I'd be very interested in any info about the Peekskill Institute, if you ever see any.  My great-grandfather attended it in the 1880s.  They specialized in the usual academic courses as well as business subjects.  Think the headmaster then was Unterreiner.  It was not in the book, pub 1914, linked below tho it still existed then.                  Thanks--Virginia From: mizscarlettny via <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> To: nywestch@rootsweb.com; NY-IRISH@rootsweb.com; NYNEWYOR@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 11:58 AM Subject: [NY-IRISH] You're ancestors were from Peekskill ? So, you're ancestors were from Peekskill? (Home of Crayola Crayons, Fleischmann's Whiskey, and inspiration for Baum's "Wizard of Oz."* 2) This book was a great find! "Gems on the Hudson: Peekskill and Vicinity" published 1914 This is a "thumb-through" version of this book chock-full of local history and great photos. Including Verplanck's Point (brickmaking), Lake Mohegan, businesses annd neighborhoods. Barb MizScarlettNY@aol.com