Exhibits:

Permanent and temporary picture-and-text panels, including:

· A Walk Down King Street: Then and Now (also in video form)
 · I Had a Farm in Chappaqua: Horace Greeley's farm in the Years 1864-1872
 · Horace Greeley - A National Influence
 · Our Quaker Heritage (video produced by Kunhardt Productions with a grant by the Westchester Arts Council)

"Patriotic New Castle" exhibit may be viewed at the New Castle Town Hall

MILLWOOD – NOT JUST A RURAL CROSSROAD

A new exhibition has just opened at the Horace Greeley House – Millwood – Not Just a Rural Crossroad. The exhibition explores the hamlet, which has stood for two centuries as a main hub for the Town of New Castle.

The Granite House - a stop on the stage road from New York to Somers and Danbury

This community, with its thoroughfare of days-gone by and with its rich history, is displayed on twenty-three panels at the Horace Greeley House. Begun as notes to a file and worked on over several years, the exhibition took shape this winter. Betsy Towl, with the invaluable assistance of local resident Richard Pogact, researched the history of the community, compiled the information and photographed many aspects of this hamlet.  

Did you know that Millwood was a major stop for stagecoaches? Did you know that Millwood was a major stop for the Putnam Division of the New York Central Railroad, later converted to one of the largest bike and foot trailways in America?

Did you know that Millwood was the home of famous suffragette pioneer Carrie Chapman Catt, who was one of the founders of the League of Women Voters? 

Did you know that one of the first elephants to come to America was exhibited in Millwood?

Did you know that Millwood was a major site for construction of the Catskill Aqueduct carrying pure drinking water to New York? 

To find out more about Millwood, drop in at the Horace Greeley House. Millwood – Not Just a Rural Crossroad will be on view through the fall.