Portal:Hudson Valley/Did you know/93


 * ... that the U.S. Treasury Department was opposed to Georgina Klitgaard's mural (pictured) of the nearby Historic Track in the Goshen, New York post office because it considered harness racing an inappropriate subject for public art?
 * ... that Henry Fairfield Osborn almost doubled the size of Castle Rock, his father's Garrison, New York, mansion, to accommodate his family?
 * ... that Highland Cottage, the first concrete house in Westchester County, New York, was nicknamed "Mud House" during its construction?

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