Posted in Casperkill on Jul 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
Phyllis Davison Teasdale graduated from Vassar College in 1943 Phillys Teasdale is 87 years old. Having spent most of her life in the Casperkill watershed, Mrs. Teasdale has many fond memories of events and locations along the Creek. Her son Chris grew up on Boardman Road, where he remembers playing in the big playground that […]
Posted in Casperkill, Fonteynkill on Jul 8th, 2010 No Comments »
Ed Lynch with his bike on Vassar campus Ed Lynch has lived on College Avenue since 1979. Before that, he lived in the Wappingers Creek area, where he canoes even today. As a longtime area resident, Mr. Lynch remembers many of the events that we have written about on this blog. While attending middle school […]
Posted in Casperkill on Jul 1st, 2010 No Comments »
The following post was adopted from the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve website In 1895, the first 200 acres of the Vassar Farm were purchased from Vassar Brothers Hospital to solve a problem. Up until then, Vassar had been pumping its sewage into the Casperkill creek but another plan was needed. About the same time, […]
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