I really enjoyed the stories about your home town, Hurricane. It reveals to me that I am not alone in my own curiosity about my surroundings. I live in the Hamptons, that wild place where Lizzie Grubbman ran down 9 people at the popular nightclub "Conscience Point"  4 years ago...remember that?

At the time, whenever I took a customer out to see houses (a VERY popular past time in the Hamptons) I would always try to give them a sense of the history here, especially in Southampton. As a member of the Southampton Historical Society, I always inform them of the little known fact that Conscience Point is really a very famous spot--it is where the early colonists came ashore here on Long Island as they explored the shore line south of where Boston, Mass. now sits. Their arrival predates the Revolution and is guessed to have happened around 1640. From that very obscure spot which is now marked only by simple t-bars, the early settlers walked inland, lived in sod huts, befriended the local Shinnicock indians and founded the Olde Towne area near the ocean (now known as Southampton Village).

Conscience point always draws me in--I learned to ignore the fact that there was a building nearby that in recent years, became a "hot spot" in the Hamptons. It was called "Conscience Point". My enthusiasm for the area included an idea of buying the old building and creating a "Spa at Conscience Point" which I planned on including participating investors. I even planned to create a revenue generating business which would take full advantage of the 78 boat slip marina, and would offer a weekend excursion on a "Tall Ship", retracing the original trip made by the earliest Southampton settlers. 

Without an exception, every single person that I would attempt to tell the valuable history of our nation in its infancy, I was asked about Lizzie Grubmann instead. As you may or may not remember, Lizzie Grubmann is a "Paris Hilton" type of socialite and her father is a very famous attorney. When her victims tried to sue Lizzie for reckless endangerment, she was easily represented and, I believe, relieved of any responsibility for the near disaster. 

Well, the town of Southampton has now purchased the building known as Conscience Point and it is no longer a night club; the 78 slip marina is now town owned as well--I may still get to bring to life my idea of the weekend excursion up along the shoreline to Massachusetts in a Tall Ship! 

Now, I don't have quite the enthusiasm about this wonderful spot--I forget now to mention it to people and I often wonder if it has something to do with the fear that comes with the idea that someone else is going to ask about Lizzie.

I Hope you enjoy my story about my environment as much as I did yours!

Thank You,

Paula Hathaway