From the April 23, 1900 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“The first horseless carriage to make its appearance in Riverhead arrived here yesterday by way of Quogue. It is the property of Richard Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence rode out from the city on the machine and say they had a delightful trip, covering the distance to Westhampton to excellent time, with no mishaps, the first day, and coming across the plains to their home the next morning. This latter section of the trip, covering twelve miles, was made in a trifle over an hour, which is excellent time considering the sandy road. The machine is a handsome road wagon, propelled by gasoline and is known as a locomobile. It attracted a large crowd at every place it stopped at in the village and several of the staid old farm horses went into fits at its approach.”