands, in the town of Easthampton, in Suffolk County |date=1852 |title=Laws of the State of New York |pages=173–175 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xXM4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA173}}</ref><ref name=QHF>{{cite web |url=https://montauklibrary.org/services/montauk-library-historic-archives-1/montauk-library-historic-archives/montauk-quick-historic-facts/ |title=Montauk Quick Historic Facts |publisher=Montauk Library |access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref>

[[Stephen Talkhouse]] was displayed in 1867 by [[P. T. Barnum]] as "the last king of the Montauks." Talkhouse became famous for his walks around the South Fork.<ref name=Newsday-1998-03-13>{{cite news |title=An Indian Named Pharaoh |date=March 13, 1998 |work=Newsday |first=Steve |last=Wick |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/707440728/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref>

In 1879, [[Arthur W. Benson]] paid US$151,000 for {{convert|10,000|acre|km2}} for the east end. The deed releasing claim to Montauk was entered on March 9, 1852. Benson also received clear title to the Montaukett property at [[Big Reed Pond]], buying it from tribesmen for $10 each, and in one case one of the tribesmen's houses was burned down. The legitimacy of the transaction is still being contested in court by the tribe. Construction began in 1882 on seven [[shingle style architecture|Shingle-style]] "cottages" designed by [[Stanford White]], which were the centerpiece of Benson's plans. The most prominent of the six Montauk Association houses is [[Tick Hall]], which was owned by entertainer [[Dick Cavett]] from 1967 to October 2021, when he sold it for $23.6&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cottagesgardens.com/dick-cavett-sells-legendary-montauk-home-known-as-tick-hall-for-23-6m/|title=Dick Cavett Sells Legendary Montauk Home Known As Tick Hall for $23.6M|magazine=Cottages & Gardens|author=Holmberg, Anikka|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=October 23, 2011|access-date=October 11, 2022|archivedate=November 19, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119012629/https://www.cottagesgardens.com/dick-cavett-sells-legendary-montauk-home-known-as-tick-hall-for-23-6m/}}</ref>

The first train from the [[Austin Corbin]] extension of the Long Island Rail Road pulled into Montauk in 1895,<ref name=stations-TAF>{{cite web |url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/LIRR%20STATION%20HISTORY.pdf |title=LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD: Alphabetical Station Listing and History |first1=Dave |last1=Keller |first2=Vincent F. |last2=Seyfried |first3=Robert M. |last3=Emery |first4=Art |last4=Huneke |first5=Jeff |last5=Erlitz |first6=Richard |last6=Makse |first7=Robert L. |last7=Myers |first8=David M |last8=Morrison |first9=Derek |last9=Stadler |display-authors=et al. |website=transarefun.com |date=April 22, 2024 |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref> and the [[Cannonball (LIRR train)|''Cannonball'']], its premier train to and from New York, made its first run four years later.<ref name=MTK-Morrison>{{cite book |last=Morrison |first=David D. |date=2021 |title=Long Island Rail Road: Montauk Branch |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9781467106900}}</ref>{{rp|110}} Corbin planned to turn Montauk into a "shortcut", saving a day each way for voyages between New York City and [[London]]: ships would dock at the Fort Pond Bay terminal and passengers would travel by rail to New York City in two hours. Corbin built the dock on Fort Pond Bay, but the plans never materialized when, among other things, Fort Pond Bay was found to be too shallow and rocky to handle oceangoing ships.<ref name=SU-1896-06-18>{{cite news |title=The Fort Pond Bay Project |work=The Brooklyn Standard Union |date=June 18, 1896 |page=2 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-union-the-fort-pond-bay-pro/150165289/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref>

In 1898, after the Benson/Corbin plan did not work out as planned, the [[United States Army]] bought the Benson property to establish a base called [[Camp Wikoff]] to [[quarantine]] Army personnel returning from the [[Spanish–American War]]. The most prominent of the returning quarantined soldiers were [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and his [[Rough Riders]].<ref name="dailynews-1998-01-04">{{cite news |last=Gearty |first=Robert |title=Park is Teddy Terrain; Renaming in Montauk for Roosevelt |work=Daily News |location=New York |date=January 4, 1998 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/477654119/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref> Several soldiers died during the quarantine, prompting questions about the camp's conditions and a visit from President [[William McKinley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://montauklibrary.org/throwback-thursday-veterans-at-camp-wikoff/ |title=Throwback Thursday – Veterans at Camp Wikoff |date=November 8, 2023 |publisher=Montauk Library |access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Montauk Manor.jpg|thumb|right|Montauk Manor, built by [[Carl G. Fisher]] as part of his project to turn Montauk into the [[Miami Beach]] of the north]]