Warren McDowell

Nov 24, 2024 | fireislandnews.com | Rita Plush |Warren McDowell |Shoshanna McCollum

Blue Point Through the War YearsBy Warren C. McDowellHistoryNo stranger to research, author of “Fire Island Saga, How Fire Island Got Its Name,” Warren C. McDowell turns his fact-finding skills to Blue Point. A lifelong resident of this vest-pocket hamlet (pop. 5,156 at the 2020 census), he pays homage to its little-known but big role in our nation’s history—from the Secatogue Indians and the first Blue Point settlers to the modern era of the 1900s. How did his hometown get its moniker?