Great Moments in Chappaqua History
Front page and inside photos provided courtesy of the New Castle Historical Society
August 20, 2010
by N. O’Neil
1904 A tornado rips through Chappaqua, touching ground near the Dodge farm. Destruction included many trees, livestock and farm buildings, but fortunately, there were no fatalities. Survivors describe looking out their windows and seeing chickens flying through the air. Since then the town has been spared cyclonic turbulence, except for joint town and school board meetings.
Nancy O’Neil, her husband and six children moved to Chappaqua in 1965. All of her children went through the Chappaqua schools, graduating from Horace Greeley and have been respectable citizens ever since.
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