Fort Terry was built on the island in 1897 during the Spanish-American War. In the 1800s, private owners had plans to turn the island into a summer resort but the Spanish-American War changed that. It’s said that the island was where the first cannon fire was exchanged between the Continental Army and the British during the American Revolution and was the first American amphibious assault in history. At some point, the Montaukket tribe sold Plum Island to an Englishman in 1659 for a coat and a few tools. 
Between 16 Plumb Island had a big role in the Pequot War, considered the first armed conflict between Europeans and Native Americans.Block is also credited with discovering Block Island.
The first map by a European explorer was made by Adriaen Block, a Dutch trader with the Dutch East India Company.Manittuwond meant “the island to which we go to plant corn”.
Plum Island was originally called Manittuwond by the Native Americans.
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