• The Saw Mill River: A History of Mills, Industry, and Renewal

    By Published On: July 25th, 2025Categories: American Revolution, In History, Places: Chappaqua, Places: Eastview, Places: Philipsburg, Surname: Yerks

    Flowing 23.5 miles through the hills and valleys of Westchester County, New  ork, the Saw Mill River has long shaped the communities along its banks—from its early days as a resource-rich stream for Native Americans, through the rise and fall of water-powered industry, to its present role in urban restoration and environmental renewal. The Name

  • Walking In The Footsteps of Our Ancestors… Melissa Campbell Yerks

    By Published On: December 13th, 2020Categories: Places: Chappaqua, Surname: Yerks, Walking In The Footsteps of Our Ancestors

    On May 6, 1897, the local Chappaqua newspaper reported that Mrs. Osborn Yerks (Melissa Campbell) had moved into the Gabrielle Greeley Clendenin "hillside house."  Gabrielle is the daughter of Horace Greeley, the well-known publisher of the Tribune Newspaper. Mrs. Clendenin was well-known for her charity and generosity. With this being just two years after the