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The Patchogue River was nicknamed Milltown because of the many mills - gristmills, sawmills, paper, wool, cotton mills. They operated on Patchogue waterways from as early as 1750. During the Prohibition era of the '20s, the river handy was a port for bootleggers. The notorious New York City gangster Dutch Schultz set up a headquarters in Patchogue, giving lucrative employment to farm boys who helped unload and hide the illegal kegs. In 1869 the Long Island Rail Road arrived, for a while Patchgoue was the end of the South Shore line. The rail road brought thousands of visitors from the city during the summer