Copper Beech

Historical marker location:

Oyster Bay, New York

( Marker can be reached from Sagamore Hill Road, on the right when traveling north.)

<i>Fagus sylvatica</i>. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.

The New York City subway system, which opened in 1904, was the first rapid transit system in the world. The original line ran from City Hall to 145th Street in Harlem.