Lincoln Depot Museum Opens

[Anita]

"Westchester residents interested in the county’s rich history now have another location to learn and go back in time to when one of our greatest presidents made his only stop in the area.

In 1849, the Hudson River Railroad finally reached Peekskill. On Feb. 11, 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln left Springfield, Ill., and arrived in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 23 for his inauguration as president of the United States. Prior to that, he made a brief stop in Peekskill on Feb. 19, at the invitation of one of Peekskill’s most prominent citizens, William Nelson, a local lawyer and former congressman who served with Lincoln."

Read more here.
https://yonkerstimes.com/lincoln-depot-m...-for-2019/