Watercress

Elders recalled gathering watercress when they were young in the early 1900s and selling it to people in Southampton. They remembered selling it more often than eating it at home.

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On This Site - Native Long Island

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On This Site documents Indigenous Long Island history through mapped places, research notes, photographs, and public storytelling by artist Jeremy Dennis.

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